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How's that streamray cobrand working out for you?

I'm sure he's making 10k a day with this by now

More like $10/day, I know how bad cams.com converts.

now that is some funny shit

Interesting read.

I´m not a webcam guru but I thought about the value of the domain.

How do you calculate the value of a domain? OK, if there is a program behind it, you can see what the entire company is worth, but that wouldn´t be the domain itself.

In this case the price was paid for the domain only, if I´m right. So it was a good investment if the domain bears interest for the investment and will not sustain depreciation?

I wonder if the domain will do so without any development and - if it needs development - if you could have done the same with another cheaper domain. If development is needed, the expenses add up to the purchasing price which will reduce the profit. If you can achieve the same result with another cheaper domain, it was overpriced.

So basically I think the domain was worth the price if it generates enough traffic for a good amount of signups without development and will keep its value in the future.

The problem is I can´t see that the domain will generate the needed signups itself. And building a new webcam company doesn´t need a premium domain name but a lot of capital and knowledge. This is proven by AWE.

Finally there is the risk that the domain can´t be sold at cost in the future.

Its much more easy to brand a good domain - especially if you wish to go beyond affiliate marketing (even with only affiliate marketing you will get more potent traffic with a good domain). Once things go viral, then a good domain will pay itself many times over (easier to remember, tell others about etc.), and its much more likely to become part of the everyday slang/language itself, which will drive even more traffic.

A good domain with a good product + marketing plan will beat an average domain with good product + marketing plan. Now the question is just, if you can afford the good domain to get a head start for your good product and marketing plan.

I agree with most of that, but the domain owner seem to insinuate that the domain is so good it will brand itself. It may get a few type ins, but its going to still take plenty of money to brand the domain and get some recurring traffic coming in.

I just wanted to weigh in with the fact that I am only a few weeks away from being a trillionaire.

My domain QueerLust.com is going to make trillions because my market research has shown me that 15% of the population is queer.

That is all.

Boo hoo hoo I hate you. You need a million dollars to make a website. You're not listening. You had to start in 1850. You need 1000 contacts in the industry. You haven't even fucked a queer. You think websites use domains. KweerCrap.com is better. You don't know how to advertise. You don't know how to use credit cards. It's just a niche. Too much competition. I'm an expert. You don't know shit. You're not replying. Listen when we tell you you're fucked.

The domain isn't bad but isn't worth the price you paid given you did absolutely no legwork on what you were actually going to put ON it. The domain being a good one is great for SEO, branding and all that, but it's not as if that field isn't extremely competitive. That said, do talk to the people that are willing to help you out and hopefully learn stuff from them. The fact that you paid $350k for a domain that as an investment domain is probably $100k at best without ANY plan or clue on development is what people are giving you shit for, but the good news is that at the least, you have a strong domain now, so run with it and do something...something other than redirecting traffic or doing anything that doesn't take advantage of the quality of the domain, or you basically spent $350k on the type-in traffic the domain gets, which would obviously be a bad deal. You want to GROW the traffic and redirecting it won't grow shit.

One last thing - you mentioned somewhere in the middle of the thread "see what you can do with $10k in 10 years" or whatever tf you were saying on investing $10k. Funny that you should say that having dumped 6-figures on a domain...domain names CAN BE some of the best investments of money you can make, and a handful of people here including me make a living buying and selling domains, making insane ROIs. I started with the tiny bit of spare money I had and turned it into a 6-figures/year business in 3 years doing it part-time around my weak ass day job. I shouldn't have to tell you that though, because you should probably realize the person that sold you CamGirls.com made a nice chunk of profit.

Frank sold his best domain to me, I bet he didn't know camgirl sites make a million $ a day.

Yes I know blah blah blah takes this and that, but 90% of category killer domains in profitable industries are successful sites.

did you just describe yourself as an expert ?

Nah, it appears his post was mocking everyone else in the thread that is trying to constructively give him some advice.

franck?? the dude who got kicked off this board sold the domain for 350K??