Some internet giants, especially in the gaming book products sector, prefer to acquire domain names anonymously, so as to avoid price gouging by unscrupulous name brokers
Written on January 19, 2010 – 12:00 am | by
Recently, at a gaming book products domain auction sponsored by Caron Valles and Mcconkey Furlan Partners Ltd, the top selling domain name cracked over $250,000 USD, setting a new auction house record. This was also a record for the gaming book products industry, which until now, usually sees an average domain value of $50,000 USD. Several top internet gaming book products domain websites exist. Among them, www.sedo.com, recognized as a world leader in domain auctions, boasts annual revenues well into the millions. Gaming book products domains alone capture huge business. Another large auction house, www.moniker.com, is known for smaller, but higher value gaming book products related domain auctions. A few domains have gone for well over a million dollars, and www.moniker.com only sees domain values rising as time passes. “This is the future of the internet,” cries Rushen Capo, a representative from the gaming book products company Beard Ramsbottom Corp, “we’re getting all the gold we can find and turning it into diamonds.” “The great thing about gaming book products domains,” raves Fredenburg Bohringer, “is that they are universal around the world. Once you lock up a short, simple domain, you can market the hell out of it and cash in on the high revenue gaming book products industry.” Fredenburg Bohringer, an auctioneer, consignor, and broker, works with Roseann Brethour, who also sells domains to many Fortune 500 companies. The best thing about buying a new, unregistered gaming book products related domain name is the price. At $5-$8 USD, getting a domain that no one else has registered is extremely affordable. If real estate sold for proportionately equivalent prices, people would be buying out farmers for a few thousand dollars. “This is good news for all those in the gaming book products marketing business,” states Betran Castor, “and the fact that internet related marketing only diminishes in cost over time means that soon original domain name purchases will be dirt cheap!” “One of the most amazing gaming book products related sales we had was in last September’s auction,” relays Tichacek Reasinger, event planner for the Lela Turrentine Partners LTD firm, “though the domain didn’t go for much money, bidding was very spirited with some 50 people getting in on the action. In the end, the gaming book products domain went to a well established marketing firm, who did not disclose their future plans for it.” Much like any burgeoning market, many of today’s top gaming book products domain specialists wish they had gotten in sooner. “I wish I had started this stuff five years earlier - I’d be making bank,” laments, Hammen Deblieck, a domain name broker at the Jenkin Donaghe Firm, “but hindsite is always 20/20, and I’m 100 percent certain there is still lots of money to be made. Last year alone, domain sales for gaming book products companies topped $10 million dollars, which tallied up to be a record setting year.” Also key to domain acquisitions, especially in the gaming book products industry, is choosing the right registrar, where the record of your ownership of a particular domain exists. Top registrars on the net include www.Godaddy.com, www.networksolutions.com, and www.enom.com. In the gaming book products sector, many choose to use more discreet registrars, including off shore companies. A few also use www.moniker.com and www.cnobin. “Privacy is absolutely key in the gaming book products business,” reports Rickerl Linan, an author of a major industry book, “once top domains are registered, their security, protection, and legacy becomes mission critical.” Don’t feel embarrassed to buy a gaming book products related domain name that contains part of your real name, or IS your real name. “Remember,” advises Barnhardt Myles, “if you buy Barnhardt Myles.com, you’re the only one who can have that address. It is entirely unique, and therefore by virtue of its rarity, it immediately can accrue value. You may find that you get tons of email offers for your domain name. This will allow you to sort out who’s serious and who’s just fooling around, and then, after you’ve found a good gaming book products industry buyer, you’ll surely make some great profits.”
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