Comments on: Widgets.com on eBay http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/ Making Money in Domaining The Safe Way Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:06:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: john http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-168 john Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:23:42 +0000 http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-168 wow conspiracy theory... major portfolios are not set it and forget it Takes constant optimization and tests With changes in rules and providers- I would expect them at the server 24/7 Yahoo kills arbitrage???? Ask/Google I believe raised their payouts Snow Bill- well that only effects two kinds of people- bad guys or good guys without the resources to defend themselves When you go into business you need a plan, lawyers, budget Hooking up a $7 domain is not a business and that's why some will loose them I suspect Rick decided to sell a domain because he always likes to self-fund investments- and with legal and development costs anticipated- he wants to prepare. He also knows those without the resources to defend or develop will be liquidating and cash on hand is always a deal closer. The $60K domain passed at the last traffic is $300 this afternoon at the "cattlemen's club." Why widgets- why here/ There's a 100m development drive for Widgets right here in the Valley where eBay is based. It's a tight community- he had an instinct for what would get attention Why sell here Nows as good a time as any to test new suppliers when you know the existing ones are about to fold. And since the community turned its back on him in a time of need, I'd be making changes too wow conspiracy theory…
major portfolios are not set it and forget it
Takes constant optimization and tests
With changes in rules and providers- I would expect them at the server 24/7
Yahoo kills arbitrage????
Ask/Google I believe raised their payouts
Snow Bill- well that only effects two kinds of people- bad guys or good guys without the resources to defend themselves
When you go into business you need a plan, lawyers, budget
Hooking up a $7 domain is not a business and that’s why some will loose them
I suspect Rick decided to sell a domain because he always likes to self-fund investments- and with legal and development costs anticipated- he wants to prepare. He also knows those without the resources to defend or develop will be liquidating and cash on hand is always a deal closer. The $60K domain passed at the last traffic is $300 this afternoon at the “cattlemen’s club.”

Why widgets- why here/
There’s a 100m development drive for Widgets right here in the Valley where eBay is based. It’s a tight community- he had an instinct for what would get attention

Why sell here
Nows as good a time as any to test new suppliers when you know the existing ones are about to fold. And since the community turned its back on him in a time of need, I’d be making changes too

]]> By: Robert http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-165 Robert Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:23:55 +0000 http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-165 He is doing it to send a message to domainers. I wrote this on his blog, and I'll repeat it here. --- I hope you all realize what is going on here. The message should be loud and clear. Rick has been warning everybody all year to help him mount a defense against what is coming. Very few are paying attention, and very few are helping him build the fort to protect against the coming invaders. So, rather than waste is time blogging to people who don't listen, he is leaving us to fend for ourselves and he will use his new found time to mount his own defense (probably by developing some of his domains and selling others). We have lost our visionary and a big industry voice. WAKE UP PEOPLE! Rick stops blogging, Frank stops blogging, Yahoo kills arbitrage, Ask/Google, Snowe Bill. The writing is on the wall. Fast forward to 2010 and do a "Where are They Now" on the domainers of yesteryear. Some will have cashed out and be wealthy and happily retired. Some will have developed domains into businesses worth millions or maybe even billions. Most, however, will be EMPLOYEES working for a BOSS, wasting their hours thinking about the good old days and wondering what went wrong. He is doing it to send a message to domainers. I wrote this on his blog, and I’ll repeat it here.

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I hope you all realize what is going on here. The message should be loud and clear. Rick has been warning everybody all year to help him mount a defense against what is coming. Very few are paying attention, and very few are helping him build the fort to protect against the coming invaders. So, rather than waste is time blogging to people who don’t listen, he is leaving us to fend for ourselves and he will use his new found time to mount his own defense (probably by developing some of his domains and selling others). We have lost our visionary and a big industry voice.

WAKE UP PEOPLE! Rick stops blogging, Frank stops blogging, Yahoo kills arbitrage, Ask/Google, Snowe Bill.

The writing is on the wall.

Fast forward to 2010 and do a “Where are They Now” on the domainers of yesteryear. Some will have cashed out and be wealthy and happily retired. Some will have developed domains into businesses worth millions or maybe even billions. Most, however, will be EMPLOYEES working for a BOSS, wasting their hours thinking about the good old days and wondering what went wrong.

]]> By: robb http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-164 robb Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:17:14 +0000 http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-164 Might be doing it for an experiment, or market test, or for domain market awareness (big audience on ebay). Who knows with Rick. Might be doing it for an experiment, or market test, or for domain market awareness (big audience on ebay). Who knows with Rick.

]]> By: Michael http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-163 Michael Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:59:35 +0000 http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-163 6-7 figure worth domains fetch much higher prices on high profile auctions, like the moniker TRAFFIC. 6-7 figure worth domains fetch much higher prices on high profile auctions, like the moniker TRAFFIC.

]]> By: john http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-160 john Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:43:21 +0000 http://www.domainmagnate.com/2008/03/22/widgetscom-on-ebay/#comment-160 Why do you think eBay is a bad place to sell this? Do you think they have a bigger community of widget developers and vcs subscribing to eBay alerts on 'widgets" then Sedo? What would your proper description be? Why do you think eBay is a bad place to sell this?
Do you think they have a bigger community of widget developers and vcs subscribing to eBay alerts on ‘widgets” then Sedo?

What would your proper description be?

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