Comments on: 18 More “Insurance” Domains Sell for $6K Each

By: 360 Quote LLC Buys Even More Insurance Domains : DotWeekly.com Domain Name Blog

360 Quote LLC Buys Even More Insurance Domains : DotWeekly.com Domain Name Blog — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:46:18 +0000

[...] second package purchase included 18 Geo related insurance domain names for $6,000 each and a total of [...]

By: Further Reading.. at Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid

Further Reading.. at Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:20:01 +0000

[...] Dot Weekly: 18 More “Insurance” Domains Sell for $6K Each [...]

By: Jamie Zoch

Jamie Zoch — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:27:57 +0000

@RKB,
I agree somewhat but I would highly bet the amount of direct navigation on these type of domains is low. I like the GEO aspects of the domains but I think the terms Auto, Home, Car for search ranking benefits are not all that great. With an active site, I wouldn’t have that hard of a time ranking for that long tail of a search phrase. Secondly, it’s not like an insurance company is going to brand with these kind of domains. (they shouldn’t at least)

By: RKB

RKB — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:11:16 +0000

I believe all of these geo-domains (including insurance geos or other geos) will be worth much more, perhaps many times more in future. These domains offer highly targeted traffic looking for a geo-specific service. But if you need money right now, it is good to sell some. Don’t sell all, as I believe these kind of domains have great potential and intrinsic value.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:10:28 +0000

Apparently it is easier to find exploits/brute force to hack a free webmail account than it is to hack directly into a mail server.

The point though, is that you should not use the same email address in the whois that you use at your registrar. That way nobody knows what email to hack to take control of your domains.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:31:54 +0000

Ok, I’ll bite – what are the risks of a free email service vs another type of email?

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:06:31 +0000

I think the seller got very good prices for these domains. Congrats on being wise enough to sell when the opportunity comes. I think in another 6 months people would have sold domains like these for around $1000 at most.

By: Jamie Zoch

Jamie Zoch — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:04:20 +0000

@Dan,
Just because the “contact” email in whois is a gmail account, does not always mean the email used for the registrar account is a “free email”. Just something to keep in mind, but yes there is a good chance the same email address is used at the registrar. I think most domain owners are simply not educated on the risk with free email services.

By: Dan Sanchez

Dan Sanchez — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:57:49 +0000

I wonder why the owner would risk getting his gmail account hacked when he just spent all that cash…

The previous seller won’t be happy to see the buyer paid more than double his asking price. Owie.

Dan