Domain Blog - The Domain Name Guide

We are seeing a massive increase in Click Through Rates since the launch of SedoPro Domain Name Parking Scheme.

The parking pages have a much better layout with a few to choose from, including graphics.

You can also customise the related links that appear on each page and we found the increase in CTR was amazing!

Basically you can choose related links for your domains for the main traffic markets - eg. GB / US etc as well as the master keywords for different geo regions.

Using these features can ensure that your visitors find exactly what they're looking for, which obviously has a positive impact on CTR.

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The Domain Focus UK domain name auction event saw some great sales this week of .co.uk domains for significant sales prices, to include:

Fly.co.uk £87,500
College.co.uk $27,500
Threesomes.co.uk £2,750
Farms.co.uk £7,000
Locals.co.uk £6,000
Dive.co.uk £7,500
HotelBookings.co.uk £7,000
PublicRelations.co.uk £8,500
Bikinis.co.uk £5,000
Employment.co.uk £17,000
Morals.co.uk £700
Prisoners.co.uk £750
Painters.co.uk £2,850
PDA.co.uk £9,000
Xyz.co.uk £3,000
Reference.co.uk £3,100

Transplants.co.uk £1,300
VirtualPoker.co.uk £1,500
Bluffing.co.uk £700
PrivacyProtection.co.uk £1,400

Another notable UK sames between AcornDomains domain name forum members, was Recycle.co.uk for $308,000 (£150,000)

Acorn Domain Name forum members, Andrew Shorten and Jarrod Gall have sold Lyrics.co.uk to Shaun Pilford of Brain Wave Holdings, Inc. and his partner Ron Sures for $80,000 (£45,962)

Golf-Courses.co.uk €2,000
HomeSell.co.uk €13,500
jta.co.uk £850
ClaimSolicitor.co.uk €2,500
Skills4Life.co.uk £430
ePlants.co.uk £850
BackLights.co.uk €370

This week saw some nice prices achieved for keyword UK Domain Names with even a hyphenated domain fetching 4 figures. Another "e" domain sale and a 3 letter going for a respectable £850.

A full list of UK Domain Name sales can be seen at domainprices.co.uk - updated weekly.

UK Domain Name Sales this week include:
PokerGenie.co.uk £5,000 £5,000 Sedo Feb 2006
TravelRes.co.uk £5,000 £5,000 Sedo Feb 2006
MacExpro.co.uk £500 £500 Sedo Feb 2006
Play-Time.co.uk £190 £190 Sedo Feb 2006
eCoupons.co.uk £6,495 £6,495 Sedo Feb 2006
Hengstler.co.uk €1,000 £683 Sedo Feb 2006
AceAppointments.co.uk $500 £287 Sedo Feb 2006
BrainWash.co.uk £800 £800 Sedo Feb 2006
ParisNights.co.uk £100 £100 Private Sale Feb 2006
mli.co.uk £500 £500 Private Sale Feb 2006
cvt.co.uk £500 £500 Private Sale Feb 2006

This week showed a significant price achieved for an "e" prefix domain name with ecoupons.co.uk selling for £6,495

Two addition 4 figure domain sales showed the value of top keyword domains with poker and travel ralted names fetching £5,000 each.

Yet another hypenated domain going for low hundreds showed that hyphens are now losing thier stigma of being worthless.

Two nice 3 letter domains selling through Acorn Domains forum members for mid hundreds - these would most likely fetch higher prices in end user sales.

When researching your latest hot domain name to purchase, be careful of some unfortunate domains that may have a different meaning to what you first considered:

Experts Exchange - where programmers can exchange advice and views:
http://www.expertsexchange.com

Need a therapist? Try:
http://www.therapistfinder.com

We have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales
http://www.molestationnursery.com

And there is an Italian Power company:
http://www.powergenitalia.com

Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island
http://www.penisland.net

Who Represents? ~ a database for agencies to the rich and famous:
http://www.whorepresents.com

Maybe hyphenated domain names aren't so bad after all?

If you missed the humor read the domain names slowly out loud one syllable at a time.

Here are a few more:
Need some currency exchanged? Only a Dollar at the:
dollarsexchange .com (Dollar Sex Change)

or try the Graphic Arts Exchange
graphicartsexchange .com

or loads more:
Comics Exchange .com (ComicSexChange.com)
VeteransExchange .com (VeteranSexChange.com)
MusiciansExchange .com (MusicianSexChange.com)
ActorsExchange .com (ActorSexChange.com)
ExoticsExchange .com (ExoticSexChange.com)
GraphicsExchange .com (GraphicSexChange.com)
HomesExchange .com (HomeSexChange.com)
WomensExchange .com (WomenSexChange.com)
StudentsExchange .com (StudentSexChange.com)

bigalsonline.com Big Als Online (Bi Gals Online)

wtf .org.uk/ William Temple Foundation
wtf .org/ World Taekwondo Federation

Cumbria Storage Systems
cumstore .co.uk

Alter Scrap metal company
AltersCrap .com

Runescape .com = RunEscape .com

There’s also ViaGrafix = ViagraFix.
viagrafix .com

Mp3sHits .com or Mp3Shits .com