Domain Backorder Service

This month I trialed a public .uk domain backorder service with 10 beta testers, the booking side of the system is all automated, my only actual involvement is with the creation of invoices (which could be made automated!). I had a relatively slow month catching in september so decided to give it ago. I was quite busy developing sites for a client so thought instead of spending a couple of hours a day looking at lists I’d taking bookings from others.

Overall I feel it went quite well, The system caught a fair few names however looking at the “bad” month catching I had in September I made more money selling one of the names I caught that I got from the total revenue that the public back order system used. I’ll probably be going back to catching for myself from the 1st November.

Which means I’ve got a near on fully automated public booking system complete with custom coded drop script sitting around doing nothing, everything has a price!

Current Development Work

I’ve been very busy over the last few months developing Pregnacy.co.uk for a client, It currently features a custom built CMS that enables the user to manage every aspect of the site. The site also features a due date calculator, ovulation calculator and a pregnancy questions and answers script.

For the same client I’ve also been working on a horoscopes website over at horoscopes.org.uk, It has a fully functional custom back end, which features a content management panel, a horoscope editing panel and a template and settings section giving the user full control over every aspect of the site.

If you need any development work completed then don’t hesitate to contact me via the contact form.

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Help Harry Help Others

Harry was recently bought to my attention over at Acorn Domains by FutureDomains. Harry is 11 years old and has an inoperable brain tumour, Despite this Harry makes and sells bracelets in the hope thtat he can raise enough money for brain tumour research so that he could help his friend get better.

To read more about Harry’s touching story visit the Harry’s Story section of his website. If you keen on ordering a bracelet or getting involved then visit Harry’s Site where you can find out more information. He is keen to gain some more followers on twitter so it would be great if you could also follow harry on twitter @harry_moseley.

What Is Doug Upto Now?

Doug Scott (ASAP Ventures Ltd) has built up many great sites based from generic domains. Incuding Discount Vouchers which utilises the generic domain DiscountVouchers.co.uk it offers an extensive list of voucher codes, travel deals and printable vouchers for thousands of companies all over the UK. Another development of Doug’s Recycle offers users the chance to post there unwanted items online for others to claim. Doug’s continuing use of generic domains is highlighted with Car Rentals which offers an extensive car hire comparison search engine along with airport parking, airport hotels, car hire insurance and airport lounge prices.

Recently Doug has stepped away from the development of these sites but is still heavily involved with anything related to them.

How to choose baby names.

”Choosing baby names is not as simple as it may seem. It is true; some people instantly know what they are going to call their children but most people have to give it some real thought and consideration. Choosing a name is a very important decision as we are stuck with it for the whole of our lives. There are a number of things that need to be overcome such as differences in opinions between spouses and the influences of friends, family and the media.

To overcome disagreements between the mother and father some of them will agree on a fair system such as the mum naming the baby if it is a girl and the dad naming the baby if it is a boy. This is an ideal situation that usually does not work in reality. If the baby is a boy and the dad chooses a name that the mum doesn’t like, there is no way that she will stand by and let the child be called that name. The dad would do the same also.

Families can also be quite demanding when it comes to naming children. Whilst consideration should be given to the suggestions of your mum, dad, brother, sister and other relatives you should remember that ultimately the decision is yours. You should never be pressurised in to giving your child a particular name by overbearing family members.

The media can also influence the names that we give to our children. The royals and celebrities are all baby name trendsetters. Whenever a very popular celebrity has a baby there is always much suspense as to what they will call their new born. Once this is known there is usually a boom in the amount of people giving their children the same name as the celebrity has chosen. Make sure that you do not get carried away. Don’t give your child the latest wacky fad name on the spur of the moment and then regret it for the rest of your life. Names can become dated very quickly so you also need to think about how the name may sound in 10 or 20 years tine.

As mentioned previously this is a very important decision and should not be taken lightly. If you want a great selection of names check out baby names for a generator and the origin of every name you can think of!”

Work Updates

A couple of weeks ago I let you know about a few of the other projects I’d been working. I’ve since been working with another company on a number of their projects.

The core focus has been on Which Bingo, an online bingo affiliate website, which was the first portal to launch in the UK back in 2003. I’ve been working with them to improve the conversion of various pages, as well as playing a role in the improvements to www.nodepositbingo.co.uk.

Which Bingo, the companies primary publication, has seen a number of key improvements in the past couple of weeks. The most obvious change has come in the form of a new design, which saw the layout change significantly and additional conversion points created. The new bingo sites page in particular received some key improvements to usability and added more focus on customer retention.

The directory area of the site has also been dramatically overhauled to make it easier for users to navigate through the 330+ bingo sites which WhichBingo.co.uk features (this, I am informed, is more than any other bingo portal in the UK). The sites with the top offers are now highlighted so that users can see which sites will reward them with the most free bingo money… something which a large proportion of bingo players are searching for when using Which Bingo.

If you have a site of a similar stature that needs working on, drop me an email and we can discuss prices. aaron.clifford@domainbeans.co.uk

Updates On My Recent Projects

So recently along side developing my own sites I have been working with a few people to help grow theirs. I just wanted to walk through them and outline some of the things I have learnt from them:

One of the bigger sites I have been helping with actually attracts close to 8000 unique visitors a day now and its still growing.  The site is for mothers to be and allows them to choose their baby names a lot easier than trawling through a book offline, the site features a baby name generator which is a pretty popular feature despite it being so easy to code! With 8,000 visitors a day and on average 15 page views per visitor this site is a perfect example of how to giving your visitor what they want keeps them on the site and you can benefit from some optimized CPM marketing.

Another site that does quite a few visitors (over 6k a day to be exact!) is one that gives a lot of general information about Britain and the UK. Britishinformation.com is an online directory that has pretty much anything you can think of. Finance, fashion and health are just a few topics this site covers and it is remarkably efficient at what it does. British Information manages to average a 40% click through rate on adverts, which is quite incredible, as any online marketer will tell you.  Servicing highly targeted adverts on each page really pays in cost per click advertising.

The final site I would like to talk to you about is a lot smaller and cover online bingo and online bingo site reviews. The site manages to pull in just a couple of thousand uniques per month but internet bingo and finding the best bingo bonus is big business online. In fact each player that signs up through a gambling affiliate is probably worth close to £100. Not bad for a cost per action really is it? London bingo is a great example of how highly targeted traffic can be very profitable in small amounts.”

If you have a site of a similar stature that needs working on, drop me an email and we can discuss prices. aaron.clifford@domainbeans.co.uk

Welcome!

Hi, This is my blog.  I will be documenting my new business venture in domain drop catching; My main aim is to catch a fair few decent generic product/term domain names for long term development. My aim is to get ten sites earning £100 a month over the next year along with selling on some caught names to pay the bills along the way!

I will be posting observations, things I’m trying out and anything related to me or the business here for you to read and leave a comment of suggestion or criticism if you wish. I’ve recently got my nominet membership,tag & DAC and I’ve just signed up for two months trying out a pretty new script so hopefully over the next few weeks I’ll start to catch a few names.

I have been talking about getting into drop catching for a long time now and I’m really excited about the prospect of getting into some decent web development with some good names. Thanks goes to Darren @ Goldfrog Domain Solutions and all the people at Acorn Domains that have helped so far.

Check back regularly for my latest catches, ideas and views on the domain and development world.

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