Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday January 12th

28 Replies to “Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday January 12th”

1. Shane,

   As a previous avid runner myself (1/4 – 1/2 marathons per day, 5 days a week for years) and domain name investor (current aesthetic bodybuilder in a bulk, so cardio is out of the question now), neither of these domains sound good to me. Additionally, the *blog suffix seems outdated with this crowd as it’s the younger generation running… and unlike others, I’m not a fan of the “the” prefix. Many are, though.

   But, if I absolutely had to choose between the two, I would go with TheBonk. Though, I would prefer a memorable brandable for runners.

   Either way, I can see both of these being utilized in print on perforated tees in the future (you need income, right?), but, I’d still lean with a brandable.

   I come to this conclusion because you just need to step back and view the fitness industry from a different perspective. Then, you’ll see it all: Nike, Puma, New Balance, Under Armour, Gold Standard, Jack3d, Activeman, ActiveWrap, etc. (full list of brands to get a sense of what’s in this industry can be seen here: http://jp.bodybuilding.com/store/listing.htm?_requestid=107792).

   I used to own FITDOMAINER.com as I was going to track my progress of fitness while domaining (bulks and cuts, etc. to competition level and writing about my investing activities as well), but, I don’t think too many in the domaining industry would be too interested in seeing me pose half naked – not that I’m not damn sexy when I’m under 10% bodyfat, though – for daily progress shots; the two just didn’t mix as good as I originally thought they would.

   Good luck, it sounds like a good idea,
   David

2. I agree RunningBlog.com is somewhat retro but it is superior to TheBonk.com in IMO.

   1. Thanks JR and David. I appreciate your thoughts and taking the time to comment

3. The word blog would not bother me.

4. I don’t mind blog or think it sounds dated but I do think it sounds a bit one man band, as opposed to what you want to do which is to grow into larger trusted resource.

   Would love to see the reaction of people in England to someone walking round with “TheBonk .Com” on their T-shirt.

   https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/bonk

   1. Another excellent point.

      What some may consider offensive in one geo may not be in another. I think you need to do market segmentation to determine your target market before you decide which name to ultimately use.

      I was unaware of this “bonk” being offensive (more known as what Shane described, but more so just the “wall”). Recently, I was referred to as a “darl”, which from being well-cultured, I took offense to… but, it does have a double and positive meaning as well.

      But not too bad of a purchase at $12; it’s not that big of a loss if you decide to not move forward with it. You could quite possibly turn that into more when you realize a better name to use, too. Or, use it for redirection if it has any sort of pre-existing targetted traffic.

      1. David,

         I may have to pivot on the name or resell it now that I realize it may not be the best name for what I’m trying. The $12 does make it easier. Looks like neither name is ideal for my site. Thanks for sharing and appreciate the input

   2. Anthony,
      I may have to another type of site with it now

5. The term ‘bonk’ might bring in extra traffic from the UK 😉

6. For what you’re looking to achieve, I think neither domain is suitable. TheBonk definitely is a no-no as a brand, not just because it means “sex” here in the UK but you say that runners know what “The bonk” means which I disagree, plus many of your readers will be newbies and amateur runners who will go to your site for info and won’t know what bonk means anyways.
   RunningBlog is good because it does exactly what it says on the tin and will get good organic search results once you have plenty of content BUT you kind of want to build a brand and that’s not a brand. So, I would keep looking if I were you

7. I do agree with your thoughts about the word blog being a bit restrictive. I still like it better as I believe it has more worldwide appeal. You probably could come up with your own memorable brand that you make up in the 5 to 7 letter range.

   TheBonk.com makes sense if you just want it to be the hardcore group of runners like yourself. But if you are looking to build a business and grow the site and revenues, I think you might curtail that growth because many outside the hardcore runner’s group might not know what The Bonk would mean.

   Best of luck

8. For me something like Miler.com , or something like that, or would be making offers to the Chinese guy at runn.com, if at all I am thinking in merchandising or doing it seriously.
   If you’re still experimenting, any decent name would do.

9. You should of got runnersblog. com last year for less than $1,000.
   i don’t think i would visit a website named bonk.
   Make up 5 running domains that you like and do a poll on here.

   1. Thanks Anunt, Hermant, Raymond, and Jordan. All great thoughts and ideas. I forgot Bonk means sex to many people so it looks like I am going to have to put that back up for auction and try and get my $12 back 🙂

10. RunningBlog.com it sounds like it is old, which in my opinion is good because this name makes me feel that it can have many years of great content.

11. It doesn’t look like anyone is doing anything with running.com. Make an offer. They probably don’t want much for it 🙂

    1. I am going to try and make payment plans

12. Hi Shane,

    I run sometimes and I am not at all familiar with the term “bonk.” I do like runningblog. It says what it is. There is nothing wrong with clear communication. I say choose the clear over the hip.

    1. Mark,

       you don’t wrong long enough if you’ve never bonked 🙂 We call you a hobby jogger. I do appreciate the feedback. #alwayslearning

13. I’ve run several marathons and still run with a club on occasion (Club Ed in LA) and I’ve never heard any runner say bonk with respect to hitting the wall. However, I do bonk with my wife the night before a long run. I registered NC5K.COM last year with the idea of talking with you about establishing an annual NamesCon 5k in Vegas but I put that idea on hold. Let’s discuss it this year and possibly do it next. Regarding your ideas for a name for your running site, I like runningblog.com. The term blog is not going away. I have runningpros.com that I will do something with soon. I am selling a lot of Chinese premium LLLL.com on NameJet and look forward to discussing four-letter .com current values and future projections with Jonathan Tenenbaum at NamesCon and would like you to join us. See you there.

    1. Thanks Todd. Looks like people don’t like the term bonk and prefer running blog. I am convinced that bonk is the wrong way to go. A would never use runningblog.com as a site because of the reasons I mentioned but I think runningblog is a good investment as a domain.

    2. Not sure if you’ve seen the crowd at NamesCon. Not really your running type of group. But I bet we could come up enough guys that would run 3 miles one morning and see what kind of times we could lay down. As for LLLL.com They hold lots of value, the Chinese influence is dropping. The Western letters are where its at. All my opinion. Jonathan only understands the running of Namejet. He will have no opinion on future value. He just hopes they sell and the transaction goes smoothly.

       And one last thing, if you’ve never heard the term bonk you haven’t run a marathon under 3:30. After completing one marathon I didn’t even realize they keep time after 3:30 for men 🙂

       1. i’ve run several under 3:30 but haven’t run a marathon in 18 years. today i can run a half marathon in 1:30 and i’m 51. i may run la marathon this year because i’ve never run the new course. what’s your current half marathon time?

       2. I’m 47 and ran sub 1:27 at the Indy Monumental Half last year. And congrats. You still can move.

       3. A few guys got together for a ~8 mile trail run in Red Rock Canyon one morning during the last Namescon. I’d be up for something like that again. We rented a car by the front desk of the Trop and the drive was about 30 minutes to get to the park. http://www.redrockcanyonlv.org/lasvegas/hikes-trails/

14. runningblog.com is a no brainer, as soon as you look at the name you know what it is about. Two words with a .com how can you go wrong. Once you get revenue for 4 to 5 months put it on flippa for 18X return

15. RunningBlog seems too descriptive. It just doesn’t have enough to get noticed above the crowd & I’m told it’s the content, not the domain, that will get you ranked in Google. For something like a running blog I appreciate a clever play on words and I think others do too. Looking through a list of 130 running blogs at NewFitnessGadgets (liked Feetures, SweatScience & theRunnerbeans) I’m sure you can do better than either RunningBlog or TheBonk, although, with TheBonk you’re on the right track. 😉 Anyway RunnerAge.com and PersonalBest.run are available to register.

16. Prominent domainers own good running domains. Frank S owns RunnersBlog.com. Elliot S is the one that outbid you for RunningBlog.com so neither of those will be cheap.

    I think it’s worth it to see if you can get Running.com for under $50K like someone suggested. The Sherpas would go crazy over that buy and Cyger would have to pick up his jaw off the floor.

    As for me, I just picked up RunnersVlog.com and RunningVlog.com of the available domain heap. Vlogging is the new in thing with video marketing getting more popular.