One of the problems we have with the Internet is people want everything for free. I think people realize something has to pay for time and effort they just want it to be someone else. Namebio recently announced a membership program that allows members new features not offered in the past and there was a discussion on Namepros about whether or not they would be paying for it:
Before I get talking, Full Disclosure: I work with Adam Strong, the founder of Namebio, and have a free membership. Adam also lives close to me so we’ve discussed Namebio for years and its monetization but not any kind of numbers or stats. Just it’s history and function.
Right now Namebio is being paid for by advertising and advertising domain auctions and it probably pays the bills. But for years Adam offered the service for free but with no income, had little incentive to keep the site up to date and running smoothly. When Michael Sumner joined the team he upgraded the site to what you see today. Michael had to come up with a way to pay for his time and effort and that’s the advertising you see today. I don’t know how much the current advertising makes or the traffic it draws, but if I owned the site, I would be severely limiting the use of people that don’t pay. It’s too good of a service and has to much data to give away for free. Comps are one of the most important parts of pricing domains and everyone I know uses Namebio for that data. All the other sites that offer similar services scraped the data from Namebio. I think the $10 membership is more than fair for the average person in our industry . But there is one bigger problem. If everyone signed up then at best I think you would have 1000 subscriptions because I really don’t think there are more than 1000 people that are active daily in our industry. Sure, Namescon has more in attendance than that number but take away the business people selling services and companions, the real number is about 1000. All a guess. Namepros would have some good data but I don’t think they would want to share it because it would hurt business to know how many active daily accounts there were. And again I could be wrong. What I’m not wrong about is that everyone that uses Namebio should pay the $10 a month. You’ll make the entire years cost with a sell or buy that was made with better information than without Namebio. Here are today’s names. Click through to see the current price and to fund this daily list
Quote of the Day: “Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.” – Steve Irwin
Domain of the Day: Solyndra.com Elliot did a post about the history of this site
Namejet, Sedo, and other Names Up for Auction
BlockEasy.com Block chain names are still selling. This is definitely where this one is headed. Met reserve
CDCA.com Great letters. One of the better LLLL.coms up for auction lately
SSIC.com This one is pretty strong too
MOSL.com Met reserve under $500
uAre.com You are. I know you are
NervousWreck.com Not sure it has a good end use but certainly a term everyone knows
SportsFinance.com I actually know a person who does this for a living. Helps athletes manage their finances
Circle.net Haven’t seen a dot net with 100 bidders in a while
Zone.org Met reserve under $1000
Godaddy Domains With Multiple Bids
ETGY.com I’m going to call this pronounceable
Denin.com Nice 5L and family name
RFNW.com If you believe Godaddy this gets 49,000 monthly visits. Oh wait that’s the next listing
NudismPage.com A lot more nude people at the computer than I thought
68900.com Nice round number
GetShine.com I think it used to be an auto detailing place
Grinco.com I know Grin.co should want to own this and Grin.com
FindYourTribe.com Not a ton of value but a pretty decent marketing name
Issen.com A town in Morocco but a nice sounding brand
CarRepair.net Big enough keyword to have some value as a dot net
Spin88.com I imagine the Chinese are going to like this as a gambling name
ApeBrain.com Easy logo and super memorable
Genderly.com Gender fluid
FoodTruckEvents.com A bit long but Braden sold FoodTrucks for a pretty penny and food trucks are still growing in popularity
CryptoKities.com A typo of the once popular crypto game. Not sure how popular it still is. Godaddy doesn’t show any traffic
CryptoKittes.com Another typo up for auction as well
StereoHead.com I admit it makes me think of RadioHead
Zulac.com 5L with no bids
Wont.net Not a great name but I thought $12 would get a bid
Bicycle2.com Add a two to it and save a few hundred grand
FootTrainer.com Some guy will invent a foot device and buy this on a whim and never use it. Sell it to them.
Burane.com A city and a name so eventually a brand
Godaddy Domains With One or No Bids
The Rest of the Names With Bids
0837Cafe.com
4To1.com
506km.com
50Duo.com
54ck.com
88b.net
93guoxue.com
9Think.com
AdPercent.com
AirFlyer.com
AndroidJ.com
AOPeru.com
ArabicPhotography.com
AutoNew.com
AXIFile.com
BioEurope.com
BritishHongkong.com
BrokerBids.com
BrowncountyMountainBiking.com
CampShoovy.com
China119.com
CNBCEurope.com
Cocalo.com
Code49.com
ConvenienceCarCare.com
CyberRex.org
DetailsCakeDesign.com
DigiVip.com
DrunkDrivingDefensePro.com
Ecmta.org
FedMint.com
FSAGames.com
Game686.com
GameGM.com
GreenShoelace.com
GulfIslandsBrewery.com
HindiMeToons.com
HorsesInternational.com
huilinxin.com
i3j.com
IndependentFitnessConsultants.com
IndiaCo.com
Ioafa.com
Jatail.com
JessicaSideways.com
Jetmls.com
jncm66.com
Kalfjo.com
KevinCaven.com
Lagallaciencia.com
LodgeNYC.com
mcjingto.com
MyHotComments.com
NodStrum.com
NYCErome.com
Omega3gw.com
Onbiovc.com
OpenMindSciences.com
Phew.net
PKWU.com
PradoSpa.com
PrincesClub.com
RadioITG.com
RBooks.com
ReadColor.com
RetroDeals.com
SardiniaHoliday.com
SilverFoxSalvage.com
SongQibo.com
StaticApps.org
StiglerDiet.com
StockRegistry.com
SurfRash.com
TheGatsbyAustin.com
TS13.com
UUShipin.com
ValentinesDayFab.com
VYApp.com
WeBuyStuff.com
ym-lens.com
z4j.com
ZJeea.com
Yes, NameBio is of terrific value. In my case, NameBio and domainIQ are the two essential services I am happy to pay for.
Do you know if Namebio is going to come out with a yearly plan where you can just pay up front for the year for a % discount? I would happily do that (I’d still pay for it monthly but always prefer yearly discounts)
Good point. That’s pretty common with most memberships. I’ll pass it along