Spare Parts
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acheeva
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Bargains are definitely becoming harder to find / catch
Definitely contradicts the negative talk about EDM's
snoopy
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Do you really think these are an improvement over past prices? My gut feeling is prices are down somewhat, I've certainly guessed too high on a number of names lately.
acheeva
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Snoopy; Yes on the basis of search metrics
The quality of drops is down on average
Agree though that some generics have gone for less than expected too recently
findtim
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rubbish
SO what we let them just muscle us out? put in your highest proxy and be prepared to pay it, this way 2 things happen... you get the domain and you are happy and make money or "they" have to pay a fair price for the domain, don't take the P!ss as you may have to PAY but if you want it then go for it.
i'm guessing their proxy was $10k + on spareparts, they just got lucky no one else had the coffer they have.
i think its a great domain name and i can see they making a sh!t load of money off it.
tim
snoopy
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Can you think of a site or company which simply sells "spare parts". There is a billion objects that are "spare parts".
What actual industry does this name relate to? computer parts, washing machine parts, car parts, rocket ship parts? I don't know.
The second issue is even if did relate to something specific like cars or washing machines there is still nobody who sell parts for all appliances or all brands online. It is split up usually by make, even then I'm not sure there is many people online even offering a good range of say "Toyota car parts" & that is 100 times more targeted than "spare parts".
Here is what Google spits out for the term,
That all sums to guess what...a whole lot of nothing....which is why there is only two advertisers on the term, one is just pumping traffic onto another search page (ask.com) & the other is of very low relevance. So what is there to latch onto with this domain to build a successful site?
I think it will sit dormant for the next couple of decades. Regarding them muscling people out, that is probably a good thing, they've probably done the other bidders a favour in my view. If they'll just buy anything slightly related to cars and outbidding others then let them. A price war on a name like that is a fools game.
findtim
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"too broad..." is what i was getting at, when someone like carsales buy it and put marketing $$$ behind it then they OWN that sector.Originally Posted by snoopy
Term is way too broad to do much with this.
who cares about washing machine spare parts? or computer spare parts? they now own a MEMORABLE easily branded EMD, and for <$3k its a bargain.
the traffic will NOW come from type ins not searches when they decide to push it.
not if you are in the right game.
tim
ScottNugent
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I had a $500 proxy on it, definitely saw $$$ in regards to end users...
findtim
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i picked $2.5k in my head and i wasn't far off, i thought metal dot comau would be @ the same so thats another bargain from today.
but no doubt metal is to broad as well ? ( not if i am bhp steel)
tim
Carparts.com.au
Soj paid $18.5k for carparts.com.au two and a half to 3 years ago.
Still sitting there too
For those holding Aussie domains this is not the price you wanted to see for spareparts.com.au
Goes with my arguement the smart players are decreasing values for whatever reason.
EDM's. Google Being So Evil it's the Devil, APPS.
IMHO
Soj paid $18.5k for carparts.com.au two and a half to 3 years ago.
Still sitting there too
For those holding Aussie domains this is not the price you wanted to see for spareparts.com.au
Goes with my arguement the smart players are decreasing values for whatever reason.
EDM's. Google Being So Evil it's the Devil, APPS.
IMHO
snoopy
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When do you expect them to develop this & put marketing dollars behind it? Can you name a timeframe so we can go back and revisit? Of the hundreds(?) of names carsales are buying each year how many are they actually done anything with? I think a number approaching 0. Even cars.com.au they haven't done anything with.
Snoopy, Carsales buy domains for a different reason than the rest of us. Defensive purchases.
Spending a lousy few million to make it that much harder for a new competitor to get a foothold in the market is a smart move for a $1.8bn online company.
Billy, CarParts.com.au is many times more valuable than SpareParts.com.au... easily 6x, I would say.
Tim, I agree entirely - giving up on a domain because you think someone else will get it does not make sense (I think rhythm was saying that tongue in cheek anyway). It's letting emotions get in the way of what should be objective, logical decisions.
Spending a lousy few million to make it that much harder for a new competitor to get a foothold in the market is a smart move for a $1.8bn online company.
Billy, CarParts.com.au is many times more valuable than SpareParts.com.au... easily 6x, I would say.
Tim, I agree entirely - giving up on a domain because you think someone else will get it does not make sense (I think rhythm was saying that tongue in cheek anyway). It's letting emotions get in the way of what should be objective, logical decisions.
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