Comments on: Robot Hamsters: Hot Holiday Toy of Christmas 2010 and Black Friday http://www.elliotsblog.com/robot-hamsters-hot-holiday-toy-of-2010-84742 Domain blog featuring domain investing strategy, domain valuation, and domain development commentary from Elliot Silver, founder of Top Notch Domains, LLC. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:51:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Rusca http://www.elliotsblog.com/robot-hamsters-hot-holiday-toy-of-2010-84742/comment-page-1#comment-16384 Jonathan Rusca Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:33:17 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4115#comment-16384 Just catching up on my feed reading, saw this post and had to comment. I actually think that both Elliot and whoknows are right. A subject specific site will hold interest but only for as long as the trend is current. This is especially true for a lot of toys. With a seasonal generic such as christmastoys.com you run into relevancy issues at other times of the year. Whose to say that robot hamsters won't be popular gifts at Easter? The truly generic solutions such as toptoys.com present the best all-round solution but if developed won't be as niche specific and therefore may be seen as less relevant than robothamsters.com For me the best solution would be to quickly build out the trend site in order to capitalize on the traffic and relevancy. Once the trend is dead you can associate the domain/content to your more generic catch-all site which then reinforces its relevancy for robot hamsters. Alternatively you could build something like my site (shameless plug) www.qskipper.com to take advantage of the trends without taking multiple $8 TM gambles! Just catching up on my feed reading, saw this post and had to comment.

I actually think that both Elliot and whoknows are right. A subject specific site will hold interest but only for as long as the trend is current. This is especially true for a lot of toys. With a seasonal generic such as christmastoys.com you run into relevancy issues at other times of the year. Whose to say that robot hamsters won’t be popular gifts at Easter? The truly generic solutions such as toptoys.com present the best all-round solution but if developed won’t be as niche specific and therefore may be seen as less relevant than robothamsters.com

For me the best solution would be to quickly build out the trend site in order to capitalize on the traffic and relevancy. Once the trend is dead you can associate the domain/content to your more generic catch-all site which then reinforces its relevancy for robot hamsters.

Alternatively you could build something like my site (shameless plug) http://www.qskipper.com to take advantage of the trends without taking multiple $8 TM gambles!

]]> By: Samantha Laury http://www.elliotsblog.com/robot-hamsters-hot-holiday-toy-of-2010-84742/comment-page-1#comment-16330 Samantha Laury Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:58:07 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4115#comment-16330 It looks like Zhu Zhu pets and Twilight will be dominating the toy market this year It looks like Zhu Zhu pets and Twilight will be dominating the toy market this year

]]> By: Elliot http://www.elliotsblog.com/robot-hamsters-hot-holiday-toy-of-2010-84742/comment-page-1#comment-16269 Elliot Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:31:10 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4115#comment-16269 @ Mitch If the person had other ads displayed, they wouldn't make any money. @ whoknows It's an $8 gamble for someone. It can pay off if they make some decent money in the next few weeks. IMO, a one pager about the robots would be better than a parked page in this case. Perhaps they could add Amazon or Toys R Us affiliate links. @ Mitch

If the person had other ads displayed, they wouldn’t make any money.

@ whoknows

It’s an $8 gamble for someone. It can pay off if they make some decent money in the next few weeks. IMO, a one pager about the robots would be better than a parked page in this case. Perhaps they could add Amazon or Toys R Us affiliate links.

]]> By: .h2o. http://www.elliotsblog.com/robot-hamsters-hot-holiday-toy-of-2010-84742/comment-page-1#comment-16268 .h2o. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:27:53 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4115#comment-16268 I agree with whoknows. It's better to have a name like christmastoys.com or toptoys.com that can stay with you holiday after holiday. Everybody knows that trends have a short half life. Otherwise, you are going to have to work hard every year rebuilding a site and getting it indexed. I'd rather just keep changing the toys. I agree with whoknows. It’s better to have a name like christmastoys.com or toptoys.com that can stay with you holiday after holiday. Everybody knows that trends have a short half life. Otherwise, you are going to have to work hard every year rebuilding a site and getting it indexed. I’d rather just keep changing the toys.

]]> By: whoknows http://www.elliotsblog.com/robot-hamsters-hot-holiday-toy-of-2010-84742/comment-page-1#comment-16245 whoknows Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:50:33 +0000 http://www.elliotsblog.com/?p=4115#comment-16245 Wouldn't it be wiser for a person to spend their time and money on Web sites that will be valuble long-term, instead of trying to make a few bucks off the latest toy trend? As a new domain investor, I'm spending my time focusing on building Web sites that are a business and provide a service. I'm working on 20 of these Web sites right now. Wouldn’t it be wiser for a person to spend their time and money on Web sites that will be valuble long-term, instead of trying to make a few bucks off the latest toy trend?

As a new domain investor, I’m spending my time focusing on building Web sites that are a business and provide a service. I’m working on 20 of these Web sites right now.

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