Using WhyPark to Create Mini Portals to Sell or Generate Revenue

Just out of curiousity, how will you determine your asking price
for these real estate domains? I too own similar .com domains
as well as several City + State Realtor domains. In my experience
these types of Real Estate domains have been difficult to sell.

@Calvin – Realtor domains, if you contact Realtors trying to sell, you are going to get one of them calling the local association. That is a TM and the NAR defends their trademark.

Agree big time with George. Realtor is a highly protected mark.

I like the plan Elliot… I do have a comment on what I believe could pose a difficultly in selling the domains to the end user real estate agent.

At least in Texas, where I reside, I hear commercials on the radio and TV numerous times a day from the Texas Association of Realtors (TAR) in which they try to make a point if you are looking for an agent to list or sell your property, make sure they are a “Realtor” and not just a “real estate agent.” And the point of the commercial is to try and show that a “Realtor” is more expierenced than just a “real estate agent” when in reality it could be they have just paid their dues to TAR and NAR and can use the term “Realtor” in business cards and sales literature.

So my point is, if you are sending the sales emails to an agent that uses the title “Realtor” I believe they would be more hesitant to buy since they want something that says more than just they are a “real estate agent” even though they can perform the same duties but the “Realtor” has paid the association dues.

@ Ryan

Very good point… but here’s a modification of an old saying. Not all real estate agents are Realtors, but all Realtors are real estate agents.

El_Silver,

I think you’re on to something. Join the WP club… you have the right approach, and there’s no better person in the domain industry to trust for straightforward assistance and advice than Craig Rowe.

I hope everyone keys into your article here to follow your progress for the next six months on your domains parked at WhyPark.

Elliot,

Do you have any city real estate BROKER.com domains?

Might be interesting to compare agent vs broker.

All brokers start out as agents. Brokers are more senior to agents so maybe agent is somewhat derogatory?

All of this work, is the return worth even worth it…

@ Jeff

Craig is going to do much of the work, and I don’t think the set up will be too complicated or take much time. This is why I asked him to write a tutorial about what he is doing. That said, this is what I do for a living and testing is important. If it doesn’t work, I’ve wasted a couple of work days. If it does work, I (or anyone who reads my blog) can then buy hundreds or thousands of similar names and “blow it out.” It’s well worth the test.

If it works, it will be worth the effort. You need to keep trying different things and see what might work.

What would you do with a city/Realtor (dot) com name?

Just park it, forward it or let it drop?

Good luck with your plan Elliot, personally I use WhyPark and Noomle to build my minsites. It is very easy to develop the domains and they build up backlinks and more traffic with fairly little effort, instead of just parking them which gives you no revenue unless your names receive decent type-in traffic,
Totally agree, building minisites is the new solution for domain name owners.

Frank

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