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by mladenkovacevic
4885 days ago
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Haven't given it much thought but here are a couple of ideas: 1) Users pay to list their domains. Pro: Guaranteed revenue from every user
Con: Low motivation for user to pay up as there's no guarantee for reward
2) List up to 20 domains for free anything over that falls into a tiered annual payment plan Pro: same as 1 but better because of larger free user base who might be more likely to convert to a paying user
Con: Could a user just keep rotating hundreds of domains through their free account? (imposing a limit on how many times a user can list and de-list domains would prevent this)
3) Users pay a flat fee only when a successful trade is made Pro: more motivation for users to pay up as the reward is imminent. Also both users can split the fee making it more affordable for each of them
Con: Revenue is conditional on successful trades. Could the users use the service to simply list their domains then use outside channels to complete the actual trade/transaction?
4) User pays a fee when they want to take a domain they received through trading off of the trading block. This would require the site to actually assume ownership of all domains being traded then hold them hostage for a small fee when a trader wants to take possession of them (or else they are still up for trade/in limbo)5) Maybe the site handles trades as well as cash purchases. Trades are free.. purchases incur a 2% fee. 6) Ads for other internet services. Perhaps the domains could be contextually paired with the ads so that if a user is searching for mma-website.com he/she sees ads for mma training equipment and facilities. |
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You can actually sell it as a value-add and, from what I understand from professional domain squatters / traders, there's a surprisingly decent amount of money in it. The amount of link juice you could give the main domain probably also isn't insignificant...