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You clearly misunderstand the entire business models of the industry. Those 'accidental' visitors are actually quite 'regular.' A certain stream of people typ
by ohashi 16y ago
You clearly misunderstand the entire business models of the industry.
Those 'accidental' visitors are actually quite 'regular.' A certain stream of people type in domain names to find what they want every day. Just because you don't behave a certain way to navigate to things doesn't mean others don't. It's called Direct Navigation in the industry. That's what has fueled the growth of domain investing since about 2003ish when PPC parking systems actually created an easy to monetize method for domain holders that scaled incredibly well across virtually all niches. Google pumped it even higher until about 2007.
Those people who directly navigate to a website are amazingly consistent. I have held names for many many years and the type in numbers have remained almost constant for most of them. What is the value of X potential customers coming to you without any work every day? What is the value of a more memorable brand name? What is the value of a domain that is an exact match to a super high value keyword term that defines an industry and google puts a giant bonus on in SERPs?
Very few domain sales ever reach the million dollar mark and especially not new registrations (http://ohashi.info/article/there-money-fresh-domain-name-registrations http://ohashi.info/article/there-money-fresh-domain-name-reg...). You're confusing a billboard in the middle of nowhere and a billboard in times square. The value of the billboard is the distance from times square. There are a lot of unreasonable people, but that's life, there are just as many professionals who know what their domains are worth. Just because you have one value doesn't mean others don't see the value differently.