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Ask HN: What would you do with the domain Blackbook.com
I was recently asked what I would do with the domain blackbook.com . The site is currently stagnate and the owner was looking on ways to monetize it. First thoughts that came to mind was slam adwords on it. Then maybe put a blackbook vehicle estimator? What would you do?
- christophe971 16y agoWhat we would do with the domain or the site ?
- togasystems 16y agoThe domain. The site is pretty much a right off, but the name itself is synonymous with Automobile Valuation.
- getonit 16y ago3 people, myself included, found the name synonymous with a list of girlfriends. I know the car-price meaning, but it's not what I think of first. Now there's a market indicator :)
- _pius 16y agoInteresting ... I only associate Blue Book with Automobiles. Black book strikes me as a list of potential flames.
- togasystems 16y agoAfter speaking with some colleagues and seeing the replies here, I guess my presumption is wrong.
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- slater 16y agoA contact manager
- togasystems 16y agoSomething along the lines of a guy's blackbook with his ex-girlfriend numbers in it? You could make it the Internet version with links to their Facebook page, email , etc...
- methodin 16y agoMake it a list of potential dates (little black book). Allow people to sell to other people as leads and an introduction. Kind of evil... but there are enough twisted people out there. And certainly most of them are lonely.
- smoody 16y agoLease it or sell it to the magazine "BlackBook" ( http://www.blackbookmag.com/ http://www.blackbookmag.com/ ) and enjoy the extra cash.
- Max_Stone 16y agoDuh, the name has historical name value up the yin yang, and the site gets all sorts of traffic -- especially overseas! A failure to capitalize on this, by re-introducing the name within the industry that it garnered it's success would be a monumental waste of an asset. My suggestion, build an asset behind the name (for Sh*ts sake!).