closed FlipThis.com

[Theo]

OK...phone-test aside....how do you see this domain best utilized?

Possibly as a free platform to sell stuff, get "awards", chat with other members. You'd monetize it with ads, banners, affiliate sites etc. It's a good name.

 

[Diabro]

You seem to be obsessed with the tv/radio test. I'll give you some hints.

And you are qualified to give hints how?

1. You don't have to be a multi-million dollar company to create, brand or be successful with a product and its associated domain.

I agree. But you do not have to have a shitty domain name either.

2. Social media today allow lots more exposure to any startup than tv/radio of 10 years ago. I know, I've been there, worked the industry.

This is true but the Radio test is still important. Most successful companies have names that pass the radio test.

3. If you still think tv/radio will work better, there are ways to make an impact with any domain, regardless of how it's spelled.

OK, Based just on just the domain name and not the development and branding that have gone into them what domain would you rather spend money on. FlipThis.com or flickr.com?

 

[Theo]

Diabro, I don't have to tell you, my friend, how I am qualified. Your fixation with a test that is outdated clearly has become tiresome. I've stated my thesis and I am a no-BS guy.

 

[Diabro]

Diabro, I don't have to tell you, my friend, how I am qualified. Your fixation with a test that is outdated clearly has become tiresome. I've stated my thesis and I am a no-BS guy.

Based just on just the domain name and not the development and branding that have gone into them what domain would you rather spend money on. FlipThis.com or flickr.com?

Exactly.

And you are no more qualified than I am so do not try to talk down to me.

 

[Theo]

I think you have a chip on your shoulder and frankly, I don't care. I am here to offer my professional advice and opinion, I don't have to answer to trolling passers-by that seem to have an obsession.

 

[Diabro]

I think you have a chip on your shoulder and frankly, I don't care. I am here to offer my professional advice and opinion, I don't have to answer to trolling passers-by that seem to have an obsession.

Again, you have not answered the question. Because you know the answer would make you look like a hypocrite.

You came in trying to talk down to me. Now you cannot even answer a simple question. There is a troll here and it's not me.

 

[Theo]

I'm sorry, who is the hypocrite? The one that lies about the importance of an outdated feature and process and attempts to force-feed it to others, or the one who tells it like it is?

I came in giving a full picture about the domain, potential tm issues and delivered my analysis on the scope and usage. You came in, all defensive about your 'radio test' and demand to hear about my credentials. I have years of marketing and media experience but what does this have to do with you?

Who is the hypocrite? The one that doesn't really offer anything to this conversation.

 

[Diabro]

I'm sorry, who is the hypocrite? The one that lies about the importance of an outdated feature and process and attempts to force-feed it to others, or the one who tells it like it is?

I came in giving a full picture about the domain, potential tm issues and delivered my analysis on the scope and usage. You came in, all defensive about your 'radio test' and demand to hear about my credentials. I have years of marketing and media experience but what does this have to do with you?

Who is the hypocrite? The one that doesn't really offer anything to this conversation.

Based just on just the domain name and not the development and branding that have gone into them what domain would you rather spend money on. FlipThis.com or flickr.com?

 

[Theo]

This is a hypothetical question without any specifics. It depends on what I'd want to achieve. If I wanted to create a web 2.0 brand, I'd use Flickr. If I wanted to build a community or an auction site or business, I'd use FlipThis.

Ever heard of GetARoom.com ?

 

[Tia Wood]

Tony, I think the name is very catchy. However, how many markets use the term "flip"? I know real estate does. Domaining does. Any others?

As for the phone test, I'm not too sure "flip" would be confused with anything as who is going to think of "flyp" or some other odd spelling when they hear it? When it comes to branding, your brand can be named Garpoddlesmootch and still be successful because that is the point of branding.

 

[Theo]

Let me go back to GetARoom.com for a second, thus 'hijacking' this thread to offer some info.

The domain isn't very catchy in my opinion, it has some negative connotations e.g. "get a room you two" stands for commenting on extreme displays of affection.

However, it was sold for $30,000 to a company that marketed it as the next hotel/motel finder. You can build a service and a business on any name, even a negative-sounding one.

Read some more info at http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2009/09/get_a_room_literally_for_cheap.html

 

[Diabro]

This is a hypothetical question without any specifics. It depends on what I'd want to achieve. If I wanted to create a web 2.0 brand, I'd use Flickr. If I wanted to build a community or an auction site or business, I'd use FlipThis.

Ever heard of GetARoom.com ?

I never heard of that. But you could not develop FlipThis.com into a Web 2.0 brand?

MySpace.com
FaceBook.com

Really?

 

[Theo]

Who says you can't? I said that, given a choice of circumstances, my executive decision would have been as I stated above. My insight, if you must, is well-rounded.

That being said, I am sorry I was harsh on you and I apologize.

 

[Diabro]

Let me go back to GetARoom.com for a second, thus 'hijacking' this thread to offer some info.

The domain isn't very catchy in my opinion, it has some negative connotations e.g. "get a room you two" stands for commenting on extreme displays of affection.

However, it was sold for $30,000 to a company that marketed it as the next hotel/motel finder. You can build a service and a business on any name, even a negative-sounding one.

Read some more info at http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2009/09/get_a_room_literally_for_cheap.html

Oddly it passes the phone test...

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Who says you can't? I said that, given a choice of circumstances, my executive decision would have been as I stated above. My insight, if you must, is well-rounded.

That being said, I am sorry I was harsh on you and I apologize.

I personally feel that you would expect to pay less for flickr.com than for FlipThis.com. I know I would. I have a lot of brandables but I do not fool myself into believing that they would be more valuable than FlipThis. At the end of the day if someone is going to completely brand a product from the ground up they can reg a domain or buy a cheaper one from a reseller. Just my opinion but I think that is generally the opinion of brandables.

 

[Theo]

Well then, Tony will sell you FlipThis for the right price

 

[Diabro]

Well then, Tony will sell you FlipThis for the right price

And I would buy it for the right price. But I think those two prices are very far apart.*

*Not because I do not like the name or think it would hold the value.

 

[tonyfloyd]

Tony, I think the name is very catchy. However, how many markets use the term "flip"? I know real estate does. Domaining does. Any others?

As for the phone test, I'm not too sure "flip" would be confused with anything as who is going to think of "flyp" or some other odd spelling when they hear it? When it comes to branding, your brand can be named Garpoddlesmootch and still be successful because that is the point of branding.

Thanks Tia.....not too many markets per se.....but mostly everyone should know the term "flip"...because of these markets.....so...the goal is to take that term....and create a platform where anything can be "fllipped"

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Well then, Tony will sell you FlipThis for the right price

I ain't flipping it........and price paid was waaaaaaaay less than flip.net....

 

[Diabro]

I ain't flipping it........and price paid was waaaaaaaay less than flip.net....

This also seems like a playful swear as well. Lot's of potential.

 

[tonyfloyd]

This also seems like a playful swear as well. Lot's of potential.

Thanks Diabro!

 

[dcristo]

Let me go back to GetARoom.com for a second, thus 'hijacking' this thread to offer some info.

The domain isn't very catchy in my opinion, it has some negative connotations e.g. "get a room you two" stands for commenting on extreme displays of affection.

However, it was sold for $30,000 to a company that marketed it as the next hotel/motel finder. You can build a service and a business on any name, even a negative-sounding one.

Read some more info at http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2009/09/get_a_room_literally_for_cheap.html

I don't think that domain has negative connotations at all, maybe you have your mind in the gutter hehe. I think when people see that domain they were take it quite literally, it's perfect for a hotel booking site.

As for this domain... I quite like it, very catchy.