closed LearnGuitar.com

[Acquisition]

[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]This is the "Learn" name for what is by far the #1 most popular instrument in the world..

With the advent of the ever popular "Guitar Hero" video game series , I see huge possibilities with this one as more and more people are wanting to learn Real guitar.. Here is a link with GuitarInstructor dot com stating how many more people have started learning guitar lately (You can read it down lower in the article). Their very nice site just launched 6 months ago-

http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2008/03/0308musicheroes.html

http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2007/Hal-Leonard-guitarinstructor.com.html

Moreover, LearnGuitar (.) net is a fully developed site with a major music outfit running it.

Also, abcLearnGuitar (.) com,

[/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]They also have a forum on their site with over 5000 members.[/FONT]
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Furthermore, LearnAndMasterGuitar (.) com is quite big and popular.

LearnClassicalGuitar dot com[/FONT] is site.

Here is yet another of the courses ( and publications) that have the "Learn" and Guitar" term as the main component of their name:

http://www.learnguitar.uk.com/
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And there are more websites that carry the wording of "Learn"and "Guitar" that have guitar learning courses.

What are your opinions on it? [/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]I would also appreciate any ideas or suggestions as far as development is concerned. [/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]As always, your opinions and suggestions are appreciated.

Best,
AQ
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[RatherGood]

Personally, I've always had problems monetizing guitar and guitar related traffic with both PPC and affiliate advertising.

But as a guitar player I do like the name.

 

[Acquisition]

Mastering Music Through Online Instruction:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/15/MNGA6LN32L1.DTL&type=printable

"With 3.3 million electric and acoustic guitars sold this year -- nearly three times the number just 10 years ago -- the guitar is the best-selling instrument in the United States. (The growing interest in the guitar no doubt helps explain the wild popularity of a much-noted video on YouTube.com featuring a young Taiwanese guitarist playing an exceedingly difficult rock arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon.)"

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'Guitar Hero' changes music industry

http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2008/03/0308musicheroes.html

In December, music publisher Hal Leonard Corp. launched a Web site called GuitarInstructor.com. It calls the site "the next step for 'Guitar Hero' fanatics." The company is also publishing song books featuring tracks from each game and is offering tablatures (musical notation for guitars) and videos showing how to play those songs on its Web site at 99 cents and $1.99, respectively.

Jeff Schroedl, vice president of product development for Hal Leonard, says the site is benefiting from the renewed interest in playing music that the games have generated.

There's so many more people exposed to guitar playing through the games," Schroedl said, "Between the song book and the Web site, we're trying to tap into that as best we can."

He says, however, that shredding to "Run to the Hills" in the expert mode of "Rock Band" won't make you a real guitar hero. "There's not an obvious segue between the two other than the fact that the songs are popular and that if they're hearing the guitar parts of the game, they're more apt to want to learn the songs on guitar."

Although Schroedl says interest in guitar playing has grown fastest, lessons for other instruments are also benefiting from the wave of music games. The market is strong," he said."More people are wanting to play music."

Online learning exists for many instruments -- notably electronic keyboards, which interface well with computers and the Internet -- but nowhere does it appear more prevalent than with the guitar.

Dave Sebree, owner of the Austin School of Music, said he had 190 new students sign up for lessons in January and February, "It's crazy," he said, "we can't keep up with them all."

Looks like quite a good growing market to me.

 

[Acquisition]

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[Theo]

$25k - $30k

 

[Giode]

I think it's an awesome name! There should be legitimate end-user interest. 50k+. Best of luck!

 

[Acquisition]

Thanks everyone for your opinions. Best of luck to all of you.

 

[Varlin]

Very valuable, but I feel the Acro appraisal a bit inflated for a 2-word name.

I would ask for 6-12K, but might get more from end users.

 

[Acquisition]

I think it's an awesome name! There should be legitimate end-user interest. 50k+. Best of luck!

You sir are the winner.. This domain just sold for "over" $50k as you predicted.

Now I don't know what prize you won ... but you were the right one here

 

[Credit]

You sir are the winner.. This domain just sold for "over" $50k as you predicted.

Now I don't know what prize you won ... but you were the right one here

Oh wow - great sale!

Congratulations!

 

[Giode]

Great Job man! Congrats on the sale.

 

[dcristo]

Not surprised at all. Great name which will make a ton of money with affiliate marketing/selling your own product.

 

[grcorp]

Besides the fact that the name is straight-to-the-point for a very hot topic, there is a host of guitar guide products on clickbank, thus making this name perfect for an affiliate product.

 

[Bionic]

Development Idea: Virtual guitar tutor (lots of research going on with interactive agents)

For now, I'd check out the guitar magazines with CDs and make some similar tutorials yourself.

Great multimedia name (Buzz term from the 90s!)

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sheesh I skipped over the sale part. Congrats.