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Did I say something wrong? I was actually asking a serious question.
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Since "pork" is not ordinarily pluralized, what type of uses do you see for this domain? That would be a key part of knowing whether it has any value.
I can see this domain being used on an adult site that features larger women. I doubt there is any demand for it, but to tell you the truth I paid $69 for it because it's a PR4, I am just curious to know if the domain name itself is worth anything, sounds pretty cool to me.
Acro does have a "quirky" different mind, but I think he was suggesting some sort of sexual site with a tag like:
Porks. The babes you love to pork.
To pork someone in English is to F--K them.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pork
The plural pork(s) is almost never used in English since pork is not a counting noun. There is no such thing as one pork, two pork, three pork.
I would hope porks means something else in some other langauge if I were you.
There is an adult domain name appraisal thread on DNforum where they have more knowledge of the adult field.
The PR4 is good. I would point that out when asking for appraisals. If they are porn links that is good for a porn site.
The PR4 is good. I would point that out when asking for appraisals. If they are porn links that is good for a porn site.
Reading the Urban Dictionary on Pork, pork does have 19 "slang" definitions including penis.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pork
It might be useful for a gay porn site, but run it by the people on the Adult Appraisal Thread
http://www.dnforum.com/f36/
It is short and easy to remember partly because the unexpected "S" gets your attention.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pork
It might be useful for a gay porn site, but run it by the people on the Adult Appraisal Thread
http://www.dnforum.com/f36/
It is short and easy to remember partly because the unexpected "S" gets your attention.
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It's valued at what you paid for it.
It's new value will be what the next owner pays for it. That could be a +/- in your valuation.
For $69 bucks you did ok. Interesting price, too, considering the only way the name makes sense is in an adult area. It's not the type of name you could ever get really lucky with, but it is better than 99 percent of the names listed here, and if it gets any traffic at all it is worth it. I'm not into development, but if that's your thing you could do a lot worse than using a name like this.
I guess you could create some type of Pork related chips, and call them Porks. Good enough for me. The problem with a name like this is that the ceiling is very low when it comes to resale. Even if you found someone who wanted to use the name for something, there really is nothing about the name that will make them pay you off in a big way. So, you could get lucky and sell it for a little more than you paid, but if you are honest about the true expenses of owning a name like this, then you will see that once you post it in a few threads, and send out a few emails, park it, add it to your list, etc., you will see that the time you spent on this name is easily a few hours. And then you have no chance at a profit, and the more time you spend on it as time goes by, the worse it becomes.
There are names out there that can be had for $70 or so, where you could really get lucky one day. Something like a small town followed by RealEstate.com, or something along those lines. With those, you could wake up one day to a $2,500 sale. With Porks.com, you can never get that high. But for 69 bucks you should be ok, as long as you don't spend too much time on it. The clock is ticking, since just by listing it in this appraisal thread, and checking back on it, you probably have an hour invested in it, at least. Add that to the $69 you paid and you are likely over $100 total cost already.
I have made this error with inexpensive names before, and I still do.
I guess you could create some type of Pork related chips, and call them Porks. Good enough for me. The problem with a name like this is that the ceiling is very low when it comes to resale. Even if you found someone who wanted to use the name for something, there really is nothing about the name that will make them pay you off in a big way. So, you could get lucky and sell it for a little more than you paid, but if you are honest about the true expenses of owning a name like this, then you will see that once you post it in a few threads, and send out a few emails, park it, add it to your list, etc., you will see that the time you spent on this name is easily a few hours. And then you have no chance at a profit, and the more time you spend on it as time goes by, the worse it becomes.
There are names out there that can be had for $70 or so, where you could really get lucky one day. Something like a small town followed by RealEstate.com, or something along those lines. With those, you could wake up one day to a $2,500 sale. With Porks.com, you can never get that high. But for 69 bucks you should be ok, as long as you don't spend too much time on it. The clock is ticking, since just by listing it in this appraisal thread, and checking back on it, you probably have an hour invested in it, at least. Add that to the $69 you paid and you are likely over $100 total cost already.
I have made this error with inexpensive names before, and I still do.
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I never paid that much attention to the adult domain name treads in the past, but I sort of remember an active but kinky conversation. Now, from the number of people viewing and listing, the adult appraisal and sales threads look almost dead?
In any case, while people here think Porks.com is catchy, you have a marketing problem since nobody is going to think of the name "Porks" on their own. With most dictionary words such as my "Shrewd," "Company," or "Hactivist." someone, somewhere in the world is looking at them for a domain name and making mostly low offers.
With PorkS.com you are going to have to spend some time and effort marketing (to a dead?) adult industry as Dog above notes. I am not as negative as Dog is, but marketing costs are real if you decide to try to sell instead of develop.
In any case, while people here think Porks.com is catchy, you have a marketing problem since nobody is going to think of the name "Porks" on their own. With most dictionary words such as my "Shrewd," "Company," or "Hactivist." someone, somewhere in the world is looking at them for a domain name and making mostly low offers.
With PorkS.com you are going to have to spend some time and effort marketing (to a dead?) adult industry as Dog above notes. I am not as negative as Dog is, but marketing costs are real if you decide to try to sell instead of develop.
This advice is great. This thread alone justifies me paying the membership fee. I came here to learn and that is exactly what I am doing.
I can only transfer this domain after 60 days which gives me enough time to make a site and build traffic to it.
From past experience I feel that I will get $400 for it because it is a PR4. I will sell it on Flippa but I will set a buy it now of $1500 and reduce it to $1000 as that is what estibot values it at. (is $1500 to high? Who cares, I will just try my luck) I have a strong feeling that setting a higher buy it now will entice people to bid more than my original $400 value. It is a shame that the name itself does not hold a value and I now have a better understanding why.
Here is my previous name that I have sold on flippa for $395 and the domain had absolutely no meaning to it. https://flippa.com/2639520-alexa-65k-google-pr4-top-social-bookmarking-site-10k-visits-63k-pageviews
In agreement with someone elseâs post, this domain is brandable and extremely easy to remember and Iâm sure Flippa buyers will have that in mind as well.
I can only transfer this domain after 60 days which gives me enough time to make a site and build traffic to it.
From past experience I feel that I will get $400 for it because it is a PR4. I will sell it on Flippa but I will set a buy it now of $1500 and reduce it to $1000 as that is what estibot values it at. (is $1500 to high? Who cares, I will just try my luck) I have a strong feeling that setting a higher buy it now will entice people to bid more than my original $400 value. It is a shame that the name itself does not hold a value and I now have a better understanding why.
Here is my previous name that I have sold on flippa for $395 and the domain had absolutely no meaning to it. https://flippa.com/2639520-alexa-65k-google-pr4-top-social-bookmarking-site-10k-visits-63k-pageviews
In agreement with someone elseâs post, this domain is brandable and extremely easy to remember and Iâm sure Flippa buyers will have that in mind as well.
Since you paid the membership fee, you can also list the domain names for sale on most of the for-sale threads here FREE.
Most people here are looking for low, wholesale prices, but every once in a while a retail customer wanders in and might get attached to a name like Porks.
But watch the sales rules especially when listing on two sites, like this site and Flippa. Good luck with your sale.
You might also want to watch the hours you spend building sites and marketing like Dog suggests since it could be a bad use of your time. But not as big of a waste of time as getting into pointless discussions (flame wars) online.
Most people here are looking for low, wholesale prices, but every once in a while a retail customer wanders in and might get attached to a name like Porks.
But watch the sales rules especially when listing on two sites, like this site and Flippa. Good luck with your sale.
You might also want to watch the hours you spend building sites and marketing like Dog suggests since it could be a bad use of your time. But not as big of a waste of time as getting into pointless discussions (flame wars) online.
You could always put it up for auction and link from this page.
I think you can push to another account with same register - most people here have (free) accounts at most registers - but waiting the 60 days would allow full transfers.
Doesn't Flippa ban adult sites? Of course you could list it as just list it but you would not be albe to promote any of the "adult" meanings of pork. I have never bought or sold an adult domain name, so I don't know where they sell, but I doublt Flippa's the place for adult names.
And it never hurts to be polite even to trolls or low-ballers, and it does not cost anything. I get about one $100 offer for shrewd.com every month.
I think you can push to another account with same register - most people here have (free) accounts at most registers - but waiting the 60 days would allow full transfers.
Doesn't Flippa ban adult sites? Of course you could list it as just list it but you would not be albe to promote any of the "adult" meanings of pork. I have never bought or sold an adult domain name, so I don't know where they sell, but I doublt Flippa's the place for adult names.
And it never hurts to be polite even to trolls or low-ballers, and it does not cost anything. I get about one $100 offer for shrewd.com every month.
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