Today I’ve ventured into the realm of ebay as a means to market my brandable domain Bargantuan.

Obviously, it’s a play on the word Gargantuan. In today’s tight economy where bargain shopping is more important then ever it’s a great name. The word “bargain” appears in over 56 million pages on the web and based on SEO Book Keyword Tool the word “bargain” is searched for 245 times and “bargains” 226 times.

No, it’s not a keyword and no one will Stumble Upon it. It’s a brandable domain name that’s memorable, fun, and descriptive. It’s like BIG LOT’S only BIGGER. It’s BARGANTUAN!

Bargain Shopping. Colossal Savings.

I have this listed on Afternic for $450 or at auction on ebay.

Well, it’s been just about 3 months since I purchased my first 56 domains as investments. Since that time I’ve read a lot of other blogs and got a feel for what the seasoned domainers have been doing to make money in this business. What I’ve come to realize is that in the beginning domaining was all about buying a “keyword” or “keywords”, parking the landing pages with a PPC company, and watching the money roll in as internet users typed in what they were looking for and added dot com to the end. Bingo!… they found there new pair of shoes.

Early domainers got rich off of one word domains like shoes.com (and still are) but in my humble opinion those days are fading into history. Sure, Shoes.com will always make money unless technology takes us to a place where our feet don’t touch the ground but that’s something for the Jetsons.

The reason I decided to write this post is because I get these “expired lists” everyday and when I scan through them I shake my head because those who registered the names listed were hoping to turn a profit based on the principals of the early days of domaining - i.e., buy two words that make no sense when sounded together but make money because the search engines would return results with either of the words in the domains. Don’t get me wrong. I would have loved to have been into this business early on and made money on names that just don’t make good sense grammatically but make money because they contain two words that might make up a sentence like smellnose.com or energydung.com.

Those of us who are getting into this business now don’t have much to choose from in the “never registered before” category but that’s where my money goes for the time being. I’m not in the position to pay big bucks for “keyword domains” that will only make money as a parked domain and no sense to anyone for anything else. I think the days of parking are numbered and I’m in the process of providing my visitors with something novel like what they’re actually looking for. Most of my domains are two and three word phrases that make sense when said together. They’re catchy and most of all memorable. I hate parked pages and internet users do too!

I thought I’d write about a program that I’m watching tonight on CNBC about the use of biometrics to build databases about everyone — not just the criminals. Biometrics has been used for many years but the faster technology changes come online the more useful the biometric data becomes. Supposedly, all this will allow us more freedom because we will be able to travel unobstructed because facial recognition, iris scans and fingerprint profiles will quickly and accurately identify people as the wait to board planes, trains and automobiles. Not sure if I agree. Most people don’t realize how much there information has been recorded and stored for a long, long time it may not matter to them but it should and it will real soon. Keep your eyes on the future. I know I will be.

Most of the domains in our portfolio are based on what we believe to be how the internet audience will seek what they are looking for — as strings of words. As browsers become more intelligent typing in phrases as if talking to the computer will become the norm. We have created domain names using everyday english language words and phrases across many industries that can be used for large corporations with existing brands, new brandable ideas, and keyword domains. Our focus has been to acquire domains that form the essentials of everyday life and that don’t require a large marketing expenditure to drive traffic to the domains. Below is a sample of the newest domain names added to our portfolio. You can also browse the full list of domain names for sale here.

These are what we consider “keywords” that make sense in the order in which they appear in the domain.

This is our selection of domain names that are unique. In some you will find a combination of “keywords” and “brand ability” in that they are domains that are phrases rather then just two keywords that have been combined into a domain name without any thought of rhyme or reason.