Become the local authority on SOLD prices and watch the listings come in.
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How to Use MLS Technology to Compel Buyers to Meet with You: By Craig Proctor RISMEDIA, March 5, 2008- "Making the most of this existing technology is an easy, but important service. By offering to send your buyers daily updates of all homes that match their home-buying criteria, you provide them with a number of valuable benefits:
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Your buyers have the
ability to beat other buyers to
hot new listings http://rismedia.com/wp/2008-03-04/how-to-use-mls-technology-to-compel-buyers-to-meet-with-you/ |
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Real Estate/Domain Market Movers by Stefan Swanepoel http://www.rismedia.com/wp/2007-04-20/pirate-or-partner- "Companies such as HouseValues, HomeGain, RealEstate.com and House.com have honed in on a niche left void by many real estate brokers and are offering a much needed service to consumers" |
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Do You Need Real Estate Buyers & Sellers? "Over 80% of real estate buyers and sellers find their broker online." Currently their are over a million real estate practitioners and only a handful real good domain names and they were grabbed over a decade ago. Online Marketing - Have You Felt the Earthquake Yet? That explains why a Boise Idaho real estate broker paid $50,000 for BoiseRealEstate.com and $175,000 for BoiseIdaho.com. And that also explains why Buckhead.com, which is the domain name of an upscale neighborhood in Atlanta, sold for a $250,000 price tag in 2007. Internet-buyer-vs-traditional-home-buyer? - "RISMEDIA, Feb. 8, 2007-If you are one of those many agents or brokers who don't really believe that the Internet is "the way" in real estate today, perhaps the following data compiled and presented by Leslie Appleton-Young, chief economist and vice president of the California Association of Realtors® (CAR®) in her analysis of the real estate market in California for 2006 will get your attention" more... |
Two men’s battle over a domain name shows how far the net has comehttp://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/ "Cohen and Kremen had realised before the law that domains were the shopfronts for the biggest market the world had ever known. "
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Kevin Ham is the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of, reports Business 2.0 Magazine. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire. By Paul Sloan, Business 2.0 Magazine editor-at-large May 22 2007: 2:17 PM EDT money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/
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$164 million Domain Purchase - "A year ago, the publicly traded online advertising company paid $164 million for a portfolio of more than 100,000 domains from Name Development Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company. Seattle-based Marchex owns sites such as debts.com and camcorders.com, as well as many ZIP Code-oriented sites like 90210.com. Ad revenue from Marchex's direct navigation sites totaled $7.7 million in the third quarter, up from $6.4 million in the second quarter."
Marchex Launches More Than 100,000 Local Web Sites 2007 5:00 am ET SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the largest-scale Web site launch of its kind, Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX - News; NASDAQ:MCHXP - News) today announced that it has launched more than 100,000 of its local and vertical Web sites, publishing more than one billion Web pages of content, features and functionality for consumers looking for local services and information online, along with highly targeted local advertising inventory.
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Rates are #1 with Mortgage Consumers Study Reveals Consumers Who Use Online Tools More Likely to Apply for Mortgages "– Consumers said that the most important element when choosing a lender is information on rates and fees. More than three-fourths of researchers went online for rate information — at least twice as many as for any other piece of information...
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Your REALTOR Tech To-Do List for 2008 January 1, 2008 Realtor.com http://www.realtor.org/rmomag.nsf/pages/TechWatch200801?OpenDocument BY MIKE ANTONIAK
#7. Advertise online.
(Idea: putting up bench ads & print ads with your relevant targeted real estate .COM domain name & YOU will drive AFFORDABLE, targeted & relevant consumers to your site to see YOUR listings - POINT THIS OUT TO YOU POTENTIAL SELLERS)
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Our business plan merely seeks to lease these real estate geo-domain names at a flat rate. Many investors now view domain names as the new commercial real estate. We view it in the same way and that is why we are leasing our domain properties just as you would lease bricks & mortar office space. Starting at only $99/mo to lease! LAW DOMAIN SOLD COMPS
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MORTGAGE PAY PER CLICK RATES
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| YEAR | SEARCH TERMS | CPC |
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2007 |
refinancing rates | $51.65 |
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2007 |
refinancing mortgages | $48.51 |
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2007 |
mortgage refinance | $36.55 |
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2007 |
refinancing | $36.27 |
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2007 |
no closing cost refinance | $30.84 |
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2007 |
zero down loan | $30.67 |
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2007 |
refinance with bad credit | $33.48 |
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2007 |
refi mortgage | $32.35 |
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2007 |
refinance rates | $32.23 |
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2007 |
no cost refinancing | $26.27 |
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2007 |
va refinance | $25.66 |
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2007 |
no fee refinance | $24.79 |
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2007 |
no closing cost mortgage | $21.74 |
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2007 |
fha refinance | $20.90 |
LAW PAY PER CLICK RATES
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| YEAR | SEARCH TERMS | CPC |
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2007 |
new york personal injury lawyers |
$44.22 |
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2007 |
denver personal injury lawyer |
$25.96 |
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2007 |
las vegas personal injury attorney |
$30.66 |
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2007 |
new york medical malpractice |
$27.50 |
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2007 |
chicago malpractice attorney |
$30.84 |
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2007 |
miami malpractice |
$15.31 |
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2007 |
tampa personal injury attorney |
$21.10 |
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2007 |
phoenix personal injury lawyer |
$20.02 |
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2007 |
kansas city personal injury lawyer |
$18.32 |
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2007 |
structured settlement |
$52.07 |
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2007 |
settlement |
$14.07 |
Large Corporations who understand
the value of the name of their category:
| Corporate Owner | Domain Property |
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AT&T |
WebHosting.com |
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Bank of America |
Loans.com |
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Barnes and Noble |
Books.com |
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Bayer |
Aspirin.com |
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Boeing |
NewAirplane.com |
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Calvin Klein |
Bras.com |
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Calvin Klein |
Underware.com |
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Cisco |
Compatible.com |
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Citibank |
StudentLoan.com |
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Classified Ventures |
Cars.com.com |
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Classified Ventures |
HomeGain.com.com |
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CNET |
Download.com |
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CNET |
News.com |
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CNET |
TV.com |
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CNN |
Money.com |
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Diageo |
Malts.com |
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Diageo |
Rum.com |
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Diageo |
Scotch.com |
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Disney |
Family.com |
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Disney |
Kid.com |
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Disney |
Movies.com |
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General Electric |
Coincidence.com |
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General Electric |
Ecomagination.com |
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General Electric |
TransportationServices.com |
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Interactive Corp |
Hotels.com |
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Interactive Corp |
RealEstate.com |
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History Channel |
History.com |
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JC Penny |
Gift.com |
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Johnson and Johnson |
Baby.com |
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Microsoft |
Investor.com |
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Monster |
Jobs.com |
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Nestle |
Meals.com |
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Office Depot |
OfficeSupplies.com |
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Procter and Gamble |
Toothpaste.com |
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Sun Microsystems |
Network.com |
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T-Mobile |
Aerial.com |
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Travelocity |
Vacations.com |
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Weather Channel |
Weather.com |
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Wedding Channel |
Weddings.com |
Top Domain Name SOLD Comps
| Sex.com | $ 12,000,000* |
| Fund.com | $ 9,995,000 |
| Vodka.com | $ 3,500,000 |
| Diamonds.com | $ 7,500,000 |
| Beer.com | $ 7,000,000 |
| Casino.com | $ 5,500,000 |
| Software.com | $ 3,300,000 |
| Wine.com | $ 3,200,000 |
| Loans.com | $ 3,000,000 |
| Computers.com | $ 3,000,000 |
| Business.com |
$ 3,000,000 |
| Wines.com | $ 2,900,000 |
| CreditCards.com | $ 2,750,000 |
| Coupons.com | $ 2,200,000 |
| Autos.com |
$ 2,200,000 |
| Telephone.com | $ 2,000,000 |
| Savings.com | $ 1,900,000 |
| Deposit.com | $ 1,900,000 |
| Seniors.com | $ 1,800,000 |
| Scores.com | $ 1,800,000 |
| Mortgage.com | $ 1,800,000 |
| CreditCheck.com | $ 1,500,000 |
| FreeCreditCheck.com | $ 1,500,000 |
| Phone.com | $ 1,200,000 |
| Wallstreet.com | $ 1,030,000 |
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