software.co.uk domain name sells for $246,000 to software.com

Sedo have reported today that software.co.uk has been sold for $246,000 (£148,496 at todays exchange rate) and by checking the Nominet whois http://webwhois.nic.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=software.co.uk you can see that it was bought by the owners of software.com

I wonder what the previous owner of software.co.uk will spend the money on ?

Yet again this is fantastic news for UK domain names are further solidifies the value of .uk domain names rising in value month after month. Let’s hope this gets some good national press, and congratulations to the original owner ProFantasy Software Ltd who recently posted the domain name for sale on acorn domains which is a popular UK haunt for domain sellers

Liverpool lose due to beach ball

Liverpool were defeated 1-0 against Sunderland today after one of their young fans threw a beachball onto the pitch during the game.

Not the most popular Liverpool fan in history !

The young boy watched in horror as the football kicked by Darren Bent (the Sunderland striker) and was deflected off the beachball and into the goal of Liverpool !

 What an unfortunate event for Liverpool ! Something tells me that this Liverpool fan will not be the most popular guy on the train home !

Stevie wonder on twitter – breaking news

Most expensive domain name in history sells for $16m – beats sex.com by $4m

Congratulations to the original owners of insure.com who bought the domain name in December 2001 for $1.6m and sold last week for $16m for the domain name and branding.

What a fantastic ROI and great news for domain name investors around the world.

This beats the previous highest domain name sale record in history which was sex.com which sold for a reported $12m-$14m in 2006

This proves yet again that domain investing is a great opportunity and something which is growing in popularity every day.

I have quit affiliate marketing

At least that is what alot of people have been emailing to aks me :

“Hi Frank
I have noticed you haven’t been active on A4U for quite some time now and was wondering if you were just busy or have quit affiliate marketing all together”

“Hello Frank
How are you ? I hope I am wrong but I have heard rumours that you have quit in affiliating to pursue other things, is it true ?”

Now to answer both questions and all the other doubts in one answer – I HAVE NOT QUIT AFFILIATE MARKETING

So where have I been since my last post on 13th August 2009 ? well various things have happened over the last 2 months including

1. Kids summer holidays – Decided to take some time off to spend with the family.
2. I have been slowly dropping my clients away to concentrate on all my own projects full time
3. I have developed and also launched 2 big sites
4. I have been establishing reputable and trustworthy partners to start joint ventures with, on some of my premium domain names
5. I have been investing in more premium domain names and working towards a structured work plan for the next 12 months

To answer another common question I have been asked frequently as of late – YES I WILL BE ATTENDING THE A4UEXPO THIS YEAR

I will also be making more regular updates to my blog with new ideas / challenges and help for people to show you ways to make money online.

Anyway enough now – I will see you at the expo.

facebook gone wrong

Here is something that made me chuckle yesterday

Ouch !! make sure you check who your friends are, before making statements like that ha ha !

Ps my long awaited update will be here soon – been a hectic few weeks ! phew !

yes I am still alive – update on my affiliate marketing experiment is coming later today

Phew 9 days and lots of comments to approve ! I have been so busy the last week or so, my blog has been neglected, but fear not I will be giving you a nice update of my affiliate marketing experiement, making 1 or 2 new blog posts and also answering all your comments from the last few days.

Keep your eyes peeled !

my heart is in this 100%

I was recently approached by Heart Internet to give an interview for them to send out to their 100,000+ newsletter readers,  detailing ways on how to make money and monetise their websites using affiliate marketing.

You can read the interview here

Enjoy

A little thank you and also a sunday niche !

A few weeks ago I was contacted by someone called Jim Kinloch, who had read my posts on the a4u forum and asked if I would be interested in promoting their campaign for old newspapers, he also commented that he knew I was busy and probably wouldn’t have the time to look at it – unfortunately he was 100% correct, and I replied back that I had too much on my plate at present, but would re look into it at a later date and directed Jim to my blog.

A few days later, Jim contacted me again commenting that he had seen my blog post that I have recently celebrated my first wedding anniversary and as a thank you for all the effort and advice I have given people on a4u, for me to choose a complimentary gift ! I was touched, as I never expected such a kind gesture as it is quite rare where I get any real reward for anything I contribute to the affiliate community, so it was a very nice gesture. I chose a backdated newspaper from the day my wife was born. A few days later it arrived and my wife was over the moon with the gift, and it was quite funny reading the news from the day she was born (all those years ago !).

I looked more into this niche and found it a little bit gutting that I do not have time to do something with it, as I believe it is a quite a niche product and could do well as it is starting at 12% and the gift I chose for my wife was £40 so it would be almost £5 commission per sale which is great !

So as a thankyou to Jim and also to give others the opportunity to take advantage of this, here are a couple of niche domains (with search traffic according to the google tool) which could do well with this affiliate program.

birthdaynewspapers / org / uk
oldnewspapers /org / uk
birthdatenewspapers / org / uk
historicnewspapers / org / uk

Email Jim by clicking here and mention this blog post, and he will get you approved on the program (which is on the fantastic webgains) straight away !

18 inch tyres – Saturday niche domain name for you

Phew what a busy week ! haven’t stopped with various things, so I haven’t had the time to blog much.

Anyway, after seeing this I decided to post a “Saturday” niche domain here for you.

18inchtyres / co / uk is the niche (all extensions are available even the .com) now this only gets 720 exact according to the google tool, but with the Mytyres affiliate program paying 3% commission and the average price for a set of 4 x 18 inch tyres being a good few £££ there is scope for some decent commissions to be made and the competition in the serps is very very weak for this and other keywords.

Plus mytyres are the cheapest place around for 18 inch tyres or any size tyres for that matter so if you use your head and do the maths, this will create lots of niche’s for you to tackle.

Good luck and look forward to seeing any which are made as a result of this post. ps Don’t expect to get rich from this domain name, but it could give you some extra cash to spend on your families for a little amount of work.

Buying 18 inch tyres and wheels will NOT improve your car's overall look, if it currently resembles this