I have for sale 3 names in this auction but I can`t even access to see how they are going because of the way this auction is done.
My names are:
Casino.bo (.bo is the ccTld of Bolivia , it is the hottest Keyword in Bolivia, huge potentials in a South American Country with Spanish as official language. Casino in Spanish is spelled the same. )
OnlinePoker.pk (.pk is the ccTld of Pakistan , the 6th most populated Country in the world )
PokerZune.com (I`m not sure if this one made the auction but it was really cheap )
In substance, what I wanted to say is that if end user do not understand that there is more than .com on the internet than they should just learn more because many countries around the world prefer to use their ccTld rather than the anonymous .com to better identify their identity.
Kind regards
Correctamundo about ccTLDs. I’m sure some people are wondering why my reserve on Poker.in is more than $40,000. The reason is simple: I’ve gotten about 15 5-figure offers for the name, topping out at $32,000 upfront or $50,000 in installment payments over time.
Obviously that needs an explanation…why are people willing to pay that much? Because .in targets India, the 2nd most populous country in the world with the single largest base of English-speakers in the world, and a top 10 gambling economy despite gambling being illegal almost everywhere in India (same like the US except thanks to Native American reservation casinos, we can gamble practically anywhere here whereas India merely has Goa). Maharajah Club just sponsored the Asian Poker Classic in India back in March, the first $1 million poker tournament there, with likely many more in the years to come. With the US government cracking down on online gambling here in the states, poker sites will look for the next biggest markets to target. India’s going to be HUGE for poker in the coming years. $40,000+ is a tiny price to pay to corner that market before it blows up like the US market after Party Poker started the $1+ million tournament craze.
In addition, “in” can be short for international, OR with subfolders, domain hacks like Poker.In/England (locational) and Poker.In/French (foreign language) can be done to make full experience for the worldwide market. Keep in mind that search engines like exact domain matches too, so you can either lessen your SEO costs or get more improved SEO results for the same cost to get good SERPs for “poker” and phrases with poker in it.
Meanwhile, wtf would I do after paying $1 million for Rummy.com? Wow, I could be #1 for a whopping ~5,000 searches each month! 40 years from now, I MIGHT have my money back! Seriously, some of the prices people slapped on these names were ridiculous.