NDM-1 - an experiment

[paul]

I registered http://www.ndm-1.net and threw up a one-page site. It'll be interesting to see if this goes anywhere in the light of recent news...
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[Kay]

What are you trying to do, Paul?

Build traffic, make money, flip the site, or what?
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[paul]

I'm not really sure!

Any or all of the above... probably either AdSense or flip the site (but more for its domain value than content). For now I was just going to sit on it and see what happens.
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[adigaskell]

Hmm, it'll be interesting to see what happens to it. Would it be worth including a Twitter feed for this? You could be 'tracking live outbreaks' or something. Maybe have a death count as well. The 24 hour news channels love those
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[paul]

I did wonder whether I should do the whole Twitter/Facebook thing as well...
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[adigaskell]

Can't see an immediate need for either as I'm not sure what you'd say on them.
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[Kay]

Hmmm, as a compulsive domain buyer, I'm finding it hard to see this one as a goer. To make money via AdSense, as I'm sure you know, you need a heck of a lot of traffic converting into clicks. Unless you build something to attract visitors, I can't see how you'll achieve this unless you put in a lot of hard work. Urgh!

Re the domain, yes, it's a good one, but who is likely to buy it? Domainers are unlikely to offer high for it (but you could check that by getting a free appraisal on NamePros or the like).

So, who might your end-users be and where might you find them? Maybe information and advice organisations?

I guess you're taking a punt that the disease does go global, then you may very well be sitting on something potentially valuable. Good luck!

PS: Love Adi's idea of the death count!
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[Kay]

PS: Unsurprisingly many end-users just don't want to part with any cash - even though they may well have a budget for it.

For example, I own 101Wales.com. The Welsh police created a new non-emergency help line - phone 101. They wanted 101Wales.com to promote this service and asked if it was for sale. I said yes, I'd sell for a reasonable estimate of the market value of the domain.

They never got back to me and bought 101Cymru.net instead. Fair enough, but I don't think it's half as good as 101Wales.com. BTW, thanks for reminding me about 101Wales - that's another one I forgot I owned.
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[paul]

When you said they went for 101Cymru.net there... I thought to myself "why the hell did they not at least go for 101Cymru.com ?!"

Then I looked it up.
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[Kay]

I have a whole stable of 101s. It's an easy number to remember (hence the police using it for their phone line) plus it's a way to get a generic name that I otherwise would have no chance of getting.

Dunno if it's a good tactic or not.
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