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We are taking donations to get this blog onto the popular Domaining.com feed. The present cost to do so is $500. Naturally as we are pigeon domainers, this cost is prohibitive, as it would entail (pun intended) liquidating 50 or more domains from our shitfolio to raise that kind of cash.

Unfortunately we barely make enough scratch to keep the lights on in this here hen house. Therefore we are accepting donations.  Call it what you will. (we call it a Pigeon-Domainathon!) Your contribution will help see that the voice of the pigeon domainers everywhere will continue to be heard!

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First of all, I’d like to say hi to all the pigeon heads over here and sometimes over there. Do you have your umbrellas with you? Great!

By now, everybody is scratching their heads with the ICANN’s recent policy makeover that is practically allowing everyone (ok, everyone with $185,000 USD) to register brand names and most anything crappy on the Internet nowadays.

In this way, you could register something as enlightening as http://www.pigeon.droppings.

As if there wasn’t enough pigeon droppings already floating about.

Now, I’m not a domainer but I am fascinated by all of these.

I’m hoping that maybe someone enlightened enough might give us the time to spend in answering a few silly questions.

1. Would the new policy changes made by the ICANN severely davalue existing gTLDs or are they going to get a more prominent place on the interwebs?

2. How do you think Google will change its algorithms?

3. How will this effect SEO?

Now I have more awesome and provocative questions to ask like:

Are you guys really making money on this?

But that would have to wait until the umbrella could hold no more pigeon droppings.

Pigeon reporter out.

~Feed the birds, tuppins a day, tuppins, tuppins, tuppins a day….

These domains are expiring soon. They had traffic from old websites a long time and still do get a few uniques every month:

kaskusupload.net
kg11.com
menorcaproperty.info
oaza-krakow.net
photokicho.com
slaviclovematch.com
tuscany-rental.org

Make me an offer I can’t refuse and they are yours

So apparently there are people out there buying and sellling real pigeons for pigeon racing.

Interestingly enough they also sell domain names:

not our pigeon domains

Is this just more pigeon shit, or has someone found a profitable niche here?

Have you bought a shitload of hand-registered  domain names and now realize the majority are not worth much more than registration fee?

Have you bought some domains on the aftermarket and later realize that end-user buyers will probably never materialize?

Maybe you find yourself wishing that Uncle Rick will swoop down and hand you a domainer bailout?

It can happen. What you need is a little domain stimulus.

Fortunately there is a new program called Cash For Domain Clunkers.  Like the original government run Cash For Clunkers was –

“intended to provide economic incentives to U.S. residents to purchase a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle when trading in a less fuel-efficient vehicle”

- the new Cash For Domain Clunkers is intended to to provide economic incentive to domainers to trade up your less end-user friendly domains in order to purchase newer, more end-user friendly domains.

Cash for Domain Clunkers may allow you t recover a few bucks on a bad investment.

To participate in Cash For Domain Clunkers just take a moment to register with Pigeon Domains.

Once registered you can list your domain clunkers for sale here.

One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor. One man’s domain clunker is sometimes another’ domainer’s treasure.

What is everyone squawking about now? Sarah Palin got a boob job (allegedly)

Maybe you remember the infamous Turkey Pardon interview from November of 2008 where Palin made headlines by talking while a Thanksgiving turkey was slaughtered in the background behind her

Its no wonder that many a Pigeon will be lead to the available domain slaughter following this “news” (read tabloid sensationalism)

Surprisingly none of the following domains have yet been registered  …

• SarahPalinBoobs.com
• SarahPalinImplants.com
• PalinBreastImplants.com
• PalinImplants.com
• SarahPalinBreastsAugmented.com
• PalinBoobJob.com
• PalinBoobTube.com
• MyPalinImplants.com
• BoobsPalin.com
  

Easy, Pigeons. Stop Salivating.

What happens when you see an available keyword.org domain with exact match search volume of 5,456 and a CPC of $1.34?  Do you start salivating and want to register that domain right away?

Have you heard of Pavlov’s dogs?  Most of us have.  Here is a brief recap in case you’ve forgotten the most famous experiment in classical psychology …

During his research on the physiology of digestion in dogs, Pavlov noticed that, rather than simply salivating in the presence of meat powder the dogs began to salivate in the presence of the lab technician who normally fed them.

From this observation he predicted that, if a particular stimulus in the dog’s surroundings were present when the dog was presented with meat powder, then this stimulus would become associated with food and cause salivation on its own.

In his initial experiment, Pavlov used a metronome to call the dogs to their food and, after a few repetitions, the dogs started to salivate in response to the metronome.

This is known as conditioning.  So what does it have to do with domaining?

The search volume estimates and CPC numbers have become like the bell that is trotted out for domainers. It does not mean there is always food present.

Even if there is a strong association between these metrics and domain sales and revenue, does it mean that every domain that has a reasonably high search volume is going to make you a fast buck?

For every domain that you register, you need to be thinking, who is likely to buy this domain? How could it be developed? Who is the target market? Do they spend money? How much? What industry? How competitive?

Choose wisely. Every domain is like a mini Grail cup of holy water in the Last Crusade.  Choose assets and not liabilities.

If you find yourself  jumping the gun to register domains every time you are confronted with a list of available keywords, you are most likely salivating in the absence of food.  If you are making money, that’s fine. If not, step back.  Watch your own process. Be aware. Think first, register later.

Conditioning means old habits which are hard to break.  If your habits are not profitable you may be conditioned to think a certain way, to domain a certain way.

Afternoon, folks,

Right now you’re most likely thinking, “WTF is This?”

It’s a new website called PigeonDomains.com.  All are welcome.

For those who don’t know or understand what a “pigeon” is, have a look here.

The term “pigeon” is a domaining neologism coined not long ago by the infamous Domain King, Rick Schwartz. As he explains,

You can be a Pigeon or a Domainer but really tough to be both. Most would not like to be pigeons. Many don’t even know the difference. WTF is he even talking about? Which one are you? Having lots of domains will not earn you the the title of domainer or investor. There is a growing divide in the domain industry. The divide is a place we have never looked before. Never understood before.

Being the progenitor of this new ethnographic divide among the domain industry, and with continued perseverance to educate all pigeon domainers to enable them to better understand and transcend their own condition, Rick is hereby honored as our Patron Saint.

What Else?

Glad you asked.  The great part about PigeonDomains is that you can use it to unload your own Pigeon Shit.

You are welcomed to post your unwanted domains for sale on the site.  Who knows, you may find another sucker ready to dumpster dive in after you.

So take any and all of your unwanted refuse that you’ve swallowed whole from the registrars, and before shitting it back out to the drop pool where it might even go for $69, leave your droppings around at PigeonDomains and see who’ll clean them up for you.

To list your Pigeon Shit with us  simply go to this page, or click where ever you see the ‘Shit Here’ button.

Want More?

No problem.  Use this blog as your own.  You now have a platform to squawk all day long about the domain industry.  Say what you want.  We respect your opinion, even if you’re not making any money.

Of course don’t post anything defamatory, discriminatory, abusive, or other nawny things that we would object to. Every man (and pigeon) is liable for his own words and actions, the opinions stated by other pigeons are not necessarily those of PigeonDomains.com yada yada yada …

All you need to do to begin blogging is to register with the site.

So that’s it. Now stop squabbling over bread crumbs, french fries and leftover hotdog buns, and start shoveling yourself out from underneath the mounds of pigeon shit that will be your domain burial ground, and put yourself on the path to becoming an eagle.

Have a great day