I’m high on geo-domains these days.. Mainly for the development potential. From a ‘building business’ perspective, it’s pretty darn easy to establish instant credibility if you mention you’re from, say, ‘TellurideColorado.com’..
After grabbing a beer today with Charles from Snowcap Labs (thanks for the beer Charles), I came home to Rick Latona’s Daily Domains email.. he’s been serving up some gems lately, and today he served up one I began instantly chewing on..
Gadsden.com — for $19K — not a bad price in my book, really..
Gadsden Alabama is only a short trek away from Atlanta, and has a population over 100,000 - which means there’s plenty of small business advertisers who’d possibly be interested in advertising on a local blog/resource..
So I began digging.. What’s Gadsden like? There a college there? Industry?
Before I even got started, I stopped.
Why?
Cause of Rand McNally.
In 1989, Rand McNally listed Gadsden as one of the “Seven Worst Cities to Live in the United States.” (per wikipedia)..
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A fantastic domain name? Yes, no doubt. Potential? Definitely.
For me? eh… I’d rather build an empire on - at least - the 8th worst or better city in the U.S. ….
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LOL… I would’ve stopped after reading that also.
I’m sure I could do better things with $19K.
Some good domains, but no bargains in these emails. Rick knows the prices well and don’t sell cheap
Gadsden, Alabama has a population of 37K people.
I’m high on geo-domains these days - great point.
Nice Post