After seeing repeated prompts by @searchbound, 2 weeks ago I put up simple landing pages with lead capture forms on 2 of my domains.
This has given me opportunity to confirm the power of a great .com domain, which is that like a faucet it can simply be turned on at any time. 1/
This has given me opportunity to confirm the power of a great .com domain, which is that like a faucet it can simply be turned on at any time. 1/
One domain is informational, and has so far collected emails from 80 people who want to be notified when the site launches.
It already ranks at #3 in Bing for the term. I suspect it's also gaining leakage from a popular site of the same name built on a New gTLD. 2/
It already ranks at #3 in Bing for the term. I suspect it's also gaining leakage from a popular site of the same name built on a New gTLD. 2/
The second is a product domain which last night drew its first inquiry, a lead that I just fed (for free) to a qualified dealer in the space.
They replied back immediately to thank me, and we're setting up for a call next week to discuss a possible affiliate relationship. 3/
They replied back immediately to thank me, and we're setting up for a call next week to discuss a possible affiliate relationship. 3/
The latter domain already ranks #4 in DuckDuckGo for the term.
Both domains are in niches I'm passionate about.
Thanks again to @SearchBound for the inspiration! 4/
Both domains are in niches I'm passionate about.
Thanks again to @SearchBound for the inspiration! 4/
I guess I now have some work to do! 

