Understanding .CO Domain Development:

This new TLD has a lot of inherent power.  The .CO TLD is a new way of branding your online corporate / business presence.

Lets face it a lot of money has been spent on branding and the .CO launch.   Domainers and business owners have spent and continue to spend a significant amount of money in .CO real-estate.

However even with all that initial investment the TLD can become irrelevant with lack of .CO development.  So Rob at Epik blogged about .CO Domain Development this morning and made a great offer to cover $30 on any .CO that gets developed as an Epik product!

We bought our first .CO this morning and we have identified several more as well.  Best of luck and happy domaining, let us know if we can help.
Regards,

Luke

Domain Development:

This is what we do.  We are not the only company in the business; but when it comes to mass WordPress domain development we cant be beat.

These sites breathe life into dormant domains that have been parked or neglected.  The idea is to give your domains an SEO heartbeat and start gaining traffic traction through SERP.  Think of DevRich as a high speed low cost way of determining your fertile soil and giving you a solid foundation prior to a comprehensive domain development plan with Epik.

Feel free to drop us a line here if you have any questions or comments.

Luke Webster

Domain Greenhousing 101

Rob Monster just wrote a great article on the Epik Blog regarding Domain Greenhousing.

This article gives a comprehensive overview on how DevRich and Epik can help you jump start your domain development.  The basic concept is simple utilize DevRich’s ability to cost effectively mass produce great looking sites as a foundation for future development.  These sites will give you a solid overview of where you can focus your next round of development energy.  The good news is any capitol that you spend developing on the DevRich platform can be applied in full to an Epik Product Portal, Directory Portal or other solutions.  That’s the basic summary head over there and find out more.

You can always e-mail me here for more information.

Regards,
Luke

As I am sure a lot of you have read or heard by now domain development company DevRich has been acquired by Epik. I know I speak for everyone on both sides of this acquisition we could not be happier.

What does this acquisition mean for you, our client?  The acquisition and integration into Epik means stronger more capable domain development company with a full domain life cycle approach.  In other words, we can now help you with a complete solution — everything from (1) picking the right domain to (2) developing a turnkey SEO Optimized high Page Ranking product portal, directory, video portal, blog, e-commerce website or an entire portfolio, to (3) selling a developed website to a strategic buyer.

I first met Rob Monster via a blog post/comment session.  We kept in touch. This led to a natural progression of friendship and mutual respect for one another’s ambitions and vision.  An on-site visit to our offices further solidified what was an ad hoc partnership.  Rob and I both play with “cards on the table” which made it easy to find win-wins.

As the logic of a tie-up with Epik became more obvious, I switched gears and went full speed ahead in mapping out a blueprint for successfully building out custom websites on a massive scale with limited or no real requirements from the domain owner — a system where we  (Epik / DevRich) will do all of the heavy lifting.  In any business it’s important to know your client. Let’s face it most Domainers don’t want to be developers.  They want developed sites that require no more effort than Parking.  That’s where the DevRich solution delivers.

In order to even take on such a task I put my life on hold for an entire month. I had what I call one of my “Howard Hughes” moments where I isolate myself into a cocoon take in all the info I can then roadmap the logical progression of such information and derive the solution with the highest rate of return and probability for success.

Shortly after the roadmap was final it was obvious that I needed a CTO.  I turned to an old friend Branden Barnes and made him a vested partner.  Within a short period of time my vision became his code. DevBot v1.5 was born.  It was amazing to see this product take shape and even more rewarding to see it put into production, generating great looking sites at an amazing rate while automating countless manual tasks.

All that brings  us to last month…  It is true the internet is evolving.  It is evolving at a mind numbing pace with amazing opportunities and countless potholes.  I had taken DevRich into some really cool areas.  We managed to avoid the potholes by being honest with ourselves and our clients.

Epik’s offer came at the right time.  Brandon and I have a ton of respect for the entire Epik team.  That made it an easy decision as we both knew that the synergies were obvious, and the team chemistry was tested.  It was a natural progression for DevRich to be acquired by Epik.  Looking back on the last year and I could not imagine a better fit or a better outcome.

DevRich looks forward to continuing to serve you with the quality that you have come to expect.

Regards,
Luke Webster

DevRich is still aggressively buying Domains.  Send us your sales lists…

Here are some of the preferred categories that we are targeting.

- Health / Beauty Domains
- Diet Domains
- Law Domains
- Finance Domains

If you have a domain or a portfolio of domains that you are interested in selling for a REALISTIC price.  Then please submit your domain(s) and pricing here.
Thanks!

Luke

The art of appraising a Domain Portfolio.  DevRich takes the approach of appraising your portfolio very seriously.  We offer our clients a free initial comprehensive portfolio appraisal. It’s okay if you’re not a client. We have a free option for you as well.

The first step is understanding your end goal or exit strategy.   I am sure we are all surprised to hear that a majority of the domain collectors we meet are still dialing in this aspect. No problem. We are creative and can work with you as needed. Even if it’s just as a sounding board, helping to document your cradle to grave domaining worldview.  Once we have the big picture, it’s time to start the heavy lifting.

For the second step, we utilize an automated push and then spend a considerable amount of hands-on time cleaning up your domain parsing and values.  From there, depending on your big picture goals, we give you adjusted valuations with different options.

In step three, we explore the options with you.  Once you have had a chance to review your appraisal, we extend the opportunity for a private Q&A session.  If needed, we can help you determine how to maximize the return on your investment.

Step four is the execution.  This is where we turn all that talking into action.  DevRich has a very relaxed approach to domaining for our prospective clients.  We are not going to call or e-mail you into action.  DevRich is busy—very busy—and we continue to quietly grow at an aggressive pace. (We added over 1.5 million Google indexed pages to our network this month alone).  It’s not our goal to talk someone into doing the right thing.  However, once the ball is in our court, we aggressively execute the plan. We work with you through on-time communication to ensure your needs and goals are met.

This is obviously a very simple outline of the domain appraisal process. However, these are the key components you should look for when considering an evaluation or appraisal for your portfolio’s worth.

For additional information please feel free to drop us a line here.

In the “olden days”, domainers had two main solutions for cash flow – either park their domains or develop them into a minisite or fully developed website.  Both have their drawbacks either with time or money.  

Are you tired of getting paid literally pennies with Parking “solutions” for your domains?  How about the nagging sense that the Parking Companies are all ripping you off with your meager “splits” and lackluster results?  Not to mention that with Parking you are only getting the 10% or so of internet users who are unsophisticated enough to click on your links – and that number is dropping daily.  Yeah we were too…

The word “Development” when used with Domainers used to mean either long hours hacking away at WordPress or Joomla for each indexed website or it meant paying fly-by-night “minisite” developers $250+ per site only to be disappointed by the results.  The time and effort required to create a website from scratch is usually not worth the potential return and paying a large upfront fee for marginal returns does not make sense either.  There has to be a better way…

You are in luck as a brand new and innovative development solution has just been created! 

The Parking-Development Gap has finally been bridged by DevRich’s EZ Button solution.  We can take your domain portfolio and get it indexed into Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines, thus exposing your domain and website to the “other” 90% of internet users.  Imagine increasing the amount of traffic to your domain 900% just by getting indexed – plus with our unique automated content engine we are able to get hundreds or thousands of pages indexed into these major search engines… driving tons of traffic to your website.  It is true that while the clickthrough rate drops vs. Parking solutions, the volume more than makes up for the difference.  Plus, you now have a website that you can sell on EBay or Flippa worth much more than the original domain name value – you have increased the EQUITY VALUE of your portfolio by using this approach.

If you want to start increasing the value of your domains much beyond the meager cash flow of Parking or the effort and time required to develop a site, click on Sign Up and fill out a form with your information – you will be glad you did!

Have you ever used BuddyPress?  It’s a great plugin pack overlay for WPMU (WordPress MultiUser).  Well guess what it’s not just for WPMU anymore!  You can add this awesome Social Media tool to your standard WP install and the best part is with a little bit of tweaking you get to keep your standard theme avoiding the dreaded and bland BuddyPress themes! The Link is HERE for additional information – Enjoy.

Luke

Luke Delia

DevRich is happy to be giving away Financial-Aid.nl to the domainer that gives the largest donation to a young man suffering from DMD.  The domain currently has Valuate Appraisal of $5,400.00.   I encourage you to take the time and read his short story… Giving is easy, rewarding and can be done HERE.  The domain can be collect by the top contributor 3/7/2010.

Luke

GOOGLE in European antitrust inquiry - Search rankings and advertising service to be probed... Is Google utilizing its strength to keep some advertising pricing over inflated?  Not the first anti-trust review however the details are interesting...  What are your thoughts?