Thanks for all of the activity on the domain name v8.com.au. We have received over 16 offers to sell the domain name. The offer we rejected this week was for $82.5k. We are still accepting expressions of interest to purchase, lease or own equity in the domain name v8.com.au and will do so until September 1, 2010.
Moving forward as a company to exceed all goals set forth almost 2 years ago is a very good, very humbling and also a very well deserved feeling. Dream, visualise, create and succeed. In order to do this successfully, you must first do two things: Embrace your possibility of failure and remove it; then you must remove all negativity in all forms be it people, foods or other.
In preparation of launching a business model that has been over 17 months in the making, I am ready to embrace that possibility of failure head on and look defeat in the eye because I have planned for it and already established our various recovery plans of action through a 4 week discovery phase.
I hope that our new domain name bulk development service along with our articles marketplace and backlinks seo marketplace will improve the internet as a whole and be a solution to many Australians and others worldwide that own a portfolio of domain names that are parked.
The countdown is on… we’re close now…
Pacific Octane recently acquired the domain name illawarra.com.au for $5,000.00AUD and then converting the AUD into USD we can gauge quite closely that it was purchased for $4,550.00USD as listed on DNJournal.com
Within a period of less than 72 hours, illawarra.com was sold for $1,500.00USD by BuyDomains.com, a division of Name Media. Now to make this EVEN STRANGER, if you try to acquire the domain name illawarra.net, it is listed for sale at a $8,000.00USD asking price.
My question is this: Is the .com always going to be more valuable than any ccTLD domain name or will the evolution of the Google algorhythms slowly push value on a geographical basis to the ccTLD?
I will actually for the first time on my blog be allowing comments, but they will be solicited comments from people that I admire and respect in the domain name industry.
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It’s humpday during the first week of the new year of 2010. I have been so flat out with our project portals that I haven’t had time to write a reflective blog and look back at 2009 or write any goals out for this new year of 2010. I will do so in the next 2 weeks and it will of course give me joy to do so.
What inspired me to sit down this morning first thing in the new office we’re setting up amongst the chaos of boxes, new equipment and organised clutter was an experience that gave me great joy this morning. Last week I was at the shops and was buying the standard stuff such as coffee, teas, sweeteners, utensils, tea pot, candles, office supplies and the normal stuff really. I was leaving and was loading the stuff into my Outlander and noticed a man sitting with his legs sprawled out on the sidewalk with a huge camping bag next to him. He was smoking a cigarette and looking up at every passerby with nobody making eye contact with him.
After loading my stuff I walked over to the man and asked him what his name was and he replied “David”. I said “David, why are you here sitting on the sidewalk smoking cigarettes and looking dirty?” His reply was “Well, I don’t have any place to go and I just sit here and smoke cigarettes all day.” I replied to him “If I were to loan you some money, would you make a purchase for me to help yourself?” He replied “What kind of purchase?” I told him that I would gladly give him $10 if he was content with sitting on the sidewalk all day smoking cigarettes or I would go back inside and give him some tools by spending $20. He said that he would like the $20 offer.
I went into the shops, purchased some generic baby wipes, a toothbrush, some toothpaste, some deodorant, some window cleaner and a box of dish cleaning wipes. I went back outside and handed him the bags and said “Make the most of this and figure it out- changing your life starts right now and it starts with changing your mindset of what your life is and how you live out your day each day. I will pay you $2 if you would like to come over and clean my windscreen on the car.”
He did it and I gave him $5 and went to work. This morning I had to stop at the BP for the usual gum and overpriced Pump water and I saw him. He was smiling and cleaning someone’s windows of their car. I walked over to him and he said “Hey it’s you! Good morning God bless you and thank you thank you thank you!” whilst shaking my hand. His hands were clean. He smelled like baby wipes and had a huge smile on his face. He said this spot is really busy in the morning and I’m making heaps!
Now… I can begin my day. I encourage you to do the same.
Website updates as well as new blog posts coming soon.
Pacific Octane Pty Ltd has acquired a true monster of a domain name in v8.com.au. V8 during the month of October 2009 was searched locally here in Australia 1,500,000 times and 5,000,000 globally. Pacific Octane Pty Ltd is currently seeking expressions of interest from industry related companies looking to partner with us on the development of this monster domain name. Please contact James on 0401 725 885 if you would like to be considered in a participating role of V8.com.au that is set to launch in mid 2010.