I’ve recently had a chance to look over Epik.com’s sites & services.

After a long thought I think they are doing a great thing for the domain community. Many domain holders have to fess up that development can bring you more revenue. I like the fact there is also a fee with their system. That makes site owners exclusive. Reality is some people won’t want to pay for development so those who get in early reap the benefits.

I’ve also compared it a bit to what I’m making for my Japanese sites. My only gripe is it would be cool to have one more layer of detail for products. They may not notice also that the links don’t work correctly in some countries. This though can be said with my sites too since I built for Japan I guess I really don’t care or bothered to check if links are ok in all other countries.

For $29 to $300 a month I think it’s a good deal if you have product related domains. If I didn’t create my network myself I’d probably be willing to use their system or test it out if they made a Japanese version. On the inside I think my system is a bit better because it’s also mobile & iPhone compatible & can correctly give stats for mobile. This is a bit important for Japan. Their system though may be way better in terms of ease of use, & the big one: Their sites do look great.

Anyhoot I can see how their system is making domains more valuable again. Some people want to see parked traffic stats before buying a domain. Epik brings in new revenue. With parking you can’t promote your site. With Epik sites you are in control of your domain. I’m all for that.

While I was working for the search marketing company owned by Value Commerce in Tokyo I always thought that the next step in mass domain development would be Domains plus CPA models. That was my inspiration for trying to create a shopping & travel network.

If those guys ever contact me about the Japanese market I’ll try to do what’s in the best interest for everyone.
Let’s just hope they don’t ask before Christmas or my 30 to 50 sites go live. Last time I inspired development for Japanese started to notice & made IDN Subdomains to take over the SERPs. I don’t want that happening again.