A few of Olney’s Japanese IDN’s for Sale

Here a few Japanese IDNs for sale. As many of you know I don’t really list too many of my domains for sale. So if anyone reading my blog is interested. Feel free to email me or use the contact form here. These are a few domains that I really see that I won’t develop any time soon as they don’t fit in the batches I want to develop.

アイコラ.com $5,000 Idol Collage – high searched adult term referring to Japanese idols heads on nude bodies I might own the .jp too
胸チラ.com $5,000 – Nip Slips – high searched adult term
ブックマーク.com $5,000 – Bookmark actually has daily typein
ジュース.com $5,000 – Juice – main term for juice
ウーロン茶.com $2,000 – Oolong Tea – really popular tea for Japanese

顎.com $500 – Chin (I was thinking of plastic surgery when I registered this)

自動車趣味.com $500 – Automobile Hobby (Overture used to be super high)
スポーツ新聞.com $500 – Sports Newspaper (Overture was super high)
テレビ局.com $2,000 – TV station (High Overture probably still)

Message me from now till end of July. I might do a deal on a few but these are my base prices.
Also I don’t list anywhere except for my blog for right now for these. I can also look up the current Overture search queries for the terms.

What strategies would I suggest for buying domains for Japan?

When I was working at a Japanese search marketing company my sempai (senior coworker) told me some great advice about Japanese mentality. He told me that if I were to buy domains think about a mask. He told me think the real world & the internet separately. Think about services that people would want to use privately & not really let anyone know they are using. These types of services will dominate the internet.

At the time of my coworker telling me this the loan rates in Japan were being stabilized so many on the corner loan shops physically closed. He is one of the reasons why I immediately went for some of the top loan related terms. The other categories I thought this would apply for Japan would be gambling, & adult terms. I do have a few premium adult terms but it’s not exactly what I personally have interest in.

Gambling domains were a bit of an interest for me but also even though I have a mahjong table downstairs in my house I’m not really into gambling either. Even if I wasn’t into gambling I still was able to register such keywords as backgammon, blackjack, bingo, craps, & roulette.

I know that my portfolio is mainly Japanese but hopefully readers can use these techniques to apply the methods to markets you want to invest in. Each market is different so there are certainly advantages to thinking a bit different.

Japan market is getting tougher

There’s too many of us to be doing this for no one to absolutely not say anything. I had to acquire a domain in the drops in .jp & have to say that other domains that I was watch were snatch up by too many companies. By being around to see it myself I realize the Japanese domain market is changing a bit. Sometimes you have to forget what you believe is why people are doing things & just watch. I analyzed what was reRegistered, by who, & what wasn’t.

I did successfully get the one domain I was going after but others that I thought I’d try to get were just gone instantly.

I’m thinking though backorder services which do exist might be a nice service to offer. After this month it’s probably a good thing to actually to offer. It’s needed…