{"id":392,"date":"2009-11-07T00:11:19","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T07:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/?p=392"},"modified":"2021-05-08T11:53:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T18:53:22","slug":"how-to-make-money-online-no-really-my-interview-with-eric-borgos-of-impulsecorp-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/how-to-make-money-online-no-really-my-interview-with-eric-borgos-of-impulsecorp-com\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Money Online. No… Really. My Interview With Eric Borgos of ImpulseCorp.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

As anyone who has stumbled upon his ImpulseCorp.com blog knows, Eric Borgos has a treasure trove
\nof domaining\/webmastering experience dating back to the very early days of the internet. Since selling
\nhis Bored.com site in 2008 for $4.5 million, Eric has found time to share some of his experiences. Eric
\ngraciously accepted my request for an interview.
\nLadies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure… Eric Borgos.<\/p>\n

Podcast Notes: Eric Borgos
\nhttp:\/\/www.impulsecorp.com\/ <\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.nameshopping.com\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/bored.com\/<\/a> (Record created on: 1997-05-24) sold for $4.5 million.
\nEarly entrepreneurial efforts (as a kid). Baseball cards, coins, silver, Penny Stocks.
\nCollege years.
\nEarly domaining, (Ye Olde Drop Catch).
\nWebmastering directory type ‘mall’ sites.
\nWhat was working in the late 90s.
\nAffiliate links > ad networks.
\nBored.com<\/a> [links to 1998 screenshot] directory of sites with fun stuff to do.
\nCopying other sites- why send the traffic away?
\nCoolVideos.com \u00a0 vs. bored.com\/coolvideos
\nLink-network vs. brand.
\nSite plays audio backwards.
\nType in a phone number and a text message and the site calls the number and announces the message.
\nHow fun sites get built.
\nFreelancers, overseas programmers.
\nhttp:\/\/www.scriptlance.com\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.guru.com\/index.aspx<\/a>
\nTraffic, costs, profit.
\nSelling Bored.com, the psychology of the sale<\/a>.
\nTwo bidders are better than 1.
\nTax advantages to selling vs. salary.
\nCapital gains vs. income.
\nAdoptMe.com<\/a> for kids. Free virtual pet. > Plush toys for sale in stores with unique code identifiers.
\nGetFlowers.com CheapFlowers.com<\/a> + Running two brick and mortar flower stores!
\nSEO value of hub site approach?
\nSelling domains.
\n9000 domain names > parking.
\nTrafficZ.com<\/a> DDC.com<\/a> TrafficValet.com<\/a>
\nTo renew or not to renew?
\nMini-sites vs. parking income.
\nAuto-content sites.
\nDomain sale process – negotiation.
\nhttp:\/\/estibot.com\/<\/a> http:\/\/dnjournal.com\/<\/a>
\nPaypal vs. https:\/\/escrow.com\/index.asp<\/a>
\nStill registering domains?
\nRevenue, profit, expenses, sales.
\nhttp:\/\/www.nameshopping.com\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.dumb.com\/<\/a>
\nKeeping it interesting.<\/p>\n

What’d I miss? Help me build a list of \u00a0 questions to ask Eric in a follow-up interview.
\n.com vs. .net
\nppc to drive traffic to his sites?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As anyone who has stumbled upon his ImpulseCorp.com blog knows, Eric Borgos has a treasure trove of domaining\/webmastering experience dating back to the very early days of the internet. Since selling his Bored.com site in 2008 for $4.5 million, Eric has found time to share some of his experiences. Eric graciously accepted my request for … Continue reading “How To Make Money Online. No… Really. My Interview With Eric Borgos of ImpulseCorp.com”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[304,20,3],"tags":[113,110,114,117,111,112,108,119,118,109,116,115],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-domain-names-for-sale","category-domaining","tag-adoptme-com","tag-bored-com","tag-cheapflowers-com","tag-domain-sales-process","tag-early-drop-catching","tag-early-internet-marketing","tag-eric-borgos","tag-escrow-com","tag-estibot-com","tag-impulsecorp-com","tag-mini-sites","tag-parking-domains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415,"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/2415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domainnoob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}