Ronaldo (1)Bloggista.com is for Sale
Nah, it’s too early for an April fools’ act. So what’s with the headline anyway? It has been more than a month since I posted my last entry here – excuses are not accepted I know. Some more important stuffs have to be done first offline.
It doesn’t mean however that my online friends and Bloggista.com visitors and readers (?) are not that important, it’s just that I need to prioritize some things first – especially enjoying the time away from blogging, leveling up in Mafia Wars and trying to beat Ceblogger and ThirdWorldGeek on Ninja Warz (lol).
Some of my friends were totally surprised when I posted on Facebook and Twitter that Bloggista.com is for Sale – after several weeks of absence online, I decided to share what was lurking inside my thoughts – and announced that this dear domain of mine is up for sale.
The truth is – Bloggista.com is the best thing that happened to me in recent years, specifically, in the last two years of my life. Through this domain, it opened my eyes to the possibilities and realities of making money online.
I was like the most of you before I decided to purchase this domain – I practically spent lots of hours online, chatting, playing online games, friendster and myspace (Facebook wasn’t as popular then).
I even spent hundreds of pesos to buy credits for online games such as Freestyle basketball, Ragnarok, Perfect World and lots of other multi-player games.
When I discovered the passive income opportunities online, it changed my perspectives about the internet. Why spend money when I can earn? Why waste time making other people rich when I can use it to earn income for myself.
The 10 USD dollars investment to purchase the coolest blog domain name on the internet (hehe – stop raising those eyebrows) has been paid off several hundred times over.
I have tried so hard to build up this domain to be associated with blogging, and bloggers, aside from sharing make money online ideas. I may not be as successful as the others – but I am very much contented, and it feels so good to see the word ‘bloggista’ becoming an accepted word to mean ‘blogger’, as evidenced in several wiki sites.
Now, as the popular saying goes: “Some good things must come to a good end.”
Not so long ago, some “people” have asked me if I am willing to sell Bloggista.com for some “nice tag.” The figures made me think – and pause…. and daydream… and wonder… and ponder…
After all, Bloggista.com is way cooler a social blogging site name than ‘blogspot’ or ‘bloglog’ (ahem – no raising of eyebrows again LOL).
Which led me to do one more act – ask you if you’re the owner of this domain, would you sell it? If you are to bid on it, how much are you willing to pay? Hmmm, my friend Thirdworldgeek wants to bid US$1.00, so yours should be higher than that.
I am one of the many people out there who would be interested to buy this domain if ever. I know my price is not sufficient but I am willing to buy it at $100. Yeah, I know it can command higher than that. Hehe.
Hmmmmm, very juicy offer bro. hehehe…
Oh well, nice offer Tyrone, pero I think Bloggista is worth way more than that considering the community that it has built.
Are you serious? Like you said, it’s still a few more days before April fools.
Well, April Fools day has passed and still, I haven’t decided to let this domain go.
I must be a FOOL not to. what do you think bro?
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If you’re the owner of this domain, would you sell it?
^ It depends of course. If it’s making me lots of money, I would not sell it. Unless of course I’m being offered a figure I can’t resist for it.
The question is – how much it would be. Hehehe. It’s really hard to decide…
Tell you what, are you earning considerable amount of money on the ads? If not, consider the friends you’re earning. I just abandoned my other blog kahit na PR4 na sya but yours is a different case kasi nga it’s a community, not just a piece of blog. Keep it, and you’ll eventually thank me that you did.
The usual price is about 10-18 times the monthly income. But it goes higher if it is making huge money a month (ie $5000+)
Hmmm… Sometimes things just defy the basic rules. hehe. Which made me think again – perhaps I’m a fool not to let go of this domain. But then… oh well… sigh.
I am not to sell this site of course…if I am Bloggista, I am going to give this as a b-day gift to Elmot who is going to celebrate his birthday really soon, LOL!
Hey bro, got your invite but unfortunately, wont make it.. bawi kami next time.
hhmm..
what is (are) the domain age, monthly visitors, keywords that top in google, monthly income from each ad networks, and so on..
I place my bid at 2 cases of San Mig Lights and two orders of Sizzling Sisig.
Aww. Seems I can’t use the Reply comment feature something wrong with it.
Thanks dudes for the comments:
@Archon- LOL, does your bid comes with a dancing lady? hehehe.
@Ark – that’s the question, how much is “an offer you can’t resist.”
@Noel, a very “insightful” numbers. Hmmm, got to check on that…
@elmot, hehe, happy birthday bro! If I remember it right, it’s you who owe us big time – beers, pulutan – sama na natin si Overlord Archon.
Would I kill the goose that lays the golden egg?
at the right price, I would lol!
seriously, bro. Pity the guy who would purchase this domain. He may earn from it, but he can’t own the brand.
When I hear the name “Bloggista,” it’s your face that always pops up in my mind.
Bloggista is you, and you are Bloggista ‘pre!
and what a horrible face that is eh? hehehe. Musta roy? yeah, I’ve been really busy lately.
But hopefully the influenza bloggers will pay you a visit soon.
@bloggista acrobatic, vegetarian lass comes tax-free
an offer you can’t resist? that made me think Cosa Nostra…
mia cosa nostra. LOL… But you think the italians will really pay more? Hehe.
If am bloggista i will not sell it since i could always use this for any online venture i may do in the future..
Branding is one of the hardest thing to accomplish online..
You have the brand…
Once I thought of selling techathand but my wife told me it is the site that give you lots of blessing and so why stop the blessing…
Then i decided no to sell it
… I thought of it the past week bro, and for now decided not to sell it…
The offers are ‘very’ interesting… But.. but.. will think it through.
Hi bloggista, I am interested buying your site for a decent price.Can you please send me first the adsense and google analytics screenshots. I can offer up to 10-12 times the current monthly income. Please send it to my email ad.
Thanks
Nice one … You got me on that…….
I have been out of the circulation too long that I didn’t even learn about this until now.
Whoa!!! Bloggista dot com is for sale, I do think that it is one of the coolest names out there and as a member of bloggista.net, I think that too has a potential for selling thousands of dollars.
Z
hello doc Z!… good to see the island’s internet access actually works. Hehe, just kidding.
Yeah, that another piece of virtual real estate is a gem. Hmmmm… I thought I just mentioned someone there. LOL
Oh no! Don’t sell your domain. So sayang po but instead try to ask some bloggers or newbies to post somehow on your blog if you can’t update it.
Everytime we talk parating kwento nyo po busy kayo. I think you should still keep it po pero nasasa inyo na pari po yan.
Well, I think you should treat me a sisig kapag nabenta po. LOL!
Bloggista is a priceless blog.. just my thought of it!
hi your blog is nice………
Kainis naman yang friend na yan na nag offer ng $1.00 lang, ano kala nya sa community na to, cheap? Duh! haha..(Maldita mode). Seriously, keep keep writing, keep keep blogging. Wag muna. At least not for now. Or never na nga.
Hahaha. Uu nga eh, kainis. Di bale, papasagasa natin sa pison.
If you have read Mark Z’s story (the geek guy who created Facebook), Yahoo offered him 1B USD, Viacom for several billions and Microsoft 15B USD! when Facebook was just barely a year old – but he did not take those.
Very inspiring ano. Kaya lang eto blog ko offer 1USD, pag-iisipan ko lang muna. Hehe.
Of course I know Mark Zuckerberg, I maintain a blog exclusively about Facebook at sa kanya. I actually read about how they started and realized the potential value of Facebook, search mo Eduardo Saverin, isa sa 3 founders ng Facebook.
That’s quite a lot, ano nga bang nauna, Bloggista o Facebook? haha
Basta keep mo lang muna, pag may nagoffer ng mga $1000 or more, wag ka ng magdalawang isip! Mas lalo mong wag ibenta! Ano sila hilo?! Kasi ibig sabihin nun sobrang may value to, hindi lang monetary. XD