What Should I Do With A Pretty Good Poker Domain Name?

[scram 1]

I have a pretty good poker domain name that's just been sitting around.Been thinking about developing it into something.The market for discussion forums is already pretty much established, so that's out. Same thing with online poker sites.Online player data sites are lacking a bit, but I really am too lazy to deal with all the coding it would take to do a really good one.Have a few other ideas, but I'd like to hear what some of you all think is needed?Spare me the "naked pictures of Ron Mexico" suggestions. If anyone has an idea that I actually use, I'll freeroll them $50 on FTP.

[EmFactor 0]

What's the domain name?

[scram 1]

A good, poker related domain name.If "poker.com" is Alpha level, "epoker.com" is Beta level, this one is probably C level, right along with pocketfives, flopturnriver, etc although I think it's textural recognition is a good bit better. Anyway, the name doesn't really matter.Just trying to figure out what sort of e-based poker venture is needed. Already have a few ideas, looking for others.

[Ouch-8s 4]

you've already registered it, you don't need to keep it a secret

[Lord_Strife 0]

I think there might be a market for another staking site, similar to psstakes, neverbeg, or ajpoker... all of those are pretty small and it's not a bad idea with all the young guns running well, etc.

[iloveplaypokr 0]

Couple ideas off the top of my head:1. A site where poker news, articles, and interviews from all different sources are compiled and posted on your site -- think Fark.com for poker players2. This may already exist, but a website for stakers and players looking to be staked -- think eHarmony.com for poker players, heh. You could put in search functions like location, stakes you play, etc. etc. etc. Might be a tough sell with the high risk of scamming, though. Meh.

[FoxwoodsPro 0]

I'm in the marketing profession as well as the poker profession, and kinda brilliant in both. WHat is the domain name and we weill work from there, or was your OP inaccurate and you don't have one?

[jafrey 0]

How about a site dedicated to getting into the game. This can be a way for people to do everything from learning how to get on a list at a room or what they can expect to see in terms of their first time at a live room. I made this suggestion a couple years ago to a fairly well known pro for a bluff magazine article. I think there are a lot of people who would like to know what to do for their first time. Such as what is the normal buy in at a 3-6 limit game. I think a website with the intention of showing beginners the ropes whether it be in live poker or online is a MUCH needed hole in the market. Sn on tilt is jafrey. Your welcome. And if you mm i expect a freeroll into me.

[Jargonator 0]

Do a casino review site where users get all the info regarding the games, stakes, standard of players etc. and build up a database of users' reviews based on their own experience.

[jafrey 0]

How about a site dedicated to getting into the game. This can be a way for people to do everything from learning how to get on a list at a room or what they can expect to see in terms of their first time at a live room. I made this suggestion a couple years ago to a fairly well known pro for a bluff magazine article. He was very responsive and said he loved the idea and later did in fact use it. I think there are a lot of people who would like to know what to do for their first time. Such as what is the normal buy in at a 3-6 limit game. I think a website with the intention of showing beginners the ropes whether it be in live poker or online is a MUCH needed hole in the market. Sn on tilt is jafrey. Your welcome. And if you mm i expect a freeroll into me.

[scram 1]

I am slightly disinclined towards a "stake me" site for a couple reasons.1) Such sites already exist. I really don't see any flaws in their models that would allow me to nudge in and eat their marketshare. 2) As said, scamming. There are safeguards that could be installed, but at the end of the day, it would be ripe with them. I really don't want to have to deal with a site where people are crying at me to help them track down some 16 year old kid who pretended to be a broke Mike Matusow looking for a fifty-ball. How about a site that acts as a clearinghouse for established players to sell percentages of themselves in various tournaments?

[No_Neck 0]

I am slightly disinclined towards a "stake me" site for a couple reasons.1) Such sites already exist. I really don't see any flaws in their models that would allow me to nudge in and eat their marketshare. 2) As said, scamming. There are safeguards that could be installed, but at the end of the day, it would be ripe with them. I really don't want to have to deal with a site where people are crying at me to help them track down some 16 year old kid who pretended to be a broke Mike Matusow looking for a fifty-ball. How about a site that acts as a clearinghouse for established players to sell percentages of themselves in various tournaments?

You could get Mike the mouth as your spokesperson.. LOL it would be kind of cool to be able to buy a piece of Edog and follow my horse on texasholdem.com.You should partner with Cardcore, so you can get real time updates of the people that have staked through your site.(you can send my cut to Natethegreek on Pokerstars thanks)

[Webslayer 0]

How about a site that acts as a clearinghouse for established players to sell percentages of themselves in various tournaments?

Like a trade market?

[tuckermitchell 1]

I am slightly disinclined towards a "stake me" site for a couple reasons.1) Such sites already exist. I really don't see any flaws in their models that would allow me to nudge in and eat their marketshare. 2) As said, scamming. There are safeguards that could be installed, but at the end of the day, it would be ripe with them. I really don't want to have to deal with a site where people are crying at me to help them track down some 16 year old kid who pretended to be a broke Mike Matusow looking for a fifty-ball. How about a site that acts as a clearinghouse for established players to sell percentages of themselves in various tournaments?

I think your idea is the best out of all so far. I would rather buy a portion of someone that is minimally recognized as a gamble than say putting 10 on red on the wheel. The only other idea that I have is some type of poker ONLY payment processor.

[Miguel McHarris 0]

People are always asking for advice on where to play when they visit Vegas. A site that rates casinos based on their poker quality (i.e. quality of play, dealers, different types of games and tournies) would get alot of hits. Just an idea, don't need or want 50 dollars.

[mtdesmoines 3]

I think your idea is the best out of all so far. I would rather buy a portion of someone that is minimally recognized as a gamble than say putting 10 on red on the wheel. The only other idea that I have is some type of poker ONLY payment processor.

Ok, I saw that TuckerMitchell posted and I tuned in to stare at his avatar for a while. ...Now that I'm finished with that ... ...Depending on the name you have, why not establish (sort of like what others are suggesting) a poker information clearinghouse. Top level, (free) you have the simple information: -poker basics-where to play -where to watch on TVSecond level, (simple membership) the information gets more developed-poker room/site reviews-advanced tips/techniques-tournament updatesThird level, (advanced membership), you have a community of players-this is where you spend your money on a discussion forum, etc.I don't think you have to develop a lot of content on your own, you can link to a lot of this stuff, but just capture it in a frame of your own site. Also, I think that the sites offer pretty good banner/ad programs, so you can generate ad revenue that way. This doesn't have to be a content-intensive venture for you as site owner; content is out there everywhere. The key is to become the resource that gets players to all the content they want.

[Purify 0]

I got two awesome suggestions but they both take a lot of work and i dunno how much you wanna be into it:#1 A face book for poker players. Where you can post blogs, pictures and have 'groups' with other poker players in your area. Right now there really doesn't seem like there is a site for this. Sure there are forums like FCP, pocketfives etc. but there is no real good way to keep track of what other players are up to unless they have a blog. (Unless ii'm mistaken)#2 Back in University a girl got me hooked on this site called the hollywoodstockexchange or hsx.com. Its where you buy 'stocks' in movies / actors and judging by how well your movie / actor does at the box office the stocks go up and down. It was pretty addictive till i blew all my money on 'The Aviator'. I think it would be cool if you could buy 'stock' (with fake money probably) in professional poker players. When they cash in a big tourney or have a best selling book etc. their stock goes up, when they lose their stock goes down.

[finztotheleft 0]

A site to coordinate players from different sites trading money with you acting as the intermediary (and taking a small fee) to save the world from the likes of maxfallon and trebor.

[Jargonator 0]

I got two awesome suggestions but they both take a lot of work and i dunno how much you wanna be into it:#1 A face book for poker players. Where you can post blogs, pictures and have 'groups' with other poker players in your area. Right now there really doesn't seem like there is a site for this. Sure there are forums like FCP, pocketfives etc. but there is no real good way to keep track of what other players are up to unless they have a blog. (Unless ii'm mistaken)#2 Back in University a girl got me hooked on this site called the hollywoodstockexchange or hsx.com. Its where you buy 'stocks' in movies / actors and judging by how well your movie / actor does at the box office the stocks go up and down. It was pretty addictive till i blew all my money on 'The Aviator'. I think it would be cool if you could buy 'stock' (with fake money probably) in professional poker players. When they cash in a big tourney or have a best selling book etc. their stock goes up, when they lose their stock goes down.

this is a great idea imo, someone should do it, they have a thing like this in the uk called celebdaq, a poker version would be sweeeeeet

[finztotheleft 0]

A site to help people find home games in their area.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

Naked pictures of Ron Mexico./thread.

[scram 1]

this is a great idea imo, someone should do it, they have a thing like this in the uk called celebdaq, a poker version would be sweeeeeet

It is a cool idea and would probably get lots of traffic, but the margin of profitability is kinda low.WWW models that rely on banner ads to sustain themselves are inherently weak.I really, really like the money-trading intermediary idea, but as a US resident, them's bees crosshairs I just don't want to dodge.

[David_Nicoson 1]

If someone had a great phone number for a business, but no actual business, would it be worthwhile to try to figure out a business to go with the phone number?

[scram 1]

If someone had a great phone number for a business, but no actual business, would it be worthwhile to try to figure out a business to go with the phone number?

Comparing a phone number to a domain name is retarded on so many levels that it really doesn't equate.

[Purify 0]

It is a cool idea and would probably get lots of traffic, but the margin of profitability is kinda low.WWW models that rely on banner ads to sustain themselves are inherently weak.

I agree in the Web 2.0 era banner ads are not the way to go...... However, you wouldn't have to rely solely on banner ads. You could set it up much like Yahoo does for fantasy sports and have some sort of pay per use package that allows you special access to 'Poker Player rumours' (links to blogs / articles about specific players) or 'Live chip counts' if available (e.g. set up a crawler to digest the live info posted on sites like wpt.com)... You could also host paid brackets like they have for the NBC heads up tourney... (although i suppose that crosses the gaming line again)