A long time ago, I expressed an interest in the potential of the .CM namespace. I figured that a significant number of users accidentally entered whatever.cm into their browser instead of whatever.com and that there may be an opportunity to monetize the typo traffic.

In the .CM initial landrush domain bidding, I bid on five domain names. My criteria for bidding was

1.)    The .com version of the domain name had at least one million unique visitors per month from the US, based on Comscore data.

2.)    I had in mind a clear way to monetize the traffic (e.g. relevant affiliate offers based on the user profile of the .com domain name).

3.)    I estimated that the site would have a significant volume of type-in traffic. This was based on intuition.

I ended up winning two of the five names, and I was very excited to test traffic to the two domain names. After a few months of testing, I can report that the two .cm domains received almost no traffic. I did not expect a flood of traffic, but the volume was significantly below my expectations. Going forward, I would only purchase a .cm domain name in order to protect the brand of one of my existing sites.  Let me know if you had different results from the purchase of .CM domain names.

I am contemplating selling the following domain names. Please use the contact form to let me know if you are interested in any of these domain names.

BillClip.com
MrDeals.com
XboxRemote.com
MonetizeBlogs.com
TheKnicks.com
GreenBlend.com
CollegePower.com
Metroist.com
DomainZing.com
SiteViper.com
Gamezoid.com
Jobspire.com
GrabMags.com
DealsHotList.com
HotListDeals.com
ExampleTermpaper.com
PointAnalytics.com
MindWaster.com

Generic & Brandable Names
bamzo.com
ruzzy.com
dipno.com

One of the most popular posts on this blog was my initial post on .CM domain names. Things have changed since my initial post, and the domain names are now going to be opened up for auction. NameJet is administiring the initial landrush. Head over to their site to pre-order domain names.

Pre-orders end on July 31st, 2009. It is free to pre-order a domain name. From what I can tell, if multiple people pre-order a domain, it will be placed up for auction. I pre-ordered a bunch of names, and I will update you on how things turn out.