I took the decision a while ago that I wanted to improve the calibre of my domain portfolio, and phase out some of my less stellar ones and replace with some better quality names. To that end, I dusted the cobwebs off my wallet and got buying. Here's what I've purchased recently...

Juicer.co.uk
I knew nothing about juicers or juicing, but I wanted a product based domain, and I wanted it to be short and snappy. I probably paid a bit too much and it has made a pittance since I bought it, but it's starting to finding its feet in the rankings now and I hope to have it well placed for Christmas, when juicers make good presents, only to remain in the cupboard for the rest of the year.

Greenwich.co.uk
I like geo domains, and I like Greenwich. So it kind of made sense to buy Greenwich.co.uk. Many thanks to John from Up The Junction for tipping me off about the Wordpress City Theme which I've been using to develop this site into an all round portal for visitors, residents and businesses.

CottageBreaks.co.uk
I had an existing cottage breaks site which did pretty well, so I thought I would treat it to a lovely new URL. I like this domain a lot, and I coded up a Cottage Breaks Wizard which I was very pleased with too.

NewMalden.co.uk
Did you know that New Malden has a population of 27,500 including 8000 Koreans, making it the largest Korean population in Europe? I got that little nugget by texting Any Question Answered. Unusually, I couldn't find the stats I needed online so I asked them and got the answer for a pound. Nice research tool when all else fails!

StJohnsWood.co.uk
St John's Wood - home to celebs and some of the most expensive properties in London. It's also where you'll find Abbey Road and the famous recording studios used by the Beatles. I think the people of St Johns Wood deserve a local portal and forum all of their own, and in time, they will have it!

There's a couple more London domains in a similar vein, and I'm on the lookout for more. One thing I have learned is that buying domains is actually a lot of fun. It's brilliant, in fact, and slightly addictive. I imagine one day that it will carry a government health warning and Sedo will be compelled by edict to display the disclaimer "Buy domains responsibly - the value your domain could go up or down" etc etc.

And now the more boring part, the slightly harder work of having to develop the actual sites...

By the way, if you have any related sites, let me know as I'm always looking for good link swaps.

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