Comments on: AEIOU.com Calls it Quits

By: DNUnderground.com

DNUnderground.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:05:48 +0000

Well I give credit to Rick for knowing when to call it quits, I can tell you AEIOU was easily the worst minisite service I have used for the money you pay. I along with many others received 0 visitors and $0 in revenue after months. They talked way too highly of themselves and didn’t deliver ANY results. It’s no wonder Rick finally decided to call it quits.

By: Viking

Viking — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:49 +0000

@ Kevin,

Thanks Kevin – I will read your article thoroughly and try to reach you by email if I have any questions for debate.

By: Kevin Ohashi

Kevin Ohashi — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:16:56 +0000

Stephen,
I’ve been addressing these issues in a bunch of places, you can read why I disagree with you here(its LONG): http://ohashi.info/article/failure-minisites-and-math-behind-them

By: Viking

Viking — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:09:27 +0000

@ Kevin

The problem isn’t with minisites. The problem, I’m guessing, is that RLA is swamped with lots of moneymaking opps with domain auctions, which they are doing very well. It’s a decision of productivity results, or “ROI”.

I give Rick L. and his team tons of credit for giving domainers and internet investors the chance to at least delve into other development options.

It’s not, as you think, a “problem” with building out your sites using services such as WhyPark or Devhub or others. And we still haven’t defined what a “minisite” is… have we?

By: Kevin Ohashi

Kevin Ohashi — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:08:45 +0000

Nobody is going to talk about the elephant in the room? The inherent problem with the ‘minisite’ business model in general?

By: M. Menius

M. Menius — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:12:20 +0000

OK Andrew, I see what you mean. Great that AEIOU sites can be moved.

By: Alan Dodd

Alan Dodd — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:08:40 +0000

This is a pity.

I got a web site designed by them, it brought us onto page one of google for the keyphrase in the domain. I had to switch the script to keep the seo they got, after reading something on the script forum. But kudos to them, they did a brilliant job.

The aeiou.com was a very good deal for the customer. Hosting included? Even better. I used to be a freelance web designer myself (www.autoweb-ireland.com) and web design is a very very tough business.