Typing in a YouTube video address is not fun. Use a domain forward instead.
The Economist magazine often includes ads promoting luxury real estate. This week there’s a full page ad for Chateau Pompadour De Menars in France. This 130,000 square foot property has 62 bedrooms (each with their own bathroom) on 35 acres. The seller is seeking offers until January 15.
Take a look at the ad:
The main calls to action are to view a YouTube video and send an email.
That’s a lengthy and complicated URL to a YouTube video. I know because I messed up four times trying to type it in my browser. This would be a perfect opportunity to use a descriptive domain as a forward, whether it’s a .com domain or a new TLD such as .video, .house or .luxury. It would also be nice to have a professional email address rather than a gmail account.
To be fair, I don’t think the seller is going to lose out on offers because of this lack of professionalism and ease of viewing the video. Someone who actually has the money required to acquire this property who is intrigued by the ad will go through the hassle to learn more. Still, a little professionalism goes a long way.
I’ll make it easy to view the video by embedding it in this post.
Jean Guillon says
Vive la France 🙁
puneet agarwal says
what a palace. if i have money i will buy it
anyone interested in economist360.com domain name for cheap price
steve says
Is that the property owned by Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie, which they’ve put on the market?
I lived on a houseboat in Paris in my 20s and I would have preferred that to this ostentatious residence.
My philosophy always has been to have the smallest house, but same property (land) size, on the block. Learned this from my great late dad. It’s worked out pretty well.
John says
Is there a search tool that can show names that forward to a different url?
It would be interesting to see a report by industry and companies that use domains to forward to a main page or concept.
Michel Payette says
Too bad: he could have used http://www.yoursuite.com to promote his sale! 🙂
Queen Walk says
Anyone interested in PayForAdvice.com. Go pick it up at godaddy.
Mark says
Many think domains are solely for websites. The public needs to be educated about re-directs…
John Kubota says
I tried real estate domain names that can be forwarded to their main site or YouTube but with no luck. Examples SoldInBrooklyn.com, SoldInLongIsland.com, SoldIInTheHamptons.com.
Very frustrating to convince real estate brokers and more importantly their webmasters, that charge them monthly fees.