Comments on: Mini Sites are Thriving http://dnmedia.com/mini-sites-are-thriving/ Domain Name Investing & Web Development Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:59:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michael Sumner http://dnmedia.com/mini-sites-are-thriving/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Michael Sumner Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:27:41 +0000 http://dnmedia.com/?p=272#comment-560 Honestly I think it is a little of both. You'd be surprised how much it costs to develop these things, especially if you're not just a freelance designer/developer. However, their prices still are pretty outrageous on most products, especially the three packages they didn't offer previously (ecom, geo and directory). It's funny, now Ryan is claiming in a blog post on AEIOU that they changed the name because "mini site" has a "diminutive connotation". Funny, they have been working on renaming their product for a few months according to Rick. That means they were happy with calling them mini sites for 8 months, then almost immediately after we launch MiniSites.com they start working on changing it. Definitely has nothing to do with us. The rest of the industry still calls them mini sites. Don't kid yourselves AEIOU, you're not doing full scale development by a long shot, you just added a few plugins/scripts and marked up the price a few hundred dollars. Honestly I think it is a little of both. You’d be surprised how much it costs to develop these things, especially if you’re not just a freelance designer/developer. However, their prices still are pretty outrageous on most products, especially the three packages they didn’t offer previously (ecom, geo and directory).

It’s funny, now Ryan is claiming in a blog post on AEIOU that they changed the name because “mini site” has a “diminutive connotation”. Funny, they have been working on renaming their product for a few months according to Rick. That means they were happy with calling them mini sites for 8 months, then almost immediately after we launch MiniSites.com they start working on changing it. Definitely has nothing to do with us.

The rest of the industry still calls them mini sites. Don’t kid yourselves AEIOU, you’re not doing full scale development by a long shot, you just added a few plugins/scripts and marked up the price a few hundred dollars.

]]> By: Johnny http://dnmedia.com/mini-sites-are-thriving/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Johnny Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:02:35 +0000 http://dnmedia.com/?p=272#comment-559 All I know is Rick's prices are out of hand. He lowered his prices after some comments about the high prices, but really it feels like the options are WAY, WAY overpriced. His eBay pages should be $59 if he wants to really compete. Those kind of prices would have put pressure on MiniSites.com, but either it was not financially feasible, or Rick is being a little greedy. I tend to think the latter.....but I may be wrong. I still applaud Rick for at least bringing more competition to the market. It's needed. All I know is Rick’s prices are out of hand. He lowered his prices after some comments about the high prices, but really it feels like the options are WAY, WAY overpriced.

His eBay pages should be $59 if he wants to really compete. Those kind of prices would have put pressure on MiniSites.com, but either it was not financially feasible, or Rick is being a little greedy. I tend to think the latter…..but I may be wrong.

I still applaud Rick for at least bringing more competition to the market. It’s needed.

]]> By: Michael Sumner http://dnmedia.com/mini-sites-are-thriving/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Michael Sumner Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:59:01 +0000 http://dnmedia.com/?p=272#comment-557 I don't think it is a stretch, note the emphatic "Death to minisites" in the title of his re-lauch release. Its clear he is trying to distance himself from the term "mini sites", yet at the same time what he is offering is still, at its core, a mini site. It may be packaged with a few scripts or plugins and then marked up dramatically, but it isn't full-scale development by any stretch of the imagination. Four of the six "new" packages are either exactly the same as, or very easy to accomplish on, his old model without any additional plugins or scripts. I don't see any reason to distance the company from the "mini sites" term when it is such a hot topic that he himself helped move forward in this industry, other than that his competition owns the generic .com. I could be wrong, but that's my take on it. I don’t think it is a stretch, note the emphatic “Death to minisites” in the title of his re-lauch release. Its clear he is trying to distance himself from the term “mini sites”, yet at the same time what he is offering is still, at its core, a mini site. It may be packaged with a few scripts or plugins and then marked up dramatically, but it isn’t full-scale development by any stretch of the imagination. Four of the six “new” packages are either exactly the same as, or very easy to accomplish on, his old model without any additional plugins or scripts. I don’t see any reason to distance the company from the “mini sites” term when it is such a hot topic that he himself helped move forward in this industry, other than that his competition owns the generic .com. I could be wrong, but that’s my take on it.

]]> By: GKJunior http://dnmedia.com/mini-sites-are-thriving/comment-page-1/#comment-556 GKJunior Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:50:36 +0000 http://dnmedia.com/?p=272#comment-556 Well should I or should I not agree with you? Well you are right as far as what you get for your money but on the other hand saying that the reason he changed his " mini site " model was because he helped market your business could be a stretch, assumption or whatever but in any event I too was a little surprised by the new offerings. Maybe he just did a survey of the most requests and the services he now offers is a result of that. On the other hand as a leader in the industry I would expect much more from him and quite frankly for a little less. Well should I or should I not agree with you? Well you are right as far as what you get for your money but on the other hand saying that the reason he changed his ” mini site ” model was because he helped market your business could be a stretch, assumption or whatever but in any event I too was a little surprised by the new offerings. Maybe he just did a survey of the most requests and the services he now offers is a result of that. On the other hand as a leader in the industry I would expect much more from him and quite frankly for a little less.

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