A novice internet marketer thought she had lucked onto a rising trend early. When the previously unknown (to the rest of the world) Taiwanese performer, Lin Yu Chun wowed the judges with his performance of Whitney Houston’s hit song “I will always love you,” postings of the performance went up on YouTube on April 7th. By April 8th, the viral potential of this baby faced singer with the Susan Boyle sized body and nerdy bowl haircut had made itself apparent.
And since it had only been alive for 24 hours, our internet marketer thought to do a ‘domain grab’ and start building a site to attract Lin Yu Chun fans. Sure enough – the Lin Yu Chun videos views shot up and up – but our internet marketer’s attempts to capitalize on this properly predicted trend hit some major snags along the way.
Here’s the story:
UPDATE: As of 4/23/10 the fan club site is still at LinYuChunFanClub.com and the sale is under dispute. If the site is forced to move, the new location will be .net. In the meantime – go here to see the Lin Yu Chun Fan Club site: LinYuChunFanClub.com
Still pretty green when it comes to building websites, she immediately asked her friends on the website Warrior Forum for advice. The Warrior Forum is a huge site with 1000’s of experienced and learning internet marketers who discuss making money in Internet Marketing.
Advice was given straight out to build a website and provide products for sale, such as T-Shirts or Posters.
She even received an email query – “Would you accept $4000?” from some so-called domain broker. But her buddies on the WF suggested it was a scam – designed to milk money from her. “Did they ask for an appraisal?” they wondered. “Yep, that’s exactly what they recommended,” she replied. So, she wrote back telling them if they wanted the domain – then they would have to be the highest bidder. So far, it doesn’t look like they placed a bid.
Here’s the original video that started it all:
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