More Hyphen sales

m66 · 02-19-2006, 01:47 PM

Problem is, if the person who bought restless-legs.com develops a web business, he will end up losing a lot of traffic to the owner of restlesslegs.com, unless he owns that domain already.

gazzip · 02-19-2006, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by legend2

Hyphens gives you a pain in the fingers in order to access a domain. I wonder how come people still pay that much for em.

Because there can be only one ! (highlander)

Some people don't mind or have no choice but to be number 2 - and save thousands IMO

Originally Posted by m66

Problem is, if the person who bought restless-legs.com develops a web business, he will end up losing a lot of traffic to the owner of restlesslegs.com, unless he owns that domain already.

Some - that is assuming it does indeed get direct type in traffic - but the hyphen "may" gain some traffic in search engines - this is of course dependant on alot of other issues - design - content - incoming links etc.

Abstracts.tv · 02-19-2006, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by gazzip

Are hyphens becoming more acceptable ?? I have seen a few more reported sales lately.
If you know of others can you post them here please

On the sold page of sedo > restless-legs.com or .de ????
7500 euros / 9,198.36 USD - EEK

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/161100-another-reported-hyphen-domain-sale.html

...previous sales............................................. ..............................

Restless-Legs.de for €7,500 = $9,104 Sedo
Deutsche-Fonds.de for €3,450 = $4,188 Sedo
Brazilian-Transsexuals.info for $1,800
Free-Games.to for $55,000 – sedo 3/1/2005
e-Mails.de - $31,582 sedo - 5/17/2005
e-Mails.com - $19,144 – sedo - 8/16/2005
True-To-You.com - $17,272 – sedo - 12/27/2005
Geld-Verdienen.de - $12,351 – sedo - 8/16/2005
Anti-Virus.de - $12,241 – sedo - 7/12/2005
Digital-TV.co.uk - $12,007 – sedo - 12/20/2005
Cours-particuliers.com - $11,991 – snapnames - 10/11/2005
Weight-training.com - £2,250 – sedo – 2/2/06
Dot-planet.com - $2,000 – sedo – 3/02/06
Dvd-rekorder.de – 1,500 euros – sedo 6/02/06
Zurich-escort.com – 750 euros –sedo – 6/02/06
Easy-credit.com - $ 2000 – sedo – 10/02/06
Sandy-City.net for $1,051 – snapnames – 11/02/06
Cyber-State.org - $1,007 – snapnames – 11/02/06
Edinburgh-Jobs.co.uk – sedo - £750 – jan - 2006
Giga-Byte.co.uk – sedo - £750 – jan 2006
Hearing-Aid.co.uk – sedo £650 – Jan 2006
Project-Manager.co.uk – sedo - £700 – jan 2006
Digital-TV.co.uk – sedo $10,000 – Jan 2006
Poker-Chips.co.uk – sedo -$3500 – jan 2006
Job-Offers.co.uk – sedo - £580 – jan 2006
Play-Time.co.uk - £190 – sedo - feb 2006
Making-Money.co.uk £450 – sedo feb – 2006
New-York.info - $3,500 – sedo - 5/10/2005
Video-world – 1,690 euros – sedo 14/02/2006
i-free.com – 6,000 euros – sedo -15/02/2006
blue-frog.com - $950 – sedo – 16/02/2006
gaming-info.com - $5,250 – sedo – 16/02/2006
i-plug.com – 2,000 euros – sedo – 18/02/2006
the-paradise.com – 350 euros – sedo – 18/02/2006

to be continued......

I think the sales speak for themselves. I think there are enough end-users out there who will buy hyphen names. It just depends on what the end-user is looking for. I wouldn't rule out any name with a hyphen. Times have changed. Yesterday's domain rules have changed also, IMHO

Frank

gazzip · 03-15-2006, 10:35 AM

Hi........I'm back

I've added another 10 recent hyphen sales to the first list

Hey - they keep selling ! There's 3 of them on sedo's homepage today.

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BurninDragon08 · 03-15-2006, 11:12 AM

Dang, I never thought in a million years that hyphen names would sell for so much.

gericsb · 03-15-2006, 11:34 AM

I can't tell if this encouraging or depressing!??! LOL!

I have a lot of one-word dictionary hyphenated .coms that I cant sell for peanuts! (Ex: co-captain.com, co-sign, co-author etc etc.) And I see some of these ridiculous domains go for thousands??

I cant figure this industry out.

dgridley · 03-15-2006, 11:40 AM

Nice to see hyphenated domains selling.. I have a number of 'em... sometimes it's the only way to get keyword domains.

floatingworld · 03-15-2006, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by dgridley

Nice to see hyphenated domains selling.. I have a number of 'em... sometimes it's the only way to get keyword domains.

a very good point.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=161100
sometimes it is good to go mining for names in niche areas undug by others.
the above sales figures don't lie.

gazzip · 03-15-2006, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by gericsb

I can't tell if this encouraging or depressing!??! LOL!

I have a lot of one-word dictionary hyphenated .coms that I cant sell for peanuts! (Ex: co-captain.com, co-sign, co-author etc etc.) And I see some of these ridiculous domains go for thousands??
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=161100

I cant figure this industry out.

Sorry - not trying to depress you

I just kept noticing a constant steady trickle of hyphen domains on sedo - I am not trying to suggest people should go out and start reging them.

I have a few hyphen names that I have had for about a year - I have'nt sold any as of yet - the main reason for starting this thread is to monitor their "potential value".

I know this post goes against the grain for the majority of domainers but I know I would be very happy to get a few sales in this region.

Hopefully the mods won't mind me keeping this thread going with regular updates of hyphen sales ?? Please

And hopefully I will get a few of my own

Good luck all

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TestCase · 03-15-2006, 12:39 PM

If you keep posting, I'll keep reading!

Have a few of my own hyphenated domains that I'd like to see sell some day.

THANKS for your effort!!!

Vegas Entertainment · 03-15-2006, 01:06 PM

How about 2 and 3 letter hyphens, B-S or W-T-F ??

Well this is the -paradise we live in, get your restless-legs ready, no more digital-tv,send out those e-mails the dot-planet has been taken over by hyphens. It`s a sad

cyber-state we live in when i cant just type in a word(s) and get what i want, like Brazilian-Transsexuals

(could this be because the other extensions are all out

whatever.... anyway, I have seen this happening from coast to coast from Los-Angeles to New-York and it`s coming your way Europe, look in your european-spas they are the ones in the fashion-tees.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=161100
Well Gaz, i guess hypens ARE easy to use when im typing a post, what the hey, maybe i`ll get into this hyphen thing,,,,,
Hey if your looking for another niche thats untapped try a hyphend N,L,word
2-B-Continued...........

gazzip · 03-15-2006, 01:13 PM

Hi-Joker.com

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Vegas Entertainment · 03-15-2006, 01:29 PM

Are you trying to say High-Joker

Originally Posted by sdsinc

Perhaps hyphens can help for seo purposes but I don't reg them. There are exceptions though.

How did i miss this, you are so right, like bank-of-america or was that bank-of-china

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=161100

gerish, it is very de-press-ing

Oh boy Gaz, You are getting quite the little following

maybe we should start a post and see who has the better hyphens,(all comments welcomed)
Where is your President? ya know President Quality

gazzip · 03-21-2006, 09:09 AM

Another few Hyphen sales added to the list above including

Mexico-City.info for 1500 euros @ sedo

Was that you Joker who gave me negative REP and said - Thanks for tracking the hyphen sales ?

Here's one just for you Joker
Sms.eu.com – sold at sedo for 700 euros – 23/02/2006

Gazzip McLurking is watching you

LOL

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floatingworld · 03-21-2006, 09:36 AM

some people hate hyphens.
some people hate .info
some people hate .org
some people hate anything longer than LLL
but most of all some people hate to be wrong
right?

Vegas Entertainment · 03-21-2006, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by gazzip

[B]

Was that you Joker who gave me negative REP and said - Thanks for tracking the hyphen sales ?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=161100

Here's one just for you Joker
Sms.eu.com – sold at sedo for 700 euros – 23/02/2006

Gazzip McLurking is watching you

LOL
.

Sir Gazzip Mclurking,
You know Joker does not play dirty, I never have given anybody bad rep, it should say who you got that from. Ill send you REP. Your doing a good job letting us know about the tiny,very rare sales that come from hyphens

Originally Posted by yoshiwara

but most of all some people hate to be wrong
right?

RIGHT OR WRONG I DONT PLAY DIRTY ITS ALL FUN

Joker

gazzip · 03-21-2006, 09:46 AM

LOL McLURKING

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Arkham · 03-21-2006, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by legend2

Hyphens gives you a pain in the fingers in order to access a domain. I wonder how come people still pay that much for em.

The thing is I don't think it makes a difference to the general public, seeing as how they're hunt-and-peck typers anyway.

Domain123 · 03-21-2006, 07:51 PM

only one name.

www.china-sento.com
already make me $5.59 parking revenue.

Bill

jamkid · 03-22-2006, 11:34 AM

Hey guys don't underestimate the power of hyphenated domains... Well done Domain123!

gazzip · 03-29-2006, 07:54 AM

Another few hyphens sales added in first the post today - I only came accross 6 but they add up to over $ 79,000 !!!

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Malaysia · 03-29-2006, 12:08 PM

yeah i saw lotsa hypehn names sales on tdnam as well.. n when u check for lotsa more..really a lot are taken! its an alternative...
of course less trafic than the original one but its still a good name.. imagine how much
www.www-sex.com will fetch

Arkham · 03-29-2006, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Malaysia

yeah i saw lotsa hypehn names sales on tdnam as well.. n when u check for lotsa more..really a lot are taken! its an alternative...
of course less trafic than the original one but its still a good name.. imagine how much
www.www-sex.com will fetch

Yeah, I think there'll definitely be a hyphen boom in the next year or two.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=161100

I'm hoping that "u-upload.com" and "u-download.com" will cash in later (according to what I've been told). I think the combined value increases because the non-hyphenated combination isn't possible (I have "uupload").

I have a few other hyphens -- will post if I sell any.

gazzip · 04-06-2006, 09:21 AM

I'm back

A few more Hyphens sales been added today in the list on the first post.

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- me - · 04-11-2006, 03:27 PM

On front page of Afternic today ...
free-music-downloads.com 7,000 04/11/2006

03-15-2006, 11:12 AM	#30 (permalink)
BurninDragon08 NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Renton Posts: 510	Dang, I never thought in a million years that hyphen names would sell for so much. __________________ !!!!! Click here to checkout StudentPermits.com at Sedo! !!!!!

03-15-2006, 11:40 AM	#32 (permalink)
dgridley NamePros Legend Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SW Missouri Posts: 18,396 Follow @davew3b	Nice to see hyphenated domains selling.. I have a number of 'em... sometimes it's the only way to get keyword domains. __________________ davew3b tumblr blog \| davew3b posterous blog

03-15-2006, 01:06 PM	#36 (permalink)
Vegas Entertainment Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: "Sin City" Posts: 1,207	How about 2 and 3 letter hyphens, B-S or W-T-F ?? Well this is the -paradise we live in, get your restless-legs ready, no more digital-tv,send out those e-mails the dot-planet has been taken over by hyphens. It`s a sad cyber-state we live in when i cant just type in a word(s) and get what i want, like Brazilian-Transsexuals (could this be because the other extensions are all out whatever.... anyway, I have seen this happening from coast to coast from Los-Angeles to New-York and it`s coming your way Europe, look in your european-spas they are the ones in the fashion-tees. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=161100 Well Gaz, i guess hypens ARE easy to use when im typing a post, what the hey, maybe i`ll get into this hyphen thing,,,,, Hey if your looking for another niche thats untapped try a hyphend N,L,word 2-B-Continued........... __________________ Info I post tomorrow it is protected by Copyright Â© and may not be used yesterday unless used today prior to this post. Last edited by Joker Productions; 04-06-2006 at 01:43 PM.

03-21-2006, 09:09 AM	THREAD STARTER #39 (permalink)
gazzip First Time Poster ! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GB Posts: 6,877	Another few Hyphen sales added to the list above including Mexico-City.info for 1500 euros @ sedo Was that you Joker who gave me negative REP and said - Thanks for tracking the hyphen sales ? Here's one just for you Joker Sms.eu.com – sold at sedo for 700 euros – 23/02/2006 Gazzip McLurking is watching you LOL . Last edited by gazzip; 03-21-2006 at 09:20 AM.

03-22-2006, 11:34 AM	#45 (permalink)
jamkid NamePros Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 83	Hey guys don't underestimate the power of hyphenated domains... Well done Domain123! __________________ hahaha.tv for sale!

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02-19-2006, 01:47 PM	#26 (permalink)
m66 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 12	Problem is, if the person who bought restless-legs.com develops a web business, he will end up losing a lot of traffic to the owner of restlesslegs.com, unless he owns that domain already.

03-15-2006, 10:35 AM	THREAD STARTER #29 (permalink)
gazzip First Time Poster ! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GB Posts: 6,877	Hi........I'm back I've added another 10 recent hyphen sales to the first list Hey - they keep selling ! There's 3 of them on sedo's homepage today. .

03-15-2006, 11:34 AM	#31 (permalink)
gericsb NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 731	I can't tell if this encouraging or depressing!??! LOL! I have a lot of one-word dictionary hyphenated .coms that I cant sell for peanuts! (Ex: co-captain.com, co-sign, co-author etc etc.) And I see some of these ridiculous domains go for thousands?? I cant figure this industry out.

03-15-2006, 12:39 PM	#35 (permalink)
TestCase Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In Free Fall Posts: 1,149	If you keep posting, I'll keep reading! Have a few of my own hyphenated domains that I'd like to see sell some day. THANKS for your effort!!!

03-15-2006, 01:13 PM	THREAD STARTER #37 (permalink)
gazzip First Time Poster ! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GB Posts: 6,877	Hi-Joker.com .

03-21-2006, 09:36 AM	#40 (permalink)
floatingworld dawnofthefloatingworld Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: nightlesscity Posts: 3,413	some people hate hyphens. some people hate .info some people hate .org some people hate anything longer than LLL but most of all some people hate to be wrong right?

03-21-2006, 09:46 AM	THREAD STARTER #42 (permalink)
gazzip First Time Poster ! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GB Posts: 6,877	LOL McLURKING .

03-21-2006, 07:51 PM	#44 (permalink)
Domain123 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,437	only one name. www.china-sento.com already make me $5.59 parking revenue. Bill

03-29-2006, 07:54 AM	THREAD STARTER #46 (permalink)
gazzip First Time Poster ! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GB Posts: 6,877	Another few hyphens sales added in first the post today - I only came accross 6 but they add up to over $ 79,000 !!! .

03-29-2006, 12:08 PM	#47 (permalink)
Malaysia Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Malaysia Posts: 3,277	yeah i saw lotsa hypehn names sales on tdnam as well.. n when u check for lotsa more..really a lot are taken! its an alternative... of course less trafic than the original one but its still a good name.. imagine how much www.www-sex.com will fetch __________________ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ██████Work Smart Play Hard! ████

04-06-2006, 09:21 AM	THREAD STARTER #49 (permalink)
gazzip First Time Poster ! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GB Posts: 6,877	More Hyphen sales I'm back A few more Hyphens sales been added today in the list on the first post. .

04-11-2006, 03:27 PM	#50 (permalink)
- me - NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 185	Two Hyphens $7,000! On front page of Afternic today ... free-music-downloads.com 7,000 04/11/2006

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