Other ccTLD The Official .WS Discussion - Page 3

IG72 · 03-21-2008, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Major trademark issues

You really think so ?

Debt.tv · 03-21-2008, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by IG72

You really think so ?

Yes, it is the name of a very popular racing series.

LittleBigMan · 03-22-2008, 06:23 AM

There was an earlier reference to Green.ws selling for a couple of hundred or so, but in fact I sold this domain in May 2005 for $1250? Could have potentially got a lot more for such a great keyword, but for thetime that wasn't bad at all for .ws

Also, Flirt.ws did not sell via SEDO as the buyer had still not completed the transfer of the domain after 2 months, so SEDO apparently cancelled the deal. Its still available therefore.

I have around 60-70 good .ws and I'm confident that their time will come, as with any keyword, regardless of extension. They seem to be gaining momentum.

bidawinner · 03-22-2008, 06:43 AM

I've owned over 30 .Ws

Still own

Contract.ws
Conferences.Ws
Publications.ws

etc..

I have a fha loan ws for sale making $30 a month and no one is interested
http://www.namepros.com/established-...-30-month.html

I sold a .ws site last year for 3K I honored my No Reserve ..this was a site that made 75K the previous 3 years .. and only 1 person was bright enough to actually bid

People hate .WS ..out of ignorance

LittleBigMan · 03-22-2008, 07:01 AM

Agreed bidawinner

Ignorance is the problem and too many people are being disuaded by self professed experts who know diddlysquat about anything

greenline · 03-22-2008, 03:54 PM

Are 3chars .ws worth reggin? Or what about 2 chars?

michaeldotcom · 03-22-2008, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by greenline

Are 3chars .ws worth reggin? Or what about 2 chars?

Be careful about regging 2 or 3 character .ws domains. Those are actually considered "premium".

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/465031-the-official-ws-discussion.html
The annual renewal fee for ANY 3-character .ws domain is $500.
The annual renewal fee for ANY 2-character .ws domain is $1,000.
The annual renewal fee for ANY 1-character .ws domain is $50,000.

For more information :
http://www.website.ws/faq/pricing.dhtml

greenline · 03-23-2008, 04:41 AM

Oh, thanks !

dpro · 03-23-2008, 07:40 AM

i have domaintraders.ws n would like to sell it

***mwzd*** · 03-23-2008, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by dpro

i have domaintraders.ws n would like to sell it

Not worth much sorry, even the .com would be worth mid $xxx at best, so not much hope for .ws
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=465031

A good thumbrule I use to evaluate .ws is 1-3% of the .com

This % might or might not go higher over time (should though) but currently its a good ballpark.

a2zofb2b · 03-23-2008, 09:31 AM

A method I use to register .ws is to monitor the premium released names at http://www.website.ws/released.dhtml and wait for it to be available at Godaddy. When the .ws domains are released it's only available for registration at website.ws(for the first few days).

3 char or less are expensive.
Avoid Trademark names and fancy made up names.
Make sure that the keywords have commercial value.
Don't expect any type-ins, the keyword domains work well when developed and ranks well on google.com. Primarily use it for seo.
I have a dozen names (bakers Dozen)
Debt.ws
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=465031
Credit-Card.ws
Interest.ws
Rates.ws
Finances.ws
Insure.ws
Dividends.ws
FreeStuff.ws
Used.ws
Supplement.ws
Callingcard.ws
Bollywood.ws
Matrimonial.ws

***mwzd*** · 03-23-2008, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by a2zofb2b

A method I use to register .ws is to monitor the premium released names at http://www.website.ws/released.dhtml and wait for it to be available at Godaddy. When the .ws domains are released it's only available for registration at website.ws(for the first few days).

Thanks for the awesome tip, repped you.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=465031

Your bakers dozen is unbelievable...

Great advice, Cheers!

nu-money · 03-24-2008, 09:47 AM

acid.ws
That's the only one i own.

Weber · 03-27-2008, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by michaeldotcom

Be careful about regging 2 or 3 character .ws domains. Those are actually considered "premium".

The annual renewal fee for ANY 3-character .ws domain is $500.
The annual renewal fee for ANY 2-character .ws domain is $1,000.
The annual renewal fee for ANY 1-character .ws domain is $50,000.

For more information :
http://www.website.ws/faq/pricing.dhtml

This pricing scheme is "nuts" and is the biggest obstacle holding back the extention, imo. There is potential here, but the outfit running this thing seems to act like they don't care if anybody uses this extention.

onlinegelir · 03-27-2008, 02:10 PM

I have a couple of .ws domains, too:

bodyjewelry.ws
hotjobs.ws
makkah.ws
plasmatv.ws
rifle.ws
trans.ws
sleepwear.ws

C-B · 03-27-2008, 02:55 PM

header.ws

onlinegelir · 03-28-2008, 07:35 PM

Heres a new one:

gameclub.ws

chandan · 03-29-2008, 09:42 AM

i have greatest.ws
any body appraise this ?

terol · 04-04-2008, 05:00 AM

I like .WS almost as .CC, so I also own some ones...

explicit.ws

sexshop.ws

terror.ws

News about .WS transfers availability have been one of the best for me this year!

chandan · 04-04-2008, 06:28 AM

any body transferred .ws from one registrar to another registrar ?

Anish · 04-04-2008, 06:32 AM

I've sold most of my .ws here at namepros. And have let many of them expire. Now left with only Amount.ws and Rapid.ws

terol · 04-04-2008, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by chandan123

any body transferred .ws from one registrar to another registrar ?

Me, I transferred SexShop.WS from DD24 to Godaddy 2 weeks ago

clemzonguy · 04-04-2008, 06:16 PM

What about moving domains away from Website.ws which charges $35/yr?

The main problem with .WS was having many at assorted wildwest reseller sites and having to remember to go to each one and renew the names.

A couple that I own include:

Investments.ws
Coupons.ws
Vitamins.ws
Apartment.ws
Restaurants.ws
Logos.ws
Learning.ws
Seniors.ws
Financing.ws
Engineering.ws
Shipping.ws
Escrow.ws
Resorts.ws
Professor.ws
Expo.ws
Lender.ws
Advertisement.ws

and many hundreds more....a few listed here
http://www.brokeringdomains.com/sale.html

I have sold....

clipart.ws for $850 sedo
founder.ws $555 sedo
franchising.ws $555 sedo
and several between $100-$500 in previous years.
turned down a few offers at sedo
$1K+ offer on a few

The major plus for .WS is that it's been promoted by a MLM marketing strategy for years, which is very succesfull for small business owners. Fortunately all the domains I own are registered at either Domainsite, GoDaddy, or resellers. The inability to not transfer the domains definitely made renewals more difficult if you were stuck at a high priced registrar. I bought many from other users on this forum and another so the moral of the story is don't wait around forever to get into a market.

Redleg · 04-06-2008, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by memorablename

http://website.ws/faq/index.dhtml

The registry is now allowing .WS domain names to be transferred from registrar to registrar. It seems that most registrars just haven't updated their websites to allow this yet.

This certainly is great news for .ws!
Do you know when they started to allow this?
I didn't know about it until now...

Now if they just could cut the crappy prices on 2 and 3 letter .ws domains they might have a chance to compete against other ccTlds again..

I've sold quite a few .ws in the mid $xxx range the last couple of years, and I still get some offers from time to time..
Sahara (dot) ws $500
VoiceOverIP (dot) ws $600
Scuba (dot) ws $650
And several more..
Also had a $1800 .ws sale a while ago, but the buyer wanted to keep it private
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=465031
I've also turned down some low $x,xxx offers on a couple of .ws last year so it's quite possible to make some nice $$$ on .ws domains..

I've bought Quotes.ws for $500 and Quotations.ws for $250 a while ago for personal use (site not done yet)

I believe I have around 120-130 .ws domains left, including:
Technology.ws
Petroleum.ws
Awesome.ws
www.conversion.ws
Climate.ws
Create.ws
Destination.ws
Documentary.ws
Economy.ws
Emoticons.ws
Fertility.ws
Heat.ws
Lord.ws
Medication.ws
Privacy.ws
Quotations.ws
Sexuality.ws
Retro.ws
Unreal.ws
Webhosts.ws

bd77 · 04-06-2008, 10:56 AM

I own homelender.ws Paid $30 for it awhile back.

What to you think its worth?

03-22-2008, 06:23 AM	#53 (permalink)
LittleBigMan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Heart of England Posts: 1,679	There was an earlier reference to Green.ws selling for a couple of hundred or so, but in fact I sold this domain in May 2005 for $1250? Could have potentially got a lot more for such a great keyword, but for thetime that wasn't bad at all for .ws Also, Flirt.ws did not sell via SEDO as the buyer had still not completed the transfer of the domain after 2 months, so SEDO apparently cancelled the deal. Its still available therefore. I have around 60-70 good .ws and I'm confident that their time will come, as with any keyword, regardless of extension. They seem to be gaining momentum. __________________ DomainProfiles :wave: LLL.orgs NNN.orgs LLLL.com LL.bz

03-22-2008, 07:01 AM	#55 (permalink)
LittleBigMan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Heart of England Posts: 1,679	Agreed bidawinner Ignorance is the problem and too many people are being disuaded by self professed experts who know diddlysquat about anything __________________ DomainProfiles :wave: LLL.orgs NNN.orgs LLLL.com LL.bz

03-22-2008, 03:54 PM	#56 (permalink)
greenline NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 427	Are 3chars .ws worth reggin? Or what about 2 chars? __________________ ►►►►Fiverr Offer: 60 PPC/GOOGLE ADS CLICKS - 100% European Human Adsense/PPC Clicks - Only 5 bucks! - Massive Profit Every Month! ◄◄◄◄ Last edited by greenline; 03-22-2008 at 03:58 PM.

03-23-2008, 04:41 AM	#58 (permalink)
greenline NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 427	Oh, thanks ! __________________ ►►►►Fiverr Offer: 60 PPC/GOOGLE ADS CLICKS - 100% European Human Adsense/PPC Clicks - Only 5 bucks! - Massive Profit Every Month! ◄◄◄◄

03-23-2008, 09:31 AM	#61 (permalink)
a2zofb2b NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 77	A method I use to register .ws is to monitor the premium released names at http://www.website.ws/released.dhtml and wait for it to be available at Godaddy. When the .ws domains are released it's only available for registration at website.ws(for the first few days). 3 char or less are expensive. Avoid Trademark names and fancy made up names. Make sure that the keywords have commercial value. Don't expect any type-ins, the keyword domains work well when developed and ranks well on google.com. Primarily use it for seo. I have a dozen names (bakers Dozen) Debt.ws ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=465031 Credit-Card.ws Interest.ws Rates.ws Finances.ws Insure.ws Dividends.ws FreeStuff.ws Used.ws Supplement.ws Callingcard.ws Bollywood.ws Matrimonial.ws __________________ Ads.co.in -Internet Advertising in India Last edited by a2zofb2b; 03-23-2008 at 09:48 AM.

03-22-2008, 06:43 AM	#54 (permalink)
bidawinner NamePros Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 845	I've owned over 30 .Ws Still own Contract.ws Conferences.Ws Publications.ws etc.. I have a fha loan ws for sale making $30 a month and no one is interested http://www.namepros.com/established-...-30-month.html I sold a .ws site last year for 3K I honored my No Reserve ..this was a site that made 75K the previous 3 years .. and only 1 person was bright enough to actually bid People hate .WS ..out of ignorance

03-23-2008, 07:40 AM	#59 (permalink)
dpro Account Closed Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 44	i have domaintraders.ws n would like to sell it

03-24-2008, 09:47 AM	#63 (permalink)
nu-money NamePros Regular Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Posts: 593	acid.ws That's the only one i own. __________________ bicee.com

03-27-2008, 02:10 PM	#65 (permalink)
onlinegelir NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 143	I have a couple of .ws domains, too: bodyjewelry.ws hotjobs.ws makkah.ws plasmatv.ws rifle.ws trans.ws sleepwear.ws

03-27-2008, 02:55 PM	#66 (permalink)
C-B NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 185	header.ws

03-28-2008, 07:35 PM	#67 (permalink)
onlinegelir NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 143	Heres a new one: gameclub.ws

03-29-2008, 09:42 AM	#68 (permalink)
chandan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Unblock.in Posts: 4,789 Follow @chandan123	i have greatest.ws any body appraise this ? __________________ chandan.in- Domain Names-foods - iblogs- Steroids for Sale - 074.in for 15$ Recipes- DIR-stumble 4 Sales 54 DBS-Recipes DB-Drinks DB-Jokes- book marks-Chandan

04-04-2008, 05:00 AM	#69 (permalink)
terol NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 180	I like .WS almost as .CC, so I also own some ones... explicit.ws sexshop.ws terror.ws News about .WS transfers availability have been one of the best for me this year!

04-04-2008, 06:28 AM	#70 (permalink)
chandan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Unblock.in Posts: 4,789 Follow @chandan123	any body transferred .ws from one registrar to another registrar ? __________________ chandan.in- Domain Names-foods - iblogs- Steroids for Sale - 074.in for 15$ Recipes- DIR-stumble 4 Sales 54 DBS-Recipes DB-Drinks DB-Jokes- book marks-Chandan

04-04-2008, 06:32 AM	#71 (permalink)
Anish NamePros Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Delhi, .IN Posts: 181	I've sold most of my .ws here at namepros. And have let many of them expire. Now left with only Amount.ws and Rapid.ws __________________ OnlineBooking.in

04-04-2008, 06:16 PM	#73 (permalink)
clemzonguy NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Greenville, SC USA Posts: 217	What about moving domains away from Website.ws which charges $35/yr? The main problem with .WS was having many at assorted wildwest reseller sites and having to remember to go to each one and renew the names. A couple that I own include: Investments.ws Coupons.ws Vitamins.ws Apartment.ws Restaurants.ws Logos.ws Learning.ws Seniors.ws Financing.ws Engineering.ws Shipping.ws Escrow.ws Resorts.ws Professor.ws Expo.ws Lender.ws Advertisement.ws and many hundreds more....a few listed here http://www.brokeringdomains.com/sale.html I have sold.... clipart.ws for $850 sedo founder.ws $555 sedo franchising.ws $555 sedo and several between $100-$500 in previous years. turned down a few offers at sedo $1K+ offer on a few The major plus for .WS is that it's been promoted by a MLM marketing strategy for years, which is very succesfull for small business owners. Fortunately all the domains I own are registered at either Domainsite, GoDaddy, or resellers. The inability to not transfer the domains definitely made renewals more difficult if you were stuck at a high priced registrar. I bought many from other users on this forum and another so the moral of the story is don't wait around forever to get into a market. __________________ BrokeringDomains.com

04-06-2008, 10:56 AM	#75 (permalink)
bd77 NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Carney,Maryland Posts: 279	I own homelender.ws Paid $30 for it awhile back. What to you think its worth?

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