Any value left in .US?

DomainOgre · 06-21-2011, 04:38 PM

After keeping many .US domains since 2004, I am left without many sales and a now staggering renewal bill ($20 each). I tried the GoDaddy codes listed here at NP to knock down the price some, but the GD reseller (formerly RegisterMate now Domains Priced Right) will not accept any of the codes here. I even tried emailing and calling Domains Priced Right (that is a joke) to lower the bill.

That said, are .US domains worth these now large renewal fees? Personally, I have sold less .Info and .US than anything else. I will be moving my non expired domains out of Domains Priced Right, but I still need to decide if the ones that are expired and can't be moved are worth renewing. I have several 3 letter .US and others that are keywords. Does anybody have any insight or advise that could help dealing with this?

the dot stop · 06-21-2011, 04:44 PM

In reply to your Post Title...
Any Value left in .US?

Dot US sure looks like its doing well to me!

Heres a few dot US sales in the past coupla months.

Dow us $2,789 Jun 11 Sedo 1 3 N N Sedo

Ith us $1,172 Jun 11 Sedo 1 3 N N Sedo

LapBandSurgery us $225 Jun 11 Sedo 3 14 N N Sedo

Loves us $725 Jun 11 Sedo 1 5 N N Sedo

Tvp us $775 Jun 11 Sedo 1 3 N N Sedo
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/719901-any-value-left-in-us.html

Advertise us $1,300 Jun 11 Sedo 1 9 N N Sedo

Hfi us $551 Jun 11 Sedo 1 3 N N Sedo

FunnyGames us $4,517 Jun 11 Sedo 2 10 N N Sedo

DrugRehab us $4,000 Jun 11 Sedo 2 9 N N DNJournal

Tig us $1,000 May 11 Private 1 3 N N DNJournal

Iran us $3,000 May 11 Sedo 1 4 N N DNJournal

Reel us $500 May 11 Sedo 1 4 N N Sedo

DataRecovery us $5,000 May 11 Sedo 2 12 N N Sedo

CookWare us $1,600 May 11 Sedo 2 8 N N DNJournal

IName us $1,050 May 11 Sedo 2 5 N N DNJournal

CarPooling us $3,600 May 11 Sedo 2 10 N N Sedo

ModelAgency us $1,717 May 11 Sedo 2 11 N N Sedo

Hakulo us $3,322 Apr 11 Moniker/SnapNames 1 6 N N DNJournal

Psw us $1,035 Apr 11 Moniker/SnapNames 1 3 N N DNJournal

Wmp us $2,500 Apr 11 Sedo 1 3 N N DNJournal[COLOR="Silver"]

Good luck to you,
Vito

bmugford · 06-21-2011, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by DomainOgre

After keeping many .US domains since 2004, I am left without many sales and a now staggering renewal bill ($20 each). I tried the GoDaddy codes listed here at NP to knock down the price some, but the GD reseller (formerly RegisterMate now Domains Priced Right) will not accept any of the codes here. I even tried emailing and calling Domains Priced Right (that is a joke) to lower the bill.

That said, are .US domains worth these now large renewal fees? Personally, I have sold less .Info and .US than anything else. I will be moving my non expired domains out of Domains Priced Right, but I still need to decide if the ones that are expired and can't be moved are worth renewing. I have several 3 letter .US and others that are keywords. Does anybody have any insight or advise that could help dealing with this?

It really depends on the quality of names you have. There is a market for top quality .US domains.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=719901

I have sold several for Mid $X,XXX+ range this year, mainly to end users.

As far as paying $20 renewals, that is ridiculous. Transfer the domains to another registrar that charges normal renewal fees ($8 range).

Brad

JB Lions · 06-21-2011, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by DomainOgre

After keeping many .US domains since 2004, I am left without many sales and a now staggering renewal bill ($20 each). I tried the GoDaddy codes listed here at NP to knock down the price some, but the GD reseller (formerly RegisterMate now Domains Priced Right) will not accept any of the codes here. I even tried emailing and calling Domains Priced Right (that is a joke) to lower the bill.

That said, are .US domains worth these now large renewal fees? Personally, I have sold less .Info and .US than anything else. I will be moving my non expired domains out of Domains Priced Right, but I still need to decide if the ones that are expired and can't be moved are worth renewing. I have several 3 letter .US and others that are keywords. Does anybody have any insight or advise that could help dealing with this?

Since you're at GD already, you could always get the Discount Domain Club, and just pay $7.29 for .us renewals.

asif · 06-21-2011, 05:33 PM

where those sales took place. i mean its a great return of money for only domains.

this is completely new thing for me to learn i am so excited.

wot · 06-21-2011, 05:37 PM

Sold StockQuote.us for $99 no reserve auction.

And yesterday Lovely.us no reserve auction finished with no bids.

Not bad names are they?

I have another bunch of quality .us that I will be dumping off as they come up for renewal.

Strangely enough one of my first ever sales back in 2002 was Latex.us around $700 I think, encouraged me to buy some more-my mistake!They have only cost me money since.

the dot stop · 06-21-2011, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by asif

where those sales took place. i mean its a great return of money for only domains.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=719901

this is completely new thing for me to learn i am so excited.

Hey Asif,

First off Welcome to NamePros!

If you look on each line of each sale...The very last word is the Sales Venue...(Sedo, Afternic, etc.)

Just read a LOT here before going nuts buying all types of domains.

Take my advice...I did just that when I started out and it was NOT GOOD!

lothos · 06-21-2011, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by DomainOgre

After keeping many .US domains since 2004, I am left without many sales and a now staggering renewal bill ($20 each). I tried the GoDaddy codes listed here at NP to knock down the price some, but the GD reseller (formerly RegisterMate now Domains Priced Right) will not accept any of the codes here. I even tried emailing and calling Domains Priced Right (that is a joke) to lower the bill.

$20?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=719901

Transfer those to namecheap, $6.99 for a .us

*RevolutionaryDomains* · 06-21-2011, 08:18 PM

With regard to the names, if they are solid, keyword or premium, such as LLL, etc; you should try to renew and keep them. Dot US definitely has a market that will continue to grow, especially for the more premium names. Given the fact that even Americans have yet to truly embrace it's own ccTLD, sooner or later it will gain momentum, even if it is first by foreign entities wanting a global presence in the US.

That aside, if you are with GoDaddy or [GoDaddy Reseller], there are some 31% Off Codes that should lower the price for US Renewals from 19.99 to 13.79 (a savings of 6.20 for each name). However, you want to ensure you only renew in groups of 5 or less names. Otherwise, bulk renewal automatically kicks in and renders most codes inactive.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=719901

In reading your post it appears you may have already tried this, but seems worth it to double check in case you were renewing in bulk. Try the following codes listed below, [which were originally posted by another member in the GD discount code thread]. For starters, try renewing only 4 names at once, for example, and see if the codes provide the discount. I just tested them on a single dot US Renewal and they worked like a charm. With any luck they will help you as well. However, if not, please pardon the post.

gdz532a 31% off
gdz666a 31% off

-Regards

DomainOgre · 06-22-2011, 01:27 PM

Thanks for the responses

. Still trying the codes above with only a domain or two, but nothing works. Unfortunately, I will have to renew the best names of the ones that have expired at $20.

I will move all others out of Domains Priced Right ASAP.

defaultuser · 06-22-2011, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by DomainOgre

Thanks for the responses

. Still trying the codes above with only a domain or two, but nothing works. Unfortunately, I will have to renew the best names of the ones that have expired at $20.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=719901

I will move all others out of Domains Priced Right ASAP.

You should still be able to move expired names. Dynadot is very efficient (as is GD). You can get it done in a couple of hours, really.

J.

sdsinc · 06-22-2011, 01:50 PM

I have made money with .us (a few nice sales) but it is a tough market. Today I would not recommend investing in .us. After years of stagnation I do not anticipate growth in the near future.
Each market is different. ccTLDs are thriving but not everywhere. The US market has its own peculiarities.
Keep the very best and focus on quality. The weaker the TLD, the more important it is to follow that rule.
Of course you need to stop paying $20/year, that's daylight robbery (one more reason why GD is not that cheap).

steven22 · 06-22-2011, 02:27 PM

Renewels at GD are $3.49 until June 30th

JB Lions · 06-22-2011, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by steven22

Renewels at GD are $3.49 until June 30th

Where do you see that at? Just tried and I get the $7.29 (Discount Club price)

As far as .us and sales, they're doing fine for me. Not running out into the street and doing cartwheels type of sales but very profitable, many multiples of what I'm paying for them. And the people buying them are getting good deals. Premium keywords or generics that you can actually build a site around etc.

*RevolutionaryDomains* · 06-22-2011, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by DomainOgre

Thanks for the responses

. Still trying the codes above with only a domain or two, but nothing works. Unfortunately, I will have to renew the best names of the ones that have expired at $20.

I will move all others out of Domains Priced Right ASAP.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=719901
If you google .us coupon or something similar, and check the various sites that come up for dot us codes, you may have better luck. Try the following codes to see if any of them help. If nothing else, go for the Hail Mary pass in the endzone and try DOWNFORCE, which offers 15% off. Along with cockroaches, it will be one of the few things left when the world ends.

gdbbc805 (saves $4 per name)
gdbba46 (saves 25% off $75 or more)
cjcchp75 (saves 15% off $75 or more)
cjccab75 (saves 15% off $75 or more)
gdbbren8 (saves $2 per name)
gdbb776 (saves $2 per name)
DOWNFORCE (saves $3 per name - 15%)

-Regards

DomainOgre · 06-22-2011, 06:58 PM

Hmmm, I wish I could move those expired names to Godaddy instead of the Godaddy reseller I got stuck with. That would probably solve the problem. Is that possible? I always thought the domains were stuck at that Registrar once they expired.

JB Lions · 06-25-2011, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by steven22

Renewels at GD are $3.49 until June 30th

Was this false or does anybody else see .us renewals at GD for $3.49?

**lll** · 06-25-2011, 01:17 PM

He must have meant registrations at gd are that price, definitely not renewals!

Keith · 06-25-2011, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by JB Lions

Was this false or does anybody else see .us renewals at GD for $3.49?

I received an email from GD quoting this renewal price as well. I put 2 domains in my cart for renewal and the price was sky high. Appears to be false from what I can see.

JB Lions · 06-25-2011, 03:33 PM

Thanks. Tried myself and couldn't get it to go and looked around for codes, didn't see anything or I would be all over this.

defaultuser · 06-25-2011, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by JB Lions

Thanks. Tried myself and couldn't get it to go and looked around for codes, didn't see anything or I would be all over this.

There's a coupon code for $3.49 registration.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=719901

cjcUS349

steven22 · 07-03-2011, 07:52 PM

Guys...I did not revisit this as I thought this was public knowledge.

I did not need a coupon.

I RENEWED about 600 .us names on 6/30 the day the offer expired through my rep.

If you have reps at GD, you need to explore why you were not notified.

***mwzd*** · 07-04-2011, 12:39 AM

Think the OPs issue is more to do with the fact that he's with a GD Reseller and not directly with GD itself.

Which means he's stuck with the reseller's terms, which a lot of them seem to take advantage of to rip off people who don't know better.

Regarding the subject of the thread, simple answer is not really, if you have a great network of buyers, you might be able to sell some of the .US names you hold but don't expect to sell too many at anything over cost, if that.

defaultuser · 07-06-2011, 08:21 PM

Given the names that are dropping in the next 5 days I would say that someone thinks there is no value in .US.

I fail to see how James.us has no value, though.

Some SERIOUS keywords dropping that wouldn't even go in .CO imho. I'm not sure that they would even be dropped in .SO!

theoretical · 07-08-2011, 08:08 AM

I don't know that this year is significantly different than years past. There's certainly some names that have made me look twice but that happens every year for .US at this point. In fact I'd say that I was surprised by the lack of any significant Geo domains dropping unlike previous years (South Beach, Napa Valley, Yosemite, Sarasota, etc. last year alone!)

If DomainMonster keeps it's high rate of success, there are going to be some amazing deals for domainers who are (were) on the ball.

06-21-2011, 04:38 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
DomainOgre Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,833	Any value left in .US? After keeping many .US domains since 2004, I am left without many sales and a now staggering renewal bill ($20 each). I tried the GoDaddy codes listed here at NP to knock down the price some, but the GD reseller (formerly RegisterMate now Domains Priced Right) will not accept any of the codes here. I even tried emailing and calling Domains Priced Right (that is a joke) to lower the bill. That said, are .US domains worth these now large renewal fees? Personally, I have sold less .Info and .US than anything else. I will be moving my non expired domains out of Domains Priced Right, but I still need to decide if the ones that are expired and can't be moved are worth renewing. I have several 3 letter .US and others that are keywords. Does anybody have any insight or advise that could help dealing with this? __________________ GiantNames.com - Domain Names Above The Rest!

06-21-2011, 04:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
the dot stop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: DomainSales.TV Posts: 3,585 Follow @thedotstop	In reply to your Post Title... Any Value left in .US? Dot US sure looks like its doing well to me! Heres a few dot US sales in the past coupla months. Dow us $2,789 Jun 11 Sedo 1 3 N N Sedo Ith us $1,172 Jun 11 Sedo 1 3 N N Sedo LapBandSurgery us $225 Jun 11 Sedo 3 14 N N Sedo Loves us $725 Jun 11 Sedo 1 5 N N Sedo Tvp us $775 Jun 11 Sedo 1 3 N N Sedo ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/719901-any-value-left-in-us.html Advertise us $1,300 Jun 11 Sedo 1 9 N N Sedo Hfi us $551 Jun 11 Sedo 1 3 N N Sedo FunnyGames us $4,517 Jun 11 Sedo 2 10 N N Sedo DrugRehab us $4,000 Jun 11 Sedo 2 9 N N DNJournal Tig us $1,000 May 11 Private 1 3 N N DNJournal Iran us $3,000 May 11 Sedo 1 4 N N DNJournal Reel us $500 May 11 Sedo 1 4 N N Sedo DataRecovery us $5,000 May 11 Sedo 2 12 N N Sedo CookWare us $1,600 May 11 Sedo 2 8 N N DNJournal IName us $1,050 May 11 Sedo 2 5 N N DNJournal CarPooling us $3,600 May 11 Sedo 2 10 N N Sedo ModelAgency us $1,717 May 11 Sedo 2 11 N N Sedo Hakulo us $3,322 Apr 11 Moniker/SnapNames 1 6 N N DNJournal Psw us $1,035 Apr 11 Moniker/SnapNames 1 3 N N DNJournal Wmp us $2,500 Apr 11 Sedo 1 3 N N DNJournal[COLOR="Silver"] Good luck to you, Vito __________________ DomainSales.tv ANALYZE.TV Last edited by mis_chiff; 06-21-2011 at 07:20 PM. Reason: Removed links to Parked pages

06-21-2011, 05:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
asif New Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lahore Posts: 12	where those sales took place. i mean its a great return of money for only domains. this is completely new thing for me to learn i am so excited. Last edited by mis_chiff; 06-21-2011 at 07:25 PM. Reason: quote removed-PP

06-21-2011, 05:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
wot NamePros Expert Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Golden Triangle Posts: 5,853	Sold StockQuote.us for $99 no reserve auction. And yesterday Lovely.us no reserve auction finished with no bids. Not bad names are they? I have another bunch of quality .us that I will be dumping off as they come up for renewal. Strangely enough one of my first ever sales back in 2002 was Latex.us around $700 I think, encouraged me to buy some more-my mistake!They have only cost me money since. __________________ MonikerBlog.com

06-22-2011, 01:27 PM	THREAD STARTER #10 (permalink)
DomainOgre Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,833	Thanks for the responses. Still trying the codes above with only a domain or two, but nothing works. Unfortunately, I will have to renew the best names of the ones that have expired at $20. I will move all others out of Domains Priced Right ASAP. __________________ GiantNames.com - Domain Names Above The Rest!

06-21-2011, 08:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
RevolutionaryDomains Never a Dull Moment Join Date: May 2009 Location: Supdu.com Posts: 1,350	With regard to the names, if they are solid, keyword or premium, such as LLL, etc; you should try to renew and keep them. Dot US definitely has a market that will continue to grow, especially for the more premium names. Given the fact that even Americans have yet to truly embrace it's own ccTLD, sooner or later it will gain momentum, even if it is first by foreign entities wanting a global presence in the US. That aside, if you are with GoDaddy or [GoDaddy Reseller], there are some 31% Off Codes that should lower the price for US Renewals from 19.99 to 13.79 (a savings of 6.20 for each name). However, you want to ensure you only renew in groups of 5 or less names. Otherwise, bulk renewal automatically kicks in and renders most codes inactive. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=719901 In reading your post it appears you may have already tried this, but seems worth it to double check in case you were renewing in bulk. Try the following codes listed below, [which were originally posted by another member in the GD discount code thread]. For starters, try renewing only 4 names at once, for example, and see if the codes provide the discount. I just tested them on a single dot US Renewal and they worked like a charm. With any luck they will help you as well. However, if not, please pardon the post. gdz532a 31% off gdz666a 31% off -Regards

06-22-2011, 01:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
sdsinc Domains my Dominion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Web 1.0 Posts: 9,955	I have made money with .us (a few nice sales) but it is a tough market. Today I would not recommend investing in .us. After years of stagnation I do not anticipate growth in the near future. Each market is different. ccTLDs are thriving but not everywhere. The US market has its own peculiarities. Keep the very best and focus on quality. The weaker the TLD, the more important it is to follow that rule. Of course you need to stop paying $20/year, that's daylight robbery (one more reason why GD is not that cheap). __________________ NameNewsletter.com - free lists of available domain names ZoneFiles.net (beta) - ccTLD and gTLD droplists

06-22-2011, 02:27 PM	#13 (permalink)
steven22 NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 240	Renewels at GD are $3.49 until June 30th __________________ BUYING HIGH QUALITY TWO WORD GENERIC DOMAINS. EXAMPLES...ANNIVERSARYGIFTS.COM AND BABYPICTURES.COM

06-22-2011, 06:58 PM	THREAD STARTER #16 (permalink)
DomainOgre Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,833	Hmmm, I wish I could move those expired names to Godaddy instead of the Godaddy reseller I got stuck with. That would probably solve the problem. Is that possible? I always thought the domains were stuck at that Registrar once they expired. __________________ GiantNames.com - Domain Names Above The Rest!

06-25-2011, 01:17 PM	#18 (permalink)
lll ... Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,362	He must have meant registrations at gd are that price, definitely not renewals! __________________

06-25-2011, 03:33 PM	#20 (permalink)
JB Lions Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,008 Follow @JBLions	Thanks. Tried myself and couldn't get it to go and looked around for codes, didn't see anything or I would be all over this.

07-03-2011, 07:52 PM	#22 (permalink)
steven22 NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 240	Guys...I did not revisit this as I thought this was public knowledge. I did not need a coupon. I RENEWED about 600 .us names on 6/30 the day the offer expired through my rep. If you have reps at GD, you need to explore why you were not notified. __________________ BUYING HIGH QUALITY TWO WORD GENERIC DOMAINS. EXAMPLES...ANNIVERSARYGIFTS.COM AND BABYPICTURES.COM

07-04-2011, 12:39 AM	#23 (permalink)
*mwzd* Extension Agnostic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,917 Follow @mwzd	Think the OPs issue is more to do with the fact that he's with a GD Reseller and not directly with GD itself. Which means he's stuck with the reseller's terms, which a lot of them seem to take advantage of to rip off people who don't know better. Regarding the subject of the thread, simple answer is not really, if you have a great network of buyers, you might be able to sell some of the .US names you hold but don't expect to sell too many at anything over cost, if that. __________________ Premium Domains for Sale \| Domain Broker \| Domain Consultant \| Domain Blog WebSite Development \| MiniSites

07-06-2011, 08:21 PM	#24 (permalink)
defaultuser Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: internet@ctivist.com Posts: 4,781	Given the names that are dropping in the next 5 days I would say that someone thinks there is no value in .US. I fail to see how James.us has no value, though. Some SERIOUS keywords dropping that wouldn't even go in .CO imho. I'm not sure that they would even be dropped in .SO! __________________ A Member of: IdeationTeam.com HowToBeADomainer.com - a Domaining How To AuthorEditor

07-08-2011, 08:08 AM	#25 (permalink)
theoretical NamePros Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 123	I don't know that this year is significantly different than years past. There's certainly some names that have made me look twice but that happens every year for .US at this point. In fact I'd say that I was surprised by the lack of any significant Geo domains dropping unlike previous years (South Beach, Napa Valley, Yosemite, Sarasota, etc. last year alone!) If DomainMonster keeps it's high rate of success, there are going to be some amazing deals for domainers who are (were) on the ball.

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