HYPHENATED .COM domains are BACK IN FASHION!

[Rob Monster]

Just sold sushi-man.com from an Epik SSL lander for $4200. This is one of Epik's O&O domains. I don't normally report sales but these days we are routinely asking for $10K+ for good hyphen .COM names and seeing sincere engagement.

The great gTLD experiment has been run. I now routinely sell even ccTLD registrants are upgrading from their ccTLD to .COM if they can afford it. I was late to acknowledge it but the risk-reward equation for speculators overwhelmingly favors .COM.

When it comes to hyphenated .COM, SEO is your friend. I recommend to use SSL landers but any SEO lander will probably do the trick to drive inquiries.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Question:
of all .com domains registered, how many are with hyphen (1 hyphen, 2 hyphen) vs. non-hyphen ?

I am not sure if it is possible to differentiate multiple hyphens, but you can readily see how many are for sale with and without hyphens in any extension by using the Advanced Search feature of Dofo.com with TLD, for sale, and with or without hyphen selected. That is how I got the numbers for the statistics above.

Bob

 

[Rob Monster]

I own singles-online.com
I reckon it one of my best .com domains

From what I know, the Germans do like their hyphens.

Also, from what I am watching, more German and European retail end-users are buying .COM and even using it instead of ccTLD. I am not sure if that is a trend..

 

[Lox]

Also, from what I am watching, more German and European retail end-users are buying .COM and even using it instead of ccTLD. I am not sure if that is a trend..

That’s related to the cyber security , no one can beat the .com Verisign’s effort ... light years ahead.

 

[manpreet]

Just sold sushi-man.com from an Epik SSL lander for $4200. This is one of Epik's O&O domains. I don't normally report sales but these days we are routinely asking for $10K+ for good hyphen .COM names and seeing sincere engagement.

The great gTLD experiment has been run. I now routinely sell even ccTLD registrants are upgrading from their ccTLD to .COM if they can afford it. I was late to acknowledge it but the risk-reward equation for speculators overwhelmingly favors .COM.

When it comes to hyphenated .COM, SEO is your friend. I recommend to use the Epik SSL landers but any SEO lander will probably do the trick to drive inquiries. The Epik landers happen to work like a champ and will help you sell hyphen names especially with

Agreed, acquired some hyphenated .com's recently.

 

[efizi]

Well, If I recall properly, I only have one hyphenated .com domain.

s/t/e/a/l/t/h-d/r/o/n/e/s

 

[branding]

I think it's a bit early to say they're back in fashion. I recently came across this article: https://domainnamewire.com/2019/04/03/sometimes-domains-with-hyphens-make-dollars-and-sense/

Sales seem quite stable judging by the data they provide. There is opportunity though. As more people will need a .com in the future it's obvious more will settle for the next best thing. Not only that but they're probably forced into using the next best thing (hyphenated names) as the 'real deal' is already in use.

So yes, there is money left on the table currently as people shy away from investing in hyphenated domains but I have yet to come across data that supports a notable increase in sales over a noteworthy timespan.

 

[ajenipa]

I own Bitcoin-address/com

 

[Josytal]

Recently got two low $XXXX offers for coin-bet / com
Not sure if it's 'cos of the keywords or new trend.
Rejected the offers. Looking for more.

 

[eurorealtor]

Dropped all. The only one I'm still renewing is Mississippi-insurance.com.

 

[domainicate]

No disrespect intended, but it sounds like you got lucky... hyphenated domains are simply poor for branding. Few people will remember the hyphen, so they will likely help whoever has the non-hyphenated domain.

 

[equity78]

The top 10 hyphenated sales of all time according to Namebio

hotel-reservation.com 209,916 USD 2009-09-23 Sedo
free-sms.de 162,150 USD 2010-01-26 Sedo
online-casino.de 144,900 USD 2012-06-20 Sedo
online-casinos.de 84,500 USD 2012-03-21 Sedo
18-wheeler.com 82,390 USD 2007-07-03 Moniker
faire-part.com 59,056 USD 2008-11-04 Sedo
blackjack-vegas.de 53,218 USD 2017-04-07 Sedo
sci-fi.com 50,000 USD 2017-04-25 Uniregistry
black-jack.com 49,657 USD 2017-03-29 Sedo
online-games.com 48,000 USD 2012-04-04 Sedo

As an fyi I regged Blackjack-Vegas.com when the .de sale happened to see if any traffic or interest would happen on the .com over the next year, there was none and I dropped it.

Namebio has 724,491 sales of those 19,323 hyphenated or 2.66% of all sales.

 

[equity78]

Here was one from 2006 buyer might have regretted paying that much for a hyphenated .info New-York.info $22,864 https://namebio.com/new-york.info redirects to PalmBeach.com.

 

[equity78]

Recently got two low $XXXX offers for coin-bet / com
Not sure if it's 'cos of the keywords or new trend.
Rejected the offers. Looking for more.

Block-Chain.com sold for $30,000

 

[equity78]

Hotel-Reservation.com was a great flip, it was first purchased for $4,080 in 2007 and sold for $209,916 in 2009. Today the domain does not even resolve. This two word combo is registered in 79 extensions.

 

[Ja Kai]

Funny,

 

[equity78]

Here is an article Rob wrote 9 years ago on Hyphens https://epik.com/blog/please-give-me-your-hyphenated-domains.html

SeoBlog.com wrote At the end of the day, you can use hyphens if you want, but it’s generally not recommended if it can be avoided. The hassles are many and there are no actual advantages unless you absolutely need the clarification.

https://www.seoblog.com/hyphen-dash-hurt-seo/

@Alvin Brown wrote his thoughts 6 years ago here https://www.kickstartcommerce.com/buying-domain-names-with-hyphens.html

Andrew Allemann writing for Namecheap made it his first thing to never do https://www.namecheap.com/blog/5-things-to-never-include-in-a-domain-name/

Comparison of the effect of single-word versus hyphenated domain name choices on website visibility.

Why Using Hyphens in a Domain Name is a Bad Idea https://www.avara.co.uk/why-using-hyphens-in-a-domain-name-is-a-bad-idea/

Are Hyphenated Domain Names Dead? http://q2c.com/are-hyphenated-domain-names-dead/

Brad Mugford's hyphenated names http://www.datacube.com/Hypyenated.html

 

[Alvin Brown]

Here is an article Rob wrote 9 years ago on Hyphens https://epik.com/blog/please-give-me-your-hyphenated-domains.html

SeoBlog.com wrote At the end of the day, you can use hyphens if you want, but it’s generally not recommended if it can be avoided. The hassles are many and there are no actual advantages unless you absolutely need the clarification.

https://www.seoblog.com/hyphen-dash-hurt-seo/

@Alvin Brown wrote his thoughts 6 years ago here https://www.kickstartcommerce.com/buying-domain-names-with-hyphens.html

Andrew Allemann writing for Namecheap made it his first thing to never do https://www.namecheap.com/blog/5-things-to-never-include-in-a-domain-name/

Comparison of the effect of single-word versus hyphenated domain name choices on website visibility.

Why Using Hyphens in a Domain Name is a Bad Idea https://www.avara.co.uk/why-using-hyphens-in-a-domain-name-is-a-bad-idea/

Are Hyphenated Domain Names Dead? http://q2c.com/are-hyphenated-domain-names-dead/

Brad Mugford's hyphenated names http://www.datacube.com/Hypyenated.html

My most recent article and research this year as mentioned earlier: https://domainnamewire.com/2019/04/03/sometimes-domains-with-hyphens-make-dollars-and-sense/

 

[topdom]

Invent a new name for hypen/dash, like dot, and such domains will work better. Or place it somewhere
easy to locate on keyboards. Maybe a double dot (..) , or space character can be made to understood as - in domain part of urls. We got rid of www and http, and the next step might be simplifying -.
............
These domains can work, but LL-L.com and L-LL.com domains are not liquid, although I think they should be as liquid as LLLL.com, and this makes me think twice about such domains. I would say - character multiplies a domain's value by 1/100. it can also be 1/10, but quite often it is just zero. Just like .com v.s. .net.
.............
Liquidity is as important as value.

 

[branding]

Here is an article Rob wrote 9 years ago on Hyphens https://epik.com/blog/please-give-me-your-hyphenated-domains.html

SeoBlog.com wrote At the end of the day, you can use hyphens if you want, but it’s generally not recommended if it can be avoided. The hassles are many and there are no actual advantages unless you absolutely need the clarification.

https://www.seoblog.com/hyphen-dash-hurt-seo/

@Alvin Brown wrote his thoughts 6 years ago here https://www.kickstartcommerce.com/buying-domain-names-with-hyphens.html

Andrew Allemann writing for Namecheap made it his first thing to never do https://www.namecheap.com/blog/5-things-to-never-include-in-a-domain-name/

Comparison of the effect of single-word versus hyphenated domain name choices on website visibility.

Why Using Hyphens in a Domain Name is a Bad Idea https://www.avara.co.uk/why-using-hyphens-in-a-domain-name-is-a-bad-idea/

Are Hyphenated Domain Names Dead? http://q2c.com/are-hyphenated-domain-names-dead/

Brad Mugford's hyphenated names http://www.datacube.com/Hypyenated.html

On your site t/u/r/k/e/y/o/n/l/i/n/e doesn't show a hyphen... Just a heads up

 

[eurorealtor]

My very first domain .com was hyphenated and I spent couple of grand to develop it back in 2002. People in certain countries prefer mostly hyphenated domains even today.

 

[bmugford]

Brad Mugford's hyphenated names http://www.datacube.com/Hypyenated.html

That is a very old list. I haven't update that section in a long time, many years.
I think I probably have about 100 two word hyphen .COM now.

All the ones that get offers are two word .COM that make sense or short ones like L-L.com.

I have sold many over the years but it is really always going to be a secondary option for most buyers.

Some people might choose the hyphenated .COM, some might choose another extension, some might just add an extra word in .COM. It is one of many secondary options.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

My very first domain .com was hyphenated and I spent couple of grand to develop it back in 2002. People in certain countries prefer mostly hyphenated domains even today.

I agree. My most recent sale was to a buyer in Germany.

From my experience German buyers have less of an issue with hyphens than many other places.

Brad

 

[equity78]

Of course there was the supposed $1million Block-Chain.com sale, never verified by any domain industry authority.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/block-chain-com-has-been-acquired-for-1-000-000.1082611/

The post that the thread links to was a sponsored post.

 

[EmpireNames.com]

I m thinking to increase price on my-cloud.com
I had offers of mid xxx but my bin is 1995 so i believe i should raise price to mid xxxx?
What you guys think?

 

[rh2000]

Just sold sushi-man.com from an Epik SSL lander for $4200. This is one of Epik's O&O domains. I don't normally report sales but these days we are routinely asking for $10K+ for good hyphen .COM names and seeing sincere engagement.

The great gTLD experiment has been run. I now routinely sell even ccTLD registrants are upgrading from their ccTLD to .COM if they can afford it. I was late to acknowledge it but the risk-reward equation for speculators overwhelmingly favors .COM.

When it comes to hyphenated .COM, SEO is your friend. I recommend to use the Epik SSL landers but any SEO lander will probably do the trick to drive inquiries. The Epik landers happen to work like a champ and will help you sell hyphen names especially with

Nice sale.