Thinking of Registering a Domain

jideofor · Oct 4, 2012

Hello, Friends.

I would like to register a domain but with pretty much different approach from what I learn here. I found it on deleted list. it is a 5 letter .net. By searching google, 3 companies shows with ONLY the exact same letters in their domain. one has the .it another has .in and another has .org.
If you were in my shoes, will go ahead to register this domain name and picth it to this companies? No keyword research in this case, besides the searches for this term is very low. So, what will you do?

Joyceepoo · Oct 5, 2012

jideofor said:
Hello, Friends.

I would like to register a domain but with pretty much different approach from what I learn here. I found it on deleted list. it is a 5 letter .net. By searching google, 3 companies shows with ONLY the exact same letters in their domain. one has the .it another has .in and another has .org.
If you were in my shoes, will go ahead to register this domain name and picth it to this companies? No keyword research in this case, besides the searches for this term is very low. So, what will you do?

If I were in your shoes, I would definitely register it. As far as the approach that you learned here, there really aren't any hard and fast rules when it comes to domains. Some say don't buy domains with dashes, yet tons of people sale these at remarkable prices all the time. Some say domains with numbers have no value. But in many cases that isn't true either. For example someone paid $100,000 for this domain www.tr3s.com Some say buy .coms only, but people sale the other extensions for big money too. I would love to have lasiksurgeon.ca In fact, I would rather have lasik.ca than have lasiksurgeon.com So yes, go for it, don't worry about being a stickler for rules. Besides if ICANN releases a mass of hundreds of extensions next year, you will see a lot of these rules go down the toilet and the .com value go down in regards to many words and keyword phrases. .com will be a king without a crown.:o

jideofor · Oct 5, 2012

Joyceepoo said:
If I were in your shoes, I would definitely register it. As far as the approach that you learned here, there really aren't any hard and fast rules when it comes to domains. Some say don't buy domains with dashes, yet tons of people sale these at remarkable prices all the time. Some say domains with numbers have no value. But in many cases that isn't true either. For example someone paid $100,000 for this domain www.tr3s.com Some say buy .coms only, but people sale the other extensions for big money too. I would love to have lasiksurgeon.ca In fact, I would rather have lasik.ca than have lasiksurgeon.com So yes, go for it, don't worry about being a stickler for rules. Besides if ICANN releases a mass of hundreds of extensions next year, you will see a lot of these rules go down the toilet and the .com value go down in regards to many words and keyword phrases. .com will be a king without a crown.:o

Thanks man. I will do as you have said and just yesterday again, I found out it also stands for a name of a place in philipines.

I will register it and see how things go.

infmoney · Oct 5, 2012

I use Godaddy 99% of the time. Most end-users use Godaddy. I've made about 4 sales in the last 2 weeks and end-users haven't had a problem opening a Godaddy account.

I have a sale pending with a domain that I just regged that the end-user is opening a Gdd account for with no problem. If an end-user wants a domain bad enough they'll open an account.

jideofor · Oct 6, 2012

infmoney said:
I use Godaddy 99% of the time. Most end-users use Godaddy. I've made about 4 sales in the last 2 weeks and end-users haven't had a problem opening a Godaddy account.

I have a sale pending with a domain that I just regged that the end-user is opening a Gdd account for with no problem. If an end-user wants a domain bad enough they'll open an account.

Yeah, thanks. I still stucked with namecheap at the end of the day.

Here is why.
Godaddy site is just too cluttered with ads everywhere such that it makes it difficult for a first time user to navigate and the price for domain name is a bit on the high side when compared to name cheap. They charge $12+( that's what i saw on their home page) for a .com but namecheap is $10+

I may use godaddy in the future but now.

surprise · Oct 6, 2012

jideofor said:
Yeah, thanks. I still stucked with namecheap at the end of the day.

Here is why.
Godaddy site is just too cluttered with ads everywhere such that it makes it difficult for a first time user to navigate and the price for domain name is a bit on the high side when compared to name cheap. They charge $12+( that's what i saw on their home page) for a .com but namecheap is $10+

I may use godaddy in the future but now.

Godaddy's control panel and tools are much better , regarding their prices maybe you should visit that thread then :

http://www.namepros.com/577802-godaddy-discount-codes-505.html

infmoney · Oct 6, 2012

They provide lots of coupons for registrations and renewals and their customer service is great.

When I buy a typo or change my mind about a new reg, I call their customer service and never wait more than a minute to speak to someone and get a refund.

jideofor said:
Yeah, thanks. I still stucked with namecheap at the end of the day.

Here is why.
Godaddy site is just too cluttered with ads everywhere such that it makes it difficult for a first time user to navigate and the price for domain name is a bit on the high side when compared to name cheap. They charge $12+( that's what i saw on their home page) for a .com but namecheap is $10+

I may use godaddy in the future but now.

jideofor · Oct 6, 2012

I want to list my domain name on sedo for sale. How do you guys do it ? I just cant seem to get pass the 'Activate SedoMLS Premium' because my registrar( namecheap) is not a patner. Do you know any other way? thanks...

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When I tried listing my domain at godaddy premium listing, it says "Domain is not allowed for Premium Listing."

What does this mean? But I have seen people reporting sales from godaddy's premium listing. Does this mean that theirs are websites?

surprise · Oct 6, 2012

jideofor said:
I want to list my domain name on sedo for sale. How do you guys do it ? I just cant seem to get pass the 'Activate SedoMLS Premium' because my registrar( namecheap) is not a patner. Do you know any other way? thanks...

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When I tried listing my domain at godaddy premium listing, it says "Domain is not allowed for Premium Listing."

What does this mean? But I have seen people reporting sales from godaddy's premium listing. Does this mean that theirs are websites?

List at sedo without activating the premium network option ...

Re godaddy premium listing i think your domain should be reg at Godaddy in the first place ...

jideofor · Oct 6, 2012

infmoney said:
They provide lots of coupons for registrations and renewals and their customer service is great.

When I buy a typo or change my mind about a new reg, I call their customer service and never wait more than a minute to speak to someone and get a refund.

Too bad. I wish someone had explained this ealier. I already bought over 7 domain name over at name cheap.

Can I cancell them?

surprise · Oct 6, 2012

jideofor said:
Too bad. I wish someone had explained this ealier. I already bought over 7 domain name over at name cheap.

Can I cancell them?

and get a refund ? i dont know ...

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But you can list them at godaddy auctions , u need a membership though ....

-EM- · Oct 6, 2012

jideofor said:
Too bad. I wish someone had explained this ealier. I already bought over 7 domain name over at name cheap.

Can I cancell them?

You can transfer them to godaddy, if you think it is necessary.

jideofor · Oct 6, 2012

surprise said:
and get a refund ? i dont know ...

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But you can list them at godaddy auctions , u need a membership though ....

Yes I am listing them now at godaddy but when I selected the premium listing it say 'Domain is not allowed for Premium Listing."

Why?

surprise · Oct 6, 2012

jideofor said:
Yes I am listing them now at godaddy but when I selected the premium listing it say 'Domain is not allowed for Premium Listing."

Why?

As i told you unlike godaddy auctions standard listing for premium listing your domains should be reg at godaddy ,I think .

jideofor · Oct 7, 2012

surprise said:
As i told you unlike godaddy auctions standard listing for premium listing your domains should be reg at godaddy ,I think .

So, basically they are refusing my domain name on their premium listing because it is not registered with me them? What if I had it transfered over to them, would that be solved so that I could use the premium listing feature?

my domain name is laptopexperts dot net and I believe that giving it the right exposure is highly need. There are other once that I cannot pitch to end user at this stage because I have listed them in order of priority.

Name Trader · Oct 7, 2012

For noobies I'd suggest sticking with .com domains. I think laptopexperts.net isn't worth much.

surprise · Oct 7, 2012

stub said:
For noobies I'd suggest sticking with .com domains. I think laptopexperts.net isn't worth much.

why whats the difference ? isn't most of the .com worthless as well ?

jideofor · Oct 7, 2012

surprise said:
why whats the difference ? isn't most of the .com worthless as well ?

Let him say. We will have to see how things pan out. Haven't federer him self sold alot of .net? Most which have not searches.

We will see.

So, if I send the domain name over to them, would they allow me to list it on their Premium List?

BTW, I have 3 SOLID .coms. I only added some .net to see how things will go.

If it does not sell at Godaddy, I will look for an ens user. Period!

snicksnack · Oct 7, 2012

I f you think the domain is good, why hesitate to register ? It is less than $10.

jideofor · Oct 7, 2012

snicksnack said:
I f you think the domain is good, why hesitate to register ? It is less than $10.

It is registered already.

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stub said:
For noobies I'd suggest sticking with .com domains. I think laptopexperts.net isn't worth much.

That is probably what you hear from people and have also joined in spreading false ideas.

When I first came here someone said I cant sell domain name as a Nigerian because nobody would want to buy from me, but I sold my first domain name with my real name and phone number in every email I sent out. I didnt even send up to 25 emails before a buyer contacted me.

Now you my domain name isnt worth much because of its extension, right?
I guess the following dont't either:

medhumanities.org $515

indianfurniture.co.uk $2500

companyregistration.co.uk $11,257

celebrationworld.net $555

israelstudy.net $506

inbound.net $1206

flightsthailand.co.uk $1613

humanresonance.org $1595

teach4nc.org $1995

You may choose to keep leaving money on the table.:wave:

.NJ · Oct 7, 2012

jideofor said:
Now you my domain name isnt worth much because of its extension, right?
I guess the following dont't either:

medhumanities.org $515

indianfurniture.co.uk $2500

companyregistration.co.uk $11,257

celebrationworld.net $555

israelstudy.net $506

inbound.net $1206

flightsthailand.co.uk $1613

humanresonance.org $1595

teach4nc.org $1995

People also win the lottery everyday.

You can't gauge the market value of an extension on random high value sales.

These "needle in the haystack sales" will always be around in every extension.

But don't go putting all your eggs in one basket over them.

:imho:

surprise · Oct 7, 2012

njsurfer77 said:
People also win the lottery everyday.

You can't gauge the market value of an extension on random high value sales.

These "needle in the haystack sales" will always be around in every extension.

But don't go putting all your eggs in one basket over them.

:imho:

Yes and you cant say .com is great or i advice noobs to stick to it based on some random sales in the .com extension , lets not forget that there are 105 Million .coms .....

jideofor · Oct 7, 2012

surprise said:
Yes and you cant say .com is great or i advice noobs to stick to it based on some random sales in the .com extension , lets not forget that there are 105 Million .coms .....

Let them say. Like I said, lets see how things pan out.

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njsurfer77 said:
People also win the lottery everyday.

You can't gauge the market value of an extension on random high value sales.

These "needle in the haystack sales" will always be around in every extension.

But don't go putting all your eggs in one basket over them.

:imho:

Let's see then.

kerwin · Oct 10, 2012

jideofor said:
That is probably what you hear from people and have also joined in spreading false ideas.

When I first came here someone said I cant sell domain name as a Nigerian because nobody would want to buy from me, but I sold my first domain name with my real name and phone number in every email I sent out. I didnt even send up to 25 emails before a buyer contacted me.

I'm really glad that you were able to defy the odds and make a sale even as a Nigerian. But sadly, your nationality IS a strike against you when it comes to making sales. I'll be impressed if you close a couple of more deals in the near future to non-African end users.

Name Trader · Oct 10, 2012

I guarantee if you bought 100 .com domains and the exact same 100 .net domains and then sold them all over the next year and didn't renew any unsold domains, you'd have more money from the .com sales than the .net sales. Assuming you aren't trying to influence the outcome.

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