Hyphen?

Joe Styler said:

Was is shane-bellone.com?

The exception to the hyphen rule is; hyphens are good on .de domains. Germans like hyphens. Hyphens on .com domains are not very desirable in general.

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Hahaha. Well played.

Like many mentioned; hyphens are undesirable in a domain name.
Few exceptions; N-N.com, L-L.com are worth about 5K & 3K respectively.

Example:
358.com sold for $480,000
3-8.com is valued @ $4,750

Sources:
http://www.3character.com/price-guide.html
http://blog.goldnames.com/?tag=nnn-com

marsi said:

Like many mentioned; hyphens are undesirable in a domain name.
Few exceptions; N-N.com, L-L.com are worth about 5K & 3K respectively.

Example:
358.com sold for $480,000
3-8.com is valued @ $4,750

Sources:
http://www.3character.com/price-guide.html
http://blog.goldnames.com/?tag=nnn-com

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Fair to say these go against the trend the L-L and N-N are rare and short I guess

Fair to say these go against the trend the L-L and N-N are rare and short I guess

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True; the point was to demonstrate that the hyphen'd domain is valued 1/100 of the one Without

358.com sold for $480,000
3-8.com is valued @ $4,750

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Marsi, you have it wrong I'm afraid

This is not a true reflection on the pricing, one is N-N and they NNN

You should be comparing them like this, that proves what a hyphen does to a domain

N-N-N.com
NNN.com

Look at your cellphone (mobile becoming super popular) type in your "keyword" then add the hyphen (extra step) then (back to letters) and then your other "keyword"..
I been basing a lot of my domain buying based on how easy it is to type in on my cellphone.
Just my thoughts...

At the end of the game its all about pricing A company will pay what is in their budget.. I see many companies with hyphens displayed on trucks or whatever. Its all a cost factor.. If you have a good category hyphen domain most likely they will buy it from you before the shell out big dollars to the non hyphen

I have only one....

world-weather.com

RU said:

harleydavidson.com fwd to harley-davidson.com ))

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as does h-d.com , they love a hyphen it seems. or they"re just covering all bases.

gilescoley said:

Marsi, you have it wrong I'm afraid

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Right; you've a valid point! That actually will rendered the hyphen'd domain as worthless. Best regards,

I have sold a few hyphenated names always to german buyers and they were all .com

I own only one and have yet to decide what to do about it.

hawaii-cruises . com

I picked it up at auction for $0. I just found out that the .net version is listed on Flippa for min $788 and BIN $1288.

Wondering if that is reasonable and if I could sell my .com in that range.

JudgeMind said:

I have sold a few hyphenated names always to german buyers and they were all .com

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Germany is the exception like I said to Shane That doesn't mean I would disagree with any of the comments on this thread that a hyphen greatly reduces the value of the name. On .de domains a hyphen may be preferred.

Glad you had a few good sales.

Joe Styler said:

Germany is the exception like I said to Shane That doesn't mean I would disagree with any of the comments on this thread that a hyphen greatly reduces the value of the name. On .de domains a hyphen may be preferred.

Glad you had a few good sales.

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I must add that I was not able to get anything more than mid $xxx for a hyphenated name

RU said:

My hyphenated domains...
Cheap-Domain-Name(.)com
Free-Domain-Name-Registration(.)com - 5,400 exact monthly searches in Google
Domain-Name-Is-For-Sale(.)com
Domain-Names-4-Sale(.)com
This-Domain-Name-For-Sale(.)com
This-Domain-4-Sale(.)com

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those re not hyhenated domains those are 2 or hyhen domains
get rid of these

Joe Styler said:

Germany is the exception like I said to Shane That doesn't mean I would disagree with any of the comments on this thread that a hyphen greatly reduces the value of the name. On .de domains a hyphen may be preferred.

Glad you had a few good sales.

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in germany that is the natural way to type domains if they consist of 2 words
but then, if type in, that would refer to .de

Joe Styler said:

Was is shane-bellone.com?

The exception to the hyphen rule is; hyphens are good on .de domains. Germans like hyphens. Hyphens on .com domains are not very desirable in general.

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Yes they are but with German words. When .de is taken - .com is very nice reserve
But in general - you have right.

Hyphens = waste of $$$!!

:P

artstar said:

Hyphens = waste of $$$!!

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you want to gather more information on that, my friend

main said:

Germans love their hyphens.

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And sauerkraut.

someone regd a-l-p-h-a-b-e-t(.)com :D

RU said:

someone regd a-l-p-h-a-b-e-t(.)com :D

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that may be a little to optimistic..

gather some facts, waste of money????

Domain Price Date Venue
hotel-reservation.com 209,916 USD 2009-09-23 Sedo
18-wheeler.com 82,390 USD 2007-07-03 Moniker
faire-part.com 59,056 USD 2008-11-04 Sedo
online-games.com 48,000 USD 2012-04-04 Sedo
assurance-vie.com 43,500 USD 2009-08-02 Sedo
bike-components.com 42,705 USD 2012-11-07 Sedo
bike-components.com 42,577 USD 2012-10-26 Sedo
all-in.com 40,000 USD 2008-11-11 Sedo
web-design.com 38,498 USD 2013-11-06 Sedo
web-design.com 38,402 USD 2013-11-20 Sedo
opt-in.com 37,453 USD 2008-04-02 Sedo
entre-midi-et-2.com 35,100 USD 2010-09-15 Sedo
permis-a-points.com 30,350 USD 2007-05-08 SnapNames
in-motion.com 30,000 USD 2012-04-04 Sedo
free-credit-report.com 28,250 USD 2007-10-31 drt auction
juegos-gratis.com 25,900 USD 2010-02-10 Sedo
juegos-gratis.com 25,800 USD 2012-12-05 Sedo
black-jack.com 25,500 USD 2009-06-30 Sedo
myrtle-beach.com 25,250 USD 2006-04-04 SnapNames
e-liquid.com 25,000 USD 2012-03-07 Sedo
music-videos.com 25,000 USD 2006-05-02 Afternic
juegos-gratis.com 24,255 USD 2009-09-16 Sedo
plan-net.com 23,580 USD 2012-05-09 Sedo
e-money.com 23,000 USD 2011-01-06 Sedo
st-ericsson.com 22,500 USD 2011-01-30 Sedo
body-building.com 21,800 USD 2009-03-25 NameJet
travail-emploi.com 20,457 USD 2006-04-04 Sedo
mass-ping.com 20,250 USD 2014-03-27 GoDaddy
cash-station.com 20,005 USD 2006-12-11 GoDaddy
mobile-payment.com 20,000 USD 2011-01-11 Sedo
coming-soon.com 20,000 USD 2007-12-12 Sedo
global-law.com 20,000 USD 2006-06-06 Afternic
location-de-voiture.com 18,200 USD 2010-10-27 Sedo
luxury-hotels.com 17,500 USD 2011-01-12 Sedo
my-coach.com 16,605 USD 2010-06-16 Sedo
swiss-made.com 16,510 USD 2010-09-10 Sedo
mywell-being.com 16,500 USD 2011-01-06 19
10-4.com 16,000 USD 2011-12-01 GoDaddy
touch-me.com 16,000 USD 2010-07-15 Sedo
game-shop.com 16,000 USD 2009-10-16 Sedo


and those are only the .com ...
and not even german terms....


of course the german like it even more...

check http://www.ab-in-den-urlaub.de/ for reference ...


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
cloud-computing.de 38,280 USD 2010-08-05 Sedo
hotel-reservierung.de 34,510 USD 2009-09-09 Sedo
musik-base.de 34,501 USD 2010-02-24 Sedo
gold-ankauf.de 33,663 USD 2009-11-05 Sedo
blu-rayler.de 33,121 USD 2012-01-10 Sedo
metzingen-outlet.de 29,750 USD 2011-06-30 Sedo
musik-base.de 25,001 USD 2011-03-10 Sedo
telefonbuch-deutschland.de 24,375 USD 2008-11-18 Sedo
online-autoboerse.de 20,250 USD 2014-07-30 Sedo
wg-welt.de 19,500 USD 2010-09-15 Sedo
e-b.de 19,460 USD 2014-03-26 Sedo
open-office.de 18,439 USD 2008-08-06 Sedo
1a-krankenversicherung.de 17,969 USD 2009-12-02 Sedo
open-office.de 17,520 USD 2008-09-02 Sedo
onlineshop-fuer-kleidung.de 17,160 USD 2010-08-11 Sedo
motorrad-online.de 16,837 USD 2009-10-16 Sedo
e-business.de 16,206 USD 2009-10-01 Sedo

You are right Sir.

Frank germany

Talk about cherry picking hyphen sa!es and going back 11 years!

Over 100 million .com have been regged alone so

Tell us then what % of them sold with hyphens & then we will see if hyphens are a waste of $$!!

As well u talk about Germany buying them well how many are in German and what % of the .de sales is a hyphen?

Iveowned and still do have some hyphen domains BTW but IMO its still a waste of doe

With all of the new ext who wants a hyphen .com anyhow?

How many of u on this post sold a hyphen domain in any extension?

I can't even think of any website I go to even in the last15 years that used\ uses a hyphen in their domain

Just saying,.....

RU said:

harleydavidson.com fwd to harley-davidson.com ))

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You need to own both names