Southtexas81
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If a .com domain name was sold at $100k what would be the value of the .net and .org of the exact matching name?
I'm looking to buy a .org name. The .com name and .net is taken BUT my question was hypothetical because the .com owner actually wants $600k for his .com name. The .net is in use but not very appealing. The exact match keywords generate 60,000 searches per month worldwide. I have spoken to the owner of this .com domain name and he said he turned down $100k. The guy is a multi millionaire so letting it go is not a priority nor interest in using it. I feel because i know where he sets his value for the .com that the .org should pull in more than it is currently worth if he was ever to sell it. Am I right at least about that assumption?sometimes its such a popular word or name that they pay 50% of it.
I will also wait if you can share here on this post or via PMAfter I buy the .org in 2 days I will.
I'm talking about type-in traffic...Does not appear in searches.
If a .com domain name was sold at $100k what would be the value of the .net and .org of the exact matching name .. IF IT SELLS?
This was already measured a few years ago using Sedo data: https://idnx.com/#tld
.Com vs. Org - there are too many variables to offer a simple equation or ratio.
Some .Org domains are perfectly suited to perform as well and have as much utility (and potential to generate a cash flow) as the .Com version.
For example:
Tourism.com vs. Tourism.org? Multi-billion dollar "industry". Who is better positioned? I'm not going to say .Com is the winner.
Commerce.com vs. Commerce.org? Ditto. Trade.com vs. Trade.org? You start to get the idea.
Investing.com vs. Investing.org -> "Oh, well, you can set up Investing.com as a site that engages in commercial activity!" Ummm . . yeah . . but is that what they've actually spun up on Investing.com . . or is it a simply "news and info" site . . and please don't tell me that Investing.org won't work just as well, if not better. Furthermore. Investing.org might be superior if one chose to focus on green and socially conscious investing - an emerging and substantial fork of the investing space. There's room for .Com and .Org to compete.
I could go on but I trust I've advanced my point at least a little few yards down the playing field towards the goal of convincing you that's there isn't a simple formula or ratio to evaluate a .Com vs. a .Org prime commercial domain, that is, a business-centric, high value market, and has a high search volume.
And, yes, I'm the registrant of the example domains and a few more that work equally well as commercial grade domains . . under the .Org extension. For example: Airport.org, Export.org, Manufacturing.org, . . . etc.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying ALL .Org domains are in the same league. They're not. Sneakers.com beats Sneakers.org. (You MIGHT build a "buy one, we'll give one away site on Sneakers.org - the chosen business model utility is a variable.)
However, "commercial grade", one word, industry defining, high search volume, significant size industry domains . . they're in a league of their own.
Don't subscribe to an BS simplistic formula . . unless you're in the market attempting to snatch a .Org domain on the cheap. Then, for sure, argue for "it's 5-10% of the value of the .Com". Accept that valuation along with the sack of manure that comes with it. :p
Alrighty, back to being a ghost. Just here by circumstance. A/K/A CrankyOldMan @ long gone DomainState (miss that place and a few of the fellas that used to post there) and Webwork @ WebmasterWorld.
I'm not trying to sell this .org name.