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Hi friends.

as some of you know, English is not my primary language. This is one of main reasons I suspect I have some bad domain names in my porffolio. Primarily, I am usually not sure about singular/plural forms of keywords, and I think some of them might be simply gramatically wrong. Naturally, I do not want to spend my money to pay for renewals for such domain names.

Therefore I need your help.
Rules:

1. Domains to check are in my portfolio at:
www.brands.international


2. In your post, write 5 - 10 domain names you think are bad, (or at least worse then others I have)
- but only 1 bad name per extension!

(in another words, you need to write 5 - 10 bad domain names in different extensions)

3. if you can or want, also write why you think the are bad (gramatically incorrect, does not really make sense, is not much used in this context, keyword does not go with extension, keyword not in large end user demand, or you just do not feel it, etc).

4 Post into this thread until end of Thursday 17.1.2019 your time. All posts after this time period are welcomed, but they will not be eligible for chance to win financial reward described below.​

$$$ REWARD FOR YOUR HELP $$$:
I will publicly choose 1 post (it must contain comments on at least 5 of my domain names) and which I see as most helpful for me, and will pay reward of $50 to it's author.
(Payment only via PayPal, so you need to have PayPal in order to be eligible for reward. In case you will not provide your PayPal address until 72 hours since I ask you via PM, I reserve my right to select another Namepros member instead.)

Many Thanks :)
PS: do not be afraid to criticise, this is the whole purpose of this exercise.​
 
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I agree, .international is probably longest new gTLD extension available for public :)
(there are some longer ones, but those are "private company brands", only for those company use).

Is INT in use, would have been an option if not.
 
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Hi
your website name s/b> international.brands, which sounds better

and the extension is too long, which makes it prone to typos
to me, it just seems odd, that just about all of your names have extensions that are shorter than your websites'.

though i'm not into gtlds, some of them are not bad,
but many of the logo's are too small to read.

needs some consistent formatting

Good Luck!

imo...
@biggie I really have to work on logos on first page, because after I made last update on this website, I can not read them myself...

As for name of the marketplace, would you personally maybe prefer names.media or thename.market comparing to existing name brands.international ? Not the best names ever, but I own them and thus can easily use them...
 
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Considering what you are selling, I think you should lead by example and change your website name to something more appealing.just my opinion of course
 
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Coast.estate

Coast is too broad a geographical term. Coast or coastline indicates openness, expansiveness. Estate to me is more a geo-specific location. MaimiBeach.Property is a more conclusive name of yours, stick with this one.

Yellow.estate Other than for a winery, I can’t engage with this one.

Homes.Center

In spoken English the letters “s” and “c “often have the same sound. This could distract from the domain’s impact to end users in a western marketplace.

Globe.estate

Globe is the base word. Extending it out to global would have been the best fit for this gtld.

Reach.life

Reach signifies achievement and both words are power words within themselves. But here is the inherent hurdle in gtlds. The onus or pressure is on the viewer to bolt on their own experience and emotional take to complete a narrative that is fulfilling to them. For example, I have uncertain.world which most people connect with as a thought in a dynamic and challenging word. However, reverse engineering a customer-facing web presence or commercial focus is the challenge for end-users. The gtld needs to be an emotional touchstone for them. All the best, lolwarrior
@Domaindogged I have now studied your feedback, thanks a lot for your thoughts.
Some good points, all noted down :)
 
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Dear @lolwarrior ,

As per your request, I have gone ahead and taken a look inside your domain portfolio.

For starters, I must say, you have on your hands some real good ones. I will also say that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Just because your domains don't catch the eye of (a large contingent of) fellow domain investors here, that is not to say they cannot and will not sell. Sell they may, but time it may take.

So without further ado, I present to you my honest, sincere, and well-intentioned feedback.

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Here's 3 good ones...

(1) Royal.Solutions : Speaking from a .com standpoint, here, tons of companies utilize "Solutions" as the 2nd keyword of their name. The same could be said about "Systems", "Partners", "Tech", & "Advisors". A name like this would particularly be great for financial investment & wealth management company catering to the wealthy elite.

(2) Virtual.Fund (it's listed twice, I see): Is a really good name. I see no better ploy than for one to create a virtual platform for investment funding - especially one focused on emerging VR startups. Startups are geographically dispersed, and it's tough to attract VC-backed funding unless you live/go to Silicon Valley or Tel Aviv, etc. One could bill itself as the go-to-place for obtaining venture capital funding from a accredited network of virtual investors. Could just as well work for the name of a VC fund.

(3) USA.Network : With all that is going on in the US, for all the wrong reasons, top-of-mind would be a platform offering legal, immigration expertise and handling the paperwork, much like bridge.us. Another use case could be a professional network, posing as a challenger to LinkedIn, but initially targeting those residing in the US (small targeted niche). Additionally, there are companies, where by the 1st keyword makes use of "USA". Companies like USA Today, USA Network (although one could get into legal trouble if someone has anything TV-related). Speaking of 'TV', USA.tv sold for a six-figure amount. So there's that.

Honorable Mentions: (4) Clean.Industries (is the way of the future and I can foresee many upstarts going by this name). (5) IOT.Place (IOT is a good keyword, but I'm kind of iffy on this one as "smart place" would be better. It most certainly would be better if owned in the .com extension).

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Here's 5 not so good ones (not including the one's with 2-keywords)...

(1) Shower.show : Not sure what your thought process was behind this registration, but quite frankly, I don't even think someone would register the .com version. Oh wait, just took a look, and some one indeed has. LOL! ... All kidding aside, the .com still hasn't sold, and it's reasonable to say neither of them will. I honestly don't see a use for your domain. Nude cam shows in the shower? Not worth keeping onto, tbh. ... Weekly.show is the best of the bunch.

(2) Gay.couch : The LGBQT community is very sensitive to this word. I know because at the university I attend, there are students that identify as such, and let's just say 'they' would not be overly happy by a *** couch. That's for sure. Same goes for other names. One I can spot is ***.Holiday. So, refrain from any usage in the future, would be my suggestion.

(3) Free.institute : It's been said, there is no such thing as a free lunch. An institute billing itself as being free, to and for all, is no exception.

(4) Weed.pizza : Weed, pot, & marijuana all have negative connotations attached to these respective terms. Any company wanting to (a) succeed online and in the physical world, (b) to become the pizza of choice, & (c) for it's consumers to take them seriously, isn't going to have weed in their name. None whatsoever. I'm pretty sure about that, and I'm sure you might agree with me on this one. Pot.enterprises, however, you may luck out on though..

(5) Homes.center : Both keywords can have dual spellings, and is open to misinterpretation. Homes can be misinterpreted as Holmes. "Home" is always better in nearly every instance. Center can be misspelt as "Centre". And besides, "center" is not a strong ending, regardless if it was the 1st word. Meanwhile, "home" is better utilized as the second keyword, with the 1st word choice being a descriptive word.

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Here's 3 areas for improvement...

(1) Avoid 2-keywords preceding the right of the dot.

(2) Invest in more of the good ones. Albeit a small sample size to draw from, refer to the 3 up top. And oh yeah, register domains not limited to a small pool of potential end users (please see the section on the "not so good".

(3) It may be best if you overhaul and rework your marketplace site. Use a professional Wordpress theme. Here's one I found: inkthemes.com/market/domain-names-sell-wordpress-theme/

Just my 3¢'s.

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All in all, take what I've said for what it's worth. Continue to make investments in those domains you deem will pay dividends. And at the end of the day, just invest in what works for you and makes you happy. That is all for me. Here's wishing you much success in 2019!

Wishing You Well,
One Of The Good Guys
@Hustling thank you for your amazing feedback, and for taking time to study my portfolio and thinking over it. You are new fellow member here at Namepros, but your thinking has high level of clarity, and your post is very structured and useful.

I will have look also at Wordpress theme you have suggested, as the marketplace needs definitely some improvement.

Thanks again, and so I do not forget also: Welcome to Namepros :) :)
 
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name of the marketplace, would you personally maybe prefer names.media or thename.market comparing to existing name brands.international ?

I actually prefer your existing one, brands.international. It feels a little more prestigious to me. I don't understand the concern of others re name.

Bob
 
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I actually prefer your existing one, brands.international. It feels a little more prestigious to me. I don't understand the concern of others re name.

Bob
Thanks Bob, I am exactly thinking the same - also had only good feedback from people about it, never ever someone told me anything negative about it.

I think some objections from fellow domain investors can come because of domain mantra saying "the shorter, the better"...but I do not feel domain Brands.International is extremely long when we look at it visually :)
 
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I think the best names would be holiday.property
plus Paris, Berlin etc
They make sense semantically
But these names are relatively expensive (assuming you are paying $100+/yr for those)

At least these names have a clear purpose, they can be developed (think upscale rentals, serviced properties etc).
You are the real estate agent, you know better than I do.
I think you should start using these names for your business, and not wait for a sale. Then you can sell a developed and indexed website, not just a stand-alone domain name. Or just keep them to make money on sales/rentals.

My problem is that there are two dozen nTLDs for real estate, so the buyers have many options and they will probably shop around. So you are flanked with competition.
There is .properties too, but the pricing can vary a lot.
If I simulate a transfer for paris.properties at Dynadot it says $960 which is a lot.
paris.property (yours) is just $129.99

I have also noticed something else. Namebio reports 21 .property sales:
https://namebio.com/?s==MDN0MzMwAjM
But most are keyword.property instead of geo.property...
So the demand seems to be lower than one would expect.

Another extension with only 6 reported sales: .express
I would get rid of those low-demand TLDs (Namebio is your friend).

There are a lot of names that are a bit awkward, where the keyword and the TLD don't go very well together, or do not make up a very desirable combo. I think you could drop a lot. Even if somebody else picks them up (which is far from certain), but at least it's not your problem anymore.

Some extensions are unpopular eg .show

As for the Czech domains, I think you should ditch all those .vip.
.vip is a Chinese extension, never seen any in Europe. These names are surely cheap but the odds of a same are extremely remote.
Buy only .cz (and even this is hard enough). Selling the .online will be a struggle as well.

By pruning the portfolio you'll save a lot of money on renewals, then you have more disposable income that can be allocated toward better acquisitions.
@Kate thank you for amazing feedback. As usually, very well informed and to the point! I am pretty happy that you do not invest in new gTLDs, otherwise it would be pretty difficult to compete with you I guess :)

Thank you for pointing some good .property names, I actually like holiday.property most as well! Those .property names have standard renewals for .property, so they cost around $120 / year, unless there are no promotions - last renewal promotions meant that you could renew for $25 for years in advance...

I have little different thinking and maybe I am wrong, but am not concerned much about another competing new gTLD extensions (homes, realestate, etc) - as when you check my keywords in .property, they costs usually few thousands per year in competing extensions...so buyers can shop around, no problem, but after they will see those yearly renewals and understand what does that really mean, they will come back ...my 120 / year is still much lower then 6000 or 12 000, lets say. Saying that, I do not blame any extensions for high renewals, as it only gives me more comparables in negotiating with potential buyers.

I agree with your point about .vip, particularly when it is connected with Czech keywords. From what I am testing my Czech keywords connected with .online are doing pretty well (as time progress, more and more interest), and I can see more and more functional websites are build in CR using .online as well, that number is growing each month. But for Czech keywords with .vip, this is indeed going much slower then I expected. Luckily, one can keep .vip names for USD 4-5 USD year, so holding cost of group of lets say 50 names is very small in this case. But I will probably drop some of worse names, and keep only really good ones.

.show and .express is something to think about..

Thanks again for your time and valuable feedback! :)
 
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Cheap.life - Not very positive domain "combo"
Postcards.vip
Portrait.vip
Photograph.vip
Flowershop.vip
and so on
- makes no sense, they do not "fit" with .Vip imo. :)
 
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what is your mother language?

Arabica . club .. is not ok..

Go to the .com
 
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Perfumes.Express doesn't work. It should be Perfume.Express In fact Fragrance.Express is much better. Perfume is generally speaking for women. Tom Ford Black Orchid which I love is a men's perfume . . . if that explanation helped I am happy. In other words I as a man will be cologne.

Cheap.Life is like saying some one's life is not valuable. Ole cheap life over there will never get it together. What I think you mean is Frugal.Life!

Immigration.Vip . . . kind of an oxymoron isn't it? I own immigration lies in a different extension. Suffice to say, immigration vip is a figment of your imagination.

I am looking at your VIP portfolio and Im not sure I would keep them. Residence.Vip is a cute concept. However, if I am a VIP at my apartment complex it would show on their website, not on Residence.Vip.

I love a few of your cannabis marijuana domains. Here is their ranking according to me:)
TheCannabis.Store
ThePot.Shop
sounds great!
CannabisFor.Sale
WeedFor.Sale
GreenFor.Sale
CannaFor.Sale
GanjaFor.Sale

Taxi world . . . think taxi may need to reinvent itself in order for this one to have a shot.
Cryptical world does not make sense.

Blacks.Live is very niche, but it is so solid. Live can be pronounced liv! And live can be pronounced liiiiiive
Blacks live . . . like living. Could NOT be a Realestate company in US.
Blacks live . . . like we will go to the concert and hear them perform live . . .

I like Payments over Payment live, but in this case you are prudent to keep them both to make sure no one regs it for the cheaper option!
I like Orgy.Live as well, but pron sites are tough to unload!
Kiss, petting, boyfriends, couples live are bad

Vacation does not need the s with the zone. Vacation.Zone VacationsZone is no bueno!

I actually dislike all your SHOW names. They are all terrible. Shower Show is the one Id keep.
weekly show is cool, like its a thing. Am I to go online to weekly show to see weekly shows or shall I get my remote and look at TV guide on tv?

carpet for sale definitely not carpets for sale. You buy carpet and you buy rugs. You do not buy carpets.
for fast sale is terrible. ps anyone that failed to mention carpets for sale should be completely discounted from the contest!!
by owner for sale . . . you know there is a company called for sale by owner? Thinking trademark issues on top of the fact id just use for sale by owner.
get rid of perfumes for sale.
get rid of men clothes for sale . . . maleclothesforsale or mensclothingforsale. think those are all garbage.
mobiles for sale is bad
thestocksmarket is awful. no s needed there either
I do not understand any of your online names.
 
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africa email . . . any different than what I have?
super email . . . same
gay coach in us is not the right way to sa happy coach
gay holiday same
homes center does not need the s
I dislike all the gold names as well
 
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what is your mother language?

Arabica . club .. is not ok..

Go to the .com

Maybe I should not be entering @lolwarrior thread but I don't understand your comment, @gipson .
Arabica is a name very often used with club (simply Google to see huge number of results).
Or are you just saying to you every domain name needs to end in.com?
Assuming noTM issue, I think Arabica(.)club is a very solid name.
And .club as an extension, when it makes sense like here, has a reasonable sales record. Even excluding the registry direct sales, 138 sales in last year with average above $4k.
Anyway, perhaps I am misunderstanding your cryptic comment, my apologies.
Bob
 
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Maybe I should not be entering @lolwarrior thread but I don't understand your comment, @gipson .
Arabica is a name very often used with club (simply Google to see huge number of results).
Or are you just saying to you every domain name needs to end in.com?
Assuming noTM issue, I think Arabica(.)club is a very solid name.
And .club as an extension, when it makes sense like here, has a reasonable sales record. Even excluding the registry direct sales, 138 sales in last year with average above $4k.
Anyway, perhaps I am misunderstanding your cryptic comment, my apologies.
Bob

No problem... sorry for that..

My native language is Spanish..so, Arabica use a spanish suffix ( ica ) of the "ES : Arabe" word.....Arabica club... or Club Arabica in spanish have no sense.
 
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Thanks guys for all the comments and feedback (some, I have to say, very entertaining, lol).

2 more days, and then MONEY ($50) are allocated :)
 
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@biggie I really have to work on logos on first page, because after I made last update on this website, I can not read them myself...

As for name of the marketplace, would you personally maybe prefer names.media or thename.market comparing to existing name brands.international ? Not the best names ever, but I own them and thus can easily use them...

From top :

1 - there are better php script for domain porfolio.. check this

2 - Your investment is spread over many extensions, you should have +95% .com, then... .net, org, co, but look for domain names that make sense ( that you do not need a description to decipher what you can do with the domain )

3 - By domain :

3.1 Do an experiment, find how many of your domains are available in, com, and how many are for sale?

E.g : You have

inmmersive.vip but inmmersivevip.com and vipinmmersive is free, (The same happens with many other).. so why I'm going to buy one of those having the .com free.

3.2 - If the same words are already registered in .com, but they are also for sale you still have the last place for sale, after even the same words, combined in a more creative way but keeping the .com, .net...co..org.. even .io

3.2 - Some good domains are

in .property

LasVegas, - paris - first, los angeles, Berlin, beautiful, Vancouver, dream


In VIP :


Delux, Gigolo,

In Life :

Holy,

in Zone :

Violet.

In Hosting

Image, Game

In Express :

Jets

In Network

USA

In International :

Automotive

In online :

repay, loan quotes,

Others

" Gold, one, sale, show, world, loans, live, market, store, "

have not good names.


4 - Religious domains are difficult to sell
 
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I would advise to visit https://fancy.domains by @Fancy.domains

He has got a great grasp on word combos that work and he has written before that his portfolio is mostly made of lower renewals from $x to $30 or so.

Regarding your names:

VIP: the unfortunate thing about this extension is that VIP is normally 1st word in a combo. Meaning, VIP Residence makes sense, Residence VIP - not so much.

TheLas/Vegas: just doesn't make sense. No one says "The Las Vegas".

Morning/Host: doesn't make sense, if you are targeting a hosting company. They work round the clock )

Africa/Email: too niche. Email solutions require huge investments and maintenance, so there are handful of players and they favor short premium .coms or premium cctlds and new players are rare. Especially, from/for Africa.

TheDomain/Market: 1) too niche, i.e. targeting domain investors, who normally are cheap when buying and know that at $xxxx they would get much better reseller options; 2) The+word might work for .com and even then 1/100 to 1/500 of the word.com and hard to sell. 3) you already have 500 pound gorilla in domainmarket/com and no one is going to pay xxxx for a name that is confusingly similar to an established player with 320 000 names listed.

You also have way too many The+Word.extension names. Again, "The" is widely used, but mostly by the cheap guys, who did not want to pay little extra for a premium name. The premium name of Word.Extension has to be easily worth $xx,xxx to $xxx,xxx for "the" version to be investment grade.

BitcoinsFor.Sale: doesn't make sense, as bitcoins cannot be for sale. They can be exchanged for another currency. Generally, your word+for.sale domains are very weak. Not worth holding.

Czech domains dot online: You might get some interest, but actually selling one will be surprising. I have had great words for those Slavic countries in .com and zero interest or interest, but not willing to pay above $200. Again, with that chance of sale, you have much better options elsewhere. Unless, you are creating your own market by actively promoting it offline, but even then, you could have made better with something else. What is awkward here is that "online" is an English word forced together with a Czech word and probably spelled differently, even for the same word, in Czech. Onlayn or something?
 
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Thanks guys, I really appreciate the feedback I get!

One more day for you to submitt your thoughts as well, and to have chance of nice $50 . I know it is not a lot for many here, but for 1 nice dinner it can be sufficient, I guess :)
 
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I really like your portfolio..

homes.center - is a great brand name do not let it drop

but i do not like those tlds:
.vip - drop
.live -drop
.express - drop
.gold -drop

IMO
 
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Got some nice domains there!

Here are some from your homepage that I personally would not renew. I would probably drop these are reinvest in better ones.

Free.Institute

Not much out there for "Free Institute". Also no reported sales of .institute. The free ones probably went out of business. Dot net is available for hand reg.
Free Institute Dot Net is available for hand reg.

Highest.Faith

Not sure if this one is salable. I really can't see a church or otherwise buying this domain.
Highest Faith Dot Net and Org are available for hand reg.

Usa.network
Jumped out as a TM infringement. Look up USA Network.
USA Network Dot Net and Org are available for roughly 2k each.

Choco.express
Chocolate would have been much better. Not sure about "Choco".
Choco Express Dot Net and Org are available for hand reg.

Cheesecake.express
I only mentioned this one because on your homepage, ".express" is missing an "s". Cheesecake Express Dot Net and Org are available for hand reg.

Globe.estate
Should be "global" and not "globe". Not sure what a Globe Estate is and I don't think there would be many searches. Globe Estate Dot Org is available for hand reg.

Cover.life
Hmmm. What can I say, this one I don't consider investment quality. We all have a few like this. Cover Life Dot Org is available for hand reg.

Unhappy.life
UnhappyLife.com is available for $1k. That would make the value of this one pretty low. I can't even see it selling. Unhappy Life Dot Net and Org are available for hand reg.

Residence.vip
It would be preferable to have "Resident" instead of "Residence". Residence VIP Dot Org is available for hand reg.

Delux.vip
Here is the US, we spell it "Deluxe". Delux VIP Dot Net and Org are available for hand reg.

Cryptical.world
Not sure what this is. Cryptical World Dot Com, Net and Org are available for hand reg.

Huge.one
Listed twice on your homepage. Huge One Dot Net and Org are available for hand reg.


All the best!

P.S. I sent you a pm with my Paypal in case I win. I forget things sometimes. :)
 
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Thank you for all amazing posts so far!

Lol, poor domain name Free.Institute seems to be getting lot of heat :)

Also Homes.Center got many many negative reviews (and to be really polarizing name, it also got 3 fantastic opinions, but not listed in this thread). This only shows that there are so much various opinions as there are various people. Saying that, I take each and every feedback into consideration, gratefully.

Few more hours to go before winner is announced :)
 
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At a quick glance, i like most of your names..gtlds and all.

However, you are not doing them justice with that terrible presentation.
The web design is horrendous in IMO.

Clean up the page and let those gems shine.
 
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At a quick glance, i like most of your names..gtlds and all.

However, you are not doing them justice with that terrible presentation.
The web design is horrendous in IMO.

Clean up the page and let those gems shine.
Hi friend, you are right about the presentation, I will have to work on it :)
 
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