guide Domain Worth Retaining

Raj2610 · Mar 14, 2020

Let's use this thread to figure out if it is worth retaining a domain. I am hopeful that senior Domainers are going to support the newbies in treading on the right path.

NameFit · Mar 14, 2020

This discussion be really helpful for domainers. Also it would be helpful if this discussion includes 'why to retain'.

Many domainers do not realize the value of their domains. One can realize the value of the domain "only" after assessing the 'possible uses of the domain'. Value of the domain does not lie in estimation tools or buzz words but in 'uses of the domain'. One has to analyze in what type of industries/businesses the name can be used. If there are no 'viable' businesses where a domain name can be used, then it has no value. Of course, there is some market in reselling but that has very limited margins. Most of the domains fail in 'scope' aspect of the business, having very limited scope.

We will be more than happy to guide people in this aspect. If you do not want to discuss in forum here, please DM us if you want to have opinion about your name. We cannot tell the $ value of the domains but can guide you regarding 'possible uses' of the name and then you can decide the value of the domain. Just a note, our expertise is in .com names only.

Best.

Domain Season · Mar 14, 2020

Hi,

Thanks for this initiative Raj and NameFit.

Here are the domains which I hold at present.

ZapWe.com
DreamMerchants.com
FindPartnerOnline.com
Sportstuf.com
TrekSafety.com
BeautyIsNow.com
HeroPilot.com
Carzv.com
LetUsBrand.com
DigitUnited.com
AsiaGreens.com

Would appreciate assessment and thoughts on these domains.

Thank you.

Raj2610 · Mar 14, 2020

NameFit said:
This discussion be really helpful for domainers. Also it would be helpful if this discussion includes 'why to retain'.

Many domainers do not realize the value of their domains. One can realize the value of the domain "only" after assessing the 'possible uses of the domain'. Value of the domain does not lie in estimation tools or buzz words but in 'uses of the domain'. One has to analyze in what type of industries/businesses the name can be used. If there are no 'viable' businesses where a domain name can be used, then it has no value. Of course, there is some market in reselling but that has very limited margins. Most of the domains fail in 'scope' aspect of the business, having very limited scope.

We will be more than happy to guide people in this aspect. If you do not want to discuss in forum here, please DM us if you want to have opinion about your name. We cannot tell the $ value of the domains but can guide you regarding 'possible uses' of the name and then you can decide the value of the domain. Just a note, our expertise is in .com names only.

Best.

Absolutely. I completely agree with your point of view on domains and beautiful explanation related to its usefulness. I hope that your guidance will be really useful for the budding domainers.

NameFit · Mar 14, 2020

@Domain Season

Here are our thoughts on your names

ZapWe.com - One of the meaning of 'zap' is to move quickly, so transportation/navigation industry
DreamMerchants.com - good generic name, any trader/merchant can use it. It can be even a fantasy game.
FindPartnerOnline.com - too many sites online, if one had to get into this business, it has to be short/catchy, this name is too long
Sportstuf.com - Most people will type 'stuff' by default
TrekSafety.com - This is ok, navigation/safety/security tool. Considering SafetyTrek.com is also on sale, little better though.
BeautyIsNow.com - This could be used in related 'beauty/cosmetic' industry, even spiritual sites can use this name.
HeroPilot.com - generic name, any industry can use it, wide scope
Carzv.com - too many variations of name, one variation is ok to some extent
LetUsBrand.com - Good name for naming/branding agency, catchy
DigitUnited.com - Rather odd combination of constituent keywords, most will remember Digital
AsiaGreens.com - Asia is big, so has scope and market

Best.

Domain Season · Mar 14, 2020

NameFit said:
@Domain Season

Here are our thoughts on your names

ZapWe.com - One of the meaning of 'zap' is to move quickly, so transportation/navigation industry
DreamMerchants.com - good generic name, any trader/merchant can use it. It can be even a fantasy game.
FindPartnerOnline.com - too many sites online, if one had to get into this business, it has to be short/catchy, this name is too long
Sportstuf.com - Most people will type 'stuff' by default
TrekSafety.com - This is ok, navigation/safety/security tool. Considering SafetyTrek.com is also on sale, little better though.
BeautyIsNow.com - This could be used in related 'beauty/cosmetic' industry, even spiritual sites can use this name.
HeroPilot.com - generic name, any industry can use it, wide scope
Carzv.com - too many variations of name, one variation is ok to some extent
LetUsBrand.com - Good name for naming/branding agency, catchy
DigitUnited.com - Rather odd combination of constituent keywords, most will remember Digital
AsiaGreens.com - Asia is big, so has scope and market

Best.

Thanks for your thoughts on the domain names, NameFit.

brandsly · Mar 14, 2020

Domain Season said:
Hi,

Thanks for this initiative Raj and NameFit.

Here are the domains which I hold at present.

ZapWe.com
DreamMerchants.com
FindPartnerOnline.com
Sportstuf.com
TrekSafety.com
BeautyIsNow.com
HeroPilot.com
Carzv.com
LetUsBrand.com
DigitUnited.com
AsiaGreens.com

Would appreciate assessment and thoughts on these domains.

Thank you.

This is a great thread!

In general I don't keep a name unless it has potential retail value of 4 figures, but that's just my business model. A decent portfolio should have a sell through rate of low single digit percent. For example, if your sell through rate is 2% and your average acquisition cost is $20, you should plan to get your investment back in one year, AKA $20/0.02 = $1000 per name, and if you want extra profit, aim for at minimum $1500-3000 selling price. At average cost of $40 per name, your average selling price should be $2000 and up and so on...This is what I've done and worked very well for myself. Handreg can cost less with registrar promotions etc, however, imo all handreg would have even lower STR, and change the entire calculation.

For the list of names, right off the bat, I can spot HeroPilot with great potential for 4 figures, over $2k retail price, I also really like LetUsBrand. BeautyIsNow has potential as well as beauty is a very strong keyword...maybe zapwe too. It doesn't mean that other names are worthless, I just don't see them with 4 figure retail value at 2% and above STR.

Samer · Mar 14, 2020

Amazing thread; all within 6 months expiry;
any help appreciate tired of renewing ; )

DefCannabis.com
CannabisDef.com
YourDuties.com
NameStud.com
Financegy.com
USDegrees.com
SwiftInquiry.com
DomainLoaning.com

Cheers, bless you all, Good luck domaining!
Samer

NameFit · Mar 14, 2020

@Samer

DefCannabis.com - Cannabis has a market, but not sure if combination with 'def' has much value.
CannabisDef.com - Cannabis has a market, but not sure if combination with 'def' has much value.
YourDuties.com - Do not see a business model in this
NameStud.com - Decent name for naming agency, domain portfolio owner
Financegy.com - does not rhyme well, not sure what word portion 'xxxegy' can fit into the first part 'finance'
USDegrees.com - not sure of a business model
SwiftInquiry.com - ok but 'swift' seems a stretch, if it was swift answers, then it would have made better sense
DomainLoaning.com - this is ok, new industry but you can watch for few years..

Best

Samer · Mar 14, 2020

NameFit said:
@Samer

DefCannabis.com - Cannabis has a market, but not sure if combination with 'def' has much value.
CannabisDef.com - Cannabis has a market, but not sure if combination with 'def' has much value.
YourDuties.com - Do not see a business model in this
NameStud.com - Decent name for naming agency, domain portfolio owner
Financegy.com - does not rhyme well, not sure what word portion 'xxxegy' can fit into the first part 'finance'
USDegrees.com - not sure of a business model
SwiftInquiry.com - ok but 'swift' seems a stretch, if it was swift answers, then it would have made better sense
DomainLoaning.com - this is ok, new industry but you can watch for few years..

Best

You are the man!!
Thank you!
Will subsequently list all in bargain except #4,8

Domaindogged · Mar 14, 2020

americanorange.com
333design.com
idataservice.com
apxai.com
cbdhealthboost.com
oshtesting.com
slevz.com
servicebookingonline.com
gutfiber.com

Hold them or cut them loose?

NameFit · Mar 14, 2020

@Domaindogged

americanorange.com - too long, plus no significance of orange to america (sorry if missing connection)
333design.com - starting with numbers, not a a good idea, also any design shop would name it 'designs'. For 2 word names, the parts needs to be complementary
idataservice.com - three word name (literally speaking)
apxai.com - hard to pronounce/hence remember/hence spell
cbdhealthboost.com - three words name with some abbreviated
oshtesting.com - not sure what "osh testing" mean, if OSH is abbreviation, sorry do does not look familiar
slevz.com - does not seem 'similar sounding' name to another word, sleves come closer at best. (sleavz would have been fine for a clothing company)
servicebookingonline.com - too long
gutfiber.com - not so keen, at best can be used for a product name, but still does not sound right.

Hope it helps

IMA · Mar 15, 2020

Hot Names So Far IMO...

1. FindPartnerOnline.com

Uses: Match making online parter Full Site, Affilaites-Blog,
HOT WHY: Can Be Used in Any Culture... .COM Looks HOT to me IMO ...

2. USDegrees.com

Uses: Affilaites-Blog, Facebook GRP, Facebook Page, YT Channel seen...
HOT WHY: US DEGREES worldwide demand is there Asia PPC play my man + Online degrees are hot in news and.COM Looks HOT to me ...
IMA .COM Appraisal: 250K Looking Name....

Raj2610 · Mar 15, 2020

It's always difficult for me to take a decision on domains irrespective of how they may appear to the world . Need help on the following domains:
24x.store
24x7.directory
adsgossips.com
appgossips.com
basicshub.com
basicspedia.com
basicsxyz.com
cheapxyz.com
freebart,club
freebart.in
fundimes.com
funoops.com
funsnoops.com
restarta2z.com
restartxyz.com
topicsxyz.com

Many Thanks..

Domain Season · Mar 15, 2020

brandsly said:
This is a great thread!

In general I don't keep a name unless it has potential retail value of 4 figures, but that's just my business model. A decent portfolio should have a sell through rate of low single digit percent. For example, if your sell through rate is 2% and your average acquisition cost is $20, you should plan to get your investment back in one year, AKA $20/0.02 = $1000 per name, and if you want extra profit, aim for at minimum $1500-3000 selling price. At average cost of $40 per name, your average selling price should be $2000 and up and so on...This is what I've done and worked very well for myself. Handreg can cost less with registrar promotions etc, however, imo all handreg would have even lower STR, and change the entire calculation.

For the list of names, right off the bat, I can spot HeroPilot with great potential for 4 figures, over $2k retail price, I also really like LetUsBrand. BeautyIsNow has potential as well as beauty is a very strong keyword...maybe zapwe too. It doesn't mean that other names are worthless, I just don't see them with 4 figure retail value at 2% and above STR.

Thanks for your valuable thoughts and feedback, Brandsly.

karmaco · Mar 15, 2020

While many can give you estimates or applicable niches (or even say drop it is worthless) in the end these are at most educated guesses not fact. Any good name can sell its just a matter of how long are you willing to wait for it to sell? Alot of people are super impatient so they will get rid of the name quickly and not bear the fruit. People who hold domains only one year aren’t apt to have overwhelming success. You have to give it years.

Onto what to hold and what to fold— no one can tell you with certainty either way unless the name is utter garbage. No guarantee any name ever sells.

A personal example, I registered removery in 2019. Alot of people would not register that name to begin with. It sold in 8 months for 5K to a tattoo removal company. Thats an exception to sell a name the first year. If you only give it a year you can miss alot of sales.

Prepare to hold good or great names for as long as it takes if looking for end user pricing.

Domain Season · Mar 20, 2020

Hi Folks,

Would appreciate your thoughts on these domain names

. Is replaced with /

Loan/com/pl
CarRefix/com
AwardFit/com
SoldKit/com
WeCanArt/com
Labours/net
HealthConfer/com
HealthEcart/com

Anyone interested in acquiring any of these names, please DM me your offer.

Thank you.

NameFit · Mar 20, 2020

Below 3 are good best being HealthConfer/com

AwardFit/com - Awarding/Prize criteria etc.
SoldKit/com - Good for sales professionals
HealthConfer/com - health counseling/forums, big industry

Best.

Domain Season · Mar 20, 2020

NameFit said:
Below 3 are good best being HealthConfer/com

AwardFit/com - Awarding/Prize criteria etc.
SoldKit/com - Good for sales professionals
HealthConfer/com - health counseling/forums, big industry

Best.

Thanks for your thoughts on these names, NameFit.

Jayboltz · Mar 20, 2020

Please what are your thoughts on these

Expert/villa/com
Digi/policy/com
California/cocktail/com
Electronics/best/deals/com

Thanks in advance

NameFit · Mar 20, 2020

@Jayboltz

Expert/villa/com - decent name/ consulting/advisory/expert opinion
Digi/policy/com - this is good, you can see virtually any company promoting their digital policy..
California/cocktail/com - not a fan of geo names, unless it is very popular, it seems to be known to some extent but very limited, not sure to the level one would have a website about this. At best it can be some 'informational site' but not a business site where one can make revenue. Hence less likely there is a buyer for this name.
Electronics/best/deals/com: Too long, too many businesses in market already, plus electronics limits scope.

Best

Domain Season · Mar 21, 2020

Hi,

The domains I picked today.

.com is replaced with /

Tune/solutions
Surprises/xyz
4or/co
Motorcyclelawyer/net

Have a great day folks.

Leonardoking · Mar 23, 2020

My domains (some with justification)
BuyCarAsia. com

SereneVacations. com

Posteopathy. com

Moziy. com (melodic in Uzbek)
Tivertine. com (recently added to Oxford dictionary march 2020 update. Means a limestone rock for building)

Gynetrician. com (a contraction of gynecologist + obstetrician. The 2 disciplines are put in practice together nowadays. Not a dictionary word though)

Please give your opinions about these. Your opinion is appreciated. Thank you.

Atone · Mar 24, 2020

Hi Thanks for taking the time to do this .
I will be interested with your thoughts on these .
All in .com
InfoFiz
PuraFeel
ToneEx
PuraSex
MissLovable.
Cheers.

AyoMi · Mar 24, 2020

Hi, would appreciate your insight

All in .com
Charmgo
Explorezen
ForgeWallet
Gamerinfinity
HeroName
Investoc
Senddeliver

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