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Rob Monster

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Just sold sushi-man.com from an Epik SSL lander for $4200. This is one of Epik's O&O domains. I don't normally report sales but these days we are routinely asking for $10K+ for good hyphen .COM names and seeing sincere engagement.

The great gTLD experiment has been run. I now routinely sell even ccTLD registrants are upgrading from their ccTLD to .COM if they can afford it. I was late to acknowledge it but the risk-reward equation for speculators overwhelmingly favors .COM.

When it comes to hyphenated .COM, SEO is your friend. I recommend to use SSL landers but any SEO lander will probably do the trick to drive inquiries.
 
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I wish it would be true, I personally love the hyphens. But as we all know they can't work:

- Losing traffic to non hyphenated
- hard to write on a mobile phone (!! this was the deal breaker for me)
- culturally not accepted in the US (I read somewhere in Japan its culturally acceptable) - same reason why .com always rules :)
 
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But as we all know they can't work
No, not all of us know this. I certainly don't, because hyphenated domains sell pretty well for me.

You really should be careful to say things like "as we all know". Especially when you joined Namepros today!
 
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Sorry to ask this here
Is it advisable to register a domain name you intend to sell with those hosting registrars offering free domain registration with an hosting plan?
 
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Weird, sure, everyone might be reporting hyphenated sales here, but can any one of you guys give me a single hyphenated website that you use on a daily/weekly basis? I suspect the buyers either simply already had a business going, and a hyphen is a lot more worth it than a rebranding, or for SEO purposes.
 
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E-Advert.com

Rick Shwartz owns e-advertiser. com
 
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Weird, sure, everyone might be reporting hyphenated sales here, but can any one of you guys give me a single hyphenated website that you use on a daily/weekly basis? I suspect the buyers either simply already had a business going, and a hyphen is a lot more worth it than a rebranding, or for SEO purposes.

https://network-tools.com/

Using it all the time.
 
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Weird, sure, everyone might be reporting hyphenated sales here, but can any one of you guys give me a single hyphenated website that you use on a daily/weekly basis? I suspect the buyers either simply already had a business going, and a hyphen is a lot more worth it than a rebranding, or for SEO purposes.
24-7care.com sold for 2,500 usd is an active project.


i,ve just catched 24-7Live.com
great for a news, live chats etc
 
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Nice website :) I still believe hyphens make a large minority of successful websites. While a 2-word .com could be worth hundreds of thousands, a hyphen instantly slashes the price <~50k, no matter how good it is. It's a 2nd choice, a downgrade. Hand registering these will be a gamble, even with the greatest names, because if the buyer can afford the non-hyphen, they will get it instead.
 
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Hyphenated domains do well in Europe, lots of businesses in UK and Germany prefer to use the hyphen to separate the two word domain
 
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www. Ethical-Rating.com
www. Ticketing-Information.com
www. Illogical-Mind.com
 
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www. Ethical-Rating.com
www. Ticketing-Information.com
www. Illogical-Mind.com
Thank you. Three good examples of what not to register.
 
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Hyphenated domains do well in Europe, lots of businesses in UK and Germany prefer to use the hyphen to separate the two word domain

In the uk? They don't even like .com. I'm not a .co.uk expert but I find that claim hard to believe.
 
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In the uk? They don't even like .com. I'm not a .co.uk expert but I find that claim hard to believe.
I'm in the UK and we definitely prefer co.uk

I personally come across a few hyphenated co.uk domains when I'm searching for sites, not huge amounts but a steady trickle....
 
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Thank you. Three good examples of what not to register.

Don't you get tired of spewing the same old sh1t. They are no better or worse than any other names published here. Give it a rest and just put me on ignore so you are not troubled by my postings.
 
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I'm in the UK and we definitely prefer co.uk

I personally come across a few hyphenated co.uk domains when I'm searching for sites, not huge amounts but a steady trickle....

How about .uk v.s. .co.uk , which one would people from UK prefer?
 
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Don't you get tired of spewing the same old sh1t. They are no better or worse than any other names published here. Give it a rest and just put me on ignore so you are not troubled by my postings.
If I can stop only one newbie from thinking those are good domain names, then all my "spewing" will be worth the effort.
 
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L-i-n-k.com
i think those hypens make sense in that case :)
getting some traffic lol
 
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My-Credits.com

a similar my-loans.com sold for $995
 
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www. Discovering-Scotland.com
 
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