1-800- domain names

[astire]

Hi,

I am in a private auction for 1-800-jobs.com what you guys think of over all 1-800 domains and should i spend some money to acquire this domain or it will be waste of money?

My other domain in namejet auction is VATN.com. What you guys think how much should i risk money on this domain.

Thanks
Adnan

 

[rmg]

1-800-jobs.com - the worst domian I can imagine.

VATN.com - some potencial...

Good luck

 

[tvdotcoms]

1800jobs.com make sure u get this one too.

also make sure u get the phone number too.

otherwise u will be wasting money.

 

[astire]

So what about VATN.com for how much should i take it

 

[hawkeye]

I'd save the money. As there are 7 numbers in a US phone number (minus the area code), and JOBS is only 4 characters (numbers), I doubt you'd find a phone number to go with it. And since a '1-800' domain would imply that it is a toll free number, seems it would be very disappointing, and confusing, to endusers/surfers if no phone number was associated with it. A name like 1-800-GetAJob.com would be more condusive to it's overall implication of being both a domain and a telephone number.

I'd say, bow out of the auction, and spend your money on a name that is not so confusing.

 

[WordWalker]

1-800-jobs.com - the worst domian I can imagine.

I registered 1800fund.com & 1800fund.tel. The benefit is that it's memorable, offers both a website and point of contact. A two click process for placing a .tel phone until phones become .tel aware. I wouldn't go more than four or five characters beyond the 1800 though - that might create the potential for misdials on a traditional phone. Also, watch your TM issues. There are plenty of 800 numbers that are trademarked.

 

[RTM]

I'd save the money. As there are 7 numbers in a US phone number (minus the area code), and JOBS is only 4 characters (numbers), I doubt you'd find a phone number to go with it. And since a '1-800' domain would imply that it is a toll free number, seems it would be very disappointing, and confusing, to endusers/surfers if no phone number was associated with it. A name like 1-800-GetAJob.com would be more condusive to it's overall implication of being both a domain and a telephone number.

I'd say, bow out of the auction, and spend your money on a name that is not so confusing.

+1, I couldn't agree further with what Hawkeye observed and suggested.

Rob

 

[Spade]

Waste of money. Unless you have the 800 number - you've only got 1 end-user.

 

[DN BROKER]

I registered 1800fund.com & 1800fund.tel. The benefit is that it's memorable, offers both a website and point of contact. A two click process for placing a .tel phone call until .tel becomes .tel aware. I wouldn't go more than four or five characters beyond the 1800 though - that might create the potential for misdials on a traditional phone. Also, watch your TM issues. There are plenty of 800 numbers that are trademarked.

waste of money

 

[hawkeye]

I registered 1800fund.com & 1800fund.tel. The benefit is that it's memorable, offers both a website and point of contact. A two click process for placing a .tel phone call until .tel becomes .tel aware. I wouldn't go more than four or five characters beyond the 1800 though - that might create the potential for misdials on a traditional phone. Also, watch your TM issues. There are plenty of 800 numbers that are trademarked.

More proof that the 'real' money in domaining, is in being a registrar! Why bother having the 1800, if it doesn't mean it's a phone number??? You may want to cover your bases and go reg 1976Fund, 1866Fund, 1877Fund too. Then you'd have an even happier registrar!

 

[WordWalker]

waste of money

An economics professor once told me, "All comments are constructive and worthwhile to the extent they further the conversation and open the door to meaningful dialog."

I won't mention the other thing he told me. Suffice it to say, I learned my lesson.

 

[.tv]

Without the matching vanity number, the domain name is worthless. :imho:

 

[TechZone]

Not to steal the thunder here, but I own all of the following and would be up to selling the entire package:

DOMAINS:
1-800-WiFi.COM
1800WiFi.COM
1-800-WiFiCOM.com
1800WiFiCOM.com

Toll Free Number:
+1-800-WiFi.COM (1-800-943-4266)

ALL letters, including the .COM portion, are utilized and accounted for within the whole numeric equivalent.

 

[WordWalker]

Without the matching vanity number, the domain name is worthless. :imho:

What's being overlooked is that a .tel domain is the new "vanity number."

Even as I write this, there are existing apps and apps in development for Blackberry, iPhone, GPhone, etc. that will make the address books and dialers .tel aware. With .tel, you don't need to ever recall or store a phone number - just a name.

It's time to start thinking outside the [numeric] key pad.

 

[TechZone]

1-800-WiFi.COM

What's being overlooked is that a .tel domain is the new "vanity number."

Even as I write this, there are existing apps and apps in development for Blackberry, iPhone, GPhone, etc. that will make the address books and dialers .tel aware. With .tel, you don't need to ever recall or store a phone number - just a name.

It's time to start thinking outside the [numeric] key pad.

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Speaking of .Tel, in addition to the below package, I also own:
1-800-WiFiCOM.tel
1800WiFiCOM.tel
-----------------------------------------------------------

Not to steal the thunder here, but I own all of the following and would be up to selling the entire package:

DOMAINS:
1-800-WiFi.COM
1800WiFi.COM
1-800-WiFiCOM.com
1800WiFiCOM.com

Toll Free Number:
+1-800-WiFi.COM (1-800-943-4266)

ALL letters, including the .COM portion, are utilized and accounted for within the whole numeric equivalent.

 

[sidekick_33]

For the domain VATN.com, I would say $30 max!

 

[TestCase]

Re. 800 domains

FYI - Today's DN Journal sales compilation shows 1800BuyGold.com as being sold for $6,675 at Moniker.

 

[has2hands]

I always wanted to develop my baby, it looks like I registered it 2003........

1800Pervert.com

 

[tkstark]

Re. 800 domains

FYI - Today's DN Journal sales compilation shows 1800BuyGold.com as being sold for $6,675 at Moniker.

that's interesting. seven letters, so it's the right number of digits for a telephone number. but if the person who owns the phone number that corresponds to 1800BuyGold isn't a gold dealer, he's probably gonna get pretty annoyed when the phone calls start coming in.

i went on a jag some months ago and registered three 1800 domains, making sure there were the proper number of characters. i thought i was pretty clever. great key words, too (wine bar, burrito and hot lady). only later did it occur to me that the optimum buyer would be the person who already owned the corresponding 800 numbers.

sort of created a marketing conundrum.

 

[allanpoat]

1-800-jobs.com - the worst domian I can imagine.

VATN.com - some potencial...

Good luck

Actually, it is a nice idea. It is sort of double marketing since you are promoting your vanity toll free number at the same time. But the problem is a user required to access those hyphens when typing this URL.