About to pull a newbie move

[rjones]

I have come up with several domains and am thinking about registering them and putting them up for sale.

They are around 8-10 combined dictionary words. I had no research other than the names coming to me as I was watching TV and reading.

Is this a bad move? Do I need to be talked out of doing this?

 

[.jd.]

nope, go for it. Some one might be thinking the same thing in 10 minutes or right now. If there affecitive keywords SE friendly go for it and goodluck

 

[Alan Glennon]

I have come up with several domains and am thinking about registering them and putting them up for sale.

They are around 8-10 combined dictionary words. I had no research other than the names coming to me as I was watching TV and reading.

Is this a bad move? Do I need to be talked out of doing this?

Depends. Ask yourself why the domains are not already registered. If you do register them, I'd recommend doing so with a registrar that allows refunds, then post them for appraisal and see what the community thinks.

 

[accent]

Moniker offers the opportunity to cancel domain buys within a few days of purchase --- but your money, minus 25 cents, goes into your account if you paid with Paypal, and sometimes, I have heard, it does not work.

Unless you think one name would give away your ideas for others, perhaps try one or two at a time, and post for appraisal.

But here is the thing. The chances that they will like your names are very small. And while their advice has value, there is a huge random factor in this business. Apparently someone regged zmnm.com last year, posted it on another forum for opinions, one person said $0, nobody else commented. The name just sold for $10,000.

Random luck. The more experience you have (read, study, read) the more you can focus it, but there is a lot of luck in this.

Understand that there are a huge number of bad regs that will be dropped, costing the buyer his investment. Go slowly.

 

[Fewski]

8-10 combined dictionary words, as in 1 domain? If so, I wouldn't. That domain would most likely me extremely long and probably not worth much.

 

[Spade]

8-10 combined dictionary words, as in 1 domain? If so, I wouldn't. That domain would most likely me extremely long and probably not worth much.

lol

Honestly, reg them at GoDaddy - make sure you use the discount codes to get them for 6.95 each - then ask for opinions on them (immediately) if you get positive opinions here at NP, hang onto them, if not - call up GoDaddy Billing and tell them to cancel them (within 5 days) theyll give you your money back and wont charge you the .25 per name.

Risk free system (sort of)

 

[groundctrl]

But here is the thing. The chances that they will like your names are very small. And while their advice has value, there is a huge random factor in this business. Apparently someone regged zmnm.com last year, posted it on another forum for opinions, one person said $0, nobody else commented. The name just sold for $10,000.

that's so weird. can anyone figure that out, it'd be great to know why something like that succeeded.

 

[AdoptableDomains]

that's so weird. can anyone figure that out, it'd be great to know why something like that succeeded.

Search the recent thread on that domain. I pointed out some reasons there.

They are around 8-10 combined dictionary words.

As was already said, if the keywords are all in one domain, it's probably worthless. it should be no more than 2-3 keywords that relate to each other for and end product. Preferably in the common English language grammatical order, and best without hyphens.