domain cheap-lettings.com

[Kieran001]

A hyphen destroying what would be a premium domain, but is it still worth more than the registration fee? Being new to domaining, I really have no idea.
Any thought as to value would be most appreciated, as well as tips on how to sell it.

 

[PAINC]

I'm not from from a country with English as modern language but I have never heard of "lettings". From a google search I guess it stands for rooms/buildings that can be rented. CheapRooms.com, CheapHotels would be premium domains. CheapLettings.com would not be one and therefore not cheap-lettings either.

There is a reason why domains like: Cheap-hotels.com, Cheap-Rooms.com haven't had a drop since they were registered in the late 90's - early 00 and Cheap-Lettings.com never been registered before you did.

IMO

 

[Kieran001]

I guess there is a reason why it has never been registered before, but if you did come from an English speaking country you would be very familiar with the term, it is as common as rentals but is specific to property. It does not mean the same as rooms or hotels, unless it is said "holiday lettings", it means property for rent for long leases.

lettings.com and letting.com have both been held since 1997 but are both used as links to a news site
cheaplettings.com is currently for sale for $4025
LAlettings.com is currently for sale for $910
lettinghomes.com sold for $500 in 2008

 

[PAINC]

Are you sure the word lettings is as common as rentals?

From Google Adwords:

From Google Trends:

And just because it's for sale for a certain price doesn't mean someone will pay that price. You can put whatever price you want for a domain.

 

[Kieran001]

Then I guess it is not as common. Just so you fully understand the word, you let your house to someone whereas you rent your house from someone. The business is known as a letting agency, you would never see a sign in the street or a company name in the UK that said Rentals, it would always say Lettings or To let. There are over 9000 UK registered companies with lettings in the name. But it seems in the US they do use rentals, and this would heavily sway the search results, as would the fact that with cars we always say rented rather than let.

I appreciate that a forsale price is not an accurate indicator of value. How do you think mine compares to lettinghomes.com? Do you think it has any value at all?

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Live in Canada, never heard the word lettings.
Reg-fee

 

[PAINC]

There are over 9000 UK registered companies with lettings in the name.

Would it not make more sense in regging a co.uk domain then?

I appreciate that a forsale price is not an accurate indicator of value. How do you think mine compares to lettinghomes.com? Do you think it has any value at all?

Sorry Kieran, since I never heard the word before I cannot set any value on it.
And then I am fully aware of British slang words like "gutted" etc.
So my gut feeling is $0

 

[Kieran001]

It probably would, and to be honest until this conversation I did not realize it was something we say in Britain but not other English speaking countries, I assumed they also understood this basic English grammar. It is like loan and borrow, and you do hear some North Americans say "can I loan your car", instead of either of the correct forms, "can I borrow your car" or "will you loan me your car", they just get a lot of things wrong and their errors in some cases have become the accepted norm.

Anyway, you didn't know the word.

 

[Kieran001]

Live in Canada, never heard the word lettings.
Reg-fee

As I was just saying above, it seems that this is a British term, in North America it is rentals, but we can't say that, it isn't correct English grammar, you can't advertise rentals, you look for rentals in the advertised lettings.

 

[ben pedri]

hyphen are for great domains only ,understanding your lettings ,I think the domain would be good for a business that said let me go to a registra and spend 5 min and see what I can just get real quick to throw up a fast site,,thats it this is not for resale also if a language barrier you may want to stick to the country code url good luck Benny

 

[todaygold]

It is like loan and borrow, and you do hear some North Americans say "can I loan your car", instead of either of the correct forms, "can I borrow your car" or "will you loan me your car", they just get a lot of things wrong and their errors in some cases have become the accepted norm.

Anyway, you didn't know the word.

Umm, I've lived in North America my whole life and I can tell you I have never heard anyone say 'can I loan your car' and I have never heard of 'lettings' either. So I have no clue what countries you've been visiting.

 

[Kieran001]

Umm, I've lived in North America my whole life and I can tell you I have never heard anyone say 'can I loan your car' and I have never heard of 'lettings' either. So I have no clue what countries you've been visiting.

You've never heard anyone say "can I loan your car"? Really? And here I am, someone who has heard it so many thousands of times, what's your car looking like?

 

[PAINC]

You've never heard anyone say "can I loan your car"? Really? And here I am, someone who has heard it so many thousands of times, what's your car looking like?

We don't say this to make you feel bad dude, just move on.

"Don't buy anything until you don't have to ask if the domains is good or not" as someone said earlier. That is a good rule to go by imo.

 

[Kieran001]

We don't say this to make you feel bad dude, just move on.

"Don't buy anything until you don't have to ask if the domains is good or not" as someone said earlier. That is a good rule to go by imo.

It was supposed to be a joke, I guess it didn't come across that way though, it was supposed to read like I hear it all the time because I have a nicer car than you, it was a stupid joke even it had of been understood.

I just bought murkly.com which an alternative spelling of murkily, it's in the dictionary but no one actually uses that spelling but it does read the same. Not following your advice, I still have to question whether its good or not as the meaning does not have appeal to everyone, but then it does have it's niche market in dark and obscure things, and murky.com is for sale for $20,000 which makes me think it could at least be worth more than the pound it cost me.

Another I bought the other day was fayto.com which I thought could be read as "fate...oh!" and could be suitable for a dating site.

I really know little about this and have only researched by past sales and current offers, both of which seem to follow the patterns I have bought with. I am not too concerned if I buy a few worthless sites for one pound each, I am learning from this, and I do appreciate your feedback, as well as the others of course, so thank you!