Do Registered TLDs Matter When Buying a Domain?

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How Much Does "All Registered Domains" Matter When Buying a Domain?


I’ve been using dotdb.com a lot lately and noticed it shows all the registered TLDs for a domain. When you’re thinking about buying a domain, do you actually care about how many extensions are already taken?


If that’s not a big deal, what do you usually focus on when deciding whether a domain is worth buying? Curious to hear your thoughts!

 

[nlitenme]

You may want to check out this thread - https://www.namepros.com/blog/lies-we-tell-ourselves-about-domain-metrics.1369038/

 

[byte]

Personally It matters to me in terms of potential end users and resellability, but I'm probably in the minority here

 

[biggie]

Hi

remember when it was free to check shit if you wanted to, but now they want you to subscribe

only domainers care about it
cuz
no email buyer or marketplace buyer never asked me how many sheets of toilet paper on a roll before they purchased the name


imo….

 

[Eric Lyon]

How Much Does "All Registered Domains" Matter When Buying a Domain?


I’ve been using dotdb.com a lot lately and noticed it shows all the registered TLDs for a domain. When you’re thinking about buying a domain, do you actually care about how many extensions are already taken?


If that’s not a big deal, what do you usually focus on when deciding whether a domain is worth buying? Curious to hear your thoughts!

The number of domains taken can mean three different things and depending on your target, it may or may not be a motivating factor"

1. (Hyped) It could simply mean that there are a lot of investors/resellers prospecting the word, phrase or combination, in which case, wholesale flipping is the target.
2. (Real world Use) It could mean there is genuine interest in start-ups branding with the word, phrase or combination, in which case, aftermarket flipping is the target. Further research is required to identify real world use case %'s.
3. (Automated Bot Regs) It could be a botnet group auto-registering a term in multiple extensions to be used in a mass spam/scam campaign, in which case there is no value to wholesale or aftermarket targets.

There's hundreds of other variables at play that really only translate to value for some people and not others. We all do it differently, so, what's valuable to one may not hold any value to another. Example from another post regarding this topic: https://www.namepros.com/threads/what-seo-specs-matter-most-in-expired-domains.1370104/post-9509821

 

[Bravo Mod Team]

How Much Does "All Registered Domains" Matter When Buying a Domain?

Use it as a filter, for sorting, and as a metric that alerts you to do a deeper dive if it seems outside of your expectations. Never buy because of it.

 

[KRP Khan R]

The number of domains taken can mean three different things and depending on your target, it may or may not be a motivating factor"

1. (Hyped) It could simply mean that there are a lot of investors/resellers prospecting the word, phrase or combination, in which case, wholesale flipping is the target.
2. (Real world Use) It could mean there is genuine interest in start-ups branding with the word, phrase or combination, in which case, aftermarket flipping is the target. Further research is required to identify real world use case %'s.
3. (Automated Bot Regs) It could be a botnet group auto-registering a term in multiple extensions to be used in a mass spam/scam campaign, in which case there is no value to wholesale or aftermarket targets.

There's hundreds of other variables at play that really only translate to value for some people and not others. We all do it differently, so, what's valuable to one may not hold any value to another. Example from another post regarding this topic: https://www.namepros.com/threads/what-seo-specs-matter-most-in-expired-domains.1370104/post-9509821

Number 3 point is legitimate. I have an real example

 

[nlitenme]

Number 3 point is legitimate. I have an real example

Please share it.