Do you still hand register domain names?

[vicky9763]

Hello,

I would just like to know people who still believe in hand registering domain names.

I usually see on the internet that all the good domain names registered, there is nothing good to register.

Do you believe it or not?

If possible, give the example of domain name.

For my example: I regged eAnswerer.com, ModernCruise.com etc.

 

[telking]

Hello,

I would just like to know people who still believe in hand registering domain names.

I usually see on the internet that all the good domain names registered, there is nothing good to register.

Do you believe it or not?

If possible, give the example of domain name.

For my example: I regged eAnswerer.com, ModernCruise.com etc.

Yep
Only about once a month though. The last one I got makes $1.00 a day in parking on sedo.. at least. I always look for buzzwords and the like..

 

[cobainer]

I've stopped doing that now...very rarely, if I come across any valuable domain name...

 

[vicky9763]

do you think what i have regged has any value

 

[owntype]

I still hand reg, mostly are typos and new tech related domains

 

[iextreme]

i still prefer hand reging domains for my new projects.

 

[banners]

def, but I am trying to slow down. there are still decent domains out there, you just cannot expect to find a premium dictionary word etc.

 

[HappyDay]

Yes I handreg because I prefer words and combinations wich makes sense in .de + .com too.
It´s timeconsuming but interesting to see all the crap domain names wich doesn´t make really sense and are bad combined.I´m quite sure nobody will buy such humbug.

 

[DotWeekly]

Depends what you consider "Hand Reg".

Grabbing drops from the PendingDelete list as they drop yes...

Picking a domain out of the blue... not so much

These domains you picked up.. eAnswerer.com, ModernCruise.com . ModernCruise is the better of the two. eAnswerer.com is Not good....

 

[NP02139]

Yofie - thoughts on this hand reg: TokyoDiscountHotel.com

Seen you around teh forums, so I value your opinion

 

[Robbie]

Yep I hand register domains everyday!

Regards

Robbie

 

[dmi]

Yes, I do. Regularly...

 

[DJ-Sound]

I usually hit tdnam more and more - but I'm still hand regging long tail keywords for seo reasons.

 

[prague7]

Yes, I do sometimes - I've picked up 2 today:
~ a 'pure' hand reg: Nose-Piercing.com - I know it's a hyphen but has 60k monthly searches for the phrase
~ just 5 mins ago I picked up a name that had dropped from today's list but no one picked up: Forgivable.net

 

[DotWeekly]

Yes, I do sometimes - I've picked up 2 today:
~ a 'pure' hand reg: Nose-Piercing.com - I know it's a hyphen but has 60k monthly searches for the phrase

And what do you think these people are looking for? Likely, A Picture.. these are lookers, not buyers. Hyphened domains do not rank very well, nor likely to get direct navigation. This is an example of why not to hard reg most domains out of the blue really.

A search term like that screams "lookers" not buyers. They are looking to see how it looks, placement, which side to get it on etc. Could you sell some nose ring, I'm sure you could but unless you rank in the top 5 on the SE's that number doesn't mean Sh*t really.

:notme:
:bah:
:lol:

 

[prague7]

And what do you think these people are looking for? Likely, A Picture.. these are lookers, not buyers. Hyphened domains do not rank very well, nor likely to get direct navigation. This is an example of why not to hard reg most domains out of the blue really.

A search term like that screams "lookers" not buyers. They are looking to see how it looks, placement, which side to get it on etc. Could you sell some nose ring, I'm sure you could but unless you rank in the top 5 on the SE's that number doesn't mean Sh*t really.

:notme:
:bah:
:lol:

Ok. Point taken...! :red: Good job it only cost me $1.99 then...

 

[DotWeekly]

Yofie - thoughts on this hand reg: TokyoDiscountHotel.com

Seen you around teh forums, so I value your opinion

DiscountTokyoHotels.com would be better. TokyoHotels.com would be the best. I think better domains are picked up during the drop really. I could bs you, but that isn't going to do you any good.

I have seen some crappy domains sell for a lot of money, so that is always a factor also, but I wouldn't renew when it came time.

 

[Kate]

I handreg a couple expired domains every week

 

[JamesDavid]

I still hand reg, mostly are typos and new tech related domains

Same here, tech domains IMO are one of the few niches were hand-regging can turn into quick cash. Why, because technology is ALWAYS changing, advancing, developing, modifying, you get it..

IN FACT:

Hand Regged a domain last April for $8 and sold it in May for $3400

So that being said there is money left in hand regging but be practical.

 

[mhdoc]

Hyphened domains do not rank very well,

You have some evidence/documentation for this opinion? My experience has been search engines don't care about hyphens.