poll Domain name with plural and singular noun, which is better?

[craco]

Hi every one,
In your opinion, domain name with plural and singular noun, which is better?
For example, MyBook.com and MyBooks.com, which one do you prefer? (please choose one, don't say you like both)

 

[craco]

As somebody else said, in most times the singular is more valuable because it holds more possibilities for branding than the plural,ie crowd.com/crowds.com. I also would imagine that most searches are done in the singular. But there are exceptions car.com/cars.com. I don't think there is a formula you can apply for such cases (there maybe one). It's probably down to your own judgement, and marketing skills.

You mean the intuition haha

 

[Chris Wright]

Adam Dicker spoke about singular vs plural domains at NamesCon 2015.
Watch the video. (about 1.5 minutes)

 

[craco]

Now 50% for plural, anhd 50% for singular.
I'm so confused.

 

[Plato]

Now 50% for plural, anhd 50% for singular.
I'm so confused.

24 votes are not enough... You need more!

 

[craco]

24 votes are not enough... You need more!

Yes, that why we need more votes

 

[Plato]

 

[craco]

I notice that singular domain gets more votes than plural one in the poll, but in comment field, more people are talking about plural domain and its benefits.

 

[Wisename]

i think estibot will show you what are the best plural or singular.

the reality: singular is more better ..

 

[craco]

i think estibot will show you what are the best plural or singular.

the reality: singular is more better ..

But now, according to the poll, so many people like plural instead of singular doman.
Confusing hah?

 

[Sukhvir-Singh]

Hi, it really really really depends on the name and it's purpose...

In your example MyBook/s are both ok. The plural one is in IMHO the better one.

BUT: If you had to choose between MyCar*com and MyCars.com, would be IMHO the sing better, unless you wanted to catalog you garage with your 100 cars and let them say "Hello World!" In this case would be MyCars of course the better one


And you can always use Google Trends and Google Keyword Tools but don't forget to ask yourself "what purpose has the name?"...

Full agreed it depends which your end customer/buyer need ....

 

[craco]

Full agreed it depends which your end customer/buyer need ....

It's easy to say that. But, what if you only wanna sell domains? You only choose one to introduce?

 

[Sukhvir-Singh]

It's easy to say that. But, what if you only wanna sell domains? You only choose one to introduce?

Again it depends.....
Suppose I am high-end writer and need a name for it then I choose Mybook.com
If I want to run a online shopping store or e-books store and need a worldwide platform then I will prefer Mybooks.com

Hope it helps you!!

 

[jamesosix]

its subjective depending on the name and its intended use. Based on that, you wont find one single clear answer.

 

[Plato]

It's easy to say that. But, what if you only wanna sell domains? You only choose one to introduce?

• If you handreg a domain: Take sing + plural (as long it makes sense and both are available)
• If you buy from a reseller a domain: If both are available, take both (as long it makes sense), if he/she has only one version- you have no other choice
• If you want to buy a domain from a marketplace and both are for sale: AGAIN: ask yourself what purpose has the name + can you find for the "sing purpose" or for the "plural purpose" more end users

 

[craco]

• If you handreg a domain: Take sing + plural (as long it makes sense and both are available)
• If you buy from a reseller a domain: If both are available, take both (as long it makes sense), if he/she has only one version- you have no other choice
• If you want to buy a domain from a marketplace and both are for sale: AGAIN: ask yourself what purpose has the name + can you find for the "sing purpose" or for the "plural purpose" more end users

Pretend you own both But in marketing sense, you should choose only one to make sure that your campaign works effectively. You may sell the singular domain, and then tell your customers that you give the the plural as a bonus (or vice versa).

For example, It takes more than $300 to list ur domain as premium on Flippa. Now, you don't wanna pay >$600 to list both, so which one you choose to introduce?

 

[Plato]

You may sell the singular domain, and then tell your customers that you give the the plural as a bonus (or vice versa)

If one of them doesn't feel very fluent, why not. On the other hand a nice "package" sells often better.

For example, It takes more than $300 to list ur domain as premium on Flippa. Now, you don't wanna pay >$600 to list both, so which one you choose to introduce?

AGAIN: The version that has more potential end users

 

[craco]

If one of them doesn't feel very fluent, why not. On the other hand a nice "package" sells often better.


AGAIN: The version that has more potential end users

"The version that has more potential end users", so please, which one?

 

[Plato]

"The version that has more potential end users", so please, which one?

AGAIN:
The version:

• with better metrics
• with better trends
• with the better sound that rolls off the tongue
• with the purpose that has more companies, start-ups...
• and everything else that said here already (more than once!) eg.: estibot (only to compare), sales history...

Please read more threads. All your answers are here in this thread and this forum.

Good luck

 

[Ms Domainer]

Again, it depends on the specific name itself.

I presume that the MyBook/MyBooks are just examples and not the exact names you have in mind.

For example, in English some words are the same in both plural and singular, such as "fish." Yes, some people say fishes, but it's not standard; therefore, Myfish would be far superior than myfishes.

Now if the name is MyCar/MyCars, I would choose MyCars over MyCar, no matter what Estibot says (which is just a bot) because I would intend to sell many cars, not just one.

MyCar.com would be a domainer's domain, a trophy domain, but if I intended to do business, I would select MyCars over MyCar -- every day of the week.

If I were to set up up a forum about cars, then I would choose MyCar because individuals would be discussing their individual cars, and it's a clean kicky name for that purpose.

So what I'm saying: we can't give you a definitive opinion based on a sample -- there are too many unknown variables having to do with the term itself and intended usage.

Obviously, you can't really reveal the actual domain on a forum (please don't), so you need to do a little checking on your own and not take general advice offered on a forum too seriously.

Food for thought.

 

[Name Trader]

Now 50% for plural, anhd 50% for singular.
I'm so confused.

And it's going to continue that way. I'm firmly in the camp of the singular whilst others are firmly in the camp of the plural. Whatever you think of Estibot as a valuation service, I think it can serve a purpose in determining which one is more valuable. From the few I've mentioned, the singular is up to 10 times more valuable than the plural. with the exception of cars.com, it's reversed. All we need to do to determine the reasoning why cars.com is more valuable than car.com, or why all the other domains I've quoted the singular is more valuable than the plural, and apply those rules to any given singular/plural. Of course as a domainer, you'd want to hedge your bets and get both