question domain prefixes - "E" and "I"

[john_karr]

Hello what do you guys think about domain name prefix e and i? Which one is better e or i?

 

[Jaco]

I hold a few and I hope to set up a site for listing such names.

Please advise when you do. I would join in a second, mainly as a buyer.

 

[labrocca]

I think I like you Dongsman.

mPizzas.com

Would it make more sense as Mobile Pizzas or Miama Pizzas, Maine Pizzas, Michigan Pizzas, and such. Mobile Pizzas....hmm...can't seem to really believe as a prefix it works as mobile.

I can't say I fully agree with Dongsman about prefix/suffix future value. I wouldn't bank 10% of my portfolio on it. I think I have just one domain...ithumbnails.com. As for which is better...i vs e. Tough call imho but I would lean toward the e because of high profile sites like etrade or ebay. Oddly the e (electronic?) makes less sense than the i (internet?).

 

[hawkeye]

I think I like you Dongsman...

(hmm, more blanks filled in.)

mPizzas.com

Would it make more sense as Mobile Pizzas or Miama Pizzas, Maine Pizzas, Michigan Pizzas, and such. Mobile Pizzas....hmm...can't seem to really believe as a prefix it works as mobile.

..

Now, now labrocca. According to some 'berating logic' slung here, "if you struggle to see the generic brandability value in that" - 'mPizzas' means MahattanPizzas, I mean MichiganPizzas, I mean Minneso..., well it's so easy to see..it's a brandable!!
(hey, it was during the 'Pizza.com' craze. I was up late!)

Funny you don't see 'm' meaning mobile, but you do see 'v' meaning 'video'. I mean 'virtual'! ..I mean 'Viag..' lol!

 

[namenut]

Please advise when you do. I would join in a second, mainly as a buyer.

Will do .... and it should be soon. I'm looking for the designer right now.

i N a m e z . c o m

Last year I sold several "i" names. And as I said I still hold a few. I see
a good future market of "said" type of names. With out a facetious
bone in my body.

NN

 

[WordWalker]

I like these alot. Here are some of the domains (.com) I've registered over the past few years:

iAgreed
iAircondition
eAstronaut
eAudiophile
iAuthorship
eAvatars
eBrainteaser
eCatching
eCharade
eChildproof
iCoauthor
iCosts
iCounteroffer
iDangle
eDaydream
iDebunk
iDetailers
iDistill
eFailsafe
iFourwheel
iFumigate
iGaragesales
iGasmileage
eGassaver
iHunch
eHypnotize
eJoyride
eLandfill
iLeaseback
eLifesaving
iLipsync
iLovemaking
eLuau
eMoviereleases
iOust
eOutlines
iOvernight
iPunish
ePursue
iRattle
eReactions
iRustproof
iSailboard
iSatisfaction
iSchlep
eSeance
iSedate
eSilkscreen
eSilversmith
eSlumber
eSteamy
iSubpoena
iSunburn
eTelecommute
iTelethon
iTieup
iTransmittal
iUnclog
iUnwind
iWiretap
eWishbone
eWoofer
eWordplay
iWrangle

Also a few other prefixes:

uMerchandise
uRepay
uTelecast

zNewspaper
zDomainnames

 

[DubDubDubDot]

I like these alot. Here are some of the domains (.com) I've registered over the past few years:

...

Fire sale time. You won't get reg fee for 90% of those.

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I just bought iran(letter-suffix).com - something like IranW.com
IMO, these single letter variety prefixes (which I usually prefer, but in some cases I will take suffixes)) are just ridiculously good values in the year 2009.

This is worse than the LLLL .com buyout.

The only way bKeyword.com sees the value you say it will and gets developed along with cKeyword.com, pKeyword.com, yKeyword.com, etc... is if brand identity suddenly becomes meaningless.

 

[Jaco]

Fire sale time. You won't get reg fee for 90% of those.

Having trouble following along?
Most of these reg's are future value oriented. The beauty is, we both get to place our bets and eventually, find out who's right and who's wrong. And actually, I bet he beats reg on more than 10% of those right now.

This is worse than the LLLL .com buyout.

The only way bKeyword.com sees the value you say it will and gets developed along with cKeyword.com, pKeyword.com, yKeyword.com, etc... is if brand identity suddenly becomes meaningless.

^ No, not really ^, presuming the prefix/suffix letter in question is relevant to the brand or product. For example, FordB.com could very easily be Ford Blog. Or Ford Boston. Obviously, Tom Smith Ford in Tupelo, MS probably wouldn't be a good choice for FordA.com, but John Smith Ford Atlanta would be. It would be another tool in the marketing arsenal, affording an ultra short, hard-hitting relevant keyword alongside other longtail, product/business specific domains.

 

[seeker]

Having trouble following along?
Most of these reg's are future value oriented. The beauty is, we both get to place our bets and eventually, find out who's right and who's wrong. And actually, I bet he beats reg on more than 10% of those right now.

I guess in 20 years chairsw pizzav and the like might go for the equivalent of 2X reg fee.
The concept, although admirable, is a lost cause.
Stick to what the market knows. e.i, and if you really are desperate, m and v

 

[DubDubDubDot]

presuming the prefix/suffix letter in question is relevant to the brand or product. For example, FordB.com could very easily be Ford Blog.

So you are going to register a bunch of [keyword][random].com's hoping that one day a developer associated with the keyword will have a meaning for the random letter. That sounds like a very dangerous gamble.

 

[Jaco]

I guess in 20 years chairsw pizzav and the like might go for the equivalent of 2X reg fee.

I definitely disagree (which is pretty obvious by now )

I go back just far enough to remember conversations like "What in gods name would anyone ever want with QXS.com? I mean, yeah, it's short, but who cares? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? QUEER XYLOPHONE SEX? "

"Yeah, I suppose freeporn.net might be worth something to someone someday, but it's a .net for christs sakes..."

Or, in my professional field... "Are you kidding me? Real estate has more upside today (2006) than it did fifteen years ago! It doesn't matter when the ARMs reset and sub-sub-subprime buyers lose their houses because the values of the underlying properties will always rise more than enough to offset the costs associated with the default!"

It all comes back to that simple truism- most peoples intellect works by 'association'- they can only resolve things in their minds that have already been done. If something hasn't already been done, they're totally unable to estimate it's prospect future value given the abstract, qualitative nature of future circumstance and it's interplay with relevant (yet undefined) probability.

Like I said. The beauty of this is, we can all place our bets (just like the people who bothered to buy "useless" LLL's or "second tier" .net keywords) and see who wins in the end.

So you are going to register a bunch of [keyword][random].com's hoping that one day a developer associated with the keyword will have a meaning for the random letter. That sounds like a very dangerous gamble.

LOL!
Yeah, you really "get it". Good job!

 

[steveteva]

Talking about i and e I see that imotels.com is available on snapnames min bid 5 thousand dollar in auction.

 

[RTM]

I think some of those names are worth perhaps $xx to low $xxx undeveloped - but as I've said over the years... build it!

We sold eRegistrars.com a while back, but only after holding on to it a few years and making revenue off it (as a domain name registrar service / guide)...

Rob

 

[shockie]

ok, so when do you propose that this "end" is where we can see who's bets are/were right? how many years from now should we wait until we refer back to this thread and see? :blink:

 

[Jaco]

ok, so when do you propose that this "end" is where we can see who's bets are/were right? how many years from now should we wait until we refer back to this thread and see? :blink:

I'd say ten years, as far as the unproductive "buy-and-hold" $6.95 speculation that's common amongst "domainers".

My interest in them is inclined a bit more towards the developers perspective and the value they offer in that regard, but yeah, I'd say about the same amount of time it's taken to get us from 1999 to the present day should be about right for keyword prefix/suffix to accelerate nicely, barring some drastic shift in search algos or if we go completely speech-to-text by that time...

 

[alcy]

so....... 10 years later...

anyone having luck selling these or gettng offers?

I think they gained great value in .com... saw bunch of sales..

how about in .io?

I own

icompany
.io


cheers

 

[TrueDN]

so....... 10 years later...

anyone having luck selling these or gettng offers?

sold e\Tourists\.com for 4k8 in Jan.
got some offers on i\Academic\.com

 

[alcy]

sold e\Tourists\.com for 4k8 in Jan.
got some offers on i\Academic\.com

u mean 48k?

 

[SirDrago]

I think they gained great value in .com... saw bunch of sales..

When, where, which?

 

[TrueDN]

u mean 48k?

It's mean $4,800

 

[alcy]

When, where, which?

there is some on namebio

big some too

ipets..imeeting...etc

https://namebio.com/?s==gTN5QTO5gTM

 

[SirDrago]

Ipets MINUS -63 THOUSANDS from prior sale.

 

[alcy]

Ipets MINUS -63 THOUSANDS from prior sale.

1 checked
100s to go

could take too long

i guess inconclusive 4now

 

[Michael]

there is some on namebio

big some too

ipets..imeeting...etc

https://namebio.com/?s==gTN5QTO5gTM

Just so you know, you can search with the placement "As a Prefix" instead of "At the Start" and the results are much better, because it requires whatever is after the prefix you set to be a single dictionary word:

https://namebio.com/?s==gTN5QTO5gTM

You can use anything "As a Prefix" or "As a Suffix" too, like 247 or 365 or whatever, it doesn't have to be a single letter. Hope this helps.