Domain Tips

[Fusionhost]

What are your tips about buying domains. For personal use, and for money making ones.

Any tip of tips like: best ending .com .net .co.uk whatever.
What to look out for
Domain name ideas
whats best

anything!!!!!! Thanks

 

[Tippy]

I prefer .com and Domains which I could develop if I can't find a buyer.

Mike

 

[Fusionhost]

hmm... yea but what type? what its catergory? like music, games.

Also what sells the best?

 

[Jeff]

Originally posted by hilljd00
hmm... yea but what type? what its catergory? like music, games.

Also what sells the best?

Each domain "niche" provides for unique opportunities and challenges, IMHO. Spend some time in the Appraisals Forum "observing" how people view and assign their opinions of domains' valuations and potential End user uses, and Wholesale/Reseller sales figures. They are opinions, but these opinions are based on each appraiser's personal knowledge, observations, and experiences. This is one way to learn more about what TO register, and what to avoid possibly registering.
Observe, at first.
Best of Luck.

 

[Fusionhost]

okie dokie thanks

 

[mdurrant]

It doesn't really matter what extension you have (except .ws and .cc, hehe) if you have a top fold dictionary word domain name (these sometimes can go for thousands of dollars on eBay, perhaps more depending on the name).

Otherwise, your best bet lies in the .com and the .net.

Try to limit your abbreviations, and arcane words, and try to make the domain catchy / easy to remember. Ask yourself, if I was a ______, would I want this domain? (insert whatever industry occupation your domain is relative to)

Mix and match words, sometimes they make sense, sometimes they don't...

Yay:
webhosting.com
Yay:
hostingweb.com
Eww:
sitewebhosting.com
Eww:
webshostings.com

 

[painperdu]

Study the "DNA Valuation Model" to get a basic idea of what may make a domain name valuable.

Do a search on the net for "domain name valuation models" and you should find a few more models that approach from a different angle but they all usually have a similar basis.

 

[RJ]

Originally posted by painperdu
Study the "DNA Valuation Model" to get a basic idea of what may make a domain name valuable.

Good suggestion.

Also a good tool for estimating demand for certain search terms is the Overture suggestion tool. You can learn how to use it here

http://www.namefaqs.com/question/qstId/19.html