Domains With A Dash

[xtremeoff-road]

Is it normally a good practice not to have domains that use a dash in them?

Thanks in advance for the insight!

 

[chillaxin]

If the dash is in the right place I don't see a problem.

 

[xtremeoff-road]

Ok lets assume you wanted the domain [noparse]carforums.com[/noparse] but it was already registered, however, [noparse]car-forums.com[/noparse] was available. What do you think?

 

[Alex P]

Domainers don't like them, longer, annoying to type, apparently it does not make a difference to search engines but most domainers try and avoid them.

Not sure about end users.

 

[xtremeoff-road]

I have always stayed away from them, however, really having a hard time coming up with a domain as everything I try is taken.

 

[chillaxin]

hyphens are my thing. But here is a blog from epik.com

epik.com/blog/please-give-me-your-hyphenated-domains.htm

 

[Name Trader]

Domains with a dash will be a lot cheaper to buy.

 

[xtremeoff-road]

Thanks, that article was interesting...kinda makes me not want to use the hyphen only cause it can be easily left out and then a potential visitor goes to a competing site.

 

[chillaxin]

You have to do what you feel is best for you.

 

[xtremeoff-road]

You have to do what you feel is best for you.

This is true...frustrating trying to find that perfect domain

 

[simonj]

Personally I wouldn't do it...I'd rather go for the .net that the dashed .com

 

[xtremeoff-road]

Re: Domains With A Dash

Unfortunately I would have to settle for the .info or .org

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[MicroGuy]

I think it's actually a hyphen, not a dash. :P

 

[Alex P]

I think it's actually a hyphen, not a dash. :P

Right you are sir.

 

[xtremeoff-road]

Re: Domains With A Dash

You are correct, it is a hyphen.

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[Avabelle]

What if you were going to buy a domain name like T-shirt/com.

Should you buy the word with or without the hyphen?

Any thoughts?

 

[MicroGuy]

Should you buy the word with or without the hyphen?

Always without. Hyphens are evil. IMO.

 

[Jawed]

If you are a domainer, stay million miles away from hyphenated domains. They don't carry any intrinsic value with the exception of a few highly searchable keywords.

If you are a developer then you may use one. Personally I wouldn't spend a lot of money on developing a hyphenated name.

 

[chillaxin]

just today on two hyphen domains I made a 250 dollar profit on one and 150 profit on another. I purchased both names less than 2 months ago.I also turned down 700 dollars in profit on a hyphen domain. So as for all this evil talk, that is kind of closed minded. As the old saying goes " If this is wrong, then I don't wanna be right".

 

[eFingerz]

well news is Microsoft just purchased cloud-computing.de
for almost $40k and cloudcomputing.de is still parked and for sale hmm

What if you were going to buy a domain name like T-shirt/com.

Should you buy the word with or without the hyphen?

Any thoughts?

I have been thinking about that alot as i just got in the t-shirt printing biz
Tho tshirt is not a word t-shirt is look it up
but i prefer a domain without - tho it looks better with, just not as brandable IMO tho if i could id get both
tho I know I cant afford tshirt.com or t-shirts.com etc