GoDaddy one letter.org auction

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what do you think values of the following domains:

a.org
c.org
d.org
e.org
h.org
i.org
k.org
n.org
o.org
q.org
s.org
t.org
v.org
w.org
z.org

 

[Keith]

$20k and well beyond.

 

[bmugford]

Well I would rather own a L.org than a L.co personally and we know what those have been reported to sell for.

Brad

 

[wo]

Well I would rather own a L.org than a L.co personally and we know what those have been reported to sell for.

Brad

The buyers that get attracted to org and co are very different. If a commercial entity can't get the com, they probably will take the co over the org. ORG is desirable for non-profit type businesses. So imho just because co sold for X does not mean that org will sell for higher than X.

 

[kev]

I reckon they'll go for anywhere between $50k-$75k each, possibly more

 

[Golden Buddha]

I wouldn't pay more than 100 bucks (!) for them :D

You know, with those many new domain extensions (.cam, .blog, .anything) I really don't see the point why we should buy one letter .org domains.

 

[Soofi]

they would be priceless forsure being one letter .org's but the last price will definitely depend on what buyer is willing to pay for it

 

[fm1234]

posted by wo:

If a commercial entity can't get the com, they probably will take the co over the org.

Is there any evidence at all that this oft-stated canard actually has any truth to it? I cannot imagine wanting a .co for my business. I actually have a business for which my partner registered a catchy .co that matched our branding, despite my vociferous protests against the idea, and we literally get people at a rate of once a week or more -- seven months after the site went live -- contacting us to tell us there's a typo on our brochure, eBay listing, ads etc. I mean this, it's been out seven months and we never have a week go by that we don't have at least one person who has seen our ads contacting us not to ask about our service, but to tell us that whoever did our ad screwed up and put "co" where it's supposed to say "com."


Frank

 

[infmoney]

That's where the problem comes in with all these new extensions. They will leak loads of traffic to their .com counterparts.

posted by wo:


Is there any evidence at all that this oft-stated canard actually has any truth to it? I cannot imagine wanting a .co for my business. I actually have a business for which my partner registered a catchy .co that matched our branding, despite my vociferous protests against the idea, and we literally get people at a rate of once a week or more -- seven months after the site went live -- contacting us to tell us there's a typo on our brochure, eBay listing, ads etc. I mean this, it's been out seven months and we never have a week go by that we don't have at least one person who has seen our ads contacting us not to ask about our service, but to tell us that whoever did our ad screwed up and put "co" where it's supposed to say "com."


Frank

 

[south]

I would take a .net, org, or .us over a .co anyday for any US based business. My affiliate & adsense revenue prove it to me each month. I have the second best possible keyword domain available for one of my niches in .co, it might get 10 type-ins a month. The keywords get over 27,000 exact searches per month according to gkt.

The people who made, or are making money with .co are the registry, the registrars, and the ones who flipped fast enough to get the sucker money, or are spending a fortune on adwords and branding.

 

[rngrdanny22]

I bet a few hit $xxx,xxx.

 

[Domainer123]

ElliotsBlog ran a survey of its readers on the value of these domains, seen as there is quite a disparity in the values suggested in thread above I thought the results might be of interest.

http://www.elliotsblog.com/what-are-single-letter-org-domain-names-worth-2525

 

[GiftedDomains]

I think they will sell somewhere between mid xx.xxx and low xxx.xxx

 

[FPForum]

The top premiums will probably go for $100k+...I think it was a couple years back when Sedo auctioned off some L.biz domains and those were going for the $30-$50K range if I'm not mistaken...The crappy L.org's may go for around that same price, but the top letters should hit six figures

 

[GiftedDomains]

Also don't forget the L.de and LL.de which sold 2 years ago for low to high xx.xxx if i remember correctly

 

[Traveler]

I say nothing under twenty grand and a few making 6 figures

 

[DU]

All in for Z.org.

I mean that one looks and sounds cool as can be. In fact, I wanna be a zorg.

Too many at once. These names always mostly go to investors.. I'd rather have meaningful word.org.

If more than 6 figures on an org? Then someone with too much money. If a charity? Shame on them unless they have really good plans..

 

[namemarket]

The average sale price of the 1 letter org's should be in excess of 100k.

I am not sure why but many domainers seem to think dot-org is only good with non-profits. That's incorrect. They do well in several niches including health and disease. Plus org has it's own established identity and likely to not be lost when 1,900 new extensions are online

P.S. I can't imagine why anyone would want a dot-co instead of a dot-org, especially considering the major traffic bleed from .co to .com and the lack of typeins to .co

 

[DU]

They do well in several niches including health and disease.

The shortest disease I can think of is HPV which is three letters so I'm not sure how this matters

Sure .orgs are relevant and useful .. but are they as a L.org?

I just see very little real value in them. The .co makes sense as a shortener but you wouldn't waste an expensive org on that functionality.

 

[Jawed]

I think they will go from $20k to $100k.

.co is not worth mentioning in comparison with .org. Who knows .co?

Single letters will be used as acronyms for the organisations etc. So talking about commercial aspect of .org is not relevant here.