discuss How about hyphenated names? Any secrets?

[Arpit131]

I was wondering if anyone is entering into the hyphenated domain name investments.

I saw a name D-Banking.com which I thought was solid. What do you think here? Does the hyphen add value or decreases it in such cases?

With new gTLDs all around, don't you think hyphenated names become even less valuable?

Is anyone having success with hyphenated names?

 

[frank-germany]

Hyphenated domains has no value...in nowadays.

wow

how about due diligence?

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[DnEbook]

The Germans like to split up long words, different story elsewhere though

 

[Fancy.domains]

I have sold a few hyphenated .com names previously, but am avoiding them nowadays, if they are not very, very good.

 

[boker]

Correct. Since you are experienced in this niche, would you throw some light on what are the good names when it comes to hyphenated ones?



Good explanation there. I'd research on these.

I've sold 3 '-' domains last year, out of around 25 I've owned, they are harder to sell than the non'-' but they are also cheaper to acquire. If you have a lot of end users for that combination and a lot of cctlds are taken, probably you could try some of them. One of the one's I've sold was pink-app.com, now redirecting to pink.io app. I can give you some other examples for which I had inquiries or discussions with potential buyers, like e-deposit, equity-group, red-parrot. I own around 30 of them right know and I know for sure I could sell a few of them this year, so I will need to buy a few more but I will need to make sure I will buy the right one's as well.

 

[BaileyUK]

They are still very much in use in Europe, Mostly where companies are looking for clarity/separation between their company name and their business type.
ie, 'sharpolf-haulage' or 'stephensons-refrigeration' and the like. Usually only in either the originating Country code or .com. I don't think I've seen any of the New extensions in use apart from the ones still using the info or .biz in the same format.

So No these were not investment terms just business clarity usage

 

[nomen]

I used to stay away from hyphenated .coms but started buying a few here and there this year if sv/cpc is high enough or if the pool of potential buyers is big enough.

 

[deez007]

The German market tends to be fairly open to hyphenated domains.

You will notice a considerable amount of decent .de sales with hyphens and a few good sales with hyphenated German word .com

 

[hwgriffi]

Plenty of English phrases that use the hyphen. If a word or phrase has a hyphen in it I would want it exactly how it is used in text as my domain.

Like the term Self-Service.

If you type in "Self Service" you will find that the results show for "Self-Service" which means that is how the majority of people write the phrase. So if people are typing it with the hyphen that is how I would want the .COM domain.

Self-Service.com

Getting the non-hyphenated version would also be a priority to prevent eMail and traffic leakage, though I would use the hyphenated version as my primary domain.

 

[Fancy.domains]

Correct. Since you are experienced in this niche, would you throw some light on what are the good names when it comes to hyphenated ones?

I would say very common / generic combos of two words.

I personally sold was coffee-cup (dot com). I would not say that it's a great name, but ok. It's hard to be specific, but I think if the non-hyphenated word combination is taken in: .com, .net, .org, .co.uk and .info, then go for the hyphenated .com

Something like that...

 

[eurorealtor]

There is value in 3 character hyphenated coms..
Current Observed Minimum Wholesale Price (per combo) as of April 1, 2017
" L-L $5500
N-N $10000
L-N $5000
N-L $5000"
http://www.3character.com/price-guide.html

Actually I have sold N-N .com here on NP for $3k about 6 months ago.

 

[briguy]

Actually I have sold N-N .com here on NP for $3k about 6 months ago.

Nice sale, I remember lurking it...if budget wasn't so tight, I would have bidded 3K plus a gallon of maple syrup...

 

[DanBingham]

I personally stay away from these.

 

[DnEbook]

Long holds, no offers ........move along!

 

[briguy]

There is value in 3 character hyphenated coms..
Current Observed Minimum Wholesale Price (per combo) as of April 1, 2017
" L-L $5500
N-N $10000
L-N $5000
N-L $5000"
http://www.3character.com/price-guide.html

 

[DnEbook]

There is value in 3 character hyphenated coms..
Current Observed Minimum Wholesale Price (per combo) as of April 1, 2017
" L-L $5500
N-N $10000
L-N $5000
N-L $5000"
http://www.3character.com/price-guide.html

That is only constant but even then you have to find the buyer

 

[briguy]

That is only constant but even then you have to find the buyer

True, not many end users are looking for 3 character hyphenated domains, most likely is a "rarity collector"(like me lol)

 

[nomen]

May I ask what makes you go for hyphenated names instead of the normal ones without hyphens?
I mean do you see value in them in long term?

Well... I of course prefer names without hyphens but sometimes a hyphenated domain is better quality than the unhyphenated one that I can get on a certain moment.

 

[DomainBarracksRob]

@Federer just posted a Hyphen sale in the sales thread for $2.8K you can see it there or if he cares to he can share it here.

 

[DomainBarracksRob]

Care-Finders (dot) com why eek you say.......


I got the idea after noticing (Carefinders . com on auction at Godaddy with 6 bidders at $9+k with time extend to next bid at $10k..btw it's over now)

It's taken in . net, co, org, blah blah blah

Best part in my choice and why.......YES it's hyphenated but GET this!

I looked up the Hyphenated .net & .org thinking..yea I'm sure these are just sitting there unregd......

Come to find out...I was SURPISED

HYPHENATED .net REG since 2003 say what...

HYPHENATED .org REG since 2010 say what....

I've neverrr seen this done on any hyphen name.....and yet the - DOT COM is available and the non hyphen is going for $10k as I write this?

Why Yes I'll take it and happily did!

Thoughts anyone?? Or am I just being loony ?

Sharing this I just posted in reg of day

 

[Arpit131]

Sharing this I just posted in reg of day

Maybe it might work for you. Keep up posted on the developments regarding this.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

In 2017 with Namebio statistics in .com there were 1057 domain sales involving hyphens, representing 1.6% of total sales. In .net it was 96 hyphenated domain name sales, or 2.6%. Interestingly in .org it was 223 hyphenated domain names sold, representing 6.4% of all .org sales in Namebio that year.

 

[blockchain]

Hyphenated domains has no value...in nowadays.

 

[Arpit131]

They are still very much in use in Europe, Mostly where companies are looking for clarity/separation between their company name and their business type.
ie, 'sharpolf-haulage' or 'stephensons-refrigeration' and the like. Usually only in either the originating Country code or .com. I don't think I've seen any of the New extensions in use apart from the ones still using the info or .biz in the same format.

So No these were not investment terms just business clarity usage

So what you mean is that they are common in .DE extension and some in .COMs used by European companies/businesses.
Anywhere else or that is the extent and market of it?

 

[Arpit131]

I used to stay away from hyphenated .coms but started buying a few here and there this year if sv/cpc is high enough or if the pool of potential buyers is big enough.

Did you see any results on these?