Hyphen Domains

[domaino]

What are everyone's thoughts on hyphen domains? Do you register hyphen domains? Would you consider registering a hyphen domain? Do you "fear" the hyphen?

I personally like hyphen domains, I think they retain excellent aftermarket value. One glance through the "another hyphen sale" thread shows us the potential of what I believe is a relatively untapped section of the market.

Recent sales include:

e-mails.de: $31, 582 | New-York.info: $22,864 | Music-Videos.com: $25,000

This is a subject I've been blogging on recently mainly because, as of late, I've been snapping up my fair share of hyphen domains. I don't believe end-users are as put off by the hyphen as certain domainers appear to be (I don't want to be seen to making generalisations here, but I have noticed a sizable number of domainers who avoid hyphen domains altogether).

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[AussieDomainer]

To tell you the truth I love hyphen names. I have stuck mainly to L-L-L.com's as many will know. However keyword hyphen names are great for development and I have a few of these also (like Tennis-Scoring & Cricket-Rules in my sig). Cricket-Rules is currently ranked 3rd on US google for the search term cricket rules

 

[dezinerite]

I'm not into hyphenated domain names but I went as far as buying one...I don't think they're that bad but I'd personally go for the unhyphenated one if they're still available. The hyphenated names would be my second choice.

 

[faisj]

I never got into the hyven domains. I dont think the ROI is high enough for the names
avail on the moment and a non hyven is much more in demand IMHO

 

[SpareDomains]

don't you guys listen to bob? :hehe:

http://www.bobparsons.tv/Top10tipsforpickingadomainname.html?watch=1

as far as development goes you can develop anything as the unique content will get your search engine rankings, personally I own 0 hyphen domains but I'm a very light developer and more into domain sales.

 

[gazzip]

And there was me thinking you would be the first to contribute to this topic, disgraceful
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well, maybe I like them a little bit, I have a few but not very many, If I buy them then it's because the two keywords are very strong and I would also be interested in developing it.....one fine day :blink:

The best offer I have had on a hyphen domain so far was $ 2 K.


Has anyone ever heard of a higher hyphen sale than 18-wheeler.com which went for $ 82,390 in June 2007 (posted in DnJournal)

....I'm guessing there has been but I have'nt seen any reported.



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