If .com .net .org are avail is that a bad signal for buying?

[jlady]

If a name in .com/.net/.org are available, does that automatically mean the .com is bad buy??? In other words why would all 3 be available if it is a good buy? Not talking right now about any specific names, I just see this a lot and usually pass because I wonder why others haven't picked up at least one of the top 3 extensions.

 

[Traveler]

It is generally a strong sign that the name would not be worth registering. An exception might be if you had info that most other people didn't have about some future tech or something along those lines.

 

[Kate]

Most domains are crap anyway, so do not base your purchases upon the bad registrations of others.

 

[alien51]

It can likely be a brandable domain with very little keyword search traffic. I have a handful of domain names on my list that i plan to use for business in the future, but have not regged it yet. They are 2-dictionary word combinations that are very brandable in my view. But since the word combinations are a bit obscure, i was betting nobody doing research on available handregs would spot them. And sure enough, 3 years have passed and they're still unregged up to now. Saved me about $500 so far. lol

Also, some domains sound brandable and cool, but they may have acquired multiple drops on their whois data. Something like 5 drops. Usually for most domainers, multiple drops is proof that nobody wants the domain and they will avoid regging it. So they remain available for reg.

But end-users don't care about drops. Sometimes the reason why a beautiful domain gets 5 drops is because they get transferred from 1 domainer to another and offered for sale. There was one domain before that i was tracking to catch on the drop. But everytime it drops, an extremely fast domainer would beat me to it (not Andrew) then he puts it "For Sale". I don't want to buy the domain for $1,500 that was worth just 1.99 (with Godaddy coupon) just a few minutes ago. So i let it pass another year. Then another year. Until domainer gave up and drops it. It was the domain's 4th drop, and finally i was able to reg it, and now i'm using it for an e-commerce site that is now earning revenue.

 

[SpareDomains]

Hand regged a 3 word generic .com few years ago thinking a friend of mine would buy it, he didn't like it even though I thought it was killer for the industry, sat on it for 2-3 years, $6500 sale to another buyer :wave:

Don't let that one story make ya hand reg 100's of domains though, common sense trumps all before pulling the trigger on an available .com.

1)Does the domain make business sense
2)Who is my buyer
3)Are there multiple buyers
4)Is it available because it's a trademark
5)Are there many alternatives available equal or better than this domain

etc...

 

[NameOmnia]

well, first things first.Domains are one of those rare and funny things where not many rules are unbreakable...so what i am saying it's more a rule of thumb than something written in stone.

1) If you are talking about EMDs and all the extensions are available then it might mean it's not worth registering it or it might have TM issues or it is too similar to a Tm or it's a new trend and no one has already invested in it.

2) If you are talking about a brandable domain ( 5-8 char ) IMO the fact they are all available it's not a bad sign at all as you have to put yourself in the shoes of a company/business/end user. Would you be happy to call your baby ( business ) with a name that 1 gazillion companies are already using? When it's about branding being unique and memorable mean a lot.

*** All the above come after some questions you have to ask yourself before registering :
1 DOES IT MAKE SENSE???? ( grtsf.com or plllkkhhbbe.com might be all available and for a quite evident reason )
2 COMMERCIAL USE ? CapsicumCars or LoanNostrils are English words but you don't want to put them necessarily together...