domain If I develop my plural domain, will the untaken singular increase in value too?

[alien51]

I got a domain that I want to develop into a full website, but later plan to sell it though. My question is, will the singular form of my domain increase in value too, if my domain becomes valuable in the future?

Just a hypothetical example:

I got propertymovers.com for just the basic reg fee. If I develop it and got traffic coming in, will the untaken propertymover.com domain increase in value too? Such that somebody can just snatch it later then resell it at a higher price without actually working his hard ass on it and just riding on my efforts?

I was thinking that if I would be in the domain-developing-then-reselling business, instead of the flipping side of it, then would I need to buy both the singular and plural forms to be safe?

 

[newsiness]

Yes, i think inorder to prevent that...i would suggest you to buy the singular domain as well.

 

[MJ]

It is good to buy the singular and plural forms to be safe. It is good you are thinking outside the box. The problem comes though if you bought Googles.com, as we all know Google is an established site. In your case though if you owned both, say Google and Googles and you developed Googles.com, yes, google.com would increase in value. However it is undeveloped, because you only developed the plural version. So the plural version turns into a major site and you sell if for big bucks. Now it is in the hands of someone else. Lets say that site was a search engine. Now your other domain Google.com that you own is very valuable and gets some typeo traffic from Googles. Say you now want to develop this into another search engine and make money. Well Googles.com could now sue you because its not a generic and because you are making money off their name.

Just something to think about.. i'd write more but its 5AM here.. hope everything came out ok.. I am half asleep...... night!