question I'm going to take a large amount of .shop --- What's your advice

[scote]

Hello,
I'm going to invest many money to buy .shop
I want do an experiment for the .shop sale
Which kind of .shop you think is valuable?
And how to set the right price and waiting for buyer?

Let's discuss together.

 

[biggie]

Hello,
I'm going to invest many money to buy .shop
I want do an experiment for the .shop sale
Which kind of .shop you think is valuable?
And how to set the right price and waiting for buyer?

Let's discuss together.

Hi


what’s difference between a shop and a store?

I’d say the amount of keywords that “fit” with that extension are limited

and, haven’t checked, but I’d assume many of the domains in that limited amount have premium reg fee, if not already taken during initial landrush

example:
shoe.shop is registry premium @ $5500

imo….

 

[Leo2k]

When i started i was much interested in .shop and bought around 10 to 20 domains. Within 1 or 2 months many of them were registry server locked. I sent email to my registrar and they informed that lock was by registry and couldnt get any info from them. I sent repeat emails but there was no responce. Just before domain expiry some of them were unlocked though no reply from them. All of them were generic keywords but related to Cbd & hemp (npt sure if that was the reason)

But by then i already learned to focus on just .com.

 

[scote]

When i started i was much interested in .shop and bought around 10 to 20 domains. Within 1 or 2 months many of them were registry server locked. I sent email to my registrar and they informed that lock was by registry and couldnt get any info from them. I sent repeat emails but there was no responce. Just before domain expiry some of them were unlocked though no reply from them. All of them were generic keywords but related to Cbd & hemp (npt sure if that was the reason)

But by then i already learned to focus on just .com.

Thank you, so I won't take any illegal .shop in following experiment

 

[scote]

Hi


what’s difference between a shop and a store?

I’d say the amount of keywords that “fit” with that extension are limited

and, haven’t checked, but I’d assume many of the domains in that limited amount have premium reg fee, if not already taken during initial landrush

example:
shoe.shop is registry premium @ $5500

imo….

.shop is cheap lol
$0.65 per year
what do you think of taking cvcv type .shop?
or one word?
or fintech? etc...
thank you

 

[bmugford]

Which kind of .shop you think is valuable?

Not many of them, and those type are basically already registered or registry reserved.

Brad

 

[scote]

Not many of them, and those type are basically already registered or registry reserved.

Brad

how about 'the'+ one-word?

 

[bmugford]

how about 'the'+ one-word?

Seems like a waste of time and resources in my view.

A bunch of cheap registrations still add up to a decent amount of money.

Brad

 

[enterscope]

The public listed sales for .shop are slim, only 107 sold .shop domains.

That's out of nearly 6 million registered .shop domains.

Your odds are not good, especially considering most single word .shop domains that are applicable are registered.

 

[scote]

The public listed sales for .shop are slim, only 107 sold .shop domains.

That's out of nearly 6 million registered .shop domains.

Your odds are not good, especially considering most single word .shop domains that are applicable are registered.

but nearly 6 million isn't used for invest. you know many junk registered on .shop

 

[enterscope]

but nearly 6 million isn't used for invest. you know many junk registered on .shop

Sounds like you plan on registering more

Seriously, do you not see the odds are not good? Only 107 sales since 2016, nearly 10 years.

That's about 10 sales per year, in the whole world. Even really good single word .shop aren't selling.

What makes you think this is a profitable venture?

 

[BaileyUK]

Don't do it.

every few months and for as long as I can remember, someone on Nampros has a 'feeling' that such and such extension is about to take-off and makes for a good investment.

Personally I don't understand why dot horse isn't the carrier for all domain needs. It's so Pony Express

 

[phaethon]

It's good that newbies try to find angles, but it seems the door is closed for good. Their only hope is the new trends.

 

[VadimK]

Don't go for it.

I did an experiment last year: bought 50 .shop names (all top-trending short combinations and hacks, that were taken in 50–200 other TLDs). Was trying to sell them in the mid XXX range (I bought them cheap too, about a dollar each). By the end of the year, I had zero sales and zero interest. Dropped them all (again, didn't spent much , so no regrets).
Here is the story of typical registry's greed: they reserved many thousands of ''premium'' names, and that's a bullet to the head for any TLD that's already unknown and doesn't attract meet much interest from end users.

 

[enterscope]

Here's my advice...

I think .shop has potential, and some would really make a great brand like:

hat.shop
phone.shop
book.shop
barber.shop
pop.shop

etc...

Instead of mass-registering a bunch of names and dealing with renewals, it would make more sense as an investor to buy 1 or 2 really good ones and plan on sitting on them 5-10 years.

Because the market is small, and not much demand, you could get a great deal if you are patient and persistent.

It's a long-shot bet, but imo there are better opportunities out there and more guaranteed like .com and .now

 

[VadimK]

Here's my advice...

I think .shop has potential, and some would really make a great brand like:

hat.shop
phone.shop
book.shop
barber.shop
pop.shop

etc...

Instead of mass-registering a bunch of names and dealing with renewals, it would make more sense as an investor to buy 1 or 2 really good ones and plan on sitting on them 5-10 years.

Because the market is small, and not much demand, you could get a great deal if you are patient and persistent.

It's a long-shot bet, but imo there are better opportunities out there and more guaranteed like .com and .now

The type of names you mentioned are all registry premiums, like $1,000+ to register and the same to renew. If I had a spare $1,000 to spend nowadays, I'd jump on the .ai train instead (I am on it already, but I'd extend) and buy 5–6 cool 4–5 letter names that can be used as brandables (you can still get some). That's, in my opinion, is much more effective than buying .shop.

 

[bmugford]

The type of names you mentioned are all registry premiums, like $1,000+ to register and the same to renew. If I had a spare $1,000 to spend nowadays, I'd jump on the .ai train instead (I am on it already, but I'd extend) and buy 5–6 cool 4–5 letter names that can be used as brandables (you can still get some). That's, in my opinion, is much more effective than buying .shop.

Yeah, if the options are either spending good money for good terms or low amounts for crap...

The easy choice is neither.

Brad

 

[nicenic]

Hi, scote

Prioritize short, brandable retail keywords. Strong relevance and memorability drive real end-user demand.

 

[scote]

What makes you think this is a profitable venture?

Just have a try. I'm going to take 1000+ .shops
Yes, I might be crazy, but want make something different with common domainers :'>

 

[scote]

Don't do it.

every few months and for as long as I can remember, someone on Nampros has a 'feeling' that such and such extension is about to take-off and makes for a good investment.

Personally I don't understand why dot horse isn't the carrier for all domain needs. It's so Pony Express

Thank you for your advice! But I will still try, this is a experiment, I didn't care how much I might loss

You might right.

And I don't think .shop might going to 'take-off'.
I might create a trend instead of waiting it 'take-off'

This experiment is for gTLDs have it value, and gTLDs may be severely underestimated.
imo...