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Hello All,

What makes us as individuals decide which names to register? It all depends on many factors, obviously, including a personal interest in a particular subject and what the individual intends to do with the name.
The vast majority of N.P's members buy to develop and sell at a later stage - or buy to earn revenue from parking.

Whenever a "word" becomes popular and is typed in frequently, everyone seems to think that they should jump on the bandwagon and hope to make money from that keyword. That's obvious.

"sex" "blog" "poker" "seo" and the like have spawned so many ridiculous names, that I find it laughable that some members honestly believe that they can make a success of whatever they intend to do with a stupid name that may not be practicable.

I think that in general, we all overestimate the intelligence of the majority of people that punch in names on their p.c.
Many youngsters, for example, will know the correct spelling of a new game called " mighty monsters of the deep.co.uk", but cant spell "university".
And of course, the people who are quite literate, will always like to use a name for its brevity, simplicity in spelling, and because it is "catchy"!

If somebody put up the names "godaddy.com", "yahoo.com", and the like, before they were so very succesful - we would have the usual meaningless,
"reg fee" or "low to middle...." appraisals.
All very obvious. However, it leads me to wonder how many members buy the short catchy names as an investment, regardless that the name on its own means nothing....but will be so easily remembered and so easily typed in, when and if that name is branded correctly and becomes part of most people's vocabulary?
(more people in Gt. Britain know -and can spell- the word "Google" than the word "autumn").

Would anyone agree that a meaningless (but practicable) six letter .com, is going to be worth more in five years time, than some of the endless rubbish that pours out day after day?

If you have reg'd such a name for investment of that type, I'd like to hear those names.
Who knows, there might be another "microsoft" waiting in the wings.
Here are a couple of "meaningless" names I've acquired and are willing to retain fror a few years, in the hope that..........

diktak.com
chupto.com
acmecam.com
canbutdo.com
eggchip.com

Let's hear what you've got that might secure your financial future!
Thanks fellas.

charbar.
 
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Having a catchy and brandable domain is a good start, but the important part is giving value to these names.

If the makers of Google had chosen a different name, Google.com would most likely be worth a very unimpressive amount today.

The trick is to develop a domain like this, then brand it to the point where it is a "household name". That's how you make these kinds of domains valuable.
 
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I agree with WealthStream.
Yahoo worth mid xx if it is not a brand of the big company.
Though, I got some brandable short names like

ExJoy.com
 
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thanks for replies fellas. Actually, I was thinking that names like exjoy.com (and mine, hopefully)would be high on the list of endusers in the next few years, simply because there will be no more "shortish" .coms left to reg'. (excluding those that use numbers or hyphens).
Any more concise .coms for the future?
 
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WealthStream said:
Having a catchy and brandable domain is a good start, but the important part is giving value to these names.

If the makers of Google had chosen a different name, Google.com would most likely be worth a very unimpressive amount today.

The trick is to develop a domain like this, then brand it to the point where it is a "household name". That's how you make these kinds of domains valuable.

I agree with wealthstream but think to brand a name to the point where the name itself is worth money would take alot of business savvy and also a lot of money to do.

I am new to domain buying and see loads of dropped domains everyday that I personally think sound and look great but I think the chances of finding that one person that is willing to invest alot of money to buy a name that (currently) doesnt mean anything is really really slim, they would probably just think of another if you say you want $20,000 for it.

I would think there would be more money (domain resale) in going for familiar types of names that consumers already know and have an established target audience ie - Travel, Property, holidays, hotels, loans, mortgages etc.

Saying that I have'nt sold any domains yet so feel free to ignore me !!

I am a newby !!
 
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I've had three inquiries in the past 6 months or so on brinkle com. The name has no real meaning and only 7,000 results in google. I just ran accross it in the drops and thought it had a nice brandable ring to it. The names I have that I consider my better names and are "keyword names" I don't ever get any interest in or offers on.
 
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I'm new to domain investing, but not to business. I don't think there is a black or white answer to any of it [name trading / developing]. Here is my short answer:

The portfolio I am building is based on a few concepts that I have employed in business. First, try to anticipate what the consumer will want before they want it; i.e. get the jump on brandable names when their usage is on the upswing. Next is to diversify. I have short-term names and long term names. There will probably be some trading off between the two, but I try to buy names with that in mind. Again, ones to develop value and sell, and ones to make a quick buck. I'll buy for $6 and sell for $20 (net) all day long.

With that concept in mind, I have built a keyword rich portfolio for ppc and the like (to fund my habit / hobby / investment) and I have built a commerce portfolio with marketable names that may even generalize a business segment. (Notice that not all business have their name in name. I also try to steer clear of copyright infringement.)

I used to be a garage sale JUNKIE! I made some damn good scores too - well into the thousands for less than a ten dollar investment many times. I had good gut instinct....and a garage full of useless, worthless crap. I am 100% positive the same is true with my wonderful collection of names. I just need to score...junkie.
 
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NameMogul.com said:
I've had three inquiries in the past 6 months or so on brinkle com. The name has no real meaning and only 7,000 results in google. I just ran accross it in the drops and thought it had a nice brandable ring to it. The names I have that I consider my better names and are "keyword names" I don't ever get any interest in or offers on.


Yes - brinkle does sound nice, you might even get some people forgetting to put a y on while typing brinkley looking for cristie brinkley !

brinkley - 2018 in overture

movingconcierge said:
I'm new to domain investing, but not to business. I don't think there is a black or white answer to any of it [name trading / developing]. Here is my short answer:

The portfolio I am building is based on a few concepts that I have employed in business. First, try to anticipate what the consumer will want before they want it; i.e. get the jump on brandable names when their usage is on the upswing. Next is to diversify. I have short-term names and long term names. There will probably be some trading off between the two, but I try to buy names with that in mind. Again, ones to develop value and sell, and ones to make a quick buck. I'll buy for $6 and sell for $20 (net) all day long.

With that concept in mind, I have built a keyword rich portfolio for ppc and the like (to fund my habit / hobby / investment) and I have built a commerce portfolio with marketable names that may even generalize a business segment. (Notice that not all business have their name in name. I also try to steer clear of copyright infringement.)

I used to be a garage sale JUNKIE! I made some damn good scores too - well into the thousands for less than a ten dollar investment many times. I had good gut instinct....and a garage full of useless, worthless crap. I am 100% positive the same is true with my wonderful collection of names. I just need to score...junkie.

thanks, I will take your advice and try and get what I think is a brandable name thats dropping soon, I've had my eye on it a while as I like the sound of it.
 
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