domain Jangly.Ai I Went Ahead & Spent $140 & Registered this Dictionary 5 Letter Word Mistake or Not? It is an Adjective for the Word Jangle

[Planet9]

I was not able to edit (can one edit on Name Pros?) my previous Post with this so you are seeing the revised post seperately.
I decided to spend the $149 after all on a Single Dictionary Word, Jangly and registered Jangly.ai. Jangly is an adjective. I know of the word because as a musician I am familiar with a jangly guitar sound, isuch as The Byrds, "Mr. Tamborine Man", "Turn, Turn, Turn, etc.

Anyway was this a mistake or not? Someone in the Domain business told me that if I can reguster a Dictionary single 5 letter word at Registration Price, do it, no matter what the word. Do you agree or disagree?

Jangly.com is appraised at around $12,400. The .AI was appraised at $100 which was part of my hesitancy.

ANy input or advice would be appreciated. Thank You

 

[E. Silvera]

Hi,

English isn't my first language, so I had to look up the name in the dictionary to learn what it means.

In my opinion the good points about it are that it's short (easy to spell and remember) and that it ends with "ly".

What's your brand vision for it?

 

[Planet9]

Hi,

English isn't my first language, so I had to look up the name in the dictionary to learn what it means.

In my opinion the good points about it are that it's short (easy to spell and remember) and that it ends with "ly".

What's your brand vision for it?

Like any of the domains I register, just to resell and make a decent profit. The reality is I am not very good at this and havelost about $5,000-$10,000 in 15 years or so doing this. While I am ultimately to blame, the problem is years ago on these domain forums (I'm not even sure Namepros was in existence back then), these people all made it seem how easy it was bragging about their gains. I believed them. It isn't easy unless you have a lot of money to begin with. I am more knowledgable by my many mistakes, not that it is that much of a help.

 

[E. Silvera]

Like any of the domains I register, just to resell and make a decent profit. The reality is I am not very good at this and havelost about $5,000-$10,000 in 15 years or so doing this. While I am ultimately to blame, the problem is years ago on these domain forums (I'm not even sure Namepros was in existence back then), these people all made it seem how easy it was bragging about their gains. I believed them. It isn't easy unless you have a lot of money to begin with. I am more knowledgable by my many mistakes, not that it is that much of a help.

Sorry my question wasn't clear. I meant to ask you, based on your first-hand knowledge of the word, if you already had thought of businesses this name would be a best fit for. No doubt it has good branding potential: original, short, catchy, memorable, and versatile.

I can't give you an appraisal, but I'm sure it will be treated as a Premium by Atom and BrandBucket.

 

[Planet9]

Sorry my question wasn't clear. I meant to ask you, based on your first-hand knowledge of the word, if you already had thought of businesses this name would be a best fit for. No doubt it has good branding potential: original, short, catchy, memorable, and versatile.

I can't give you an appraisal, but I'm sure it will be treated as a Premium by Atom and BrandBucket.

Probably soething to do with music

 

[bmugford]

I know .AI is the current flavor, but I think terms need to be a lot better.

That is especially true when you factor in the high registration/renewal fees.

"Jangly" is basically taken in .COM and available in everything else.

If something is available to hand register in extensions like .NET/ORG, that is probably a bad sign.

The term is only used in 4 company names on Earth.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

A tense like "Jangle" would be a lot better, and that is still not even that great.

Brad

 

[E. Silvera]

"Jangly" is basically taken in .COM and available in everything else

I understand your perspective, and appreciate it comes from your expertise. That being said, AI startups desperately need to stand out in the crowd, and short, catchy real dictionary words are scarce in the .ai extension. The fact that it's not a massively adopted term could weigh in as a pro, given the current context.

 

[bmugford]

I understand your perspective, and appreciate it comes from your expertise. That being said, AI startups desperately need to stand out in the crowd, and short, catchy real dictionary words are scarce in the .ai extension. The fact that it's not a massively adopted term could weigh in as a pro, given the current context.

I guess.

My prediction is if you are spending $100+ for the unlikely odds, most people are going to run out of money in no time.

You need an extraordinarily high sell-through rate and/or prices to sustain those costs.

Brad

 

[E. Silvera]

A tense like "Jangle" would be a lot better

Respectfully disagree with this. I admit my opinion is just subjective, but as a learner of "branding concepts" -not marketing, not SEO- I think "jangly" outperforms "jangle" in this case.

 

[E. Silvera]

I guess.

My prediction is if you are spending $100+ for the unlikely odds, most people are going to run out of money in no time.

You need an extraordinarily high sell-through rate and/or prices to sustain those costs.

Brad

This is valuable advice to keep in mind, thank you!

 

[bmugford]

Respectfully disagree with this. I admit my opinion is just subjective, but as a learner of "branding concepts" -not marketing, not SEO- I think "jangly" outperforms "jangle" in this case.

Well, I would say the market disagrees as a term like "Jangle" is used far more on every metric.

Domain registrations, company names, etc.

If people just want some random short domain for a term that is barely in use, they might as well just register Blorp.ai or whatever else.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

For reference purposes, here are some recently reported "ly" sales in .AI

You have very common words like -

Proudly - $3K
Medically - $898
Calmly - $569

Or ones with much stronger root words -

Buildly - $1,326
Droply - $155
Fixly - $338
Helply - $797

The ceiling is low. IMO.

Brad

 

[Planet9]

I know .AI is the current flavor, but I think terms need to be a lot better.

That is especially true when you factor in the high registration/renewal fees.

"Jangly" is basically taken in .COM and available in everything else.

If something is available to hand register in extensions like .NET/ORG, that is probably a bad sign.

The term is only used in 4 company names on Earth.

Brad

That is good advice about .net/org the rest in my opinion no.How can something be basically taken in COM ? It is or it isn't and it is. So Is Jangly.com, Jangle.ai

 

[Planet9]

Well, I would say the market disagrees as a term like "Jangle" is used far more on every metric.

Domain registrations, company names, etc.

If people just want some random short domain for a term that is barely in use, they might as well just register Blorp.ai or whatever else.

Brad

Blorp isn't a Word. We are talking single dictionary words.

 

[bmugford]

Blorp isn't a Word. We are talking single dictionary words.

The point being, if something is not really in use much that is not a good sign.

Anyone can come up with terms that aren't in use. They are not in use because people don't care about them.

Also, "Blorp" is a word according to Google and Wikipedia. Maybe not in the actual dictionary.

It is also registered in 20+ extensions.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

That is good advice about .net/org the rest in my opinion no.How can something be basically taken in COM ? It is or it isn't and it is. So Is Jangly.com, Jangle.ai

It's taken in .COM.

It might be taken in some other obscure extension, but I couldn't be bothered checking.

Brad

 

[Planet9]

For reference purposes, here are some recently reported "ly" sales in .AI

You have very common words like -

Proudly - $3K
Medically - $898
Calmly - $569

Or ones with much stronger root words -

Buildly - $1,326
Droply - $155
Fixly - $338
Helply - $797

The ceiling is low. IMO.

Brad

I think some of the examples you are using are not dictionary words. Perhaps I am wrong but I never heard of the dictionary word helply, droply, fixly, buildly. Each of those examples no matter how low its being sold for is still selling for twice the registration fee or more.

 

[bmugford]

I think some of the examples you are using are not dictionarywords. Perhaps I am wrong but I never heard of the ductinary word helply, droply, fixly, buildly. Each of those examples no matter how low is being sold twice the registration fee or more.

Whoever gave you the advice to register any word in .AI is just wrong.

Being a "dictionary word" is not some magical thing. There are endless obscure words and obscure tenses.

Brad

 

[E. Silvera]

Well, I would say the market disagrees as a term like "Jangle" is used far more on every metric.

That's what I meant when I wrote "not marketing, not SEO": that I was just referring to the branding notes.

The fascinating dilemma: safely proven terms versus daring to lean towards uniqueness. I guess it's up to each domainer's goals and strategies, and it's wise to keep everything in mind when investing.