question Look at other extensions?

[inahaze76]

I'm new to this and am only dealing with .com domains right now. When deciding whether to buy a. com, is it worthwhile to check and see if other extensions of that name have sold?

 

[Samer]

no no no no

Simply put, “no!”

But my personal “other” favorites are:

dot NET dot ORG & dot US country of course!

All else is to me. Feels New exts’everyday.

.io .ai “hip” for “startups” who cant afford .com
Dont waste your money — You will be tempted

Even accounting 7% com hike each next 4 yrs, still lower price, than “.co” the wannabe .com.
.co is another popular “.com” alternative;

Not a fan of .co, due to bloated ~$20 renewal.
Which brings us to renewal fees.
Other ngtlds “premium” prices’ are the worst.
If anything, farce of “premium ren fee” should be enough, to deter them, from your business!

new exts advertise as “You’re the ‘future’ gen.”
The “future gen” that will never come imo. LOL

But great marketing! especially .xyz; may best.
I’ve a lot of conversations with @jmcc on xyz.

To answer your question, (if i wasnt clear)
NO!!! Dont register yet alone buy other ext;
Waste of money, what are you, Google?
Google registered every variation “Google” their .com —and i know ur asking on other ext - but every .com reg’d every “Google” variety up to like twenty “o’s” lol. Goooogle.com
See how many “o”’s you can go b4 unreg’d.

Same idea, essentially.
Dont “defensive register” unless re Google big, and that includes alternate com spellings — but Personally, if must, i’d stick with net org us — yes, despite “.io” & “.ai” feel all the rage tech

Samer

 

[NickB]

no no no no

Simply put, “no!”

But my personal “other” favorites are/

dot NET dot ORG & dot US country of course!

Everything else is to me. New ext everyday

This is not answering the question, it's just a rant......

Always worth checking if a name has sold in another extension, how many extensions it's taken in etc etc etc.... Does not take long to do...

I wouldn't base my decision solely on it, but it's worth a look....

 

[Samer]

This is not answering the question, it's just a rant......

Always worth checking if a name has sold in another extension, how many extensions it's taken in etc etc etc.... Does not take long to do...

I wouldn't base my decision solely on it, but it's worth a look....

disagree with your characterization, subjective.

Some may strongly disagree, but dont waste valuable resources “defensive register” on the Psuedo-exts. I gave my preferences, and yes, know .co & io have good sales — whereas .net seems lagging, but I stick with my belief net #2

I personally, havent got that big, where i need to register other non-com exts of my entity, but i’ve thought about his question, a lot. This why i brought @jmcc i always love when brings latest round of stats. Data of other exts health?

Samer

 

[inahaze76]

Thanks for the replies. I didn't mean whether I should buy other extensions, I meant is checking on the sales of other extensions a factor in deciding to buy the .com. I've checked on some names I've bought, and some names I'm considering, and none of the .net or .us or .org's were taken, but there were several that were taken under certain country codes, especially Brazil and Australia. Don't know if that means anything.

 

[NickB]

They are asking if its worth checking if a domain has sold in another extension before buying the. com

Example. Org sold for x, xxx
Example. De sold for x, xxx
Example. Co sold for xxx

Your saying its not worth knowing the above before buying the .com? I think its worth checking out.....

If they are asking if its registered in other extensions then they need to see if any are developed, how many business use the word/s in the domain etc etc

Two different things.... How many are registered or if its sold in other extensions

 

[inahaze76]

They are asking if its worth checking if a domain has sold in another extension before buying the. com

Example. Org sold for x, xxx
Example. De sold for x, xxx
Example. Co sold for xxx

Your saying its not worth knowing the above before buying the .com? I think its worth checking out.....

If they are asking if its registered in other extensions then they need to see if any are developed, how many business use the word/s in the domain etc etc

Two different things.... How many are registered or if its sold in other extensions

Thanks. So in other words, don't just look to see if other extensions of a name are taken, but check to see if other extensions have actually sold. For what it's worth, when I put a name into an evaluator, I check to see what comparable domains have sold, and look to see what the common keyword(s) are in those names. I also look to see what keywords in the name I'm evaluating are said to be popular and/or valuable. Let me know if these practices are a waste of time.

 

[comRaid]

Thanks. So in other words, don't just look to see if other extensions of a name are taken, but check to see if other extensions have actually sold. For what it's worth, when I put a name into an evaluator, I check to see what comparable domains have sold, and look to see what the common keyword(s) are in those names. I also look to see what keywords in the name I'm evaluating are said to be popular and/or valuable. Let me know if these practices are a waste of time.

https://dotdb.com/
This will be useful

 

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