discuss Mike Mann Thinks Sales Of 2-Word .Com Domains Will Increase

[Arpit131]

Mike Mann made a Facebook post talking about a new trend he is seeing lately: two word .Com domains sales seem to increase. This is not something new.

My theory was that investors would overdo a limited supply of single word .Com domains, and short alpha and numeric names for the Chinese market, which leaves a huge number of great, contextual, keyword, two word .Com domains for sale, usually at bargain prices. Now I am seeing a trend towards these sales, including 4 today to unique buyers: WisconsinWaters.com, MoreBeauty.com, GetBonus.com and SparklingSouls.com!


And here is what he sold 2 of these domains for:

A more beautiful deal, Sold MoreBeauty.com $10,000. Purchased 9/13/09 $80.

I should get a bonus. Sold GetBonus.com $6000. Purchased 5.4.09 $80.


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What's your take? How has your sales been for 2 word .COM

 

[brindle123]

one word dot com have been long gone.
two word domains if they make sense will always have value. No brainer!

WisconsinWaters.com, MoreBeauty.com, GetBonus.com and SparklingSouls.com!

I wouldn't call those great two word domains. Maybe they have some use to the end user who bought them.
I sure wouldn't pay anything near those prices that were paid for them. I'd maybe pay $80 for the getbonus.com but I don't I would even reg the others. Not for me.

sparklingwaters.com yes
beautysupplies.com yes
Those make sense to me.

I think people think just because a big name in the domain industry owns a domain, then that domain must be worth more than if a nobody owns it. Shows you what can happen when you are in the loop.

 

[DU]

And I think that the number of single word .com will continue to increase and be matched by the rate that words are eventually added to the dictionary.

 

[mhdoc]

That has been the case for years. I would read about many of those high dollar sales in astonishment. It seemed like their main selling point was the seller had the moxie to ask an outlandish price and the negotiating skills to make it happen. Unfortunately, that wasn't me

 

[artstar]

well I think 3 word dot coms will be a hot maybe 4 or 5 but no more than 6!

this freaking industry u can say anything and it will make news if u r in the upper echelon of domainers who are the keeners involved from years ago. this is how they get more free recognition and airplay so to speak. rhetoric

 

[domainnamesdaily]

I agree 100% with brindle123. GetBonus.com is the only one of those I would purchase even at reg fees. There are better names available everyday for less than $80.

 

[Asfas1000]

SparklingSouls.com , I wonder how many of us would hand reg it for $10 if they noticed it's available, I know I wouldn't

 

[garptrader]

I have had a number of two-word .COM inquiries in recent months. True they are generally low-budget buyers but what is interesting is that these domains are available in most of the common new TLDs. They want the .COM even though they could register the .whatever for reg fee. But they don't. If domain buyers are not even willing to pay reg fee for new TLDs then why should investors buy new TLDs - particularly with premium renewals?

 

[Fancy.domains]

If domain buyers are not even willing to pay reg fee for new TLDs then why should investors buy new TLDs

Because you can still find these perfect "hacks" with new gTLDs. One example... I recently sold the names Plastic /dot/ cards and Trend /dot/ media for $XXXX each. Both to established companies. One in New York and one in the Carribbeans.

Plasticcards /dot/ com and Trendmedia /dot/ com would probably have costed 5-20 times more.

Ps. I buy and sell 2-word .COM names as well. I like both.

 

[garptrader]

Credit.cards maybe but GAKP shows search volume for these terms...

Plastic cards 2900
Trend media 390

I have dropped .Net domains with higher search volume than 3k and have dropped .TV domains with ten times plus that search volume (including FlashGames.tv 450k monthly)- no inbound inquiries and no responses from outbound marketing campaigns.

If the sales you claim are real, you are clearly among the elite in marketing new TLDs.

 

[Fancy.domains]

Credit.cards maybe but GAKP shows search volume for these terms...

Plastic cards 2900
Trend media 390

I have dropped .Net domains with higher search volume than 3k and have dropped .TV domains with ten times plus that search volume (including FlashGames.tv 450k monthly)- no inbound inquiries and no responses from outbound marketing campaigns.

If the sales you claim are real, you are clearly among the elite in marketing new TLDs.

Of course they are real. "Elite" or not, I rather think that I spend a lot of time searching for good (and hopefully attractive) names that are reasonably priced. Search volume is obviously an important factor when searching names, but just one of many parameters to consider.

I think I have NEVER sold a two-world .NET (at least not for much), but I've sold more than 50 new gTLDs.

 

[DomainAgents]

Not really news. 2-word domains have been the bread and butter of resale volume for a long time. They don't make headlines, but there's a lot of volume.

 

[doubleU]

Two strong factors involving the future price of 2-word .com sales is end user demand and the ratio of end user sales compared to reseller/domainer sales.

The more domainers trade with each other the lower the average price will drop, this could happen even in times of good end user demand.

 

[vivaldi]

Credit.cards maybe but GAKP shows search volume for these terms...

Plastic cards 2900
Trend media 390

I have dropped .Net domains with higher search volume than 3k and have dropped .TV domains with ten times plus that search volume (including FlashGames.tv 450k monthly)- no inbound inquiries and no responses from outbound marketing campaigns.

If the sales you claim are real, you are clearly among the elite in marketing new TLDs.

His sales are real. Like search volume matter when companies names are an exact match. And you compare it to a two word .tv where Flash is being replaced by HTML5.

 

[Bullock]

Mike Mann made a Facebook post talking about a new trend he is seeing lately: two word .Com domains sales seem to increase. This is not something new.


And here is what he sold 2 of these domains for:

A more beautiful deal, Sold MoreBeauty.com $10,000. Purchased 9/13/09 $80.

I should get a bonus. Sold GetBonus.com $6000. Purchased 5.4.09 $80.

In my opinion it isn't a trend, because meaninful two words .com were high valued also in the past. I say two strong related keywords.

In these cases, I'd say that "morebeauty" is toooooo generic.
Instead, "getbonus" is smart, a right expression to build a web project!!

 

[Kate]

2-word .com domains that are reasonably short, memorable, brandable and somewhat unique will always be in demand, because end users need domains that stand out from the rest.
This is where the money is.

 

[garptrader]

It would be great if end users were more receptive to paying attractive prices for alt TLDs. That has not been my experience even for keywords with solid search volume. Regardless, if a domainer is seeing good results buying three-word .XYZ domains for $1 each and flipping them for $199, then they should continue doing so. I am just saying that selling alt TLD domains is far more difficult than newbies realize.

 

[LaunchUp.com]

I have always loved 2 word .coms. Even when people run after every new trend. I thought they were solid name for brands and still do. They are not new trends themselves but I guess people are starting to realize their value. That's where most of my sales have come from over the years. But the words must make sense or compliment the other well but creatively.

 

[Cdomains]

I like one and a half word .coms