question Miss spelt domains

[alex067]

Hey everyone, how is the market for miss spelt domains? Is it very rare to find an end user who would be willing to buy a miss spelt domain of their company?

Or is it kinda like a hit and miss where, if it misses, you are stuck with this domain and have to give it up?

 

[likeslikes]

I think it's very hit or miss like many brandable domains. There's quite a few on the brandable marketplaces.

 

[Name Trader]

Probably the most common misspelling is using a Z instead of an S for plurals. I really dislike this and all other misspellings. However, if it's used judiciously for brandability, it might be possible to call it "cute". But generally it reduces the value of a domain exponentially. If someone has the magic formula for making these domains valuable. I'd sure like to hear it too.

 

[TestCase]

Hey everyone, how is the market for miss spelt domains? Is it very rare to find an end user who would be willing to buy a miss spelt domain of their company?

Or is it kinda like a hit and miss where, if it misses, you are stuck with this domain and have to give it up?

I see what you did there. (You're just messing with us to see who is paying attention, right?!?!?)

Typo's/misspelled domains used to be a big thing to pick up stray traffic for parking pages or to steal traffic for knock off websites.

At my day job we have two primary domains but bought a few common misspelled (this side of the pond) version of them because a pretty fair number of people don't listen very well and will hear "N" when we tell them "M" or even miss a letter completely when we use our short domain that includes just our initials.

But realistically, I think you might create some serious issues for yourself trying to sell a typo domain to the company who owns the correct version.

 

[likeslikes]

I see what you did there.

(You're just messing with us to see who is paying attention, right?!?!?)

I totally missed it lol nice catch!

 

[lock]

Short brands are okay. I do like US And UK English spelling trying to get both words. I do have siteadvertizing with a "z" which is okay also for traffic.

 

[Kate]

Some end users might register typos of their brands for defensive purpose.
Other end users might register a typo to use it as a brandable for their main site ie flickr, because the proper spelling is already registered. But then this is a way for them to avoid the aftermarket. The odds of selling a typo are rather slim.
And there may be TM issues...