.Name - Are They Worth it

[Iravan]

I am looking a *****.name domain

Every other popular extension as been taken

Is it worthwile to get the .name

Thanx

Iravan

 

[user-7256]

Unless it's a name - a common one, no. IMO

 

[Tippy]

I'd be very picky when it comes to buying a .name. To me its kinda like .biz .info where the term has to work with the ext.

I like Domain.Name My.Name Baby.Name Register.Name Buy.Name First.Name etc... they make sense.

 

[Mark]

It's really hard to say - I personally have only renewed a handful , and they weren't "Name" Related at all ... They were Keywords and they actually made a profit from parking alone. I don't see developing any of them unless they were very fitting with the extension myself.

Here's an older thread with some insight and former Registrations by members here on this topic : http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58009

 

[Iravan]

Thnax So much for the replies

The info is really helpful

I guess ill put off on the .name's for now

 

[lordzeus]

i think you shouldn't go for the .name.... unless you can manage to find a good name to deal... with.. the... .name.... which i think it's hard...

 

[abs636]

Yep, unless you get keywords, not worth it for reselling.

 

[PE-Steve]

A lot of domains aren't worth that much undeveloped. But I'm sure if you did get it developed (depending on the quality), you could probably get a good chunck of money for it. (depending on the domain)

 

[rcep]

NOTE WORTH
do loose ur name by .name extention
not a site fills its value exept .com sites

i tried all extention

 

[harv23]

amazing name

don't get a .name domain name unless you get an amazing name to start it out w/ first

 

[DJ-Sound]

very hard to sell a .name, and very crappy extension to make a website.

 

[Iravan]

Hmm

Ya Thanx for the info every1

 

[patches]

I registered this one for the fun of it. The only .name I like.

NewPlanet.name

 

[Refrozen]

I don't understand why they even added a TLD like that... I mean I guess I could do FirstNameLastName.name but.... even that sounds silly.

 

[Iravan]

I registered this one for the fun of it. The only .name I like.

NewPlanet.name

So its personal, and you dont intend ot sell???

 

[hanz]

I have nothing against .name, I even have one, but they just aren't very popular. For personal site it is good, but you can not sell it.

 

[Niek]

i don't like .names

 

[Iravan]

I have nothing against .name, I even have one, but they just aren't very popular. For personal site it is good, but you can not sell it.

Ya i am looking mainly to sell, so i guess its not for me

 

[patches]

Didn't register it to sell. If I ever get time to develope a "space information" site, I think the name would work well. Could be wrong though!!!! Wish I had the time right now with the discovery of our new "maybe" planet.

 

[marisolblue]

I would not bother with .name.

 

[worldstar]

If it is a one word and less than 9 letters and very good OVT results, then consider reg it!

 

[Keynes]

As the extensions grow, I think it becomes important to look at their inherent value -- even in the most direct cases such as GeorgeBush.name, etc. where the extension applies directly, I still don't think it's a very attractive extension. Sure there are a lot of keywords and nice domains open with .name, but I don't think that justifies registration...I have yet to see evidence that this is a viable extension.

 

[.net]

How do you think about Doctors.name or Schools.name?

They should be good for online directory.

 

[mole]

.NAME takes the prize as being the most redundant extension in existence on the root server.

 

[marisolblue]

Does anyone know how many .names have been registered? This is a good test of how popular it is