.net VS .com (with hyphen)

[MinionDH]

If a 2-word .com you really wanted was taken, would you buy the .net or the .com with a hyphen?

 

[Ben42]

Go with the hyphen, definetly.

But that of course is just my opinion!

 

[CrazyTech]

That's a tough question for me. I think at this point you have to admit you're going to lose traffic either way to the hyphenless .com. Depending upon the topic, I think I might would go with the .net because it would be easier to brand the name away from the .com. This is purely from a development point of view, though.

 

[Optinom]

Doing either, increases the value of the really wanted .com without hyphen. Both lose traffic to it too! I personally wudnt suggest any of these two.

 

[Phronesis]

I have a couple hyphenated .nets that I bought for (future) personal use. Variable-annuities.net and financial-plans.net. Both get light traffic but I think are great for SEO. As far as resale, I don't expect I could get more than mid-upper $xxx to an end-user if I were to sell them.

Any popular generic product term .net is worth it IMO (eg, mutual-funds.net). I would not, however, register a "brandable" hyphenated .net for the purpose of investment (eg, cool-website.net). They would have little value IMO b/c of the number of alternatives available for reg fee.

 

[fab]

I would reg both. As you said it's really you wanted.

 

[hawkeye]

I'd say get both, use the .net and forward the hyphen .com to it. Maybe even get the .net hyphen version too.

Doing either, increases the value of the really wanted .com without hyphen. Both lose traffic to it too! I personally wudnt suggest any of these two.

A lot of people use this logic without giving due diligence to the situation at hand. For one if the .com version is being used, then that domain wouldn't necessarily increase in value due to your using a similar domain name. However if it is not used, and you brand that term then yes it would increase in value, especially if you wanted it. And of course, if your site is going to be doing exactly the same thing as the .com site, then yes you'll loose traffic to it. But like 800 numbers, if people use that extension and it's not the right one, then they will call 877 or 866 till they get what they wanted. Obviously how strongly you brand your name will play into it to. Ex. - We all know PartyPoker.net, as that is what they promote moreso than the .com.

 

[Optinom]

I'd say get both, use the .net and forward the hyphen .com to it. Maybe even get the .net hyphen version too.



A lot of people use this logic without giving due diligence to the situation at hand. For one if the .com version is being used, then that domain wouldn't necessarily increase in value due to your using a similar domain name. However if it is not used, and you brand that term then yes it would increase in value, especially if you wanted it. And of course, if your site is going to be doing exactly the same thing as the .com site, then yes you'll loose traffic to it. But like 800 numbers, if people use that extension and it's not the right one, then they will call 877 or 866 till they get what they wanted. Obviously how strongly you brand your name will play into it to. Ex. - We all know PartyPoker.net, as that is what they promote moreso than the .com.

Ah. I dont see any logic in your arguement. I've done both in the past & Im sharing my experience! Well, a developed Hawk-Eye.com or HawkEye.net would definitely increase the value of HawkEye.com. And you lose a good share of traffic to the .com. All your marketing efforts yield only 80% fruit. Remaning 20% goes to the .com.

And, Btw Poker sites use .NET names just to get around legal problems wid marketing. Their main sites are .com ones. Just search the forum for more info on this. :bah:

 

[hawkeye]

Ah. I dont see any logic in your arguement. I've done both in the past & Im sharing my experience! Well, a developed Hawk-Eye.com or HawkEye.net would definitely increase the value of HawkEye.com. And you lose a good share of traffic to the .com. All your marketing efforts yield only 80% fruit. Remaning 20% goes to the .com.:

So have and am I. If Hawkeye.com is selling xyz, and HawkEye.net was selling abc, I'm sure people would know real quickly they are not at the right site, and go to the one that has what they want. Sure people will go to the .com, but if the content isn't right, they'll keep looking. Why bother registering any names in any other extension with your logic. I get plenty of hits on my .net names where the .com is not used, is parked, or the site content is not what they are looking for, and mine is.

At first domainers were saying long domains were useless, and worthless. Now they go for $xxxxxx. Now they say other extensions will loose all their traffic to .com, but as more people use domains to find things, and more companies market the other extensions, people will know a .net from a .info or a .com when they see one. Natural .com type-in will diminish in the future. It'll still be the king domain, but surrounded by a lot of peers.

And, Btw Poker sites use .NET names just to get around legal problems wid marketing. Their main sites are .com ones. Just search the forum for more info on this. :bah:

yes i did know that, but I was not giving reasons why they do it, just noting how names that are branded are remembered, as PartyPoker.net is. :bah: whatever!.

 

[emega]

Here are 5 great answers to a very interesting question:

1)If the site is e-host.com as opposed to ehost.net then I would definitely go with the .net since we are talking about web hosting.

2)However if we are talking about the norm i.e. e-gold.com as opposed to egold.net then, in this case I would go with e-gold.com since it is more valuable- because if egold.com ever was developed then ensue of this e-gold.com will directly benefit, much more so than would egold.net because egold.net is an entirely different different "brand".

3)In addition, even if egold.com was never developed, I would still go with e-gold.com because it holds more prestige since it is still in the same "brand" as egold.com, while egold.net is a huge step down since it is in a different ballpark.

4)In addition the owner of egold.com would be more likely to want to buy e-gold.com than they would e-gold.net, the reason being because e-gold.com is in the same "brand" as egold.com

5)If you are using the name solely as a business name/brand then I would definitely go with egold.net over e-gold.com because e-gold.com would be losing traffic to egold.com, while egold.net is in its entirely own brand. This is why partypoker.net and slickdeals.net are able to ge away with using a .net exension. You see... if partypoker.net would instead have the name party-poker.com then (besides infringing on partypoker.com) they would also be developing a less proffesiona/brandable site which would be losing a lot of traffic to partypoker.com)
Proof of this is that, while you can often find popular companies which use domainname.net as their sole name and do not even own domain.com, you will never find a popular company which solely markets domain-name.com and does not even use domainname.com

That's a tough question for me. I think at this point you have to admit you're going to lose traffic either way to the hyphenless .com. Depending upon the topic, I think I might would go with the .net because it would be easier to brand the name away from the .com. This is purely from a development point of view, though.

Good Anwer.

I take it back. The domainname.net is more valuable than domain-name.com and is also more brandable. In addition the only time where it might be a better investment when you go with something like e-domain.com as opposed to edomain.net because of the connecting "brands" and attribute to the prestige of edomain.com

 

[Optinom]

Does a .net lose traffic to same .com? YES

Does a hyphenated .com lose traffic to non-hyphenated one? YES

Still wanna go ahead with one of those, Good luck!

So have and am I. If Hawkeye.com is selling xyz, and HawkEye.net was selling abc, I'm sure people would know real quickly they are not at the right site, and go to the one that has what they want. Sure people will go to the .com, but if the content isn't right, they'll keep looking. Why bother registering any names in any other extension with your logic. I get plenty of hits on my .net names where the .com is not used, is parked, or the site content is not what they are looking for, and mine is.

At first domainers were saying long domains were useless, and worthless. Now they go for $xxxxxx. Now they say other extensions will loose all their traffic to .com, but as more people use domains to find things, and more companies market the other extensions, people will know a .net from a .info or a .com when they see one. Natural .com type-in will diminish in the future. It'll still be the king domain, but surrounded by a lot of peers.


yes i did know that, but I was not giving reasons why they do it, just noting how names that are branded are remembered, as PartyPoker.net is. :bah: whatever!.

 

[peter phillips]

I would prefer the .net instead of hyphenated .com purely from the development point of view and branding purposes.

 

[NeeJam]

the name of the domain is the decider i.e penisland.com would have been better pen-island.com...