Only .com taken decreases value?

[Bushidoho]

If a name only has .com taken and .net .org etc free, does this make the name less valueble? Even if it is a big name?

And if you ever get your hands on a generic .com and the .net .org are free, should you register those too?

I'm very curious what you guys think about this.

 

[bmugford]

Generally if a name is a great term it is taken in at least COM/NET/ORG.

With that being said there are plenty of good domains that are taken .COM only - mainly brandable types.

Brad

 

[MicroGuy]

And if you ever get your hands on a generic .com and the .net .org are free, should you register those too?

It would depend on the quality of the name and your objectives.

 

[zoogo]

Its rare that the .net and .org are taken but the .com is available.

I suppose it just depends on the actual quality of the name.

As for your second qustion, I asked it here:

http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/601566-protecting-your-brand.html

 

[Jaco]

Its rare that the .net and .org are taken but the .com is available.

It's pretty much a case of dumb-luck- as in, blindly stumbling across an old drop of an otherwise desirable or semi-desirable term... This isn't to say it doesn't happen....

... but when it does, it's a rare enough occasion to take a screen cap :D

I guarantee- G-U-A-R-A-N-T-E-E- if you stumble across an available .com with the net and org taken, that .com has had a previous registrant.
Sometimes, with org'y type groups or agencies, you'll see the .com and .org taken with the .net available (see: Perry Point) but it's an absolute Unicorn to see net and org gone with .com still there. In my years and years and years of doing this, I could probably count on one hand the times I've encountered it, and I'm pretty active with cold-calling on random keywords.

 

[thewebhostingdir]

If the name is unique short and memorable, extensions does not matter but if the name is not that effective then always prefer to go with .com extension.

 

[Fisqiella]

I think so, only .com be taken maybe not a good name, even some endusers want it, maybe they will shift to reg dot net or sth like that

 

[Tribulatio]

There are rare cases where a domain is originally developed in a TLD other than COM. Three years ago, I created a domain for a friend. He insisted for having NET instead of COM. Now the domain has reached PR4 and has more than 2,500 incoming links (only quality links, no request for links, no link exchange at all). I am still admin for the domain name. A few months ago, I got a message from somebody who told me that I should buy the name in COM and offered to sell it to me for $200. I checked the Whois... and realized the name was not taken, the guy obviously attempted to sell it to me before registering it! Of course, I immediately bought the domain in COM... and then sent a "thank you" message to the guy who had attempted to sell it to me. All thus ended well, but I should obviously have thought about registering the COM from the start, although the friend was only interested in the NET.

In a few cases, owning the COM, I have also bought the NET and the ORG, preventively. On average, however, if I own the COM, I do not worry too much about the other TLDs (except for the ccTLD in case the name is related to a national, specific product or theme).

 

[Sleep]

Generally if a name is a great term it is taken in at least COM/NET/ORG.

With that being said there are plenty of good domains that are taken .COM only - mainly brandable types.

Brad

Yeah, I agree:bingo:

 

[Michael]

If lesser extensions are still available it is harder to get a high sale on the .com because at some point the buyer is going to take the .net for $8 instead of paying you four or five figures for the .com. It all depends on if you're talking about the true value (earning potential, memorability, etc), or if by value you mean what someone is willing to pay. Having the .net available doesn't make the .com any less memorable or useful.

If you're talking about resale value, if the potential buyer has reasonable alternatives (.net, .org, etc) then you lose a lot of bargaining power. You want to eliminate that. Look at the sale of iReport.com, when Schwartz heard CNN was doing the whole iReport thing, he registered other extensions so they didn't have an easy out to paying him a boatload of money... he even got i-Report.com just to be sure. Does that mean it's always smart to register every gTLD of a domain? Definitely not, it really needs to be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

I would agree with Brad though, if the .com is really that great, it will likely already be taken in other extensions.

 

[mjbenterprises]

Good post.. I agree 100%...

If lesser extensions are still available it is harder to get a high sale on the .com because at some point the buyer is going to take the .net for $8 instead of paying you four or five figures for the .com. It all depends on if you're talking about the true value (earning potential, memorability, etc), or if by value you mean what someone is willing to pay. Having the .net available doesn't make the .com any less memorable or useful.

If you're talking about resale value, if the potential buyer has reasonable alternatives (.net, .org, etc) then you lose a lot of bargaining power. You want to eliminate that. Look at the sale of iReport.com, when Schwartz heard CNN was doing the whole iReport thing, he registered other extensions so they didn't have an easy out to paying him a boatload of money... he even got i-Report.com just to be sure. Does that mean it's always smart to register every gTLD of a domain? Definitely not, it really needs to be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

I would agree with Brad though, if the .com is really that great, it will likely already be taken in other extensions.

 

[ecalc]

... when Schwartz heard CNN was doing the whole iReport thing, he registered other extensions so they didn't have an easy out to paying him a boatload of money... he even got i-Report.com just to be sure.

Did Rick make defensive buys in the aftermarket? No sense of urgency is evident in reg dates. i-report.com created 01-april-2002, ireport.net created 14-april-2003, ireport.biz created 26-december-2003, ireport.org created 20-july-2005, ireport.us created 28-september-2006.

 

[domainsusi]

And if you ever get your hands on a generic .com and the .net .org are free, should you register those too?
I'm very curious what you guys think about this.

Not necessarily - do your homework on the popularity of the name. If other top level extensions are still available, chances are this will be a very small niche and may or may not be profitable.

There should be at least a few google ads when typing in the domain name.

With small results and few ads, you will need to develop the dot com domain and hope to monetize it. At this point, I would not register any of the other availables unless you are exceptionally knowledgeable and know that you can dominate the niche.