domain Please Appraise travels.am, vesti.am, store.am, sports.am, beer.am

[avanesov]

Dear members, please appraise.
Thanks.

 

[dompro]

you best option would be to check for other .am TLD recent sales for primary keywords.
store.am, sports.am are really good names, but few people here will be familiar with .am value to give you an objective appraisal

 

[Kate]

In fact the OP is probably more qualified to have an idea of .am is doing on the local market. But I don't think the TLD is very strong. And these are English keywords.

travels.am is not good in plural form and I don't know what vesti means.
This extension is not cheap, so I think you need to be more selective. When you find a domain that is still available, ask yourself why it's not already taken. Perhaps .am is still emerging but that means it could take quite a few years to appreciate. In the meantime the renewals are blowing a hole in your wallet.

 

[dompro]

When you find a domain that is still available, ask yourself why it's not already taken.

You won't register any name EVER by applying this criteria persistently :P

 

[avanesov]

thanks

 

[Kate]

You won't register any name EVER by applying this criteria persistently :P

Yes, a drop sometimes
But if you want quality you need to look at the aftermarket/expired auctions. Viable domains can still be had for regfee, if you intend to develop the domain. Because they usually won't be good enough for resale (undeveloped).

It's a good thing to invest in ccTLDs, especially one's own ccTLD.
But each TLD is different, extensions do not all have the same potential. You need to consider:

• size of the local market (population)
• language(s)
• Internet penetration rates
• prevalence of E-commerce
• how tech savvy the consumers are
• etc

Armenia is not large market, not very rich either so the potential is limited.

.am, like .fm, has been pimped as vanity TLD for radio stations but it's not been very popular as such, and domain sales are very rare.
IMO it's only good for Armenia, not for use abroad as vanity extension. Keywords should be selected with care and with the local market in mind :imho:
Good luck

 

[ioana_bv]

Yes, a drop sometimes

In that case comes out an other question, "Why it is dropped" :p (just kidding)

.am has only a few sales recently and all are strong keywords or hack domains.
I'd rather ask for refund for all of them and use the money to get one better domain in .com