Real Estate Domains Are Super Hot !!!

[thegenius1]

The website for the North County Times (a regional newspaper serving the San Diego, California area), has an interesting article from writer Chris Bagley about how the domain boom has produced a severe shortage of viable .com domains in the real estate sector. Bagley does a good job of conveying the value inherent in a good domain to his paper's readers so that they can understand why prices can run into 6 figures. It is encouraging to see mainstream journalists grasp what we've known for a long time and pass that knowledge along to the general public. We'll still see occasional mainstream articles loaded with misinformation about this business, but as more and more media outlets get it right, we're confident that the man on the street will eventually understand why good domains command the prices they do today.

As the last meadows and vacant lots disappear from inland boomtowns, some of the businesses sprouting up there find themselves jostling for space even on the virtual landscape of the Internet.

Temecula's economic growth has increased the value of locally focused domain names that have long been registered and used, such as temeculavalleyhomes.com and temeculainformation.com. Development in surrounding communities has created a more recent market for Web addresses that incorporate names such as Menifee and Murrieta.

It all makes for a field of domain names that's increasingly crowded, with real estate agents, informational businesses and other companies coming up with increasingly varied spellings of local place names. While temecularealestate.com has been in use for a decade, temvlyhomes.com was first registered in 2003.

"It's very difficult to find a good dot-com name right now," said Dan Jauregui, a Ramona-based agent who sells real estate locally through lakeelsinoreland.com and menifeerealestate.com. "They're pricey."

Caroline Collins said a real estate agent once offered her $100,000 for the rights to her domain name, temecularealestate.com, which she first registered and built a site around in the mid-1990s. Collins turned down the offer; her business had come to depend on the site, she said.

Collins launched a sister Web site, murrietarealestate.com, in 2000. It gets fewer visitors than the Temecula site. A couple of years ago, another real estate agent offered to buy it. After she suggested $25,000, she didn't hear back from the other agent, she said.

Collins' experience is common, said Judy Zulfiqar, a Temecula-based consultant who advises clients on Internet strategies. Though Zulfiqar said she regularly hears of local businesses making and receiving offers of $300 to $15,000 for their domain names, they often are unable to agree on a price. The would-be buyer usually ends up registering a less desirable name, she said.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/07/08/news/californian/21_32_037_7_06.txt

 

[jaikini]

Funny these were mentioned... Picked up NYNYRE.com (ie. "New York, New York" = New York City), and the matched set - KCKSRE.com + KCMORE.com (like the "sound" of this one...), at various points in the past year.

why nyry.com is funny for you?
these days everyone prefer short names

 

[slugraduate]

why nyry.com is funny for you?
these days everyone prefer short names

I think he was referring to the fact that I posted Kansas City names, as he is from the same area.

 

[kemjika11]

i've been regging a few real estate domain names recently, and this thread verifies my hunch-real estate is hot. i regged these few ones recently :

bombaycondos.com
lagoscondos.com
pretoriarealty.com
nagpurmortgage.com

 

[Broker]

HomeAuctionList.com
Condosforsale.com.bz
condosforsale.bz
condotels.cc

 

[TestCase]

Thanks for coming to my defense slugraduate!! :hehe:

I was just "commenting" that it was interesting that two posters used examples very similiar to the dn's I had picked up.

these days everyone prefer short names

And that is exactly why I picked them up!

In the US (ie. American English), we use the phrases such as "Funny you mention that..." or "A Funny story, I..." to mean that we have something to share that is similiar to the particular topic that is being discussed.

EDIT
Just as thegenuis1 was writing the post below, I was editing my post to explain our colloquialism. No offense was taken on my part (or meant in my reply) as I work with people from all nationalities in my job and realize that there are a lot of things that may not be readily known by others from outside the US.

 

[thegenius1]

Thanks for coming to my defense slugraduate!! :hehe:

I was just "commenting" that it was interesting that two posters used examples very similiar to the dn's I had picked up.

And that is exactly why I picked them up!

Jaik didnt mean any harm , sometimes when you are from another country you dont always understand ones terminoligy

 

[gazzip]

I have a few realestate property domains

DubaiRealEstate.net (drop)
DubaiLuxuryProperty.com (drop)
DubaiLets.com (drop)
DubaiGolfHomes.com
Dubai-Property.net
JumeirahVillas.com
Jumeirah-Villas.com

Realestate-Dubai.com (drop - I think the dubai government used to own this one )

SiliconRealEstate.com (drop - just after seeing VegasRealEstate.com go for loads)

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[thegenius1]

I have a few realestate property domains

DubaiRealEstate.net (drop)
Dubai-Property.net
DubaiLuxuryProperty.com (drop)
DubaiGolfHomes.com
DubaiLets.com (drop)


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I like your Dubai Names , I also have ドバイ不動産.com DubaiRealEstate.com In Japanese , Im sure a company will want to market these magnificent Estates to those millionaires in Japan .

Awesome Dubai video >>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3205299137616012822&q=dubai+the+world

 

[End User King]

HomeProperty.org!


Cheers!

 

[gazzip]

I like your Dubai Names , I also have ドバイ不動産.com DubaiRealEstate.com In Japanese , Im sure a company will want to market these magnificent Estates to those millionaires in Japan .

Awesome Dubai video >>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3205299137616012822&q=dubai+the+world

thanks, I'm sure there will be alot of interest in Japan in the coming years for Dubai Real Estate - nice reg

Cool Video :tu: Should be an awesome place when it's finished


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[jaikini]

yes, sometimes there are differences in meaning for same word in different places.

i have some doubt plz clear
which are these is correct?
REALTY OR REALITY
REALTOR OR REALATOR
THEN WHAT IS CONDOS?

plz reply

 

[devyl]

yes, sometimes there are differences in meaning for same word in different places.

i have some doubt plz clear
which are these is correct?
REALTY OR REALITY
REALTOR OR REALATOR
THEN WHAT IS CONDOS?

plz reply

1: Realty is correct. Reality, is just that... life.

2: Realtor is correct.

3: Condos are apartments for rent.

 

[TestCase]

Realty = http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=REALTY&db=*
Reality = http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=REALITY&db=*
Realtor = http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=REALTOR&db=*
Realator = No such word, but it is a common mispronounciation of Realtor.
Condos = Condominiums = http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=CONDOMINIUM&db=*

 

[jaikini]

I think you should do pretty well with .US if they are good names Jaik go for it , and as long as they are US related real estate domains , if you dont mind sharing after you pick them up that would be cool.

hi,
the name is OHIOREALTOR.US

 

[thegenius1]

hi,
the name is OHIOREALTOR.US

Hey Jaik looks good , hold it untill a real estate agent from Ohio gives you a ring or you can even start to call around if you want something to do.

 

[ripley]

I'm not sure how true this is, but I heard elsewhere that realtor is a trademarked word, so you might want to be careful with domains with realtor in it.

ripley.

 

[GreenGambler]

That's crazy if Realtor is TMd. Just don't own Realtor.com and you should be fine.

A condo can be many types of living space. From nice top floor apartments to a section of a split family house. Or at least that's how it is here in Boston...

 

[Damion]

I'm sorry to tell you this Jaikini but you just spend reg fee on a domain you can not own due to trademark issues

It's very well possible you will recieve a letter soon telling you about this.
I know it's sounds silly as GreenGambler said but any domain with realtor in it is not in your right to own unless you are a member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.

Some threads with some more feedback on this issue:

http://www.namepros.com/legal-issues-and-disputes/181133-realtor-finder-net-tm-issue.html
http://www.namepros.com/legal-issues-and-disputes/174770-dangerous-to-use-realtors-in-dn.html

So i am sorry for your loss

 

[harkster]

Here we go again but it's only money.

Just reg'd;
ARKANSASREALTY.US
IDAHOREALTY.US
DAKOTAREALTY.US
CAROLINAREALTY.US
NEWMEXICOREALTY.US
WYOMINGREALTY.US

It appears every [state]mls is reg'd but they didn't consider Garden State mls which has a farr OVT so also did GARDENSTATEMLS.US

 

[mch]

You guys got some nice names here. What do you think about:

Quality Real Estates .com
Bora Bora Real Estate .com