domain Sexo.hn

[mtomich]

Sexo.hn

It is Spanish for you know what and .hn is for Honduras a Spanish speaking country.

Appraisal?

anyone?

 

[jayl]

Sexo.hn

It is Spanish for you know what and .hn is for Honduras a Spanish speaking country.

Appraisal?

anyone?

Reg. fee right now, but who knows, the Honduras market could pick up eventually. Might be worth looking into development.

 

[stigmata41]

A spanish 'adult' word with an extension that fits properly is worth reg fee?

According to overture, people searched for 'sexo' over 670,000 times last month.

The keyword alone is worth more than reg fee, regardless of the extension.


Nice pick mtomich.

I'd say midxx - highxx as is to a reseller .. or up to midxxx to the end user ... Develop it or sit on it .. it'll become more valuable either way.

 

[StudioWorks]

Hey,

Reg fee unless you develop it into something, IMHO.

All the best,

- SW

 

[jayl]

A spanish 'adult' word with an extension that fits properly is worth reg fee?

According to overture, people searched for 'sexo' over 670,000 times last month.

The keyword alone is worth more than reg fee, regardless of the extension.


Nice pick mtomich.

I'd say midxx - highxx as is to a reseller .. or up to midxxx to the end user ... Develop it or sit on it .. it'll become more valuable either way.

Undeveloped it's not going to command any traffic, so how could it be worth anything? When people search for "sexo" are they going to be shown this domain? I doubt it. If its developed and does get traffic, its worth something. As is, it's worthless IMO. .hn domains cost $50 a year and the Honduras registry (nic.hn) doesn't even allow you to search for available domain names.

According to overture, people searched for 'sexo' over 670,000 times last month.

How many of those would you reckon were from Honduras, which has 272,000 internet users as of March 2005?

 

[stigmata41]

Undeveloped it's not going to command any traffic, so how could it be worth anything? When people search for "sexo" are they going to be shown this domain? I doubt it.

Thats correct. .. and you can say exactly the same for just about ANY domain name that hasnt been marketed yet. Or are you saying that all domains that dont recieve type in traffic right off the bat ... are worthless too?

How many of those would you reckon were from Honduras, which has 272,000 internet users as of March 2005?

I'd say quite few of them were from Honduras, which has little to do with anything. I visit sites with the .co.uk extension all the time. Does my US traffic not count for other extensions or something?


I'm not saying that the extension is of great value. It's not. But the keyword is of fair value and happens to fit the extension.


To call out my own error (due to lack of research on the extension), reg fee, in my opinion would be a 'fair' low appraisal. I did not realize the cost of registration for the .hn ... so midxx would equal reg fee.

But now your saying 'worthless' .. I'd reconsider that.

Mid$xx - High$xx to a reseller ... mid xxx to the end user

 

[jayl]

I'd say quite few of them were from Honduras, which has little to do with anything. I visit sites with the .co.uk extension all the time. Does my US traffic not count for other extensions or something?

With Mexico having 12.75 million internet users, and not to mention countries like Spain, etc. I would severely doubt that many of them were from Honduras.

Put it this way, I'm from Ireland, you're from USA (hypothetically, not sure if you are!)...Would you ever type in or look for sex.ie? I doubt it. It wouldn't be feasible for someone to invest in a domain with an extension like that when they could get something similar (and just as brandable) for the reg. fee.

There isn't an aftermarket for poor ccTLDs in my opinion, whether its a premium keyword or not. IMO a .bz or .cc domain would be better than a .hn domain, and there are tons of premium keywords still available in both those TLDs.

I was perhaps a bit harsh saying worthless, and probably overvaluing it saying reg. fee. Are you honestly telling me you would pay $50 for that domain?

 

[stigmata41]

With Mexico having 12.75 million internet users, and not to mention countries like Spain, etc. I would severely doubt that many of them were from Honduras.

Put it this way, I'm from Ireland, you're from USA (hypothetically, not sure if you are!)...Would you ever type in or look for sex.ie? I doubt it. It wouldn't be feasible for someone to invest in a domain with an extension like that when they could get something similar (and just as brandable) for the reg. fee.

There isn't an aftermarket for poor ccTLDs in my opinion, whether its a premium keyword or not. IMO a .bz or .cc domain would be better than a .hn domain, and there are tons of premium keywords still available in both those TLDs.

I was perhaps a bit harsh saying worthless, and probably overvaluing it saying reg. fee. Are you honestly telling me you would pay $50 for that domain?

You're arguing a point that we both agree on. Im guessing that 'quite few' of them were from Honduras, as opposed to 'Quite A few' of them. Better phrased, i would say that "You are correct, very few of those queries came from Honduras"

To answer your question, Yes. I would pay 50 bucks for the domain. Honestly.

I agree that in most cases, a straight up .com is the way to go, but try this and maybe you'll be able to understand where I see the value:

Go to google and type in 'sexo', you'll find that the .com is NOT the 'ever dominant' vast majority.

Keep in mind that this is using the 'standard' google.com rather than something like google.com.mx, which would be more suitable for the language

 

[jayl]

Your arguing a point that we both agree on. Im guessing that 'quite few' of them were from Honduras, as opposed to 'Quite A few' of them. Better phrased, i would say that "You are correct, very few of those queries came from Honduras"

My bad, read your point wrong! I understand what you are saying and I'm not saying that a developed site has no chance of doing well based on its extension. But as you've said before, any domain can be successful, even a 25 character with plenty of numbers .ws domain can get to the top of google and attract a lot of traffic if it's done right. I'm just evaluating the domain as I see it, and nowadays for a domain to sell for much, a strong extension is essential. If the domain had traffic and had a strong Google ranking I would evaluate them on that basis.

I respect that you would pay the money for it, but I personally wouldn't, and I reckon a lot of people here would agree with me. At the end of the day a domain is worth what it sells for, so neither one of us is right or wrong at this stage!

Anyway, I think this is the wrong place for an argument and we've both made our points and I think we understand where each other is coming from, so let's put an end to this and agree to disagree on our appraisals? The person asked for an appraisal, not a debate, so it's not fair of us to take over the thread bombarding it with our personal opinions on an entire extension/the domain market in general!

Again, I respect your thoughts and I'm as much to blame for steering the course of this thread as you are. Nice arguing with you!

Good luck with the domain mtomich, I hope for your sake stigmata is right!

J.

 

[stigmata41]

Agreed!


Good luck with the Name!

... and hey .. if anything .. at least we prolonged the threads decent to *gasp* .. Page 2! :hehe:

 

[mtomich]

Sorry, I have been busy and have not been able to respond. Without going into great detail about the ways I agree and disagree...

Undeveloped it's not going to command any traffic...

I expect it to receive between 100-200 hits per month. First day so far on Sedo it has received 6 hits. (prior to originally listing this posting). Not substantial, but worth noting.

Sex.hn is listed on sedo currently.

191 visitors
50 uniques
5 offers

Obviously, you cannot make a direct comparison, but hopefully you get my point.

Last, do not discredit any extension. With the right keyword almost any extension can get plenty of traffic prior to advertising.

I currently own a .hn domain that will get close to 1000 uniques per month without any marketing.

I will return later.
:D