question Simple question between Lasvegascom.com and Lasvegas.com

[gdndd]

Hi everyone,

I have seen very often this kind of situation ...

When A specific domain name gets very popular, the global name (including the extension) is regged ...

Like: Lasvegas.com and Lasvegascom.com
Or Hotels.com and Hotelscom.com ...
Or Topix.com and topixcom.com

What is the value of having lasvegascom.com or hotelscom.com ?

Thanks for your help...

 

[biggie]

typo traffic is wat they hope for, but now a days, those tricks don't work like they used to

imo....

 

[gdndd]

OK ... Thanks ... But, would it have any value today ? If the guy froim lasvegascom.com decided to sell his domain ... What could he possibly expect as a profit ?

 

[Ategy]

The only real value would be for the traffic .. as no end user would ever buy this as a real business name because of the obvious confusion. Even then any attempt to commercialise it could ironically and strangely be ended by a UDRP.

Honestly .. if I saw this on auction at $12 I wouldn't make a bid unless the traffic was monstrous. If that tells you anything.

 

[amirp]

well you can always buy something that makes sense if you cannot get your hand on .com version of it
example, if you cannot buy lasvegas.com you can buy lasvegas.city instead
( of course if it is available)
me personally wont waste my money to buy lasvegascom.com or any similar typo unless domain itself has an amazing traffic
buy something that make sense that is why some investors are leaning towards new gtld because they can create something that actually make sense rather than typo



realestatlasvegas.com vs realestate.vegas

 

[Brands.International]

lasvegascom.com - it does not look so nice

1Las.Vegas - I got it for USD 20, and I am pretty happy with it