So called "Premium Names"

[duceman]

Isn't it time for us to come to an agreement on what we call premium names?

:imho: most of the sales threads usually claim to have "premium names". The truth is maybe 1 out of 50-100 sales threads have premium names in for sale. I'm sure most of us think/wish that our domains are premium, but would we really be offering them for sale for $##-$###.

I can see saying that the domain is a premium .net, .org, or ccTLD but there just aren't any premium .com's that would sale or be offered in the $## price range. (this doesn't include LLLL valuations). We through the term premium domain around so much that if I was a newbie I might actually think that my 4 word 3 hyphen .aero is premium

I'd love to hear some feed back and possibly create some sort of standard for tagging a domain as premium.

.....sorry for the rant.

 

[smashfactory]

premium- that is often an opinion held by the domain owner-
generic- that is much easier to classify

i agree, premium has run wild with many names- generic tends to remain truer to its calling

 

[snoop]

"premium" doesn't really meaning anything much, it is like using the word "good", 100% subjective.

 

[evilopinions]

One word is too often profaned for me to profane it,
One feeling too often disdained for me to disdain it...

 

[htmlindex]

"premium" has as much meaning as all these "official" threads that are popping up on Namepros.

 

[duceman]

"premium" has as much meaning as all these "official" threads that are popping up on Namepros.

:lol: Yeah, I forgot to make this the "Official thread for discussing the use of premium"

 

[Mark]

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder ....

I also think the term is overused , But see no way to moderate it really. I actually think people use it to gain attention but don't realize how often those type threads are overlooked. I'd actually be more inclined to open a thread that says "Crappy Domains" to be honest.

 

[duceman]

Actually as I think about it, the reason I started this thread was because of Ebay. I was looking for a diamond in the rough and ended up going through 15-20 threads that said "premium". Needless to say the domains were not premium :imho:

 

[bricio]

in regards to "premium" i hate when i read "premium name for sale" and it is not

there are some LLLL owners write "premium LLLL" and their names have non-premium letters
i would like some letters were premium but they arent; period
when we talk about letters there are among domainers premium and non-premium letters, like it or not even some letters in my or in your opinion should be premium

 

[alex_d]

Its like calling your domain names rare or unique. Of courses they are all bloody unique / rare - that doesn't mean that they are any good though.

 

[newvista]

When I see "premium name" above a thread it has got to the point that I ignore them, dont even look at them. Anyone who posts "premium names" without them being premium is harming their thread and the forum IMO.

 

[Broker]

Premiums are in the eyes of the shopper :imho:

 

[jacal1]

This is a great thread...actually, it's even better than that...its a "premium thread".

 

[cache]

if you go to ebay, almost all are premium

 

[htmlindex]

in regards to "premium" i hate when i read "premium name for sale" and it is not

there are some LLLL owners write "premium LLLL" and their names have non-premium letters
i would like some letters were premium but they arent; period

I guess just because they own a LLLL.com, they think it's a premium name, even if it's only gonna get them a $30 sale

When I see "premium name" above a thread it has got to the point that I ignore them, dont even look at them. Anyone who posts "premium names" without them being premium is harming their thread and the forum IMO.

Maybe we should try an experiment & title our sales thread as "Non-Premium Domain For Sale". That might actually get more people viewing the thread :hehe:

 

[notlikeyou]

:lol: Yeah, I forgot to make this the "Official thread for discussing the use of premium"

By making that error you will never be able to achieve premiumness

I get rather tired of the Super-Generic-Premium-Dictionary threads that consist of 7254cards-mortgage.org, I typically just skip over them.

 

[DnEbook]

premium if dealing with enom dot tv ....... they are the judge and jury
a LLL.tv will cost you $500 a year , also some generic names or more

 

[Carlton]

... I get rather tired of the Super-Generic-Premium-Dictionary threads that consist of 7254cards-mortgage.org

A fitting example. There is such a thing as a legitimate "premium" domain, but the term gets misused so often. I hear young people say "That's AMAZING" when it's really just perhaps a bit interesting, or one notch above mediocre. Of course I grew up saying "That's AWESOME" so just as guilty. But I would like to reclaim "premium" as a meaningful adjective.

 

[gpmgroup]

Perhaps we could have ratings like

Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Lead & plastic?

Or like the financial industry

AAA AA A B ..... junk and deep junk

Of course people could set their own ratings too isubprime

 

[mvl]

Real premium domains don't need to be advertised as premium.