The future of e, i and z prefixes?

[parkingpartners.com]

With the huge success of Apple's iTunes recently, its hard to completely dismiss the i prefix as worthless. But it only seems good for things you can get over the internet. imusic.com vs iautorepair.com, lol......lots of $$$$ vs $0 value.

Is the z prefix completely dead? Besides Amazon's zshops, I can't think of another big success with it.

What about the e prefix? eBusiness, eFlowers, etc.

 

[RJ]

the "z" prefix was a big flop. It was hyped big time in late 1999 among domain speculators as the next big prefix after "E" and "I". I think even "v" has done better than "z".

A lot of people dismiss the "e" prefix as out of style or dated. I still like it myself. It's still highly recognizable to the general public, thanks to the successes of eTrade, eBay, eLoan, eBusinss, eToys, etc.

 

[DomainOgre]

I hope "e" names are still good, because I plan to develop eOgre.com.

 

[Wanda]

I & E... with a worthy following descriptive word.. live on!


Nice post.. thanks!

 

[Christopher Marks]

I think I and E are still great, within reason.

 

[bigboss]

I like the e prefix too

www.emarketingmatrix.com
I am working on developing the site

Don't know what yet but I am working on it

John

 

[Domainut]

The E or I only seem to sound right to me when added to a major keyword, otherwise they just don't feel right, and I would never think of just typing them in, unless they were major keywords, and i was looking for an alternative to what shows up on those major keyword extensions only.

 

[adill420]

like majority said..prefix doesn't really matter its what prefix is attached to matters..good luck

 

[DomainOgre]

Plus "e" or "i" work best with one word instead of 2 or more.

 

[parkingpartners.com]

Another pre fix that could have potential is "g" for green (i.e. environmentally friendly). At Fortune.com, there's quite a spread about the green business revolution. The "hydrogen economy" seems to be getting alot of buzz.

For the record, I dont own any g pre fixes, but something to think about.

If you want a good laugh for z pre fixes, check this out:

http://www.seriousdomains.com/z.shtml

"Only" $75 k for zdigs.com zFiberless.com for a cool half million. Oh brother....

 

[URLCollection]

i and e prefix domains are still well sought after - We have picked up at least 300 or them in the past 4-5 months with solid keywords following and have had good luck with their sales. Nothing like a few years ago, but still good sellers. Apple uses iBook - and many others - They must know something as I am sure they could have bought tunes.com from Rolling Stone Magazine for the right price, prior to branding.

 

[Acroplex]

I prefer "i" over "e". Not quite dead yet, but you can't tell the future.

 

[biggie]

either one is cool with me, i or e.