The Problem With Y As A Vowel in LLLL.coms

[sashas]

Its a big issue among most domainers..is Y a vowel or not.

Now most believe that Y at the end is considered a vowel. Such names are definitely pronounceable. Juhy.com, Wuhy.com..they're highly pronounceable.

The problem I see with such names is that when you say the name out loud, more than half the people will take the Y to be I. So when you're saying "Wuhy.com" on the phone, half the people are going to write it as "Wuhi.com"

This causes a whole lot of branding issues. Suppose you build a big website on Wuhy.com, and do everything to promote it. But some time later, you realize that half of the traffic is going to Wuhi.com.
As an end user, if I were to buy such a name, I will have to make sure that I also own the version of the name ending in I. That means double expenditure...I have to buy Wuhi.com, as well as Wuhy.com

This of course applies the other way around too. Wuhi.com has to lose some of its traffic to Wuhy.com too, though not too much...

 

[TheBulldog]

Didn't I already contribute a poem to this?

 

[KingDon]

Here I am thinking the opposite way with words like "Happy" "Candy" "Andy", I always think Y when I hear words ending like that; in fact, I can't think of many words that end in "I" that fall into this situation.

 

[Coopey]

The problem I see with such names is that when you say the name out loud, more than half the people will take the Y to be I. So when you're saying "Wuhy.com" on the phone, half the people are going to write it as "Wuhi.com"

...or:
wuhie
wuhey
wooie
woohy
woohey
woohi
woohie
wooey
woey

A non-word like that would always need to spelt.

 

[steveteva]

...or:
wuhie
wuhey
wooie
woohy
woohey
woohi
woohie
wooey
woey

A non-word like that would always need to spelt.

Excellent reply.
It's not having a Y or i it's about marketing, see website like Veoh.com, Google.com, Yahoo.com.... having "oo" or no definition domain is just a branding and marketing question!

If you have $$$$$ budget for marketing, rather you have Wuhy or Wuhi you can sky rocket that.