discuss .today

[ThatNameGuy]

All...I purchased the following domains today. These domains cost me $60, but I think I may be on to something because of the .today that acts as a .com. and who doesn't want to make a deal/sale today? It was when I realized that every day is today and these names might make great eCommerce sites for all sorts of industries. Aesthetically these names look pretty good. I'm a business guy first, a marketer second, and a domainer third. What might you do if your were me? Thanks

DomainDeals.today
AutoSale.today
FurnitureSale.today
RVSale.today
ComputerSale.today
ApplianceSale.today
HomeSale.today
TruckSale.today
PuppySale.today
TireSale.today
ToySale.today
TicketDeals.today
JewelrySale.today
ArtSale.today
BoatDeals.today
BoatSale.today
ComputerDeals.today
BigScreenDeals.today
TVDeals.today
ApplianceDeals.today
FurnitureDeals.today
HouseSales.today
SkyDeals.today
PhoneDeals.today
GourmetGifts.today
YachtSales.today
BikeSales.today
GiftSales.today
WineSales.today
BeerSales.today
CruiseDeals.today

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I have been registering and selling new gTLDs since day 1 and if I should give two advices, they will be:

1. Stay away from two-word names. They will probably never sell. They are ok with .com, but not with an extesion such as .today.

2. If the extension is niched, be sure that the keyword and TLD matches well. For example:

A) News.today is a perfect match
B) Business.today is a great match
C) Chicago.today is an ok match
D) Potatoes.today is a bad match

Jen....I agree, however the word "today" when you reference it with "sales" or "deals", then you further reference it with the kinds of sales or deals like AutoSales.today or MarijuanaDeals.today is the attraction here. As a domain extension "today" becomes a call to action word, whereas .com is really more generic.

Do you understand where I'm coming from? It's obviously the sales guy in me coming out, but sales "TODAY" is a pretty big deal in my book. btw, I'm not "bolding" and putting the word "today" in red to impress you, it's meant to call customers to action NOW!

Thanks Jen for sharing your experience with me today!

 

[atinc]

All...I purchased the following domains today. These domains cost me $60, but I think I may be on to something because of the .today that acts as a .com. and who doesn't want to make a deal/sale today? It was when I realized that every day is today and these names might make great eCommerce sites for all sorts of industries. Aesthetically these names look pretty good. I'm a business guy first, a marketer second, and a domainer third. What might you do if your were me? Thanks

DomainDeals.today
AutoSale.today
FurnitureSale.today
RVSale.today
ComputerSale.today
ApplianceSale.today
HomeSale.today
TruckSale.today
PuppySale.today
TireSale.today
ToySale.today
TicketDeals.today
JewelrySale.today
ArtSale.today
BoatDeals.today
BoatSale.today
ComputerDeals.today
BigScreenDeals.today
TVDeals.today
ApplianceDeals.today
FurnitureDeals.today
HouseSales.today
SkyDeals.today
PhoneDeals.today
GourmetGifts.today
YachtSales.today
BikeSales.today
GiftSales.today
WineSales.today
BeerSales.today
CruiseDeals.today

@Fancy.domains is right.

A) News.today is a perfect match
B) Business.today is a great match
C) Chicago.today is an ok match
D) Potatoes.today is a bad match

For 2-word domain: cryptocurrency.today is fine. There might be exceptions like this but mostly stick with exact match domains with new gTLDs.

 

[Fancy.domains]

@Fancy.domains is right.



For 2-word domain: cryptocurrency.today is fine. There might be exceptions like this but mostly stick with exact match domains with new gTLDs.

Yep. There are always exceptions that proves the rule. Especially during popular trends!

 

[Fancy.domains]

Jen....I agree, however the word "today" when you reference it with "sales" or "deals", then you further reference it with the kinds of sales or deals like AutoSales.today or MarijuanaDeals.today is the attraction here. As a domain extension "today" becomes a call to action word, whereas .com is really more generic.

Do you understand where I'm coming from? It's obviously the sales guy in me coming out, but sales "TODAY" is a pretty big deal in my book. btw, I'm not "bolding" and putting the word "today" in red to impress you, it's meant to call customers to action NOW!

Thanks Jen for sharing your experience with me today!

Thank you!

You might be right that some of this will attract a buyer. If you (or anyone else sell two-word names), please let us know. We all need to update our knowledge and domaining is slowly but constantly changing.

My advice was based on my own experience and reported sale statistics, but I'm not sitting here with all answers.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Thank you!

You might be right that some of this will attract a buyer. If you (or anyone else sell two-word names), please let us know. We all need to update our knowledge and domaining is slowly but constantly changing.

My advice was based on my own experience and reported sale statistics, but I'm not sitting here with all answers.

Thanks, for 1.99 I just bought three more; VegasRx.today
PotRx.today
BusinessRx.today

I'm trying to get 100 of them to start my site: DomainDeals.today I'll have to check, but I believe I have around 80. Total inventory cost for the site will be $199. That's not too large an investment to start a business that has way more upside potential than downside risk.

The key will be to see if I can drive enough traffic to my site to start selling a few of these domains. If I can driver traffic to this site, I'll off to the races.

Anyone care to help develop the site for 15-20% of the profits? Thanks,

Bulloney

 

[learie]

I don't mean to be a party pooper Bulloney, but, those names would be tough to get off your hands. I really wish you the best with those.

 

[BaileyUK]

Anyone care to help develop the site for 15-20% of the profits? Thanks,

Bulloney

I must admit there has been some good entertainment in reading your posts and threads Bulloney. you seem to be trying to cram-in all the basic 'newbie' mistakes in record time.

What happened to last weeks 'reinventing' of the Hyphenated domain Revolution, I take it that idea has now been overtaken by the New future of 'Today' domains

And Nope nobody is going to promote or develop your domains, Not even for 85% of the 'Potential profits. I can't believe your real and along with your Username, Please tell us it's all just a big wind-up.

ps nobody promotes/develops others mistakes when they can get a 100% satisfaction in doing their own

 

[thevictor]

@Bulloney

I see where you are coming from with the "call to action". I got 2 todays myself (goldrates.today & whybuy.today) for that reason; but as almost everyone already noted, you will have tough time moving 100 days Then again, you might get luck and make your money back in one shot.
IMO the issue with these new TLDs is that most end users do not know/recognize them so you may have to spend some additional time/money on end-user education. I am not a pro by any means but this sounds like an outbound play only! Good luck!

 

[ThatNameGuy]

@Bulloney

I see where you are coming from with the "call to action". I got 2 todays myself (goldrates.today & whybuy.today) for that reason; but as almost everyone already noted, you will have tough time moving 100 days Then again, you might get luck and make your money back in one shot.
IMO the issue with these new TLDs is that most end users do not know/recognize them so you may have to spend some additional time/money on end-user education. I am not a pro by any means but this sounds like an outbound play only! Good luck!

Thanks, and I agree totally. So who might buy goldrates.today and whybuy.today from you? Gold Brokers, Dealers, and even Jewelers of which there are thousands of them around the world. Both those domains, especially for 1.99 are worth their weight in gold! I hope to have some sort of site up within 60 days, and maybe I can help you. I think I own jewelrysales.today and golddeals.today Good luck to you as well! I think you get it

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I must admit there has been some good entertainment in reading your posts and threads Bulloney. you seem to be trying to cram-in all the basic 'newbie' mistakes in record time.

What happened to last weeks 'reinventing' of the Hyphenated domain Revolution, I take it that idea has now been overtaken by the New future of 'Today' domains

And Nope nobody is going to promote or develop your domains, Not even for 85% of the 'Potential profits. I can't believe your real and along with your Username, Please tell us it's all just a big wind-up.

ps nobody promotes/develops others mistakes when they can get a 100% satisfaction in doing their own

LOL, so they don't sell Gold, Houses, Yachts, Jewelry, Furniture, Appliances, Computers, Phones in the UK today?

 

[JB Lions]

LOL, so they don't sell Gold, Houses, Yachts, Jewelry, Furniture, Appliances, Computers, Phones in the UK today?

Not off a .today extension.

Curious, do you have an idea of what you would sell them for?

How much would you sell this for - BoatSale.today

 

[thevictor]

Thanks, and I agree totally. So who might buy goldrates.today and whybuy.today from you? Gold Brokers, Dealers, and even Jewelers of which there are thousands of them around the world. Both those domains, especially for 1.99 are worth their weight in gold! I hope to have some sort of site up within 60 days, and maybe I can help you. I think I own jewelrysales.today and golddeals.today Good luck to you as well! I think you get it

"gold rate today" has a little under 2 million average monthly searches with low competition @ $0.15. Going to throw it up on Flippa and see if it sticks...

 

[dordomai]

what people here dont get is keyword does not matter if the extension is not popular and no even when it sounds nice it has no real value if it is not an extension that is not commonly used.

you could register the same names in .now or .cool or whatever sounds trendy, in the current market there is a bigger supply as there are many alternative extensions. if you understand how a market works (large supply = low prices) you will understand that these domains arent going to sell for much if they sell at all.

buyers have to many other options, they dont need to buy domains from you. If you have something rare and special it has value, otherwise it is regfee.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Not off a .today extension.

Curious, do you have an idea of what you would sell them for?

How much would you sell this for - BoatSale.today

After I showed an interested buyer that act.today sold for 20K 02/19/2017, and showed them their website, I'd just ask them to make an offer. Seems to me, a boat dealer like Tiara or Sea Ray (I've owned both) might make an offer of no more than 20K and no less than 1K. Remember, I own BoatDeals.today as well.

 

[JB Lions]

After I showed an interested buyer that act.today sold for 20K 02/19/2017, and showed them their website, I'd just ask them to make an offer. Seems to me, a boat dealer like Tiara or Sea Ray (I've owned both) might make an offer of no more than 20K and no less than 1K. Remember, I own BoatDeals.today as well.

So $1,000 - $20,000 for BoatSale.today or........... $8 something for BoatSaleToday.com

And you would tell them the .today is a better deal because......?

 

[ThatNameGuy]

So $1,000 - $20,000 for BoatSale.today or........... $8 something for BoatSaleToday.com

And you would tell them the .today is a better deal because......?

JB...it's pretty clear you don't like me, so I need not humor you with an answer. Have a nice life.

 

[JB Lions]

JB...it's pretty clear you don't like me, so I need not humor you with an answer. Have a nice life.

What? I don't dislike you, I don't know you.

It was a simple question. As a business guy first, and a marketer second, why would somebody spend $1,000 - $20,000 for a domain on an extension most people have never heard of, instead of getting the .com for $8 and change? Market it to me, how would you sell that to somebody.

 

[New.Life]

Hello @Bulloney
Good luck with your domains!

... I also try not to register more than one word in new gTLDs.
You can still get good, short domains, but every day it gets harder and harder.
Short domains have a much higher chance of selling and they look much better than those domains where more than one word before the dot.

That's why I did not register, for example - DomainDeals.newgTLD
but simply hand registered Domain.Deals for $73 just one year ago.

...and this will be my website for selling domains in the future.

I have three or four .today domains the best of them - Cash.Today
I had some good offers for selling this domain. But I don't want to sell the best of my domains yet.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Hello @Bulloney
Good luck with your domains!

... I also try not to register more than one word in new gTLDs.
You can still get good, short domains, but every day it gets harder and harder.
Short domains have a much higher chance of selling and they look much better than those domains where more than one word before the dot.

That's why I did not register, for example - DomainDeals.newgTLD
but simply hand registered Domain.Deals for $73 just one year ago.

...and this will be my website for selling domains in the future.

I have three or four .today domains the best of them - Cash.Today
I had some good offers for selling this domain. But I don't want to sell the best of my domains yet.

Domain.Deals makes for a good website. While I'll have a few others pointing to
DomainDeals.Today, I plan on using this as my main site. My recent, mostly two word domains are all about "making deals today". Ever hear of "Lets Make a Deal"? Think of it as a domain. My domain names are more like sales lines..."Yacht Sales Today", "Marijuana Deals Today" "Gourmet Gifts Today" The average character length of my deal and sale domains is 10.5 characters which isn't too bad for this industry. I do believe however, my two word domains serve a higher purpose than your typical one word domain. How do you say "GoldDeals.today" using one word? Or "SportsOdds.today" using one word.
Sure you could use Sports.today or Odds.today ,but it's not the same. btw, I also purchased VegasOdds.today.

Finally, for my .today niche, I just own 2 one word domains, Weigh.today and Devotional.today, but I don't see them as being any better than my top tier two word domains. I have slightly over 100 .today domains combined with about 500 .com domains so I better get crack'n. It's time to MakeHay.today

Good luck to you too New.Life

 

[LaunchUp.com]

I only own, Monday.Today