.us .US - The OFFICIAL Discussion, Showcase and Sales Report Thread

[slaughterbeck]

It appears the domain industry has been starting to take notice of the .us namespace over the past year, read DnJournal.com .us growth and Namepros with even greater expectations for the year to come.

So I thought it would be a good idea to ask everyone to show us your .us domain names. You can post your favorites or your entire portfolio.

 

[Jaco]

picked up recently -

bostonharbor
urologists
lowfatrecipes

decent or not so decent?

All decent. Nothing stellar, but certainly decent.
Just remember that .us names don't earn parked, so you will have to sell them to end-users or develop them if they're to be assets rather than liabilities.

 

[Carlton]

OnlineCasinos.US $9,999 (Sedo)

 

[Blitz]

Bought ThriftStore from another member here at NamePros a couple of days ago. I have storage sheds and a garage full of stuff that is to valuable to throw away but not worth listing on Ebay. I think this name will be perfect for writing descriptions of items and publishing their pictures prior to listing them on Craig's list or some other sales venue. The idea being to drive some traffic to the site that way and make it easy for visitors to buy direct.

Very nice name Doc Good idea and good luck with it!

picked up recently -

bostonharbor
urologists
lowfatrecipes

decent or not so decent?

Agree with above that names are decent and minisites are the way to go with these. Check out Noomle.

 

[mhdoc]

Check out Noomle.

Last week I discovered Weebly It's a website building system that is mostly drag and drop. It's aimed at people who do little or no coding but have an idea of what they want their site to look like. You can do a lot with their free features although I went for their pro system

For me, who knows a little html and can make very minor changes to a css file it is working really well. Thrift Storeis about 45 minutes of work. World of Antiques is where I spent a couple of days figuring out how to use their system.

It may be more work that is reasonable for many, but for good domains on subjects you know a little about it might make a good way to get them indexed and maybe a little page rank.

It might even help some of the clueless name sellers gain some understanding of why their domain has so little development potential

 

[Lakshan]

I reged these names

nonresident.us
allowances.us
shopman.us
assaults.us
disadvantage.us
newsreaders.us
cookshop.us
drumstick.us

 

[John Baron]

i was using the new Estibot sales history tool and here all the .us sales just from the last month ! some nice numbers here :kickass:


translator.us 5/28/2010 2,478 Sedo
ecosystem.us 5/27/2010 613 Sedo
japon.us 5/27/2010 85 Sedo
onlinecasinos.us 5/27/2010 9,999 Sedo
colegialas.us 5/26/2010 3,320 Sedo
pumpkinseed.us 5/26/2010 1,077 Sedo
junk.us 5/25/2010 1,658 Sedo
provence.us 5/25/2010 4,296 Sedo
intermind.us 5/25/2010 1,000 Sedo
poetry.us 5/24/2010 1,480 Sedo
biblioteca.us 5/21/2010 838 Sedo
memex.us 5/19/2010 609 Sedo
enchant.us 5/19/2010 2,103 Sedo
chroma.us 5/18/2010 1,361 Sedo
trader.us 5/17/2010 8,007 Sedo
ith.us 5/17/2010 1,023 Sedo
funnygames.us 5/17/2010 3,819 Sedo
mailinglist.us 5/16/2010 1,863 Sedo
houstontx.us 5/16/2010 1,584 Sedo
epsychology.us 5/16/2010 1,238 Sedo
egun.us 5/16/2010 619 Sedo
moto.us 5/16/2010 1,607 Sedo
mycompany.us 5/16/2010 797 Sedo
removals.us 5/16/2010 1,099 Sedo
merchantaccount.us 5/15/2010 617 Sedo
resto.us 5/15/2010 766 Sedo
onlinemortgage.us 5/15/2010 615 Sedo
translators.us 5/15/2010 3,954 Sedo
auctioneers.us 5/15/2010 926 Sedo
bless.us 5/15/2010 3,089 Sedo
cool.us 5/15/2010 1,544 Sedo
kennels.us 5/15/2010 741 Sedo
translations.us 5/15/2010 3,305 Sedo
flu.us 5/15/2010 633 Sedo
directdating.us 5/15/2010 726 Sedo
copyrightoffice.us 5/15/2010 136 Sedo
send.us 5/15/2010 1,118 Sedo
career.us 5/15/2010 2,857 Sedo
playlist.us 5/14/2010 865 Sedo
translation.us 5/14/2010 3,287 Sedo
humus.us 5/14/2010 308 Sedo
boomtown.us 5/13/2010 2,000 Sedo
off.us 5/13/2010 1,001 Sedo
ang.us 5/4/2010 2,000 Sedo
taxback.us 5/4/2010 1,325 Sedo
publicrecords.us 5/4/2010 4,000 Sedo
paul.us 5/4/2010 3,750 Sedo
searching.us 5/4/2010 1,000 Sedo

 

[Success]

I want to find out has anyone here who is a non-US resident being contacted by Neustar to verify their Nexus requirement, and what was the outcome?

If you do not have a physical office or incorporated business in the US, how do you show you have a “bona fide presence in the United States”?

Do having the nameservers located in US, paying for US hosting and getting paid by US companies constitute a bona fide presence?

From Neustar site:

Whether a prospective registrant has a “bona fide presence in the United States” will be determined on a case-by-case basis in light of all relevant facts and circumstances at the time of application for a usTLD domain name. This requirement is intended to ensure that only those individuals or organizations that have a substantive connection to the United States are permitted to register for usTLD domain names.

Factors that should be considered in determining whether an entity or organization has a bona fide presence in the United States shall include, without limitation, whether such prospective usTLD domain name registrant:

· Regularly performs activities within the United States related to the purposes for which the entity or organization is constituted (e.g., selling goods or providing services to customers, conducting regular training activities, attending conferences), provided such activities are not conducted solely or primarily to permit it to register for a usTLD domain name;

· Maintains an office or other facility in the United States for a business, noncommercial, educational, or governmental purpose and not solely or primarily to permit it to register for a usTLD domain name; or

· Derives a material portion of its revenues or net income from sales to purchasers located in the United States.

 

[domains_for_sale]

WebsiteDesigners.us $575 (BargainDomains)
StockMarketToday.us $155 (BargainDomains)

 

[domains_for_sale]

Picked up the other day MdDr.us

 

[famaire]

neustar challenge

I was contacted by neustar questioning my right to own a .us domain. I had to email a scan of my passport and then neustar was satisfied.

 

[Success]

Are you a US resident?

How do you proof you have a “bona fide presence in the United States” if you are not a US resident and don't have company in the US?

 

[stingrae]

The last of my $2.99 Godaddy regs:

PassportRenewal.us
CreditMortgage.us (Insane # of local searches and high CPC)
KidShoes.us (.com sold for $38.6k)
Autoshops.us

Not a bad haul for $12 don't you think?

 

[Spearseven]

I was able to snag NetworkManagementSoftware.us before the GoDaddy sale went off. This has 823K EXACT Global and 236K EXACT Local searches with $7.84 CPC. I have not figured out what I will do with it yet so until I do, I will simply tuck it away with the others collecting dust...

 

[Jaco]

I was able to snag NetworkManagementSoftware.us before the GoDaddy sale went off. This has 823K EXACT Global and 236K EXACT Local searches with $7.84 CPC. I have not figured out what I will do with it yet so until I do, I will simply tuck it away with the others collecting dust...

Something is unquestionably, absolutely, positively amiss with that figure. 100% for certain.

I own BMICalculator.us - BMI Calculator shows in the G keyword tool as 550K gmsve. It has a Wordtracker count north of 6600 (six thousand six hundred), G daily above 8K, Y daily above 2k, Bing above 1K- mainly becase, ya know... A shitload of people are searching for "BMI Calculator"

Conversely, Network Management Software has a wordtracker count of 69 (sixty nine) G daily of 86, etc, etc, etc. There's just no way over three quarters of a million people per month are searching for that term.

 

[Spearseven]

Jaco,

Appreciate the comment. I am definitely not the expert, but that is why I do enjoy reading the posts on here from folks like yourself that are very successful domainers. I am an IT guy by trade so this name sits well with me. I have had some success in the past "dabbling" in the trade and hope one day to find the big find. Everything that I read I do digest and learn from what I have read.

In this particular case, I appreciate the name because that is what I do for a living. My numbers shown above were merely raw numbers taken straight from the google keyword tool with "exact" search. But, because I am always learning, I did run a quick Wordtracker and see your point. But I have a question, not a point (I do NOT want to argue with an expert, rather learn from one).

I would like to reference another domain name that I picked up years ago by accident. I moved into a new house I had bought and the first thing that struck me was the "wild onions" scattered throughout my lawn. As such, I hit the internet for the "cure". Unfortunately there was nothing solid because everyone had their own cure. So I sat back and said let me start a site because I cannot be the only one with the "wild onion/garlic" problem. Hence, KillWildOnions.com was born. It was a simple page with an affiliate program that had the cure all. Because wild onions are seasonal Oct-Mar (that's when they pop up) activity to the site is also seasonal. But, during these months, I get a whole lot more traffic for the keywords than what WordTracker says. Wordtracker has very poor numbers (very poor) for the key phrase "kill wild onions". I can however assure you that during these months for the past couple of years my ROI for the $7 reg fee has far surpassed than the 2 that Wordtracker lists over the last 365 days. Between affiliate earnings for the "Wild Onion Killer" and the adsense earnings I average roughly $300 during that timeframe each year. Now I know that will never make a person rich, but it is 300 dollars that I did not have had I not put up the simple site. I have several sites some a lot better looking than this one that receive good traffic and good affiliate/adsense earnings. (Enough for me to make a costly domain purchase mistake and keep the wife off my back).

Although I have been a member of NP for a couple of years, I am not a full-fledged domainer. I do however have a keen interest in the industry and appreciate folks like yourself that, at the expense of your own time, try to help others like me (far less knowledgeable) a little smarter on the subject matter. I realize for some that they have far better things to do.

Thanks for your comment and for what you do here on NP's!

Spear7

 

[Blitz]

recent reg:

Wall Art
200k exact + many subcategories

opinions?

 

[Jaco]

Jaco,

Appreciate the comment. I am definitely not the expert, but that is why I do enjoy reading the posts on here from folks like yourself that are very successful domainers. I am an IT guy by trade so this name sits well with me. I have had some success in the past "dabbling" in the trade and hope one day to find the big find. Everything that I read I do digest and learn from what I have read.

In this particular case, I appreciate the name because that is what I do for a living. My numbers shown above were merely raw numbers taken straight from the google keyword tool with "exact" search. But, because I am always learning, I did run a quick Wordtracker and see your point. But I have a question, not a point (I do NOT want to argue with an expert, rather learn from one).

I would like to reference another domain name that I picked up years ago by accident. I moved into a new house I had bought and the first thing that struck me was the "wild onions" scattered throughout my lawn. As such, I hit the internet for the "cure". Unfortunately there was nothing solid because everyone had their own cure. So I sat back and said let me start a site because I cannot be the only one with the "wild onion/garlic" problem. Hence, KillWildOnions.com was born. It was a simple page with an affiliate program that had the cure all. Because wild onions are seasonal Oct-Mar (that's when they pop up) activity to the site is also seasonal. But, during these months, I get a whole lot more traffic for the keywords than what WordTracker says. Wordtracker has very poor numbers (very poor) for the key phrase "kill wild onions". I can however assure you that during these months for the past couple of years my ROI for the $7 reg fee has far surpassed than the 2 that Wordtracker lists over the last 365 days. Between affiliate earnings for the "Wild Onion Killer" and the adsense earnings I average roughly $300 during that timeframe each year. Now I know that will never make a person rich, but it is 300 dollars that I did not have had I not put up the simple site. I have several sites some a lot better looking than this one that receive good traffic and good affiliate/adsense earnings. (Enough for me to make a costly domain purchase mistake and keep the wife off my back).

Although I have been a member of NP for a couple of years, I am not a full-fledged domainer. I do however have a keen interest in the industry and appreciate folks like yourself that, at the expense of your own time, try to help others like me (far less knowledgeable) a little smarter on the subject matter. I realize for some that they have far better things to do.

Thanks for your comment and for what you do here on NP's!

Spear7

Wordtracker is never nuts-on accurate and it's possible to generate profit from names that don't appear to have a lot of search.

When you do this long enough, you get a general 'sense' of the sorts and types of terms that are apt to bring in XXXX monthly, XX,XXX monthly, low XXX,XXX monthly, mid XXX,XXX monthly, X,XXX,XXX monthly and XX,XXX,XXX monthly. After a while, you can kinda predict in advance in what range any given term will fall.

Phrases that are XXX,XXX gmsv or higher are very, very common phrases and network management software is not a common phrase. In order for Gs figure it accurate, substantially more people would have to be searching for "Network Management Software" than are searching for "Jesus Christ", which just isn't realistic.

So, since we're smart enough to not rely on one tape measure to do all our cutting, we look at other tools and see that indeed, the figures as yielded by other measuring devices just don't line up with the freakishly high and totally counter-intuitive number Google is saying.

 

[Spearseven]

Jaco,

This is the type of information that makes this forum so useful. All to often I see the "experts" criticize the "newbies" for a comment they make or a question they ask. I think that they forget that at one point they weren't the great domainers they appear to be today and most probably made mistakes along the way and had many of the questions that I seem to always have.

I remember several years ago checking whois for certain domains and actually found many .us domains not registered. I assume this is due to the anticipated future of a specific cctld domain name. I now check for those same .us domains and of course they have been scarfed up. With that said, it appears that general concensus is that the .us tld has a solid future.

Thanks for your follow-on information. Your input will make me a tad bit smarter. Rep points added to you for your time and input.

BTW, also picked up CarpetCleaningService.us a while back.

Spear7

 

[Jaco]

They're development gold- you can usually get whatever keyword you want for a very reasonable aftermarket price (in some cases, open reg), they perform beautifully when targeting US searchers and there is no 'awkwardness' in the TLD itself amongst US consumers... It doesn't have enough commercial mindshare to get type-ins, but years and years of official government use makes the TLD recognizable enough that US searchers don't think twice about clicking on it.

If you have an expertise in network management software, then buying that.us was a no-brainer, regardless of what G says. You will be able to add quality, dynamic content, probably get natural BLs because of it and the topic gets enough interest to make it lucrative.

It would take a substantial change in a number of different things for me to stop liking .us. Frankly, I don't care what 'domainers' think about it. I know what developers think of it, I know what end users think of it and I know what shoppers think of it- that's all that matters.

 

[DotUSDomains]

Heres some i recently picked up.

OnlineCourse.us
OnlineCourses.us
DrumSet.us
Tox.us
CarFinance.us
FashionModels.us
BackHoe.us
Bulldozer.us
Exchanges.us
DataProtection.us
DigitalWireless.us
Ecological.us

Bsc.us