Using Past .com Sales as Value Indicator for Another Extension

[kh611]

Today, I found a keyword phrase whose .com sold for a little over $20,000 a few months ago. The only thing available now is the .biz and .us.

Now, I know that I will not be able to get anywhere near the amount the .com did, but do you think it would be a good ROI to purchase one of the other two extensions?

 

[JB Lions]

You'll get all kinds of opinions and you just need one person out there who thinks so and wants that domain. I would say probably and I'm just basing that on something I'm working on. When I first got into this on the side, I was looking for something where I can see all domain sales and easy to read. There are sites out there with sales, like dnjournal, soldnames, dnsaleprice etc. but what I did is put them all on a spreadsheet and now I can see:

keyword/domain .com .net .org. ...........

And can see what they sold for across the board.

Just started it and what I've seen from .com ----- .us is a range of .85% - 2%. But just started it (have 600+ domains so far) and only have a handful of sales both in .com and .us I think it's a good selling point, a way to market them, pointing out the sales in different extensions.

Figure I would throw in a few examples:

in $
christian
.com - 600,000
.us - 13,500

bingo
.com - 1,100,000
.us - 15,000

computer
.com - 2,100,000
.us - 17,000

 

[Kate]

IMO, if the other extensions are still available, it means the buyer did not even bother to do defensive registrations. If they didn't consider buying the remaining names for < $10 each, unlikely they will pay a premium.
Plus, many sales are one of a kind and unlikely to repeat...

 

[JB Lions]

Some people don't even think of that. I remember somebody posting all the .org and .net available in .com. You figure they would go ahead and spend the $7 to get the other extensions but a lot of people don't.

 

[kh611]

Thanks for the opinions.

Some people don't even think of that. I remember somebody posting all the .org and .net available in .com. You figure they would go ahead and spend the $7 to get the other extensions but a lot of people don't.

Or some people just figure they spent enough on the .com that they shouldn't pick up the other domains...

---------- Post added at 05:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:49 PM ----------

JB Lions,

So, would you consider a .us over a .biz, based on your research?

 

[JB Lions]

Thanks for the opinions.




Or some people just figure they spent enough on the .com that they shouldn't pick up the other domains...

---------- Post added at 05:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:49 PM ----------

JB Lions,

So, would you consider a .us over a .biz, based on your research?

I just started the spreadsheet, so don't have much in those domains yet but a little of what I have:

couple of .us - .biz

foods.us - 20,000
foods.biz - 11,350

meningitis.us - 15,000
meningitis.biz - 15,000


couple of .com - .biz

find.com - 1,200,000 find.biz - 10,630

wine.com - 3,300,000 wine.biz - 4,250

I personally like .us better than .biz but that's just my preference. Later on when I get more domains up and compare them, I'll get a better feel for it.

 

[JB Lions]

Thanks for the opinions.




Or some people just figure they spent enough on the .com that they shouldn't pick up the other domains...

---------- Post added at 05:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:49 PM ----------

JB Lions,

So, would you consider a .us over a .biz, based on your research?

I had a post but it went into moderation for some reason. Alright went thru this time.

couple of .us to .biz sales

foods.us - 20,000
food.biz - 11,350

meningitis.us - 15,000
meningitis.biz - 15,000

couple of .com to .biz sales

find.com - 1,200,000
find.biz - 10,630

wine.com - 3,300,000
wine.biz - 4,250

I personally like .us better than .biz but others might like .biz better. Later on as I do more work on it, I should get a better feel.

"Or some people just figure they spent enough on the .com that they shouldn't pick up the other domains..."

Yep, I normally don't buy the other extensions when I have the .com, for sites I've actually built out. I figure most will use the .com and my sites will probably be better than what other people do with other extensions, so it's nothing I've ever been concerned about.

 

[kh611]

Thanks for sharing your findings!