What has more value e or i?

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Just wondering peoples opinion on the value of names with "i" or "e" in front of it.
Which is and will be worth more in your opionion?
for example

ireview vs. ereview

idomain vs. edomain

istupidity vs. estupidity

imoney vs. emoney

isee for the .ca there are 51,602 "e"something domain names registered

i see there are 41,598 "i"something domain names registered

so e is more popular it seems what is more popular with you?

 

[coltter]

personally i prefer "i" than "e",
you would not like "ePhone", right?

 

[End User King]

I'm really feeling the "i" domains. That seems to be the trend.
Another thing I've noticed is they're much easier to pick up at
Reg Fee!

 

[AndyR]

Just regged iStockmarket.net

FYI, andy

 

[DomainTalker]

I love 'i' domains....

'e' somehow doesn't do it for me....I think 'e' (for 'electronic') was an early days web thing....Today, more and more people relate to 'i', I reckon.

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[FX]

I prefer the "i" then keyword had some great sales

 

[lzy]

i > e > v

IMHO

 

[tkstark]

'i' would seem to have more juice (thanks in large part to apple, no doubt), but i took a look at recent sales yesterday and 'e' is not doing badly. eHelp(.)com recently sold for $40,801 and eSurvey(.)com for $11,700.

i'm scratching my head over the apparent uptick in 'u' domains (even tho i regged a couple).

 

[gazzip]

I prefer i before e - but only on one word domains (generally speaking) ....not that I own any of them.



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[MasterOfMyDomains]

Thanks all,Good score andy
I prefer "i" over "e" most times,just been scoring alot of "i" domains.

Thanks for all your opinions

 

[bmugford]

I have sold my share of "I" and "E" domains.

It really is a case by case basis. Generally, I like "I" more in the iVerb format, and "E" better in the eNoun format.

Brad

 

[Jaco]

I love both.
I is definitely the trend, E is definitely on the "established" side (they were the face of Bubble 1.0), even though people have been reg'ing I prefixes since the beginning.

Either are a keyword lucid, turnkey brand and I've been screaming about their virtues forever. It seems people have really been waking up to them in the past couple years, per bid prices on them... I used to buy them almost at will, but now, I'm regularly getting my ass kicked in auctions by people more determined to own them than I am.

I recall one discussion on a forum, circa 04 or 05'ish- where everyone said these names were outdated relics and web2 names were the future... I simply LOL'd at them and relentlessly put my money where my mouth was on e/i prefixes bolted onto desirable keywords... I won.

Anyway, I've had this internal debate many times. For some things, I go E, for others, I- if I'm inspired enough to buy one and both are sitting there for reg, I most certainly buy both.

Even though I is the trend, E has resonance and 'establishedness' in peoples minds for websites, kinda like .com. It was standard in the early days, has been standard for a while and people don't think twice about e(whatever). Target demographics would probably play a role in my decision, whether to brand on E or I. Whatever you choose, take comfort in the fact that you immediately win over anyone who chooses to go web2 for their name platform.

 

[john_karr]

It depends on the generic word. E is for electronic I is for Internet!

 

[uliss]

e is more than electronic things, like e-business, e-commerce, e-mail, epassprote. when i is more about I, My, like Iphone, Icoke, Ipod.

E or I, it's depends on what follows them

IMHO

 

[DnEbook]

yep the i's have it , because of the personal feel to the prefix , ilove ....etc

 

[Jaco]

I wouldn't be so quick to write off E (scratch that... PLEASE, everyone, disregard E. Leave them alone. They're "outdated" ... You're better off building on a trendy web2 name... )

While I is definitely trending pretty strong for new-agey branding (and I do own several of them and love each one like a child), E is old-school, internet bedrock. I recently caught eNapkins.com off drop (which I was positively ****ing thrilled- go look at the keyword verts for "Napkins"...) - I would prefer eNapkins to iNapkins. I cannot articulate why that is, but I'm pretty sure my instincts are right. If I had to choose between eDormroom and iDormroom, I would probably go I, given the target demographic. Again, I cannot articulate exactly "why" beyond demographic considerations, but I'm confident in this.

Also, I think people err when they take the whole "e is for electronic, i is for internet" thing too literally and use that in their decision making process. The cornerstone of the prefix concept is branding. Period. While it had a stream of logic in the early days, today, prefixing is a simple way to have a brandable name platform while remaining as succinct as possible while being entirely keyword lucid. If you're selling to the masses, they recognize a prefixed keyword as a brand. They don't deconstruct the meaning behind the prefix itself- hell, I'd bet less than 1/100 people even know the difference.

Anyway, yeah. Prefixes bolted onto nice, commercially viable keywords and in .com. Huzzah huzzah. They're basically viable, pre-branded businesses you can buy for a few dollars. But shhhhhhhh..... Don't tell anyone. Let them keep buying what they're buying :D

 

[Spade]

I have sold my share of "I" and "E" domains.

It really is a case by case basis. Generally, I like "I" more in the iVerb format, and "E" better in the eNoun format.

Brad

Nailed it! :wave:

 

[-REECE-]

Have to agree with Brad.

On average, "i" domains seem to be higher valued today. I know I've seen a lot more companies using "i" domains since Apple started calling their products "i" this and "i" that. From around 1999 to 2005, we saw good "e" domain sales occurring more often and "i" domain sales almost nonexistent.

 

[equity78]

In favor of I over E there have been some nice sales lately, the one week on DN Journal
iPal.com started things off placing #7 on the top 40 selling for $59,000. The domain previously sold for $7800 in april of 2005 on Enom's Club Drop.

iPoolTables.com sold for $7,000

iRebel.com sold for $2050

iStockbroker.com sold for $2750

iBoxing.com sold for $2750

iDoors.com sold for $2000

iTurn.com sold for $2000

I see even .net and .org sell nicely, you cannot be greedy and look for .com pricing but a name like iconsult.net selling last week for over $1300 is nice. Again IMO

 

[End User King]

I've owned a couple. Sold iMicrochip.com several years ago.