What if only .us available?? Good sign to buy?

[kahymo]

Hi,
last week i came across a lot of name where only the .us or the .co was available
is this a sure sign to buy, when you have domain developped in .com .net .org

most of them where in the finances/Business niches

thanks for your input
Kahymo

 

[tomcarl]

IMO, Only single-word .US domains could have value, or two-word names that are generic, represent an entire industry perfectly and should be geo-targeted.


Cellphones.us - Valuable
Coolphones.us - Not valuable

RealEstate.us - Valuable
GreatRealEstate.us - Not Valuable

Repairman.us - Valuable
FindRepairmen.us - Not valuable

These are cases where you can find available .US now and then, they don't sell, at least not for me.

 

[lincolndsp]

it's a sign this .us is of no value

 

[biggie]

:talk:

newbies should stick with .com

imo....

 

[kahymo]

to tomcarl
thank you great point,
too many of these Coolphones.us and GreatRealEstate.us everywhere


to lincolndsp if it was the case,you'll find creditcard.us hotels.us and credit.us availables;
.us proved to be a good one as long as you have it in english like tomcarl explaned above

 

[lincolndsp]

last week i came across a lot of name where only the .us or the .co was available



to tomcarl



to lincolndsp if it was the case,you'll find creditcard.us hotels.us and credit.us availables;
.us proved to be a good one as long as you have it in english like tomcarl explaned above

it's a sign this .us is of no value

 

[techgal128]

If you plan to develop it, then go ahead and get the domain. In my opinion, it's better to have killer keywords with a mediocre extension than crappy keywords and a .com. For my site, I have a lot of visitors from around the world and the .us extension doesn't seem to deter them.

However, strictly from a reseller's point of view, don't touch it with a 20 foot pole.

 

[kahymo]

at techgal128,
thanks for your clear assessment,
in fact i registered most of them, these are 1 and 2 English words, no doubt about the value
i sold a few domains in the past, and have a good feeling for these ones

my approach is more the one where i buy 100 domains, and expect to sell 50% at a good price,
and eventually drop what stay for too long in the portfolio