What would be worth more?

[ali123]

Hey guys, say I want to buy a website based on custom cars what would be better? customizedcars.com or custom-cars.com

Thank You, Ali

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

I'd go with custom-cars.com

 

[bmugford]

Interesting question here. You have a popular term with a well placed hyphen, vs a far less used term.

Custom-Cars.com -

- Wordtracker 1191
- Results 1 - 10 of about 980,000 for "custom cars".

CustomizedCars.com -

- Word Tracker 261
- Results 1 - 10 of about 75,800 for "customized cars".

I would personally prefer Custom-Cars.com in this equation. In my opinion the benefits outweigh the negatives.

- Custom-Cars.com looks better to me.
- Easier to spell
- Much more popular term

It is true that you will lose traffic to the non hyphenated version. The hyphen also will limit type in traffic, although 2 word domains don't generally have a lot of type-in traffic to start with.

 

[lzy]

custom-cars.com

ps: You should really develop wiisucks.com. Parking it, Nintendo could easily take the domain away from you. :imho:

 

[snoop]

Customizedcars.com by a long, long, margin, hyphens suck most of the value out of a name (99%).

although 2 word domains don't generally have a lot of type-in traffic to start with.

That is news to me....both these domains would be good type in names in non hyphen form.

 

[gladdy]

I vote for custom-cars.com

 

[bmugford]

Really? I bet Credit-Cards.com would sell for more than 1% of the price CreditCards.com sold for.

A well placed hyphen makes no difference for SEO reasons over a non hyphenated version. It is easier to place higher in search engines with a popular relevant term in your domain name, even with a hyphen, than a lesser term without a hyphen.

Brad

Customizedcars.com be a long, long, margin, hyphens suck most of the value out of a name (99%).

That is news to me....both these domains would be good type in names in non hyphen form.

 

[ali123]

Haha thx guys, in my case the hyphen one is 1/3 of the price of the one that has the ed in the end and the second word after the hyphen is only 2 letters but I'm looking to start a business out of it and the price wouldn't matter to me as long as it's reasonable. The non hyphen version of this domain is registered but not parked.

Thank You, Ali

 

[bmugford]

For SEO reasons Custom-Cars.com is way better than CutomizedCars.com. Development is a totally different world than "domain flipping".

Haha thx guys, in my case the hyphen one is 1/3 of the price of the one that has the ed in the end and the second word after the hyphen is only 2 letters but I'm looking to start a business out of it and the price wouldn't matter to me as long as it's reasonable. The non hyphen version of this domain is registered but not parked.

Thank You, Ali

 

[snoop]

Really? I bet Credit-Cards.com would sell for more than 1% of the price CreditCards.com sold for.

Are you basing this on any statistical analysis?

Take a look at dnjournal weekly sales reports, hundreds of 4 figure+ sales reported each weak and maybe two or three of those are hyphen sales. Hyphens rarely sell and the prices are low.

 

[bmugford]

Like I said hyphenated domains are good for development because of SEO reasons. There is a world outside of "domain flipping". Not all money made on domains has to do with domain sales. Keywords make a big difference to indexing.

If you are buying the domain to sell, then CustomizedCars.com would probably be better. If you are buying the domain to develop, there is no comparison.

Are you basing this on any statistical analysis?

Take a look at dnjournal sales reported, hundreds of 4 figure+ sales reported each weak and maybe two or three hyphen sales. Hyphens rarely sell and the prices are low.

 

[ali123]

For SEO reasons Custom-Cars.com is way better than CutomizedCars.com. Development is a totally different world than "domain flipping".

but wouldn't more Seo = more traffic, which would = to more customers? what the customer wants to buy is exactly in the domain name.

 

[bmugford]

Snoop, there is is whole thread dedicated to Hypenated Domain Sales. They apparently are more popular than you realize.

The basic question is which is better.

1.) Far more popular term with one well placed hyphen.
2.) Less popular term without a hyphen.

If I was developing, I will take #1 every time.



CustomizedCars.com has no Alexa ranking and an average Word Tracker. You aren't going to get a lot of type in traffic, as the ranking shows.

That is news to me....both these domains would be good type in names in non hyphen form.

 

[snoop]

Snoop, there is is whole thread dedicated to Hypenated Domain Sales. They apparently are more popular than you realize.

Pointing to a thread listing a couple of hundred sales doesn't make resales common.

Like I said dnjournal list two or three each week so that is already 400 or so sales from the last 2-3 years, that is out of a pool of millions of names. For every hyphen sale reported one hundred+ non hyphen sales are reported and then the prices are generally low.

 

[bmugford]

Like i said before there is a world outside of selling domains for a profit, and for development the term "Custom Cars" even with a hyphen is much more valuable than a lesser term without hyphen.

It really depends what your goal is. If your goal is not development, and you are trying to sell the domain by itself, then you could probably find a buyer quicker on CustomizedCars.com

If you have a term like StockMarket.com or something you will get type-in traffic. With a term like "Customized Cars" with a 250 WT and only 79K Google Results it isn't like the type-in traffic is going to be overwhelming.

The bottom line is CustomizedCars.com has no Alexa ranking. So if you went with Custom-Cars.com you can't pretend that you will be missing all this type-in traffic that does not exist for either.



Brad

Pointing to a thread listing a couple of hundred sales doesn't make resales common.

Like I said dnjournal list two or three each week so that is already 400 or so sales from the last couple of years, that is out of a pool of millions of names. For every hyphen sale reported one hundred+ non hyphen sales are reported.

 

[snoop]

Like i said before there is a world outside of selling domains for a profit

Weren't you just arguing these names sell well?

 

[ali123]

Like i said before there is a world outside of selling domains for a profit, and for development the term "Custom Cars" even with a hyphen is much more valuable than a lesser term without hyphen.

It really depends what your goal is. If your goal is not development, and you are trying to sell the domain by itself, then you could probably find a buyer quicker on CustomizedCars.com

The bottom line is CustomizedCars.com has no Alexa ranking. So if you went with Custom-Cars.com you can't pretend that you will be missing all this type-in traffic that does not exist for either.

Brad

My goal is development W00t, you've made my choice! Thank You

Edit: Yah I was also confused which side you were on lol

 

[bmugford]

Hyphenated names do sell, and they sell for decent numbers. They certainly sell better than your "1%" statement.

I have sold several hyphenated domains from $500-$5000 and none of them are as good as Custom-Cars.com

The poster of this question clearly stated he was planning on developing a site though, and for development there is no debate which is better IMO.

ali123, I would suggest you go take a look at the SEO or Development forums on Namepros. You would get a better response from Developers on this than "domain flippers". It is a totally different crowd. Most developers understand the value of a well placed hyphen, and most resellers do not.

Weren't you just arguing these names sell well?

 

[snoop]

Hyphenated names do sell, and they sell for decent numbers. They certainly sell better than your "1%" statement.

I have sold several hyphenated domains from $500-$5000 and none of them are as good as Custom-Cars.com

Look at the big picture, reported sales data. You are just giving anecdotal examples here, see it for what the market really is, not based on the few sales you have had.

 

[bmugford]

The poster asked which is better for development. As a reseller I don't expect you to understand the development potential of two word domain with a well placed hyphen.

Look at the big picture, reported sales data. You are just giving anecdotal examples here, see it for what the market really is, not based on the few sales you have had.