What's more valuable?

[Man O War]

I'm little confused... Which is better something such as beating.com, elegance.com, cleaning.com, optional.com, or something like a noun, such as pawnshop.com??? I guess I'm trying to figure out the value rankings for pronouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.. Any help is appreciated !! :td:Thank you guys!

 

[Kate]

Try to stick to domains that are commercially viable.
cleaning: good. Category-defining domain.
Optional: poor. Too vague.

 

[Man O War]

Thank you! If I may elaborate more on your help- eg. If I own cleaning.com, is it difficult to sell because I would have to try and sell it to an established cleaning business? Eg. Servpro, Merrymaids, Dryclean USA, etc. because their brand and service is already established? Let alone trying to develop it into a cleaning service business and compete with them directly. I can see why successful domainers are an elite group. So many things to consider off one word!
:D

 

[joshny]

i don't think that is necessary, cleaning .com would also sell , only thing would be that you would have to send mails and try to sell it,
cleanx dot com , an already established company is selling it's domain at godaddy auctions, they haven't really got a good offer till now

 

[NLP]

Sdsinc is absolutely right about commercial value.

If you owned a one-word .COM with commercial value you wouldn't have to ask if it was valuable - because you'd be getting offers, and traffic. And you probably would have paid thousands of dollars for it.

There IS such a thing as too generic sometimes, in that a second word that helps define the industry can be helpful. For instance, compare "Cleaning" with CarpetCleaning, HomeCleaning, Landscaping, or AutoDetailing. Those are a bit more specific, although still considered premium category killers.

If it's a dictionary word, ask yourself whether there are any products associated with it. Type the word (not the domain) into your search engine. Are there advertisements at the top and to the side in bold indicating that companies have paid to advertise that exact product/service? If so, that's a good sign. Then check to see if similar or compound forms of the name are being used, and if it's registered in other extensions. If the domain is aged (i.e., not a fresh registration, but something where the WhoIS dates back several years), even better. All these things are proof of its potential value.

I'd always check Namebio, DNJournal, and DNSaleprice for past sales involving that keyword. The more you look at lists of names that have sold, the better you get at understanding what sells.

 

[paperbaby]

I think University is a good compassion - when someone graduates college, what degree do they usually make the most money with? Its not "underwater basket weaving" - same kind of goes for domaining. I.e. www.Doctors.com or www.Lawyers.com is worth more than www.Historians.com etc. Just ask yourself if the buyer would be driving a BMW or a Volvo.

 

[Man O War]

Thank you for all the valuable input so far guys! The more I study about domaining, I'm finding out that it is a serious business and not just a casual hobby that anyone can just jump into... Starting to make sense.

If someone has Table.com, would it be better for branding, selling it to a mid-level table company, or would someone such as Roomstore, or Overstock buy it cause they both sell tables?

Or a service such as heartsurgerymiami.com... Would it be difficult to sell? Since most heart surgeons anywhere, would have to do the procedure inside of a hospital that also services other types of procedures. I know this one would be hard to brand.

Lastly lol, a name such as climbing.com... Sell it to a rock climbing equipment manufacturer/store, getting out of debt service, or start a group rock climbing service?

Appreciate all you guys' time!