What’s the maximum length for a premium domain?

[Zutroy]

Hi people

I was wondering what you folks consider the maximum length for a premium domain to be? Also does this include the amount of letters in the extension?

Thanks

John

 

[.jd.]

No such thing as a "maximum character count". Would you not register computers.com because it goes above 9 characters -- including extension?

 

[Zutroy]

I see, I was thinking around 26 ish, not including the extension.

 

[SpareDomains]

best long one I sold for high x,xxx was 15 letters

 

[bmugford]

I recently sold a 19 letter .ORG for high $X,XXX. It depends more on the actual term than length itself.

Some keyword domains are just long.

Brad

 

[Zutroy]

Please excuse my ignorance but when you say 19 letters are you including the extension?

 

[bmugford]

19 Letters + Extension.

Brad

Please excuse my ignorance but when you say 19 letters are you including the extension?

 

[GreenGambler]

I don't think there is a maximum character count. If it has solid keywords, it doesn't matter if they are long or big words, IMO>

 

[amazon84]

What if the domain has a very solid keyword but long/double extension ? How much could it be worth in your opinion?

 

[DotWeekly]

Keyword(s) is the key factor, not length.

 

[biggie]

Keyword(s) is the key factor, not length.

exactly!

as an example, this "hand-regged" domain has 29 letters and has "4 words" in it, not counting extension

stats from last month @ ds
Visitors/U.S. Visitors/Searches/Clicks/ClicksPerVisit/RPC/RPM/Pop-Under Revenue/SearchRevenue/Total Revenue

5 4 2 2 40.00% $5.74 $2,295.43 $0.00 $11.47 $11.48

another hand-reg, has 21 letters and 4 words not counting extension
120 112 93 57 47.50% $0.10 $49.36 $0.10 $5.83 $5.92

 

[Jawed]

Hi people

I was wondering what you folks consider the maximum length for a premium domain to be? Also does this include the amount of letters in the extension?

Thanks

John

The rule of thumb is: the shorter the better.

However there are certain keywords that are long and they are still premium. If I am new in domaining arena, I would stay away from long names.

 

[biggie]

If I am new in domaining arena, I would stay away from long names.

even if you're not a newbie...stay away

 

[vWiz]

The shorter the better because you want your customers to remember your domain name. Something short and simple. I always use abbreviations of words in my domain(s).