discuss Who says long domains have no value?

[Michael M]

SmartManagement(.)com just sold at GD Expired Auction for $3,800 (making it the 11th highest sale at at GD Expired Auctions in the last 7 days.)

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[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

But then... why are you promoting them? And trying to sell them?

First, actually you are promoting them (with every new criticism).

Second, I am not trying to sell them, I am convinced that they will selll

Third, I had the ultimate experience of BBBUYINGGG them, now I have the ultimate experience of OOOWNINGGG them and if I will experience the ultimate experience of SSSELLINGGG them, I will be able to say that I had the multimate experience of experiencing these 3 ultimate experiences.

 

[wayne wooldridge]

Excuse me for derailing this thread. I just meant to make a simple point and i kinda spiraled out of control.

I can't unring a bell, but l will just now say "congrats" to the seller.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Excuse me for derailing this thread. I just meant to make a simple point and i kinda spiraled out of control.

I can't unring a bell, but l will just now say congrats to the seller.

I know that your post is not addressed to me - but nevertheless (because its a public post) let me tell you that there is no need to excuse, you have not "derailed" (?) this thread, it's a thread, you posted your thoughts about long domains.
Nobody have derailed it, it's still all about long domains.
Nobody is forced to write about 63 character domains here but everyone has the right to do so because they are the epitome of long domains.

 

[namerav]

Popular EMD's two or three words are always bring you good amount.

 

[dirk]

Do they have commercial appeal?

One is a 3L .com so yes . Some of them had offers in the past, like a nickname I used to use online back in the day.

Unless I desperately need money I won't sell them, its like any collection that increases in value over time, you enjoy it for what it is, not for what its worth.

 

[hookbox]

I wouldn't be surprised if Elliot Silver bought this name. It's exactly the type of name he would buy and sit on for awhile.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Lots of perceptive commentary in this thread. Thanks for starting it, @Michael M !

I think it is important that the domain be memorable, and that can be because it is concise, but it can also be with 2 (or even more) words, if they are memorable to potential clients. That is true here.

The second point (maybe less obvious in this example) is whether there is emotional resonance (borrowing a term I saw on Twitter) - does saying the name feel right or good. Great brandables often achieve this. Sort of embedded in that is positive connotation. I know there are exceptions to all of these, and sometimes negative words sell, but usually the best names are positive.

If there were simple rules that always worked, this business would be easier than it is!

 

[Joe N]

One is a 3L .com so yes . Some of them had offers in the past, like a nickname I used to use online back in the day.

Unless I desperately need money I won't sell them, its like any collection that increases in value over time, you enjoy it for what it is, not for what its worth.

The difference being... when you die, you're leaving a loved one a nice chunk of money and not a nice chunk of debt.

 

[ecalc]

Long domains have no value? How about diminishing value? NP member webscent published a domain study in 2016 showing average selling price go down as length goes up. A 15-character $3.8k name doesn't bust that model.

 

[shig]

I would rather register a good two letter domain than a 4 or 5 character letter/number random combo. This is where I think domainers get lazy. Much easier for me to remember two words that make sense together than an acronym. Plus words get better SERP for your specific niche than some random letters you bought because it was short.

 

[LUP]

I believe my domain RentYourDomains.com is worth > $1000, long does not matter

 

[shig]

I have a domain that is 19 characters long, was reg in 97, most extensions taken, and has estibot appraisal at $174k.

 

[Kate]

This isn't what I would call a long domain. It's just two keywords and < 16 characters.
Good name, it could have sold for more.
Actually, it's a rather typical sale. Many most names sold are two-word combinations.

 

[nomen]

Agree with @Kate. Not what I would consider as an awfully long domain. Somewhat impossible to convey the same meaning with fewer letters. Hard to imagine that anyone outside the domaining circles would see this domain and think 'that's a loooong domain'. IMO they would only attach positive attributes to the domain in question.

 

[PHILIPPE RAVEL]

Why not?
If a domain "makes sense" = means if it "mediates something", then principallyyy it has value.
If it is made of well known words (like your posted one, for example), it is easy to understand its "message" (meaning).
But of course a meaningfull domain can also have an "abstract soul"- for example just a repeated ("pureness") term / digit or a combination of a / some certain ("code") terms / digits - the advantage of such "abstract" domains is that they give a broader range of interpretation = broader usabilitiyyy

Thank you so much for getting back to me.
If what you are saying is true I think I have a very valuable domain (HIGH $xxx,xxx)
It's a 2 word .com domain with 17 letters in the whole.
This domain was registered for the first time in 2013 and It was dropped.
Now I hand registered It.
Kind Regards.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Thank you so much for getting back to me.
If what you are saying is true I think I have a very valuable domain (HIGH $xxx,xxx)
It's a 2 word .com domain with 17 letters in the whole.
This domain was registered for the first time in 2013 and It was dropped.
Now I hand registered It.
Kind Regards.

It's true what I am saying but in my viewww it's complete unrealistic to now think your domain is worth HIGH XXX,XXX.XX - I really don't knowww howww you came to this phantastic conclusion based on my replyyy

Also, no matter how long a domain is and how much it worths, as long as nobody buys it, it is "only" the personal equivalent of the imagined amount of moneyyy

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

I would rather Register a good two letter domain than a 4 or 5 character letter/number random combo. This is where I think domainers get lazy. Much easier for me to remember two words that make sense together than an acronym. Plus words get better SERP for your specific niche than some random letters you bought because it was short.

Just to go for sure, I assume you actually meant "...a good two word domain…" or?

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

The difference being... when you die, you're leaving a loved one a nice chunk of money and not a nice chunk of debt.

And when I die, I am leaving my subsequent generations either millions (if not billions) of moneyyy or at least the equivalent of it - in form of super long domains.

 

[Joe N]

And when I die, I am leaving my subsequent generations either millions (if not billions) of moneyyy or at least the equivalent of it - in form of super long domains.

You just contradicted yourself...

Also, no matter how long a domain is and how much it worths, as long as nobody buys it, it is "only" the personal equivalent of the imagined amount of moneyyy

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

You just contradicted yourself...

No, I more just confirmed myself.