Best of luck.

Hope you get 7 figures for each

What sentence ever started with “I Mac”? How many moviegoers actually understand that “I, Robot” was the name of a book? Do you have the same issues with iRobot Corporation – the company that produces cleaning machines? What about iShares.com for investment products. Have you ever noticed how many other hi-tech products begin with “i”?

While a good verb following the “i” makes it all the more clever and compelling, “i” relates to internet and “e” to electronic. Purists will tell you their restrictive rule set for use of these prefix letters, but if you can buy it, watch it or learn about it over the Internet, I find the standard is pretty loose. Both “i” and “e” have evolved into a one size fits all for the concept of Internet related. Of course, if we’re all going to wait until somebody makes an official proclamation, we’ll need to line up the financing to add to our portfolios.

When space tourism takes off in the next year or two, I like iAstronaut.com and eAstronaut.com for all manner of space related information, products and services. Is there something about purchasing freeze dried ice cream that doesn’t line up with the concept of iAstronaut?

Supply and demand. The demand for quality .coms will only grow with time. These aren’t sentences or phrases following the “i”. For the most part, these are root-word dictionary entries.

A few others:

iAircondition.com
iBraille.com
iCosts.com
iCurfew.com
iDangle.com
iDownsize.com
iEcstasy.com
iKlutz.com
iLager.com
iParka.com
iPrefab.com
iPunish.com
iRopes.com
iSchlep.com
iSeance.com
iSkimp.com
iStirfry.com
iUnclog.com
iVoltaics.com
iWicker.com
iWiretap.com
iWorn.com
iWrangle.com
iAdlib.com
iArbitrage.com
iArithmetic.com
iArtiste.com
iAstonish.com
iAuthorship.com
iBinaural.com
iBrainteasers.com
iBulldoze.com
iBusinessperson.com
iChildproof.com
iCoauthor.com
iCoping.com
iCouldnt.com
iCounteroffer.com
iCouponclipping.com
iDeadlines.com
iDebunk.com
iDepositions.com
iDetailers.com
iDongle.com
iFailsafe.com
iFourwheel.com
iGarageSales.com
iHeadliner.com
iHousecleaning.com
iHouselights.com
iHousesitter.com
iHousework.com
iLifesaving.com
iLipsync.com
iLovemaking.com
iOvernight.com
iPersonalCheck.com
iPossession.com
iRustproof.com
iSafedeposit.com
iSailboard.com
iSilversmith.com
iStorytelling.com
iSympathize.com
iTelethon.com
iTopsecret.com
iTradeoff.com
iTransmittal.com

If these words have little value, what is it that is supporting the value of the underlying dictionary word. Direct navigation traffic is key, but it’s the word itself that is getting the interest. Words that begin with “i” and “e” are in many ways a new class of word created by and for the Internet. The same rules should apply as the “i” and “e” prefix are further integrated into our culture and mindset. Time will tell.

No bad as long as those towns have hotels in them.

NevadaNewHomes.com
SQLServerTools.com
CreditCardsApplyOnline.com
CellElectronics.com
MartinsvilleHotel.com
WarrenvilleHotels.com
LouisburgHotels.com
SumnerHotels.com
PaceHotels.com

Am I just wasting my time and money?

I agree there’s plenty of opportunity out there.

We all have opinions of what makes a good domain.

For myself “i” domains like .me domains are good only if they flow in natural language.

So date.me, marry.me, love.me, find.me those are naturals. carrot.me, chair.me, lights.me I wouldn’t invest in.

Likewise

ireport.com
ilike.com
itravel.com

are great. ibidet.com, iairse.com, ioust.com I just don’t get.

Just IMHO

Thanks for your reply.

I noticed you didn’t select any of the iWords as keepers. I may be wrong on this, but in my opinion, iWords and eWords are among the most undervalued and overlooked of all domain names. I constantly hear domainers saying you can’t just slap an “i” or “e” in front of a dictionary word and expect it to be a contender. When that word is a short, catchy dictionary word, I disagree.

While it’s true that any word, made-up or otherwise can be successful when developed with a good concept behind it, I would argue that a domain like iHunch.com would be superior to the alternatives when the name is suggestive of the site concept. It’s easy to remember, conveys certain coolness and is much shorter than MyIntuition.com (reg’d 4-16-2003).

When virtually every dictionary word has been registered including thousands that offer little beyond the word’s perceived value to a dictionary domain name collector, I find the general domainer’s perception of iWords and eWords a bit incongruent (btw, incongruent reg’d 5-15-2003). No doubt, if iHunch.com showed up as SnapNames drop, bidders would be all over it.

I say Potential* – not Poop:

iArise.com – Religion? Anything that tends to move in an upward direction (i.e., hot air balloons, gliders, etc.) Megalomaniacs?

iLuau.com – Tropical party related? Anything Hawaii?

iBigIsland.com – Where else are you gonna book your iLuau or learn out about the history of Puako or Makalawena or find a good place for lunch in Kealakekua?

How about a few brandables that might look good on the business cards of a professional:

iPrune.com – Gardener? Gardening tools? Prune growers?

iHubby.com – Handyman? Or any other chore a wife might like her husband to do instead of taking a damn nap?

iOust.com – Anybody who does anything that gets rid of something for somebody (or is that too limiting?)

iBidet.com – High tech bathroom and personal hygiene products? Auction site for Extraterrestrials? (sorry for that…)

My point is that, so far as I know, Websters is not doing high production runs of new, short memorable dictionary words. They’re all gone and worth a small fortune. Fast forward another four or five years and look at the domain landscape (reg’d 11-21-2005) and I think this is one area where the naysayers (reg’d 8-2-1996) will be proved wrong. It seems like we should probably make good use of the “i” and “e” before exhausting the rest of the letters of the alphabet, but that’s just me.

*All examples are for discussion purposes only. To the extent any hypothetical use might conflict or potentially infringe on the rights of a third party, the domain name end user would be well advised to use such name or names for an altogether different class of products or services and /or seek the advice of counsel before moving forward. It is the express stated intention of this domain holder not to benefit from the protected rights of third parties. There’s plenty of other opportunity out there!

Thanks for the clarification.

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SDM,

No matter what you, you must renew

DrugRehabTampa.com

DrugRehab.com is a million dollar domain. What you have there is known as a secondary GEO.

We didn’t sell $110K of those types of domain last year we sold 15 domain just like that last month for that amount.

Sure you have to know what your doing and be able to spot a good domain from a crap domain, but that is what most of this business from the pure domaining side is about.

http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/01/no-record-setters-but-we-close-over-100k-in-sales-in-june/

Actually, I like that domain. I want to be clear that if a name gets any direct naviagtion, even 2-3 clicks a day, it’s money in the bank. We have many three word names like OrlandoHotelReservations.com that gross over $100 a year in parking. More than enough to pay the registration fees until we can get around to developing or selling them.