BusinessInsider.com Asks: Will Dot.Com’s Become The Dinosaurs Of The Internet?
BusinessInsider.com just published an article entitled “Will Dot.com’s Eventually become the Dinosaurs of the Internet?
“During the Internet bubble, you were an automatic millionaire if you owned a one-word domain name that matched your business (example: Car.com, Hotel.com and Sex.com etc). Now that all the good ones are taken, it seems to be more than popular to snatch up a domain name with a crazy extension.”
“Ever heard of the Internet tool to shorten a URL called Bit.ly? Chances are that you have, and if you haven’t, you have probably clicked on one of their nearly five billion links that have been created to shorten website links. How about Justin.TV, Del.icio.us or Last.fm? ”
“”History has shown us that .com and .net were the standards for most businesses, while .org was the norm for organizations and .gov were limited to governmental entities. However, over the past couple years, everything has changed.”
With hundreds maybe even thousands of extensions coming, it may eventually be more about something that is brandable and memorable regardless of whether a .com is involved or not.
I can tell you out of the 75,000 domains I own one of the most inquired about domains are meet.me and date.me and with the AOL purchase of About.Me is goes to show that brandable domains may well involved what is right of the dot not just the keyword to the left.
All and all an interesting article that everyone should check out.
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@JP
Using my iPhone. Cable and high speed is not working. The IMO was displaced.
IMO, I would buy Doctors.com. The domain is very valuable. You can set the site up as a web directory.
I’m sure the domain can be monetized in some way – implants, jobs, and etc… It’s definitely an aged domain, one word generic term, and has a ton of average keyword results and searches.
MedicalSupplies.com is a valuable name, but less valuable than doctors.com. Many may prefer the singular version. However, the plural probably has more appraisal value, but the singular is more brandable.
IMO, both domains are excellent, but I would prefer doctors.com over the medicalsupplies.com domain. If both were available with no history, the doctors.com is an excellent site to brand as either a job site or something like a professional forum to ask medical question. Maybe one can partner partner with JustAnswer.com. People like to communicate to physicians. There’s a big market for physicians on Just Answer.
IMO, Even though there’s possibly liability issues, an end-user will have it covered. Very valuable end-user potential.
@J
Ok so if it is in .com you would pic Doctors, however if it is in.bz you would pick MedicalSupplues? Curious, why?
@JP
There’s a different criteria. I would prefer one word generic domains. However, I would have a tough time choose whether to buy Doctors.com, or LaserHairRemoval.com. Even the second .com has strong market value.
Doctors.com is a brandable one word generic .com with many organic results. IMO, medicalsupplies.com is a quality domain, but no way near as good as doctors.com. I would actually prefer Movie.biz to your doctors.biz. The.biz seems to be a tough sale unless their plans to develop the domain. I would read past DNjournal sales to determine which .biz has sold.
Also, i would prefer Resume.biz. Think like a business. Restaurant.biz, directory.biz, shopping.biz, and etc.. There’s a major difference between Doctors.com and doctors.biz.IMO, it’s like the US GDP versus a small nation. I don’t buy .biz unless I could afford Resume.biz and Movie.biz. The names communicate with the extension. Job sites are best as .com, .org, .net and .us. I believe businessjobs.biz was available, or may still be. Reason the domain is available because the .biz is less appealing in certain names (IMO).
I had some challenges with trying to sell some .com service domains in various categries. However, I flipped a .com that was in a niche I know a lot about. It really depends on whether an end-user has a plan. People will find certain names to be valuable to their overall business.
Doctors.com is a major domain with marketing appeal. The keyword starsalso support the case, as it is searched more and east to remember. Your .biz is in a different category due to the extension. Doctors.net is another good domains. I wouldn’t mind owning doctors.org. You can build out any of those domains in anything to capture a market – medical education, schools, info, insurance, and etc.. IMO, you evaluate a domain based on the extension and the name.thanks.
24 Billion.coms and its going to be a dinosaur? What’s this guy smoking
Excuse my random errors. Definitely not a good experience typing a comment on an iPhone. In any case, I’m sure you have an idea about the difference in the extensions and names.
Watch auctions to see what sells. Review the DN Journal. Do a search on Valuate for top .biz sales. There’s not too many in the top sales list. .com populate the sales chart. I believe music.mobi sold in the $600k+ range. That was during the height of the popularity of .mobi. Moreover, it at a .mobi auction.
Every name and extension has a meaning. I would have a hard time choosing between Resume.com and Jobs.com. I’m sure I would go with Jobs.com because people identify with jobs more than the other business. You can subdomain all types of jobs to build major traffic.
For the most part, you could develop a business beyond the domain industry. Instead of just selling a domain, you will be selling a company with customers – whether it be traffic or membership.
There are many subdomains sites to the generic term that outperform the site. They may have a good marketing plan, spend on affiliate programs, bid on keywords, and have other agendas to capture traffic. One .biz name can be worth more than another, but then the .com can be reversed. IMO, I will choose a one word generic .com because I don’t own one, and likely will never acquire one. It won’t affect my decision to keep buying and selling. Thanks.