http://www.dotweekly.com/domain-names-want-vs-need/ Sun, 20 May 2012 18:20:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.dotweekly.com/domain-names-want-vs-need/#comment-5365 Jamie Zoch Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:32:26 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=1430#comment-5365 Hi Leonard, I do agree with you, but each domain name, business or site idea can be a little different and another TLD will work not being a .com . As you said, most of the time it's Price, Not fully Choice on if a .com or .net is used. It is "natural" for people to type .com and any missed traffic is not something any site owner wants. I also think .com gives a domain the Most Trust into a site. Is this because .net is not used as much commercially? That is likely, but trust is something that is priceless on the net. Hi Leonard,
I do agree with you, but each domain name, business or site idea can be a little different and another TLD will work not being a .com . As you said, most of the time it’s Price, Not fully Choice on if a .com or .net is used. It is “natural” for people to type .com and any missed traffic is not something any site owner wants. I also think .com gives a domain the Most Trust into a site. Is this because .net is not used as much commercially? That is likely, but trust is something that is priceless on the net.

]]> http://www.dotweekly.com/domain-names-want-vs-need/#comment-5364 Leonard Britt Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:20:00 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=1430#comment-5364 While I agree with you on the value of generics and have seen hundreds of examples of real companies with poor domains, I still believe there is value in other extensions .NET in particular and for certain types of sites a .TV, .Org or .Info could work. Try acquiring a short, memorable keyword .COM domain and see what the registrant asks for. I have gotten responses in the five-figure range for two-word .COMs which I didn't really believe were worth anywhere near that much. You may lose some traffic with a .NET domain but I believe this slippage is grossly overstated by the .COM domainer camp. People aren't stupid. If they type in .COM they will quickly realize their mistake because usually the .COM is parked or perhaps is a simple directory or minisite. And how much traffic does that two or three-word .COM really generate? And what percentage of those visitors would actually buy your product or service? Small businesses should try to acquire nice keyword domains (preferably .COM) but price is still an important factor. While I agree with you on the value of generics and have seen hundreds of examples of real companies with poor domains, I still believe there is value in other extensions .NET in particular and for certain types of sites a .TV, .Org or .Info could work. Try acquiring a short, memorable keyword .COM domain and see what the registrant asks for. I have gotten responses in the five-figure range for two-word .COMs which I didn’t really believe were worth anywhere near that much. You may lose some traffic with a .NET domain but I believe this slippage is grossly overstated by the .COM domainer camp. People aren’t stupid. If they type in .COM they will quickly realize their mistake because usually the .COM is parked or perhaps is a simple directory or minisite. And how much traffic does that two or three-word .COM really generate? And what percentage of those visitors would actually buy your product or service? Small businesses should try to acquire nice keyword domains (preferably .COM) but price is still an important factor.

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