(Sorry for the nab, Jamie – i owe you one!)

Okay, I bit. OOTB (Out Of The Basket, or “new registration”) domains are the only way to go for new domainers, as long as they are EDUCATED in the process of understanding domain values.

With emerging new technologies for adding keyword content for pennies, such as WhyPark.com, any longtail generic domain can get good content that begs for google indexing and organic search traffic. For the price of domain (avg $10) and $.99 per domain, a domainer can create content for their domains that should bring in traffic, get indexed, PR, and custom build the site to work on investment growth in a year… for only $11 total investment. You can’t get that type of value opportunity and ROI ANYWHERE else.

Today, I registered OOTB “roboticdating.com” at Fabulous.com. Cost me $7.30. I’ll bet anyone right now $100 on a $5 bet that I’ll sell that domain within 3 years for over $10,000. Total cost of my investment in three years… less than $25.

I know you’re trying to promote aftermarket sales, and your point is well-taken. I would direct your comments to the marketing directors of companies who turn down excellent generic domains that may cost $5000+ in the aftermarket to settle for lame longtailed domains that don’t put the company in the position to “own” their competition online.

Your readers should know that spending even a few dollars to build out a “hand registered” domain at companies like Evo Landing, AEIOU, and WhyPark can be excellent investments that will payoff in the long run.

Like James says before me here: “”How old are the names based on the netbook, wind farms, and Obama?”

Again, nice baiting, bro!

Every smart end-user knows that all the good ones are already taken. The best advice i can give you before it’s too late is buy the damn premium domain for your business and STOP being so cheap. Are you going to spend more money on a stupid office chair than your own brand that everyone will see? I’m only telling you this for your own good.

Interesting post mate!

This is a very grey area as I agree with what you are saying and on the other hand I don’t.

I agree with what you are saying that most new hand registered domains are totally crap and the people registering them must have been on crack at the time. Just useless names that are no good to anyone. What were they thinking??? I often ask myself when I look over some of the drop lists.

But on the other hand I have sold only four of my “hand registered” domains in the past 12 months that have paid the renewal fees of all my domains which are approx 900 or so at the moment.

Now if this conversation is purely about registering .com domains then yes as everyone knows it is very very difficult to pick up a good hand registered name.

But what about all the other TLD’s and ccTLD’s???
Is .com the only extension on the planet? The way some people go on about it you would think it was!
Yes I know .com is King Yada Yada Yada…
Well what about the dam Queens and Princes??

What about net,org, co.uk, de, .in, com.au etc etc
Great domain extensions that still have one and two word generic names UNREGISTERED. Heeeeeeeeeelllooo is anybody else getting this??

In particular the ccTLD market is still wide open and as far as I am concerned to many people in the US have blinkers on regarding ccTLD’s (please note I said “to many” not “all” and think that the .com is the only one worth registering.

I have just spent the past 7 months traveling around the world with my wife and daughter and I can say from first hand observations that .com in other countries is a very distant second in terms of usage compared to the local ccTLD’s on billboard ads, tv, radio etc.

This is what very smart people such as Rick Latona have discovered and is now chasing down the ccTLD like a man possessed.

I for one have most of my domains spread across .co.uk, .in & .co.in and .com.au the rest of about 200 domains are .com, net & org.

Every day I am registering new “hand registered” names in these extensions.

Here are some over the past month that I have hand registered for the India market (which only has 1.1 BILLION people by the way!!)

soundproofing.in
rctoys.in
digitalslr.in
mp4player.in
plasticpallets.in
bambooflooring.in
electricshavers.in
remoteserver.in & remoteservers.in
cameratripod.in & cameratripods.in
endoscope.in & endoscopes.in
labelprinter.in & labelprinters.in
mediaserver.in & mediaservers.in
hdcamcorder.in & hdcamcorders.in
remotebackup.in & remotebackups.in

Also some from Australia -

electricdrums.com.au
electronicdrumkit.com.au
electronicdrumkits.com.au
windowlocks.com.au
3dprinter.com.au
cnclathe.com.au
cnclathes.com.au
cncrouters.com.au
reelmower.com.au
reelmowers.com.au
avreceiver.com.au
avreceivers.com.au
remoteserver.com.au
remoteservers.com.au
endoscope.com.au
lcdhdtv.com.au
lcdhdtvs.com.au
kvmswitches.com.au

Now these are just a few but you get my point.

All of the above domains are of a product or service and you can tell what that is by the domain (wow generic ccTLD’s now there is a concept for some)

If you do some research and pay attention to what goes on around you domain names will fly at you faster than you can register them. Just look at magazines, Yellow Pages, TV ads etc etc what is it that people around you are spending money on??

In the past 2 years I have picked up some one word hand registered Indian ccTLD’s such as envelopes.in
firewalls.in
fountains.in
barrels.in
clamps.in
fixtures.in
chisels.in
rollers.in

All IMHO very valuable to the right end user or as a developed domain.

Anyway I say “hand register” all you dam like just make sure you do you market research first before you go and register kkruuroopp.com because you think it may catch on as a name later on!! over a ccTLD name such as electricshavers.in

Its a no brainer to me!

Here endith my rant

Regards

Ed Keay-Smith
http://www.ozdomainer.com

READ HIS POST AGAIN PEOPLE!

If you want to hand register know what you are doing.

There are sites out there that supply free lists of reg fee names such as mine RegFeeNames.com but dont register names unless you plan to develop it or flip snd educate an enduser.

Enduser should buy generic domains that fit there product not go out there and register a name that doesnt fit there business.

well thats my rant. dont have s go at jamie people.

Regards,

Robbie