closed My new domains !!

[windyreddy]

Hi. Bought:

www.CarRentalCompany.com

www.HairDressingSalons.com

(Hairdressing is a large industry with customers spending about £2000 million per year. There are about 40,000 hairdressing salons throughout UK, employing around 120,000 people.)

Please appraise.

Thanks,

Windyreddy

 

[IPatlas]

Originally posted by windyreddy


www.CarRentalCompany.com

www.HairDressingSalons.com

CarRentalCompany.com is one of your better domains (the ones I 've seen of yours). Nice catch. The word "company" is not to my best liking but I imagine it was the best you could get.

In the US they call them hairSalons or HairDressers. I don't think they are commonly refered to as hairDressingSalons but hairDressing School is used more (still talking abou the US). You probably already looked at overture about this.

I am pretty sure the name HairDressingSalons rocks in the UK.

 

[Whois-Search]

3 words never sell

 

[windyreddy]

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3 words never sell
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Never Sell !! What makes you so sure ? I sold over 45 - 3 word domains.

 

from personal experience, 3 word domains do sell, as do domains with "company" at the end.

carrentalcompany.com sounds ok to me, don't expect to retire on the sale but its got a good feel to it (i would actually prefer to have the 4 word domain thecarrentalcompany.com though).

 

[mohno]

Originally posted by windyreddy
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3 words never sell
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Never Sell !! What makes you so sure ? I sold over 45 - 3 word domains.

Anyway, BuyDomains registered "theboathouse.net" - 3 word _.net_ domain.

 

[mohno]

Originally posted by mohno

Anyway, BuyDomains registered "theboathouse.net" - 3 word _.net_ domain.

AllThatJazz.net - Yet another 3 word .net domain
Not bad?

 

[DomainSage]

HomesForSale.com sold, AsSeenOnTV.com is more than 3 words sold for a few mill. CarRentalCompany.com is good.

 

[Bob]

There are always exceptions. . . As a general rule they do not sell well.

-Bob

Originally posted by DomainSage
HomesForSale.com sold, AsSeenOnTV.com is more than 3 words sold for a few mill. CarRentalCompany.com is good.

 

[urlguru]

my biggest sale, 5 figures, was a 3 word .com ....

urlguru

 

[dariusthegreat]

i've had a lot of offers for onlineworldnews.com

 

[MBZ]

" forsalebyowner.com "- 800K ?

 

[Biggie]

how about
hairdone.com
curlsnwaves.com

 

[David G]

Originally posted by safesys from personal experience, 3 word domains do sell, as do domains with "company" at the end. carrentalcompany.com sounds ok to me, don't expect to retire on the sale but its got a good feel to it (i would actually prefer to have the 4 word domain thecarrentalcompany.com though).

Three word domains sell and can be valuable, especially if they are key industry terms and phrases.

However, I believe names preceeded with the word THE may sound OK, but do great damage to the names value, be it a 2 word, 3 or 4 word name.

In fact, in most all cases THE in front of the name likely makes the domain basically worthless.

For example, I know of a name TheTraders.com which was recently for sale and could have been purchased for approx' $100., or even less. However, Traders.com is quite valuable, estimated at low 6-figures.

There are zillions of other examples where THE makes the name of little value.

A few possible reasons are the fact very few of us would use THE as part of a type-in name. Also, we may forget about it having THE in front and instead give free traffic to the domain without the THE.

P.S. Never heard of "thecarrentalcompany.com" What is it?

 

[Bokor]

urlguru, where do you sale a 3 word domain??

BK

 

[IPatlas]

Agreed about the word "the" for the most part. There are exceptions, however. I think TheMoneyStore.com may be as good or even better than MoneyStore.com. Money stores can be a dime a dozen but THE money store is, well, THE place Another example: TheMusicRack.com vs MusicRack.com. Does the 3-word seem slightly more favorable of a complete business concept/brand or is my judgement faultering here?

 

[Who-Wiz]

Well, which would be a better value in this example:

TheDrawingBoard.com vs. DrawingBoard.com

I'm Curious.

~ Wiz

 

[Frenchie]

Could we enlarge the discussion to another variant : "My"

For instance, with "Car" (or any other generic name as House, Boat, Garden, Computer, etc...) , could we hierarchise potential value ?

Case study : Car.com, TheCar.com, MyCar.com

Personally, I feel "MyCar.com" more interpelling, more linked with the person , thus better, but maybe other friends do'nt think like me ...

 

[IPatlas]

Sorry, I dont particularly like "MY" in domain speculation or trade. COnsider Frenchie's example and decide for yourselves:

TheCar.com - alsmost useless with exceptions of course

MyCar.com - pertains to ones owning, or improving the appearance of, or mofifing the mechanical parts, or denotes pride in one's possesion of a vehicle. (myprizedcar.com) Key=individuality. Better for a car enthousiast site.

Car.com - possibilities are endless, from an auto industry news page to a classified used (or new) car page.
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TheDrawingBoard.com vs. DrawingBoard.com is a tough one!

Judging from populated TLDs, there ia about equal interest.
The former may be better for a content site (such as a serious discussion or collective development of a project). The latter could be marketing of a specific product or products related to drawing or imaging (?).
Honestly I cannot make up my mind on this one in terms of value although the shorter one is more valuable technically