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sundaybluez
Joined: Mar 16, 2006
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Posted: 2006-May-27 17:39
Well a common question what we always have in our mind.
I came across a guys with 8 yrs of experience having a domain which he called it to be very good but was not able to sell that. Strange isn't it ?
Why can't a good domain name be sold ? 
Now the name was 123456.net
(To Moderator : This is not a domain apprasial or any trick to do promotion, so i hope you allow the domain name to be posted here)
Now do you guys really call that a good domain name ?
For mean it doesn't worth anything.
Domain name which has some logical sense is always a good domain for me.
123 is fine, but 123456, na not at all.
What do you think ?
Let start a health discussion guys!
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david68
Joined: May 16, 2005
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Posted: 2006-May-29 17:24
I personally think the domain name is dumb, I wouldn't want it. And two, I wouldn't PAY a squatter a dime - I think it's a sleezy way for people to make a buck.
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SportsGuy
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Joined: Aug 30, 2002
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Posted: 2006-May-29 18:58
A good domain name is what the owner makes of it.
If I used my own name as a domain (which I own), it'd be great if I was a "someone" and people knew to "Go to myname.com" - if you know my first & last name, you know my website.
That said, the list listed here is not using my name - it was registered first with a different name; one which reflects what I actually do for folks. It's kind of catchy, sort of, but not nearly as professional as I'd like.
It is indexed, though, and has some history, so I leave it alone.
Now, the basis for the good domain name is that it's memorable - that's what you want - folks to recall the domain name.
123456.net doesn't really fit my criteria for a couple of reasons:
1 - it's getting a bit long when said out loud for most folks to recall - it's NOT difficult by any means, but you know how we all have the attention span of a gold-fish these days...
2 - what was I saying...?
2 - Seriously - it's a .net. 99% of people default to the .com version of a domain, since they've been trained that's what websites are - dot coms...
Schools and governments have an OK time of it as their own suffixes are recognized these days.
For Johnny-lunchbox operating a website, the criteria should be that it's memorable, and hand-in-hand with that, that it's easy to say out loud. Next up is it should, whever possible, be able to be related to the content of the site.
Sure, eBay = online auctions NOW, but back in the day, they, like Google and Yahoo were remembered because they domain was simple, easy to say out loud and stood out.
Today these words are practically in the dictionary listed under what the websites do. I think Google actually is in the dicionary now - it's used as a noun and a verb.
So, keep it short, keep it easy to say out loud, easy to remember and be a .com.
That's my criteria.
For those who say all the good ones are gone, I say dig deeper in the niches of current verticals for the leftover gold-dust - an ounce of gold dust is still an ounce of gold - and that's where the money is.
I have a live website of which the domain is based on a saying the community I target uses frequently. Since this saying is trademarked by the manufacturer of the product we all use (or, more specifically, the product which the community is based on), I also have 2 other domains registered as fall-backs. Not likely that the company will ever contact me and say they want me to stop using the domain, but if they do, I'm a 301 redirect away from compliance and safety. The alternate domains are also related to the topic, too.
For those who don't like the idea of others profiting from the sale of good domain names, I simply say this:
If someone offered me $500 USD for a parked domain I owned and didn't plan on developing, I'd let it go. I'm not in the business of reselling domains, but hey - everyone's online for porn, searching or to make money. I begrudge no one any of these pursuits.
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david68
Joined: May 16, 2005
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Posted: 2006-May-29 20:14
For those who don't like the idea of others profiting from the sale of good domain names, I simply say this:
If someone offered me $500 USD for a parked domain I owned and didn't plan on developing, I'd let it go. I'm not in the business of reselling domains, but hey - everyone's online for porn, searching or to make money. I begrudge no one any of these pursuits.
If squatting was illegal there would be ALOT more available domains out there. When looking for my own .COM (feeling the same way as you do, .NET etc isn't my cup of tea) I spent days typing in names to WHOIS searches before I found one I could use. It's beyond frustrating to see name after name being parked yelling "FOR SALE". Use it or lose it, that should be how things are done but unfortunately it isn't and we all suffer boring/stupid domain names because of it 
[ Message was edited by: david68 05/31/2006 04:04 am ]
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sundaybluez
Joined: Mar 16, 2006
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Posted: 2006-May-30 04:55
Yeah i agree with you. People just block domains and park them to sedo or something like that hoping that one or the other day some buyer will get it from them in high $$$ or $$$$.
I have been searching for good names to develop websites but had very little success in getting good .com's althought i was able to get a few of them which were really good.
If we keep an eye on the expiring domain list, there are some to be given a serious consideration and can be grabbed.
Now i have started looking for good .info's as rather than .net's they do make some sense.
If anyone chooses a proper name then certainly
xyz.info
will sound more better than
xyz.net
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david68
Joined: May 16, 2005
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Posted: 2006-May-31 12:07
Personally I'd take a .net over .info - the only good thing about .info is the domain company I use has sales on .info for 60 cents a year lol, can't beat that. .net the cheapest was $2.99. I use registerfly because they offer privacy protection (to hide your name/phone/etc) which is cool.
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