Domain Names Are Making A Comeback

[izopod]

From News.com http://news.com.com/2100-1023-948831.html?tag=cd_mh

Domain names bounce back


By Lisa M. Bowman
Staff Writer
August 7, 2002, 3:54 PM PT


The number of domain names increased in July, reversing a nearly yearlong decline.

According to the Zooknic Internet Geography Project, a research venture that examines Internet use, the total amount of .com, .net and .org domain names grew by 128,874 in July. The tally of domain names had been declining since September, prompted in part by a poor economy, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the expiration of some names that had been nabbed by Web speculators.

The total sum of domain names in June was just 27.1 million, off an October 2001 record of 30.7 million. But the numbers appear to be on the upswing.



The report also found that major registrars, including VeriSign and Register.com, are stemming the domain-name drain. VeriSign has lost more than 4 million names since the beginning of the year, but Zooknic said those losses are declining and approaching zero. Register.com seems to be reversing its losses, according to Zooknic.

The trend toward more domain names is echoed in a report to be released late Wednesday by SnapNames, a company that monitors domain names so people can buy them when they expire.

An increase in domain-name registrations is welcome news for registrars, especially VeriSign, which has relinquished its one-time monopoly on .org and .com domains to competing companies.

[Whois-Search]

If you have :

sex.com you will sell it tomorrow

if you have :

sex-69-sex.org you won't

[izopod]

Originally posted by Whois-Search
If you have :

sex.com you will sell it tomorrow

if you have :

sex-69-sex.org you won't

I think too it depends on whether you develop your domain or not. My thoughts are names that are in search engines, have traffic will go for higher amounts. However if you have a name like "sex.com", the name will sell itself.

Excellent point Whois-Search...

izopod

The best names get a lot of traffic with no advertising, for a commercial purpose. That is why sex.com is the most valuable property. Other generic names are good for advertising, such as hotels.com. These confer instant status and believability. Some generic names arent really worth much for either purpose, for example I would think accordionist.com isnt worth much /

[proproject]

The easiest type of name to sell is a three letter acronym ending in C or I (Corporation or Incorporated). No traffic required or even desired.

Roger