.us Is Picking up !

**John Baron** · 05-29-2010, 05:27 PM

i was using the new Estibot sales history tool and here all the .us sales just from the last month ! some nice numbers here

translator.us 5/28/2010 2,478 sedo
ecosystem.us 5/27/2010 613 sedo
japon.us 5/27/2010 85 Sedo
onlinecasinos.us 5/27/2010 9,999 Sedo
colegialas.us 5/26/2010 3,320 Sedo
pumpkinseed.us 5/26/2010 1,077 Sedo
junk.us 5/25/2010 1,658 Sedo
provence.us 5/25/2010 4,296 Sedo
intermind.us 5/25/2010 1,000 Sedo
poetry.us 5/24/2010 1,480 Sedo
biblioteca.us 5/21/2010 838 Sedo
memex.us 5/19/2010 609 Sedo
enchant.us 5/19/2010 2,103 Sedo
chroma.us 5/18/2010 1,361 Sedo
trader.us 5/17/2010 8,007 Sedo
ith.us 5/17/2010 1,023 Sedo
funnygames.us 5/17/2010 3,819 Sedo
mailinglist.us 5/16/2010 1,863 Sedo
houstontx.us 5/16/2010 1,584 Sedo
epsychology.us 5/16/2010 1,238 Sedo
egun.us 5/16/2010 619 Sedo
moto.us 5/16/2010 1,607 Sedo
mycompany.us 5/16/2010 797 Sedo
removals.us 5/16/2010 1,099 Sedo
merchantaccount.us 5/15/2010 617 Sedo
resto.us 5/15/2010 766 Sedo
onlinemortgage.us 5/15/2010 615 Sedo
translators.us 5/15/2010 3,954 Sedo
auctioneers.us 5/15/2010 926 Sedo
bless.us 5/15/2010 3,089 Sedo
cool.us 5/15/2010 1,544 Sedo
kennels.us 5/15/2010 741 Sedo
translations.us 5/15/2010 3,305 Sedo
flu.us 5/15/2010 633 Sedo
directdating.us 5/15/2010 726 Sedo
copyrightoffice.us 5/15/2010 136 Sedo
send.us 5/15/2010 1,118 Sedo
career.us 5/15/2010 2,857 Sedo
playlist.us 5/14/2010 865 Sedo
translation.us 5/14/2010 3,287 Sedo
humus.us 5/14/2010 308 Sedo
boomtown.us 5/13/2010 2,000 Sedo
off.us 5/13/2010 1,001 Sedo
ang.us 5/4/2010 2,000 Sedo
taxback.us 5/4/2010 1,325 Sedo
publicrecords.us 5/4/2010 4,000 Sedo
paul.us 5/4/2010 3,750 Sedo
searching.us 5/4/2010 1,000 Sedo

**Nathan King** · 05-29-2010, 05:49 PM

Good news for me!

**bmugford** · 05-29-2010, 06:01 PM

I have sold several in private sales over the last several months. Also OliveOil.us for $1300 on sedo last month.

Brad

**KING dot NET** · 05-29-2010, 07:35 PM

Maybe but check out GoDaddy drops, you will see a lot of .us domain names that you can grab below $100.

**John Baron** · 05-29-2010, 07:50 PM

That is just a reflection of the reseller market which according to all of those last months sales is yet to realize the true value of .us

Originally Posted by TheWatcher

Maybe but check out GoDaddy drops, you will see a lot of .us domain names that you can grab below $100.

**ab80** · 06-17-2010, 06:14 PM

I sincerely believe that at some point, .us will pick up...I see no reason why American companies wouldnt go for a .us...The main issue is that many webmasters believe that the extension cannot "rank" well. A site with good content and backlink strcuture and a decent advertising budget will rank irrespective of extensions...

**tekz999** · 06-17-2010, 08:29 PM

March! Us people!

**exponent** · 06-17-2010, 08:41 PM

I picked up node,us a few weeks ago.

**ab80** · 06-17-2010, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by tekz999

March! Us people!

This idea could actually work given July 4 is around the corner

**namegamer** · 07-24-2010, 06:14 PM

Will .us names, if developed, be able to show up in the search engines and attract Google ads? I am talking about names that have keyword searches of hundreds of thousands to millions plus.

**WhoDatDog** · 07-27-2010, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by ab80

I sincerely believe that at some point, .us will pick up...I see no reason why American companies wouldnt go for a .us...The main issue is that many webmasters believe that the extension cannot "rank" well. A site with good content and backlink strcuture and a decent advertising budget will rank irrespective of extensions...

There likely won't be a pickup. The dotcom extention is synonymous with business success and it is the United States extention for all practical purposes. And that means a lot since the United States is by far the largest economy in the world.

Can you name one major business, ad campain, or website that uses the .us extention (that the average person walking around has ever heard of)? I think not. It ain't happening in the future, either. The sooner you realize this the better it will be for you. Most of the people trying to spin .us have a bunch of .us names that they are praying will be worth something in the future.

For a variety of reasons, this extention will always be second rate, if that. It has no chance.

**ab80** · 07-27-2010, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by WhoDatDog

There likely won't be a pickup. The dotcom extention is synonymous with business success and it is the United States extention for all practical purposes. And that means a lot since the United States is by far the largest economy in the world.

Can you name one major business, ad campain, or website that uses the .us extention (that the average person walking around has ever heard of)? I think not. It ain't happening in the future, either. The sooner you realize this the better it will be for you. Most of the people trying to spin .us have a bunch of .us names that they are praying will be worth something in the future.

For a variety of reasons, this extention will always be second rate, if that. It has no chance.

OK. I personally don't believe that success of an online business depends on domain extension...
To be absolutely honest, I think design, layout and customer service...a noted postal address on the Contact page (if any), a 1800 number thats actually functional seem to be the major factors when it comes to web credibility and gaining surfers' trust.

For businesses, I can actually name a few businesses that uses .us for their sites. And believe me, these are not just small home-based businesses:

Eg: aldi.us, bodicology.us (marketed in their products even though it redirects to .com) uwex.us...

I will make this simpler. Enter this query on Google: site:*.us and have a look at the number of sites in the result returned!(...) It all started with major American companies using .com as their domain...Then the small and medium scale businesses (non- web related) almost always go for "consulting" prior to developing websites...and thats where things go wrong. More than most of web development/marketing consultants advise .com...

However, I am a consultant myself and you'd be surprised that the trend is changing. There are business owners going for .us! As far as resale value goes, I do agree than most domainers tend to stay away from .us...except for some. As far as "average person walking around never heard of "part", the average person never heard of .co either...he probably never will in 5 years...an average person never heard of anything other than .net and .org...and even that(?)

This doesnt make all other extensions useless...simply because (most) average people would probably never buy anything online...It all depends on who you're targeting and how much(money) you can afford to put on the advertising campaign.

As far as CPC goes...I can tell you that I own a .us that I'm very happy with

**Onward** · 07-27-2010, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by ab80

OK. I personally don't believe that success of an online business depends on domain extension...
To be absolutely honest, I think design, layout and customer service...a noted postal address on the Contact page (if any), a 1800 number thats actually functional seem to be the major factors when it comes to web credibility and gaining surfers' trust.

For businesses, I can actually name a few businesses that uses .us for their sites. And believe me, these are not just small home-based businesses:

Eg: aldi.us, bodicology.us (marketed in their products even though it redirects to .com) uwex.us...

I will make this simpler. Enter this query on Google: site:*.us and have a look at the number of sites in the result returned!(...) It all started with major American companies using .com as their domain...Then the small and medium scale businesses (non- web related) almost always go for "consulting" prior to developing websites...and thats where things go wrong. More than most of web development/marketing consultants advise .com...

However, I am a consultant myself and you'd be surprised that the trend is changing. There are business owners going for .us! As far as resale value goes, I do agree than most domainers tend to stay away from .us...except for some. As far as "average person walking around never heard of "part", the average person never heard of .co either...he probably never will in 5 years...an average person never heard of anything other than .net and .org...and even that(?)

This doesnt make all other extensions useless...simply because (most) average people would probably never buy anything online...It all depends on who you're targeting and how much(money) you can afford to put on the advertising campaign.

As far as CPC goes...I can tell you that I own a .us that I very happy with

So you are buying .us? I'm sure you can find some good ones on this forum.

**bmugford** · 07-27-2010, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by Onward

So you are buying .us? I'm sure you can find some good ones on this forum.

I am buying and selling .US, and have been for the last 2+ years. There is a whole world of end users out there for domains other than just the top tier .COM that are out of the price range of 99% of buyers.
.US can provide a solid value opportunity to smaller businesses and some large companies like Shell.us use the extension as well.

Brad

**Onward** · 07-27-2010, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by bmugford

I am buying and selling .US, and have been for the last 2+ years. There is a whole world of end users out there for domains other than just the top tier .COM that are out of the price range of 99% of buyers.
.US can provide a solid value opportunity to smaller businesses and some large companies like Shell.us use the extension as well.

Brad

What are you paying for good generics? what % of .coms - Just curious

**bmugford** · 07-28-2010, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by Onward

What are you paying for good generics? what % of .coms - Just curious

It just depends on the keyword. As a reseller I am going to go after terms as cheap as possible as I would in any extension.
There would be no set %. Some types of domains, like GEOs, are better fits in .US than other types.

I would have no problem paying Mid $X,XXX - Low $XX,XXX even as a reseller for true top tier keywords.

If you know how to find end users .US is a good play as far as ROI goes at every level. It is not hard to buy a good keyword .US for $150 - $300 and sell it for $1500+

Brad

**WhoDatDog** · 08-02-2010, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by bmugford

I am buying and selling .US, and have been for the last 2+ years. There is a whole world of end users out there for domains other than just the top tier .COM that are out of the price range of 99% of buyers.
.US can provide a solid value opportunity to smaller businesses and some large companies like Shell.us use the extension as well.

Brad

If a business wants to be considered amateurish then they will use .us as their site. If you asked 1,000 random people walking down the street to name one .us site I bet that ZERO would be able to name one. That is bad math. Why not use .biz, as well? After all, all of the good dotcoms are gone, so you might as well use a .biz for your business.

Whatever exceptions there may be only re-enforce the rule that dotcom is king. The largest economy by far in the whole world is the United States economy, and dotcom is synonymous with that business. If you want to be taken seriously you better have a dotcom address. That is the way it is.

**Nathan King** · 08-02-2010, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by WhoDatDog

If a business wants to be considered amateurish then they will use .us as their site. If you asked 1,000 random people walking down the street to name one .us site I bet that ZERO would be able to name one. That is bad math. Why not use .biz, as well? After all, all of the good dotcoms are gone, so you might as well use a .biz for your business.

Whatever exceptions there may be only re-enforce the rule that dotcom is king. The largest economy by far in the whole world is the United States economy, and dotcom is synonymous with that business. If you want to be taken seriously you better have a dotcom address. That is the way it is.

.com may be king, but I would not compare .biz with .us. .US is patriotic sounding and the United States' ccTLD. It may not have taken off yet but that doesn't mean it won't. .biz is unprofessional and has become synonymous with scammy websites or websites run by kids out of their parent's house.

**ekman77** · 08-02-2010, 03:26 PM

I have about 75 premium .us names. Any advise on how to sell these to "end users"? I have been having touble selling them on here in the forum and sedo. No real bites yet. The only one was borrowmoney.us but I wanted more than $150 for it.
Any help is appreciated!
DAve

**Nathan King** · 08-02-2010, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by ekman77

I have about 75 premium .us names. Any advise on how to sell these to "end users"? I have been having touble selling them on here in the forum and sedo. No real bites yet. The only one was borrowmoney.us but I wanted more than $150 for it.
Any help is appreciated!
DAve

Target small businesses. As far as selling, that's up to the salesman.