Few domains - expired. Please suggest - Shall I Renew?

[ecomindia]

Hi

These domains have expired and want to know whether I should renew them or drop them.
Problem here is to decide with few of them is that either
the name is good but revenue is not great and for few names are average quality but revenue is BEP !

Please help me in deciding ...

(dates are of expiry, deletion is 40 days from expiry)

Deciding to Renew:
applicant.in - (only a day left , 23rd Sept for deletion)
factor.co.in - Sep 3, 2009
spend.co.in - Aug 31, 2009
actual.co.in - Aug 31, 2009
brandname.co.in - Aug 31, 2009
reselling.co.in - Aug 28, 2009
reselling.in - Aug 28, 2009
e-biz.in - Aug 26, 2009
e-trade.co.in - Aug 15, 2009
e-marketing.in - Sep 3, 2009


Deciding to Drop:
environmental.co.in - Aug 15, 2009
environmental.in - Aug 15, 2009
surfing.co.in - Aug 18, 2009
pokeronline.co.in - Aug 18, 2009
cardplayer.co.in - Aug 12, 2009
bingoonline.co.in - Aug 12, 2009
ved.co.in - Aug 24, 2009
d2d.in - Aug 24, 2009
free-games.co.in - Aug 26, 2009
persian.co.in - Aug 28, 2009
nan.co.in - Aug 28, 2009
geg.co.in - Aug 29, 2009
tpt.co.in - Aug 29, 2009
brandnames.co.in - Aug 31, 2009
through.co.in - Sep 3, 2009
combo.co.in - Sep 3, 2009
ese.co.in - Sep 13, 2009

HISTORY OF DOMAIN RENEWAL ON BASIS OF YOUR INPUTS

Renewed:
onlinebook.co.in - 1 YEAR
seos.in - 4 YEARS
commentary.in - 2YEARS

Dropped:
activeserverpages.in - 4 YEARS
freelistings.in - 4 YEARS
behind.co.in - 1 YEAR
because.co.in - 1 YEAR
froogle.in - 2 YEARS
mp3music.co.in - 1 YEAR
soundtracks.co.in - 1 YEAR
searchmp3.co.in - 1 YEAR
searchmp3.in - 1 YEAR
l2l.co.in
o2o.in
q2q.co.in
j2j.co.in
u2u.co.in
o2o.co.in
z2z.co.in
x2x.co.in
y2y.co.in
r2r.co.in
n2n.co.in
iqtest.co.in
lov.co.in
ddn.co.in
modify.in
settings.in
cashew.co.in
soya.co.in
ecj.in
outgoing.in
outgoing.co.in
incoming.co.in
dhoti.co.in
weaver.co.in
kurtis.co.in
salwars.co.in
chp.in
no1.co.in
tsn.co.in
chiffon.in
chiffon.co.in
silks.co.in
kurta.co.in

[Doc]

onlinebook & seos are good to keep . E-trade if without the - would have been good ( i myself am picking up i's and e's,but without '-' )

[ecomindia]

thanks doc.
will keep SEOs.in

OnlineBook will think of, "e-" i am registering as people are used to it.. but still guessing!

[theinvestor]

anytime you have to ask yourself whether a domain should be dropped or not....drop it. that's been my experience from the past.

[ecomindia]

no!!!! once i dropped a domain, (.com), now it is a big brand (generic)

so, now i prefer asking the experts here.. and i really work on that!

for the domains which I have strong sense, i register and do not ask like I did for 8 domains today..

[Doc]

SEOS - Search Engine Optimization Solutions Good you decided to keep it

[theinvestor]

well, then don't drop anything

[ecomindia]

) yes, will wait for 2 days max!! and on basis of the comments , will renew.
Also, I have kept few domains for 4 years ... but never got opportunity to develop. that is the concern, whether I should renew or drop them :(

[sdsinc]

I would not keep any. Also, .co.in seems to be in phase out. I would only keep a .co.in if I own the .in too.

[NameLinker]

I like SEOS in your list
Others don't work for me

[ecomindia]

i get max from my .co.in from different mktg campaigns in terms of revenue
not correct to say! but thanks for your thought / feedback

set*lem**t.co.in (please do not take this as advt.), takes about $1 to $3 / click and happens about 4-6 clicks a month ...that beats even good .coms .

thanks kate/namelinker. Yes, have decided to renew SEOs

[patroiz]

Originally Posted by ecomindia

no!!!! once i dropped a domain, (.com), now it is a big brand (generic)

so, now i prefer asking the experts here.. and i really work on that!

for the domains which I have strong sense, i register and do not ask like I did for 8 domains today..

What domain was that if I may ask?

But I would definitely keep SEOS.in but I kind of like FreeListings.in too for development potential. It could be for India but also FreeListings.in/LosAngeles, FreeListings.in/Germany etc.

[ecomindia]

yes, but I own freelisting.in and had booked the plural version as well, but did not see any benefit.. the only thing is 4yrs .. else can drop..
thanks

[ecomindia]

renewed on basis of your suggestions...

onlinebook.co.in
seos.in

let me know if any othr domain is any worth renewing...
thanks all !!!

[godolphin]

Drop them, IMHO.

[ecomindia]

ok....

Renewed:
onlinebook.co.in - 1 YEAR
seos.in - 4 YEARS

Dropping/Dropped:
activeserverpages.in - 4 YEARS
freelistings.in - 4 YEARS
behind.co.in - 1 YEAR
because.co.in - 1 YEAR
froogle.in - 2 YEARS
e-trade.co.in - 1 YEAR

Confused:
applicant.in - 1 YEAR
commentary.in - 1 YEAR
mp3music.co.in - 1 YEAR
soundtracks.co.in - 1 YEAR
searchmp3.co.in - 1 YEAR
searchmp3.in - 1 YEAR

Please suggest on the confused ones!!

[Doc]

Originally Posted by ecomindia

ok....

Dropping/Dropped:
activeserverpages.in - 4 YEARS
freelistings.in - 4 YEARS
froogle.in - 2 YEARS

Confused:
applicant.in -DROP
commentary.in - DROP
soundtracks.co.in - DROP
searchmp3.co.in DROP
searchmp3.in DROP

mp3music.co.in - 1 YEAR - KEEP

Please suggest on the confused ones!!

Sent you a PM .chk it out

[dodo1]

Originally Posted by ecomindia

froogle.in - 2 YEARS
e-trade.co.in - 1 YEAR

Get rid of these as they're potential trademark infringements.

[Doc]

Originally Posted by dodo1

Get rid of these as they're potential trademark infringements.

but froogle as a tm was abandoned by google in 07 . and isin't the .net owned by Forsyte Corporation ?

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...006:3iflqu.2.2

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...006:3iflqu.2.3

[ecomindia]

honestly, froogle did had visitors (had some good ctr) but only question was the TM.
i do not prefer keeping any domain that can be an IPR issue.

yes doc,checked the PM ,thanks
as i have decided to do away with this domain, if any one wnts it, let me know

e-trade.co.in was again a good domain but low in CTR (only 1.9$ rev. for a year..)

also, help me wid the confused domainlist
thanks