For Sale Hosting .ORGs

[DomainOgre]

Since I did a little research on hosting names yesterday and since two available hosting .orgs were regged shortly after I mentioned them in the appraisal section, I thought it would be worthwhile to start a thread listing QUALITY (meaning prefixes) hosting .orgs that have either expired or available.

To moderators: Move this thread if its in the wrong place. The main available names thread has gotten too big and this one has a special theme.

inexpensivewebhosting.org 7172 Overture Searches
inexpensivehosting.org 256 Overture Searches
iwebhosting.org
cheapwebhost.org
stellarhost.org
stellarhosting.org
ultimatehosting.org
ultimatehost.org
perfecthosting.org
affordablewebhost.org
powerwebhost.org
powerwebhosting.org

 

[DomainOgre]

LowPriceHosting.org is also available. It is taken in .com, .net, biz, .info, and .us extensions.

 

[actnow]

Very interesting that the names were available.

I believe if the names were still in the .com and .net databases.
They would not be available.

Does it bother anyone that when you look up a .org you can
not determine the owner?

I understand both sides of the argument but it still bothers me.

 

[Duke]

What makes you think you can't look up the owner? If you are looking at PIR they have a hotlink directly to the registrar and the info is there.

On the thread topic, hosting is one of the many businesses that do NOT work with .org. Hard commercial products and services are a bad match for .org. Humanitarian services, informational services, etc. are among the good matches for it.

 

[actnow]

Duke,

Yes. I realized I could go back to the registrar. But, it is another step. And, a couple of them make it difficult.

And, I agree about the .org I try to make the .org around 5% of my holdings. Or, less. But, some good names have been dropping this past month.

 

[mole]

Originally posted by Duke
On the thread topic, hosting is one of the many businesses that do NOT work with .org. Hard commercial products and services are a bad match for .org. Humanitarian services, informational services, etc. are among the good matches for it.

I agree 100% with Duke. .ORG is for a higher calling. Keep the .COMs for PPC, traffic-paranoia and get-rich-quick schemes.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by actnow
I try to make the .org around 5% of my holdings. Or, less. But, some good names have been dropping this past month.

.ORG is about 30% of mine and it contributes MORE than 30% of sales. I love the extension because when it is used right it is the easiest one to sell outside of .com - and good ones are MUCH easier to sell than bad .coms, which is what a lot of .com-only people have in their inventory.

Good .coms are extremely expensive to acquire so people settle for bad ones, thinking they are going to sell them just because they are .coms. Reality eventually sets in when they notice their income falling far short of their outgo.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by mole


I agree 100% with Duke. .ORG is for a higher calling. Keep the .COMs for PPC, traffic-paranoia and get-rich-quick schemes.

Gee Mole...you almost make .com sound, well, for lack of a better word..."cheesy".

 

[DomainOgre]

But wouldn't hosting.orgs work if they were developed? For example, if everybody is looking up cheaphosting and you develop cheaphosting.org (just using for an example) wouldnt it help you get traffic through searchengines?

 

[actnow]

DomainOgre,

That is a very valid point.

But, it is also the prestige of the .com for business that everyone
keeps shooting for.

When, I am checking for something. I find I first check
xxxxxxx.com and if that does not help me.
Then, xxxxxx.net I very rarely check the .org
automatically.

And, Duke. You made me spend some time tablulating
but my breakdown of TLD's is

COM 64.3%
NET 27.1%
ORG 6.4%
Others 2.2%


It was very interesting to know this. Up to now, I was only
mentally estimating the percentage.

And, yes. I do have some marginal names in the .com

But, like everyone else, I am trying to build the quality
of names.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by DomainOgre
But wouldn't hosting.orgs work if they were developed? For example, if everybody is looking up cheaphosting and you develop cheaphosting.org (just using for an example) wouldnt it help you get traffic through searchengines?

There are 27 MILLION pages on Google for "hosting". Good luck EVER getting high enough on their list for people to find you in that manner. Again a hard business service like hosting just doesn't work well with .org. People would probably think cheaphosting.org is a site devoted to exposing poor service by low price hosting companies - not the image you want!

 

[DomainOgre]

I did not say just "hosting". There are countless "hosting" names out there. I was refering to names that are only in overture searches or that usually search for on google with "hosting" like cheap hosting, low cost hosting, free hosting etc.

I think .org is starting to lose some of that non-profit mentality you spoke of. Besides, its one of the big three TLDs. This can be a little attractive when the same name has .biz and .info etc already taken but the .org is available.

I know .coms and .nets are more valuable, especially in hosting. I just found a little niche that I thought may be of value to a few people since hosting names are so popular. Thats all:razz: .

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by DomainOgre
I know .coms and .nets are more valuable, especially in hosting. I just found a little niche that I thought may be of value to a few people since hosting names are so popular. Thats all:razz: .

You can always give it a shot - that's one nice thing about cheap reg fees. The best way to learn can be by doing. If they flop, you're not out a lot of money, but if the hosting market has suddenly started warming up to .orgs you will be the first to know!

 

[DomainOgre]

Yep, that is exactly the point of this thread. You summed it up perfectly, Duke.