One word domain

[Dan73]

Hi
I found a word which is a available for registering it. But its quite industry-specified. Is it recommended registering one word domain anyway, no matter how wanted it is?

 

[Biggie]

there are many one word names that go unsold. that get renewed year after year


and after bout ten years,
you see em for sale >>>>> "aged one word, premium dictionary domain" now in auction starting at $1

so, it all depends on the actual word


imo....

 

[Castion]

I would say the extension also matters a lot.. Outside of .com only the most premium terms are worth anything unless they match specifically to the extension itself.

 

[DMaN]

Learned this lesson the hard way, but really have to ask yourself if there is economic value to the name, eg: Will someone need the name to sale, promote, or otherwise have information on the term?

You obviously cannot always predict this with certain accuracy, but it's a good place to start.

With it being a .com, I'd be more inclined to take a chance. If it's another gTLD or ccTLD, it would depend and chances would likely quickly decrease.

 

[Dan73]

The word is leachates. The plural of leachate. In my field of work Leachate is a word from the environment industry, meaning evaluating the risk to the environment of leaching hazardous materials from waste landfills. In usa alone a lot of companies deal in such area. So my thought was using this domain as a keyword for redirecting to one's existing website. Plus, the word leachate is already a website name of a comany.

 

[Dan73]

Plus the extension will be leachates.com

 

[Castion]

And who do you see using this?

To me its completely worthless to anyone other than the company you are paying renewals to.

 

[Dan73]

I see using it one of the many companies which give environmental services. Not as their website name, but as a domain which redirect from it to the existing company site. Environmental protection is a very hot issue on the news in the past yrs

 

[Castion]

I dont know the term and if I google it the top 3 results are all explanations of what the term means. To me this indicates this is not a widely used term and as such would not carry any branding benefits. Ask 10 people to spell that and see how many came through..

 

[Dan73]

You are right. Its not brandable. Thank you all for your valuable opinions.

 

[Biggie]

if nobody uses terms like those in general context, then it is unlikely it will be used as a "key word", that is associated or searched to find further info about a subject.

so, it won't have any value to services therein.


logically speaking-



imo…..

 

[Dan73]

Are there any thumb rules which are used to find the best domain to be used only as a keyword for redirecting to existing site?
I assume it does not need to be easy for spell or brandable.