The future of long domain names

[Infoproliferati]

I was doing some research on locative media and I think I just discovered the longest active domain name on the entire net:
registeringdomainnamesismorefunthandoingrealwork. com

After browsing through the blog, there isn't any indication that the author might be a domainer. I think the domain is very descriptive and could be a great domain for a developed site with a hardcore 24/7 domainer community.

Long domain names, if descriptive enough, may actually have a market out there. Say you don't own pink. com, what's the alternative? everythinginpink. com (taken) or everythingispink (taken) or everythingthatispink. com. Shorter domains tend to be valued more because they are easier to remember. The same ease of remembering when applied to longer names could be the ingredient necessary in creating a desirable domain. Phrases during conversational speak tend to be easy to remember, no matter how long. Examples:

thingstodobeforeyoudie. com (taken)
iwillalwaysloveyou. com (taken)
lookingforagooddeal. com
tellmesomethingidontknow. com (taken)
ireallyneedanexpert. com
imrunningoutoftime. com (taken)
whatshouldidowithmysparetime. com
hotspotsinmycity. com


Descriptive, long but kind of easy to recall. While long domains will never be a substitute for shorter domains and won't be valued nearly as much there may be an untapped demand for them out there. Thoughts? Experiences?

 

[grcorp]

There isn't one from a reseller's perspective.

Once a domain name gets longer, more synonym possibilities open up so that the user can get one for reg fee rather than paying full price.

So, if getmealowermortgagerate.com is taken, "get" can be replaced with "find", "lower" can be replaced with "better", "mortgage rate" can be replaced with "rate on my mortgage", etc.

Additionally, given the complexity there's a higher likelihood to misspell or use the wrong word (as above), even the most dim-witted of end-users would know to opt for a shorter domain somehow.

Unfortunately, all these new TLD's coming in will be perceived by a dim-witted end user much differently than us domainers will see them. The novelty of a name like "lowerrate.football", which will be taken in .com, but not in most of these wacky TLD's, will give end users options they'll like to get a shorter name.

I think we domainers can agree it's foolish... but I have a feeling there will be an epidemic of this once the new TLD's come into the mainstream.

 

[adrlux]

Different Projects or companies are choosing long Names as short ones are no longer available. Some are even there just to have a good Google Ranking, for example HostingwithfreeDomain.com Every one using this term on Google will fall on this Domain.

 

[Deleted member 73132]

Even with new TLD's where you can get shorter names there is an internet "credibility" lost. .com will always rule and there will be relatively short permutations of anything that will be available. Having a ".com" address is like saying "we are for real".

 

[BiggieBiggie is verified member.]

the future of long domains, started long ago

it was only domainers who gave appraisals against them, saying "your domain is too long"

meanwhile, the savvy were regging them up


now, the majority of "three, four and even five word generic domains for top keyword/subject" categories are taken in .com

so i would say the future is now for long domains

 

[katherine]

Some slogan domains are pretty good and memorable. Selling them is another matter though.