closed What do you guys think of EasyFees.com?

[DomainProf]

www.EasyFees.com

It seems it would make a good name for a site providing services in relation to (or directly promoting) many kinds of new business opportunities (e.g. affiliate programs) . The advantages of a name like EasyFees are fairly obvious, but IMHO the more notable are as follows:

1. It rhymes (EasyFees).

2. It's short and snappy (eight letters, reduced to only 4 unique sounds).

3. It's memorable (anyone can remember EasyFees, especially if the tagline contains a 'memory anchor' or a 'memory bridge' phrase such as 'easy peasy'!)

4. It has curiosity value - mostly because of the unexpected combination of words (hands up those of you who expect fees to be easy). Yes, hardly anyone expects fees to be easy, but we all want to know about any rare instances when they seem to be. So we click.

5. It's even symmetrical (www.EasyFees.com). Did you read about the recent research showing that women get more orgasms from men with symmetrical faces? Seriously. It's because of the evolutionary history of man apparently, but if I explain this here I'll be accused of being too academic again. So all in all, an orgasmic domain! (Who said DomainProf was too academic? )

Anyway, that's enough of me theorizing. What do you think?

 

[_Yakov_]

5K range is a mid retail, not a wholesale
Good domain, no doubt

 

[peter]

easyfees??

there are literally lots of domains like it unregged.

I say less than $50 undeveloped honestly

 

[DomainProf]

Thanks Icehole, any examples of similar unregged names?

 

[DomainProf]

Thanks Icehole, any examples of similar unregged names?

 

[hhunterjr]

I would have to agree with icehole. If you refused a buyer's offer, the buyer could just go register a similar alternative for $9.95/year or less at Godaddy. Check out these availability search results.

easyfees.net is available.
easyfees.org is available.
easyfees.biz is available.
easyfees.info is available.
easyfees.us is available.

easyfee.net is available.
easyfee.org is available.
easyfee.biz is available.
easyfee.info is available.
easyfee.us is available

 

[DomainProf]

That's an interesting answer, hhunterjr.

So, in your considered opinion (preferably not as a patent attorney, because there you may have a slight conflict of interest in creating overlapping name areas) what marketing strategy would you recommend to your client who has just bought the alternative extensions you mentioned for about $100?

More specifically, how does he prevent the people whom he markets to from going to the .com version (e.g. EasyFees.com) - either

a) intentionally (to check out what logically must be an older, more established business), or

b) unintentionally (because they have other things to worry about than to remember that one of the sites they have recently visited had an alternative extension), or indeed

c) semi-intentionally (because they cannot be bothered to remember which one the many alternative extensions they were supposed to add after the memorable part).

So, what would your advice be in order to ensure that after spending $100 or so on alternative extensions your client doesn't throw good money after bad?

 

[ToastyX]

Where's the $0-$49 option?

Sorry, it's not even worth $1 unless developed.

 

[DomainProf]

Thanks, ToastX,

Could you posibly explain which aspects of the name make it unattractive?

Regarding your question in respect of the price ranges, obviously buyers in large domain funds don't buy domain names for less than $1 (I think even people like us in this forum don't).

 

[hhunterjr]

Dear DomainProf.

- My main point is that you don't have much leverage in negotiating with a potential buyer if the other extensions are open. Sure the .com will always be the most popular, but everyone is starting to figure out that their website DOES NOT HAVE TO END IN .COM to resolve out on the internet.

The buyer may really want the .com, but if you're asking price gets over the maximum that the buyer really wanted to pay - the buyer will just register an alternative extension.

Let's say you wanted $25,000 for your domain - so you could go out and buy a mid size toyota after paying taxes. Let's say the buyer only wanted to spend $7,500 maximum. Once you ask over the buyer's maximum, the buyer will figure out that he can register ALL of the alternative extensions for way cheaper than the $25,000 that you're asking for the .com version.

Sure the .com may get some incidental/accidental traffic, but the buyer would own all of the other alternative extensions and probably wouldn't care about the incidental traffic going to the .com.

That's just my opinion. But i think that reasoning is sound.

 

[Sharpy]

Originally posted by DomainProf
www.EasyFees.com
Anyway, that's enough of me theorizing. What do you think?

Apparently you don't really want to know unless the opinion agrees with yours lol. I'm not even sure if your thankyou's are sincere, since you didn't thank yakov who gave the only favourable opinion.

If you cant stand the heat stay outa the kitchen

 

[hhunterjr]

Dear DomainProf,

I own some .com domains that are in the same category as yours - meaning I own the .com and the other extensions are open.

I think that a buyer may really want the domains because they have good "root words" and they have the ".com" extension.


If a buyer makes an offer that is way too low (like $30.00 or something stupid like that), I probably would reject it or not even respond. If the buyer makes an initial offer of $4,000 per se, I might counter offer with $4,500.

But I wouldn't ask for $40,000 in that scenario because I know that all of the other extensions are open and I don't have much leverage there. If I ask an amount that is 10 times higher than what the buyer originally offered, then the buyer would probably just go register an alternate extension or ALL of the alternate extensions of the domain.

I also own .us, .info, and .biz domains. My method of analysis for the new .us and info names is below

Here's the analysis for a domain that I bought this weekend - stanly.us


Stanly:

No TM problems

712 stanly – suggestiontool.com results

136,000 – google search results

.com – developed site

.net – ultimate search site

.org – developed site

.biz – for sale

.info – not developed

.co.uk –not developed

.de - developed

.com.au –not developed

*** So it has 3 developed sites + ultimate search site
** Would've been better if it had more developed sites, but I still think that it's a good name - so I registered it.

 

[ToastyX]

Originally posted by DomainProf
Could you posibly explain which aspects of the name make it unattractive?

The name is not unattractive. It just does not have any value unless developed or marketed. It is not a common word or phrase. It has not been previously developed, so it probably does not receive any traffic. It does not have any intrinsic value.

Maybe under $1 was a little harsh, but I don't think it's worth more than the registration fee, and it's definitely worth less than $50. I'm not saying you can't sell it for more than $50, but the chances are slim to none unless someone REALLY wants that combination of words.

 

[DomainProf]

Sharpy, that's a bit negative from somebody whose motto is "It's all good".

But seriously, with all due respect, you are contradicting yourself in your first paragraph:

a) the first sentence states "Apparently you don't really want to know unless the opinion agrees with yours ...", whereas

b) the second sentence states "...you didn't thank yakov who gave the only favorable opinion."

So you are accusing me of ignoring those who disagree with me and only paying attention to those who have positive things to say, right?

This directly contradicts two things:

a) your second sentence in the same paragraph, "...you didn't thank yakov who gave the only favorable opinion.", and

b) the facts: if you read the entire thread above your message you'll see that I have done exactly the opposite of what your first sentence alleges - I have paid attention to those who disagree with me and ignored those who agreed with me.

The accusation which I do accept is that I didn't thank Yakov for agreeing with me. In my defense, my first impulse was to do exactly that, but then I decided not to - I don't want to contribute to this forum turning into a mutual congratulation society like the old Afternic. For the same reason, I haven't expressed an opinion on the name he put up for appraisal today, even though I find it much more valuable than my own. Having said that, I did explore the domain names listed in his signature, which in some respects could be more helpful than lavishing praise on him (and is more in keeping with the purpose of this forum).

 

[insomnia]

Sounds kind of wierd though, Easy Fees....Fees ???? Nobody likes fee's!

 

[DomainProf]

Thanks, Insomnia.

Sure, most consumers dislike fees because they aren't at the receiving end.

The name, of course, is not targeted at them at all - it's targeted at people who regard fees as a very very positive thing - because they are (or very much want to be) at the receiving end of (affiliate and all other) fees.

 

[whitelion]

yes? if you are having to go. what is easyfees? What is it? the first question i would ask would be does it have an apostrophe..
easyfee would be better. like i said im a newbie. don't listen to what im saying.

 

[NameGuy]

No fees are easy.

And you don't have www.ezfees.com so your business is stalled from the start.

I give this name a "you shouldn't have registered it" appraisal.

 

[Steen]

Why is this name worth anything?

I think its funny that your poll goes so high when it should stop at 1k MAX!

I say $0 on this name..

 

[Sharpy]

Originally posted by DomainProf

So you are accusing me of ignoring those who disagree with me and only paying attention to those who have positive things to say, right?

Wrong professor, but "it's all good"