closed What's a .ORG woth these days?

[Manic]

For starters: What would an adult related site with a good "Overture" rating with a .ORG be worth?

 

[Manic]

What kind of sites do people think are the best for a .ORG?

 

[hosting3.com]

some organisations that can't get the .com domain....

 

[GIRL18]

Hi!

How much, in percent, does a ".org" worths from a ".com" value?

 

[DomainSage]

5%

 

[lhague]

..from my experience working with a world wide healthcare business .org's are popular with charities and religious organisations...

 

Originally posted by Manic
For starters: What would an adult related site with a good "Overture" rating with a .ORG be worth?

I guess 5-6 yrs revenue which seems to be what people are paying for high quality adult domains. If its an expired site or a typo then a lot less.

 

[buddy]

How much, in percent, does a ".org" worths from a ".com" value?

There is no general rule that you can follow to determine a .org's value to a .com. Several factors must be taken into consideration. Like what the domain is, traffic, and the demand of the name itself.

Thanks!

 

[IPatlas]

DIsclaimer: Do not take the following with a grain of salt.

Sometimes an .org is more appropriate than a .com or .net. With an .org one basically positions themself(ves) out of the commercial lool but your .org site or group can be equally important if you have something important to say. if you are in it for the money, the best approach would be to eventually move operations to a .com when the .org comes into fruition. In other words utilize the "status" of an .org to your benefit (an .org may be less intimidating or less suspicious of economic incentives to prospects). I think enough said here.

AS far as value for .org's, considering what I wrote above, they have very little immediate, resale value. One way to look at them is as temporary office space in your local public library meeting room corridor. Of course if your business doesn't flourish you can always get a job at the liibrary (and stick to the "public service" .org)

PS
I know I did not touch on the subject tof .org;s with existing high traffic ie adult .org sites of high visibility names. Well I do have a thought about these. with the yielding of .org management to an "independent" group, the day when an .org's mission would be scrutinized and regulated may not be too far away. Thus, only high flying .orgs with heavy traffic & recognition (I suspect not too many) may have current value dep. on ecommerce stats. But consider they may be asked to shut down in the future if they are carrying pure .com content such as porn.

 

[Manic]

Thanks very much for the feedback everyone!

IPAtlas, In the future senario you mention, do you think a .ORG site would be asked to shut down if it being run as a commercial site with only M-rated adult material or, for example, nude photography/artwork that would commonly be considered fine-art, rather than porn?

 

[Whois-Search]

depends on the name

 

[mole]

Dot-Org will get a tickle of life when Afilias-ISOC take over in January. But as a commercial entity, .org sucks big time. It's like selling porn in a church, blasphemous.

 

[stuff]

I got a offer $50 for txb.org
And this is my first real offer that I got for a org name. In past I got a offer of $100 for bussiness.org, but then the buyer realized that this is bussiness.org not business.org!

 

[Manic]

Hmmm... churchporn.org... Just doesn't sell does it?