WSJ article today on Numeric.coms

[PRED]

Enjoy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122844055171581735.html?mod=djemnumbers

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[Rubber DuckRubber Duck is verified member.]

Well, if you read the end of the article it points out why the vast majority of numeric domains are ultimately flawed.

 

[dominator]

Stanford's Dr. Hanson points out that 88 is also the number of keys on a piano, so 88.com might be a good name for a music site.

non sense

 

[DomainName]

nice read...thanks for the link.

 

[OnSpec]

Well, if you read the end of the article it points out why the vast majority of numeric domains are ultimately flawed.

Maybe so Duck. Maybe so. But the times they are a changin'. The train has left the station and is gathering steam in many parts of the world.

Cheers,

 

[replic8te]

thanks for the read

 

[Rubber DuckRubber Duck is verified member.]

Maybe so Duck. Maybe so. But the times they are a changin'. The train has left the station and is gathering steam in many parts of the world.

Cheers,

You are dead right there!

It is just unfortunate that you are on the wrong train.

 

[radioz]

Thanks! As to value, it depends on the number. Sure, 10.com, 100.com, 20.com, 88.com, 247.com, etc. are valuable but I don't think that random numbers usually will be. How many significant number type sites do you know of especially ones that use, sort of, random numbers? How many 'zip code' sites are up and running? Sure, 90210 is valuable but my zip code, 22968, or the main zip code for the metro area we're a suburb of, 22901? It would sure take some promotion to get those going and no one outside of the immediate area would likely ever look for or think of them.

 

[OnSpec]

You are dead right there!

It is just unfortunate that you are on the wrong train.

Ahhhh... diversification is the key there ol' Ducky Boy.

Just because I frequently take the train doesn't mean I eschew planes, cars, snowmobiles, tractors, unicycles, canoes, zambonis, segways, bobsleds etc., etc.

Heck, sometimes I even walk.

 

[Spex]

Stanford's Dr. Hanson points out that 88 is also the number of keys on a piano, so 88.com might be a good name for a music site.

non sense

He's right. When I see 88, my mind automatically makes the piano key/music association

Actually, he's brilliant...

28.com, 29.com (only every 4 years though) 30.com 31.com could become a calendar sites.

I have 2 feet, so 2.com would be a great on-line shoe store


/sarcasm

 

[Sonny Banks]

Thanks for the link.

 

[draggar]

This is giving me a tough call. I still have about 20 NNNNN.com domains which I am trying to debate if I should let them expire or hold onto them. That's a lot of renewal fees that I don't know if I'd be willing to invest in them.

 

[dominator]

He's right. When I see 88, my mind automatically makes the piano key/music association

Actually, he's brilliant...

28.com, 29.com (only every 4 years though) 30.com 31.com could become a calendar sites.

I have 2 feet, so 2.com would be a great on-line shoe store


/sarcasm

06.com for guitar players

and 305,905,291 is the population of the USA
so 305905291.com is actually something like america.com

 

[Spex]

06.com for guitar players

and 305,905,291 is the population of the USA
so 305905291.com is actually something like america.com

I like the way you think

 

[dominator]

I like the way you think

like a professor

 

[brindle123]

11% of the years highest sales were numeric domains.
what other category produced better sales?? these domains are rare and when they fall into the hands of end users, they won't part with them cheaply. this will drive the price up of all the other numeric domains in each category such as NN, NNN, NNNN, N-N, N-NN, NN-N
numerics are so generic. that alone has value. they're short and easy to remember. 10,18, 21, 24, 48, 50, 69, 180, 360 these have hundreds or 1000's of uses. any category of domains you could apply an numeric domain to.
anything over NNNNN is pointless unless it is a 1800NNNNNNN.
random number has less value now, but who's to say...there might be a use in the future. 100.com could have a list of the top 100 everything. huge value for a list like that. 21.com would make a great blackjack site or adult site. 411 wasn't a popular number until the information system, but look at the potential value there now.
under-rated and under-valued!

 

[Rubber DuckRubber Duck is verified member.]

11% of the years highest sales were numeric domains.
what other category produced better sales?? these domains are rare and when they fall into the hands of end users, they won't part with them cheaply. this will drive the price up of all the other numeric domains in each category such as NN, NNN, NNNN, N-N, N-NN, NN-N
numerics are so generic. that alone has value. they're short and easy to remember. 10,18, 21, 24, 48, 50, 69, 180, 360 these have hundreds or 1000's of uses. any category of domains you could apply an numeric domain to.
anything over NNNNN is pointless unless it is a 1800NNNNNNN.
random number has less value now, but who's to say...there might be a use in the future. 100.com could have a list of the top 100 everything. huge value for a list like that. 21.com would make a great blackjack site or adult site. 411 wasn't a popular number until the information system, but look at the potential value there now.
under-rated and under-valued!

Would kind of have to agree with you, but you keyboard appears to have an N key that is sticking (errors by convention marked in Red). Having said that, such high sales figures also suggest some are bailing out. Turnover is more dictated by sellers than buyers.

Also not sure about the 1800NNNNNN. Isn't that precisely what Dot Tel is about?

 

[Cashcows]

non sense

Completely NOT non-sense. 88.com IS a good name for a Piano/piano music/keyboard site. Only piano players would get it but, it would also inspire kind of an insider feeling to the viewers and would be very easy to remember and type in. I totally agree on that one, I don't know about other numerical but I am sure there are some very good ones that would work equally as well in certain sectors.

It would depend on if you were looking to brand it for existing piano players or people wanting to learn to play as it wold be a better name for experienced players as they would appreciate the meaning of it.

Some of you might not understand this but sometimes you want a name/site/theme that does NOT appeal to everyone, but is focused on very tight niche and uses their lingo and terminology. So sometimes a term or domain 90% of the people out there would think is worthless would be perfect for niche product site. And you only need 1000 people paying you $20 a month to make a good living from it.

My opinion is based on my 10 years of internet marketing experience and research into the psychology of sales and branding and that fact I went to music school.

 

[Rubber DuckRubber Duck is verified member.]

Nonsense, whatever the Pianist would pay, the Chinese would pay more. I am not a big fan of number domains but you cannot fall off with a two character domain whatever it is. This, however, is not a signal to go out and register the directory of new IPv6 numbers.

Completely NOT non-sense. 88.com IS a good name for a Piano/piano music/keyboard site. Only piano players would get it but, it would also inspire kind of an insider feeling to the viewers and would be very easy to remember and type in. I totally agree on that one, I don't know about other numerical but I am sure there are some very good ones that would work equally as well in certain sectors.

It would depend on if you were looking to brand it for existing piano players or people wanting to learn to play as it wold be a better name for experienced players as they would appreciate the meaning of it.

Some of you might not understand this but sometimes you want a name/site/theme that does NOT appeal to everyone, but is focuses on very tight niche and uses their lingo and terminology. So sometimes a term or domain 90% of the people out there would think are worthless would be perfect for niche product site. And you only need 1000 people paying you $20 a month to make a good living from it.

My opinion is based on my 10 years of internet marketing experience and research into the psychology of sales and branding and that fact I went to music school.

 

[kwok]

11.com for under 200k? Wow, that is cheap.