Some reasons for business to own generic .com domain names

I would like to compile the reasons for businesses to buy generic .com domain names for their businesses.

1) .com is the most recognised extension and people do type in keywords + .com. e.g. people looking to “make money online” might type in makemoneyonline.com. If people like to learn”how to earn money online“, they might type in HowtoEarnMoneyOnline.com (my domain).

2) To redirect the targeted visitors to their business websites. Visitors, arriving to the domains are highly targeted and they are very valuable in marketing sense.

3) To get the targeted visitors for life as long as they don’t sell the domains and keep renewing them. In the long run, it would be much more economical than adwords advertising etc…

4) To build another website to help their business grow.

e.g. Microsoft got MSN.com, Bing.com.

Google got Youtube.com, Feedburner.com, Picasa.com, Blogger.com

5) To prevent rival businesses from owning those keyword domains. This is indirectly related to “survival of the strongest”.

Available domain names beta trial

I register available domains more or less regularly and I have left out so many good available domains over past few months. I could not register all because my domain profile is expanding and I have to be careful about the domaining.

Now I decided to start a “available domain names” beta trial.

I have listed following .org domains which are available at the time of publishing this blog.

They were valuated xxx to x,xxx range at valuate.com. They could be flipped to xxx or even x,xxx range if you have time and energy to do it.

For many of them, .net, .info, .com extensions were taken.

Be quick if you like to register them as they will be gone sooner than later.

Domain	Appraisal	Freq.	Searches	Comp.	CPC
BusRoutes.org	$1,100	2,340,000	18,056	medium	$0.35
HotTools.org	$900	296,000	9,882	high	$1.51
AdultPicture.org	$840	821,000	9,882	high	$0.99
WeldingMachine.org	$760	1,300,000	18,056	high	$1.12
FoodScales.org	$450	99,500	5,368	high	$2.32
HolidaysAbroad.org	$380	466,000	18,056	high	$1.73
GardenPots.org	$350	187,000	4,392	high	$1.25
StudyTable.org	$350	1,080,000	9,882	high	$1.13
SoccerVideo.org	$300	432,000	18,056	high	$1
DetroitApartments.org	$290	449,000	9,882	high	$1.05
GirlPicture.org	$250	952,000	8,052	high	$0.64
WallUnit.org	$250	1,090,000	49,410	high	$1.4
JewelryHolder.org	$230	89,800	8,052	high	$1.37
CoolWatches.org	$200	67,100	14,762	high	$0.92
SpyGames.org	$200	131,000	5,368	high	$0.81
WrestlingToys.org	$200	210,000	18,056	high	$0.76

Currently 84 bidders for One word Dictionary .org domain, Position.org at Namejet

I am one of the biddders for the domain Position.org which is one of the top pre-release domains at Namejet today. Currently bid is not that high and only at $76 but there are 84 bidders so far and counting. The domain Position.org has been registered since 2000 and it is registered at Fabulous.com.

It is a pretty one word dictionary .org domain and when I look at the google search tool, there are around over 9 million phrase searches per month and around 135,000 EXACT searches per month for the keyword.