Domain names with hyphens?

msdomains

New Member

• Mar 30, 2009

• #1

What do you think are the potential of domain names with hyphens (of course, without them would be preferable).

Do domain names with hyphens get reasonable type in traffic?

Thanks.

 

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RaghavK

New Member

• Mar 30, 2009

• #2

no..they generally do not get a lot of type in traffic..you can use it if you want to build a site or something..but type in traffic will be hard to get..

 

Jeff

Administrator

Staff member

• Mar 30, 2009

• #3

Some hyphens are ok - e-commerce.in is a decent domain IMHO.

Generally for .in though I'd avoid a hypen.

For .com, if the term is very valuable, a hyphenated .com can still be valuable too, although it's worth significantly less than the unhyphenated version.

If you are going to develop the domain, a lot will depend on your business model. If the domain is just an SEO play, a hyphen is probably fine. If it's a site where some branding / authority is important, avoid hyphens.

 

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domainguy

New Member

• Apr 5, 2009

• #4

I've experminted with hyphen domains...
Not worth it ...

 

msdomains

New Member

• Apr 5, 2009

• #5

Thanks for your feedback.

 

Ross

New Member

• Apr 6, 2009

• #6

Generally for .com prices for hyphenated domains are 4-8 times lower then non hyphenated
Comparison chart

 

Jeff

Administrator

Staff member

• Apr 7, 2009

• #7

Interesting chart Ross. Do you have an article or something that explains how you developed the chart?

 

Ross

New Member

• Apr 7, 2009

• #8

Jeff said:

Interesting chart Ross. Do you have an article or something that explains how you developed the chart?

Click to expand...

Appraisal Mind articles ? Blog Archive ? Hyphens and Numbers in domain names

Basically, I have some DB of sold domain names similar to namebio-s. Chart shows average price for given length and type of domain for .com.

 

Jeff

Administrator

Staff member

• Apr 8, 2009

• #9

Thanks Ross!

 

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chrisdunn77

New Member

• Apr 19, 2009

• #10

from what i have bought and sold over the last couple years and from my mini sites and parked pages hyphens are not worth it. of course there are the ones that brake that rule.

 

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RaghavK

New Member

• Apr 27, 2009

• #11

yes..there have been some in the past which have broken the rule..but, on a general basis, it is advisable to have a domain without a hyphen..

 

Ross

New Member

• Apr 27, 2009

• #12

From another forum it seems that German prefer to register domain names with hyphen. This can be explained by the synthetic nature of the language that make it difficult to disambiguate without the hyphen.