Those Who Are Flipping buyers - Does extension matter?

[Jill Carpenter]

I just found candy to steal from the baby.

I was going to initially just set up a free site for an affiliate promotion, and then I realized I could be sitting on something big if I decided to flip down the road.

the dot com is gone. Not a big issue - it's a parked page and not ranking.

This term gets roughly 15,000 searches a month, and there are only 1,160 competing pages in quotes - in which the #1 position has less than 20 backlinks.

It is a geographically centered term.

So, here is an example of what I can get:

(we'll pretend it is texas and cows )

cowstx.net .org, .info, etc - everything but the com

or I can go cows-tx.com

I can rank the info for a measly .89 cents.

I don't know that that dash is going to really be worth it on the dot com as type in traffic will not be happening with a dash (I don't think)

So, I'm thinking to just get the info and rank it - but if I decided to flip I'm curious if those who buy flip sites are turned off by the infos?

If it's ranking and making money, is this the most important thing?

[yommys01]

Forget dot info domain names. They are always priced cheap. Go for dot come, just add something at the end. e.g cowstxhub.com, cowstxmastery.com, cowstxempire.com, cowstx101.com e.t.c.

[LMC]

Extension does matter.

.com is obviously the best for branding purposes.

However, traffic and potential can override the extension.

I would recommend to go with the .com, in the end, with the traffic and potential it would sell for more.

I've never purchased anything but .com, .net and sometimes .org

[King Shiloh]

avenuegirl,

Please permit me to say that Yommy has paid his dues as far as flipping of websites is concerned; just listen to him and it shall be well with you.

To me, I hate anything that is not .com domain because I discovered in my little experience that people naturally conduct searches on search engines around .com domains. For example, a college student searching for health terms may just enters healthterms.com in the web address or Google search tool because he already thinks that everything on the internet is all about .com.

So, buyers of flipped websites would naturally price .com site higher than any other site extension because of its popularity.

[Jill Carpenter]

Yes, but the dot com is not available unless I put a dash.

And I highly doubt anyone is going to do a type in with the dash - see where I'm going?

You're saying as a buyer you would not buy a site developed on a .info - even if it was making hundreds a month?

[LMC]

avenue,

No. Obviously someone would buy it.

It's the matter of perceived value. the .com is known, perceived higher.

In the end results are what matters, the extension will effect the sale by a small percentage if there are results.

go with the latter, the .net or .org

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Generally if the .com is just parked, after my website is earning I will purchase the .com from the owner. This is always an option

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But the entire Envato group built 350,000 members on a .net so I don't see the difference besides perceived value.

[JEL0221]

Originally Posted by avenuegirl

I just found candy to steal from the baby.

I was going to initially just set up a free site for an affiliate promotion, and then I realized I could be sitting on something big if I decided to flip down the road.

the dot com is gone. Not a big issue - it's a parked page and not ranking.

This term gets roughly 15,000 searches a month, and there are only 1,160 competing pages in quotes - in which the #1 position has less than 20 backlinks.

It is a geographically centered term.

So, here is an example of what I can get:

(we'll pretend it is texas and cows )

cowstx.net .org, .info, etc - everything but the com

or I can go cows-tx.com

I can rank the info for a measly .89 cents.

I don't know that that dash is going to really be worth it on the dot com as type in traffic will not be happening with a dash (I don't think)

So, I'm thinking to just get the info and rank it - but if I decided to flip I'm curious if those who buy flip sites are turned off by the infos?

If it's ranking and making money, is this the most important thing?

How are you able to find out how many backlinks another site has?

...this might be a pretty basic question but I just realized I never knew how to find this info.

[King Shiloh]

Originally Posted by avenuegirl

Yes, but the dot com is not available unless I put a dash.

And I highly doubt anyone is going to do a type in with the dash - see where I'm going?

You're saying as a buyer you would not buy a site developed on a .info - even if it was making hundreds a month?

I think we have two kinds of buyers: Resellers and End-users. An end-user that knows that the .info site is making hundreds of dollars a month may go for the site but a reseller will definitely be skeptical because he's afraid of the unknown, which is "Am I Really Sure That Someone Will Buy This Site?"

Just my thought.

[Jill Carpenter]

Originally Posted by JEL0221

How are you able to find out how many backlinks another site has?

...this might be a pretty basic question but I just realized I never knew how to find this info.

You've got roughly 46 backlinks on your site - 1 is without the "www"

Backlinks Checker Tool - Backlink Watch


Well, I grabbed the net.

Normally I wouldn't care, but this is the first domain I've purchased with a possible flipping future in mind.

Then again, if I get over 10,000 visitors a month for doing diddly I may have to keep it.

This is just for a couple of affiliate products and initially was supposed to be set up on a free site - but when I saw those search results and lack of competition I couldn't resist.

Thanks all

[Pragun]

My two cents,

If you add a word or two to the end, google might treat that as the main keyword. So, you should try and add an alphabet to the beginning instead.

Something like eCowsAndTexas.com

That way, your keyword's intact !

[yommys01]

Originally Posted by avenuegirl

You're saying as a buyer you would not buy a site developed on a .info - even if it was making hundreds a month?

I can buy dot info domain names as a buyer who is buying for keeps but I don't want to be a seller of such domain names.

This is because the value of dot info domain names is not always high. But that does not mean it will not sell if it has some revenue and organic traffic.

[Amir Rimer]

Hi,

After flipping many websites online I can say that the 'dot' com extenstion is the best by far (not with hyphens).

Also, I do believe that the 'dot' info turns off buyers.

I saw an amazing service online that is really helpful in brainstorming good domain names, and it's FREE.

It's Nameboy.com

I have created a short video here that may help in choosing a domain, and using the nameboy service:

Amir Rimer's Blogs Flip (video 3)

Hope I have helped.

Amir

[cashcow]

As a buyer - the extension of a site that is established and making money does not matter. It's the income and ease of maintenance that is important.

With a new site, the .com is preferable although I do see plenty of .org .info .net etc... selling over at Flippa as new.

I think that if you know you can get it to make money then go for the .org with the exact keyword phrase. If it will make more money (because it has the exact keyword in the domain) than the .com with the exact keyword then you will be able to flip it for more plain and simple.

On the other hand, how much harder is it to get a .com with an additional word to rank as #1. With that little competition, you should be able to get it no problem, right?

Maybe you should buy the .org exact name domain and a .com variation of the phrase and pick up the #1 and #2 spots?

Lee

[sbucciarel]

I'm turned off by infos and dashes in domains. I rarely buy sites that are infos. I've only purchased a couple of infos for myself and I didn't really want to do that but had no other choice.