Question for domainers regarding .com and .net

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If you had an idea for a domain name and GoDaddy was offering the dot com as a Premium Domain Name for $27,000+ and you could buy the dot net for $9.99, would you give developing a site on the dot net a chance? The name would be one that encompasses tangible products that sell in a wide range of prices. Or, is it possible that whoever owns the dot com is seriously overestimating the value? The domain name contains a keyword as part of a short, three word phrase. According to Google Keyword Tool, the keyword gets 1.8 million global/1.2 million local broad searches and 60,500 global/33,100 exact searches a month.

Or, should the answer to this question be so obvious that I shouldn't even be asking?

I'm still new to affiliate marketing, and I see so many posts from people who sound as though they're doing the right things, but not having any success, that I hesitate. I guess I'm just doubting that I could do any better than others who are doing the same thing.

Any opinions would be appreciated.
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  • .com is better for branding purposes.

    .net is as valuable SEO-wise.

    You're welcome.
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  • In terms of SEO, it makes no difference - the .net is fine.

    If the .com were a more realistic price like $99 then it would be worth considering over the .net, but not when there is such a big price difference.

    If I were in your shoes, I would buy the .net and get to work on the site...
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  • Thanks to you both for your responses. I think I'll take your advice, Oneplusone, and grab the name and then see what I can do with it. I can probably use GoDaddy's holiday coupon to get the name for 99 cents. There can't be a much cheaper way to put a site up and see what happens.
  • Same here, I would buy the domain and figure something to do with it just as an experiment. It's these types of things I love doing. I love testing and experimenting and sometimes it even makes me good money, but it would be interesting to check some things out.

    Such as competing in the same niche as the .com, or a different niche entirely, etc. There so many ways to go with this, but have fun with it anyway.
  • I'd normally go for the .com, but since the price difference is astronomical here, I'd just go ahead and buy the .net for now. SEO-wise, it's not going to make any difference, and in my opinion a .net is still credible enough to use for a site selling physical products. (I've seen some pretty big sites use .net domains, so I really think you'll be fine here.)

    Don't let something as simple as this domain issue be the stumbling block that keeps you from developing your site.
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    Question for domainers regarding .com and .net

    If you had an idea for a domain name and GoDaddy was offering the dot com as a Premium Domain Name for $27,000+ and you could buy the dot net for $9.99, would you give developing a site on the dot net a chance? The name would be one that encompasses tangible products that sell in a wide range of prices. Or, is it possible that whoever owns the dot com is seriously overestimating the value? The domain name contains a keyword as part of a short, three word phrase. According to Google Keyword Tool, the keyword gets 1.8 million global/1.2 million local broad searches and 60,500 global/33,100 exact searches a month. Or, should the answer to this question be so obvious that I shouldn't even be asking?