The Significance of .WS
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Tagged Under : Big 5, Business Money, Business Name, Christening, Domain Transfers, Ea, Godaddy, Keywords, Money, Photographer, Pittance, Purchasing, Resellers, Smaller Companies, Traffic, Word Business
Question asked at NamePros -
I am considering purchasing a ws name. What is the resell potential for a one-word business name like money.ws? Not really money, I wish, but kindof similar. Thank you
My answer -
Resell potential = 0.
Honestly, I bought prices.ws and photographer.ws for less than $200 ea. and if you know the value of these keywords you’ll know this is a pittance.
So why buy .ws?
1. Excellent keywords can still be regged.
2. You can buy premium keywords for $20-$50.
3. Excellent development potential, luckily goog doesn’t really care about which extension the site is on but how much content s there and how often it is updated.
4. Godaddy markets .ws - little but its a big brand
5. The ‘website’ christening seems to have more and more acceptance.
6. Its easy to get traffic and thus revenue for better keywords in .ws than a ‘bad’ keyword in .com
Just my 0.06
edit - PS: .ws domains CANNOT be transferred between registrars, peculiar but there it is. So ensure that the registrar you do book at is a reputed one with many customers. Smaller companies might be cheaper but most resellers at least will be unwilling to open an account for 1 or 2 domains.
edit - 30th Mar 2008 -
Theres been a change at the Registry end and now .ws domains can be transferred. edjackiel over at Namepros broke the news.
“Can I transfer my domain to another registrar?
Yes, .WS domain transfers may take place in accordance with the “GDI Transfer Policy”. Please contact the registrar you would like to transfer to for instructions on how to proceed.”
