Hi

[Davidhbolton]

I've been collecting a few domains over the years but have just invested £600 in 120 single word .im domains ( no trademarks or copyrights) Hire.im recruiting.im fees.im, etc.

Although it's isle of man, I wondered what peoples opinions of these domains are say value etc. And the best way to exploit them. I could host them and I'm tempted to lease them out not sell.

David

 

[doodlebug]

Ouch, hope you can afford to miss that £600, I don't see the value in them at all I'm afraid

Anyway welcome to Acorn, a lot of research is a good idea to start with.

Good luck

 

[fish]

You may get lucky with a few sales if the domain name is strong.

I sold the one and only .im I bought and made a handsome profit from it.

One mans meat and all that. Good luck with them.

Fish

 

[Davidhbolton]

Well my reasoning is that single word domains have value, not just .Coms. Recuiting.im even sounds like "Recruiting him".

I'm tempted to auction leases as an experiment to see if anyone is interested.

David

 

[retired_member13]

I think you're going to struggle for 2 reasons.

1) IMO, in terms of reseller value .im are pretty much worthless (unless you live on the Isle of Man and are using it for a business perhaps), and they don't really have the sort of recognition needed for lease deals etc.

2) The renewal fees on these names are very high - ie £4,800 per year just to renew the 120 you've bought - ie 8 times what they sold for at the time you bought them.

Sorry, but obviously it is only an opinion, so please do feel free to prove me wrong!

 

[Takwa]

Don't see any value unless developed.

You reminded me about this ".pro" guy we have here, I won't invest too much on new tld, as they come and goes real fast, but I might be wrong(That's why I am not a millionaire yet)

Good luck with your domains

 

[Bailey]

Hi David

as ty has mentioned, most registration services are heavily discounting for the first year. if you go into your control panel and attempt to add another year to one of the domains you'll see the true cost. I dont see the Isle of Man extension being good for any sales portfolio - development seems to be the best way forward and theres still hundreds of key-words/terms sitting unregistered.

 

[talas]

I am also investing some word .ims

such like

word.im
trip.im
meme.im
wit.im
bay.im

 

[Aaron Clifford]

Reading a post by Edwin earlier, I'd say that .co.im / .im are third/forth choice on the isle of man.

Welcome to the forums.

 

[freebiejeebies]

Welcome to the forums, let us know how you get on with those domains, seems like a very risky investment to me but good luck!

 

[doodlebug]

Welcome to the forums, let us know how you get on with those domains, seems like a very risky investment to me but good luck!

freebiejeebies> Only 42 more post and you can start spamming us with stuff we won't even look at

 

[freebiejeebies]

freebiejeebies> Only 42 more post and you can start spamming us with stuff we won't even look at

What's your problem, a new guy shows up and says hello, makes a couple of posts and you have a go at him, way to welcome people to the forum!

 

[DomainManagement]

hmmmmmm

Well made a load of ef ups in my time so lets try and see the positive in the

Negative maybe be nice for marketing purposes like on ppc

they might give a higher click through rate therefore lower charges

ie Debt.im or Debt.im/introuble will give a better (ctr ) click through rate

than bloggsfinance.co.uk

so think what you want to do with them like someone else said it takes

a lot of money keeping these babies alive with renewal fees so come up will a

realistic plan as i dont think many here would buy them

best of luck steve aka Domainmanagement.net

 

[StoneRoses]

Welcome to the forum, i am still a newbie over here, but have been domaining since 2005 and have made a decent return in .in/.co.in initially and more recently in .tv,so i do like certain cctlds and do not subscribe to this only dot com makes money nonsense,however i do not like .im at all.
Whilst you have some good keywords, they are relatively worthless imo( excuse my bluntness) and you will struggle to make a return on them.
Unlike .in,.co.uk.de.ca etc , .im has a low population usage and in my experience most companies will use .co.uk anyway and unlike .tv which also has a tiny population , it is not a universally recognised abbreviation that can be used to create a memorable brand and serve a specific purpose in .tv case for tv ads and a tv orientated website.

I made huge errors when i started out so i am as guilty as anyone of registering crazy names,so please take this as how it is intended and just advice, not malicious or personal.

I have spent many hours trawling this site gaining valuable info from the guys who have been into .co.uk longer than myself and have found some great advice.
Again, this is just my opinion and personal experience and i wish you luck in the future.