.im TLD

scwebsites · Oct 20, 2011

I'm interested to know what you guys think of the .im TLD.

Obviously the Isle of Man is tiny compared to the UK, the .im domains are not very in demand, and many very good keyword domains are still available.

If you were building a tourist website about the Isle Of Man, for example, would you consider using a .im domain?

aZooZa · Oct 21, 2011

scwebsites said:
I'm interested to know what you guys think of the .im TLD.

Obviously the Isle of Man is tiny compared to the UK, the .im domains are not very in demand, and many very good keyword domains are still available.

If you were building a tourist website about the Isle Of Man, for example, would you consider using a .im domain?

For your purpose, I would DEFINITELY go with an .im domain. I don't know which extension you'd use, but here are the options (some of course not relevant):

.im.plc.co.im.net.im.co.im.org.im.ac.im.ltd.co.im.com.im.gov.im

Blacknight.com is a great place to register them.

Aiden Roberts · Oct 21, 2011

Can anyone own a .im extension or have you got to reside in the I.O.M, also would the search engines give any weight to the .im extension to I.O.M searchers?

Aiden

namealot · Oct 21, 2011

aZooZa said:
Blacknight.com is a great place to register them.

I’d go with name .com there only $10.95 (6.87300 GBP) at blacknight at 45.00 EUR (39.1669 GBP) ?????? What a a rip off.....

dta · Oct 21, 2011

Aiden Roberts said:
Can anyone own a .im extension or have you got to reside in the I.O.M, also would the search engines give any weight to the .im extension to I.O.M searchers?

Aiden

anyone can own them - i have a few

dta · Oct 21, 2011

aZooZa said:
For your purpose, I would DEFINITELY go with an .im domain. I don't know which extension you'd use, but here are the options (some of course not relevant):

.im.plc.co.im.net.im.co.im.org.im.ac.im.ltd.co.im.com.im.gov.im

you can register directly a < >.im domain, so no need to go to the third level.

Aiden Roberts · Oct 21, 2011

Brill thanks dta

Worth a punt I just picked up solarpanels.im must be a solar panel fitter on the island. the last solar panels available to reg.

60500 exacts
cpc £3+

Cheers

Aiden

Bailey · Oct 21, 2011

I own-up to owning one also.

Personally I would have thought it had to be :- Tourism, tax or a Company registration angle to see anything worthwhile. Anyone going generic might as well go to Borneo or further.

Sorry Aiden - just my thoughts

dta · Oct 21, 2011

Bailey said:
I own-up to owning one also.

Personally I would have thought it had to be :- Tourisim, tax or a Company registration angle to see anything worthwhile. Anyone going generic might as well go to Borneo or further

oddly enough, generic words do get good direct type in traffic and easily pay for themselves and then some with google domains.

trying to sell these on though is another headache altogether

Aiden Roberts · Oct 21, 2011

@Bailey-makes sense, what about this then:

TaxCalculator.im 90000 exacts £1

What do you think?

@dta-thanks, good advice

Aiden

sdsinc · Oct 21, 2011

The local market is very small, and they also use .co.im (earlier regs) and .co.uk. Or treat it like a novelty TLD - nothing special really.

Aiden Roberts · Oct 21, 2011

Ah well, nothing ventured nothing gained.

I will stick them on Sedo you never know who might want them.

Aiden

scwebsites · Oct 23, 2011

Well, I now own...

bedandbreakfast.im
bedandbreakfasts.im

and

selfcatering.im

They are not for resale, they are for a small IOM bed and breakfast directory and a small IOM self catering accommodation directory. I don't think I could have got better domains, and all for £15.00.