Now that almost every .com domain that makes any sense is taken. Do you think that .biz domains are gonna be worth something if you get a good 1 or 2 word one?

As you're asking for candid opinions - NO.

Same as the info, tv, ws etc etc.


Lats...

I must say that a .com is hundred times more professional than a .biz. I rather choose a .ws than a .biz, dot biz looks awful to me.

Technically, all domain extensions are equal. In reality, .com is what people will remember and has the most value.

When you talk about the "worth" of a domain name, you are assuming that the domain name itself is interesting and that it drived traffic to the site - or is interesting to domain speculators.

I personally don't type domain names into my navigation bar in order to go to a website. I use hyperlinks and make them favorites if I really like the site.

In looking at the sites I visit every week, many of them have names that I would never remember or associate with the site in the first place.

I know that the domain speculators don't like to hear this, but I don't put any more value on an ugly name than a cute name for 99% of the web.

Sorry.

-t

Personally, I don't like .biz, it sounds slimy. For a business, I obviously prefer .com or .net if available. If not, I guess I would go with .ws. I think that I would even prefer .cc over .biz.

I don't like .biz and I will never... it just doesn't seem... I don't know how to put it :eek:

I don't like .biz and I will never... it just doesn't seem... I don't know how to put it I feel the same way; I've always thought that "biz" is a bad choice for a name that is meant to imply professionalism. Maybe if you're in "show biz" or "the music biz," but in the real suit-and-tie world of business few people use the term "biz" seriously.I personally don't type domain names into my navigation bar in order to go to a website. I use hyperlinks and make them favorites if I really like the site. Well of course that can't always be the case. Domain names are printed on business cards, billboards, advertisements, letterheads... if you're marketing a business you want people to type your domain name into the browser. And, in marketing and brand-buiding certain domain names and even certain TLDs have more cachet than others.

There may be no logical reason for it, but it's a fact of life.

However, thats not to say that I still wouldn't grab a very catchy or short one if available for the right business. For instance, if you were trying to get people to purchase a travel business opportunity, travel.biz wouldn't be a bad name.

BIZ is fine. But beware of a Verisign scam that sells .BZ (Belize) domains like, tourist.bz, sales.bz etc for thousands of dollars on ebay!

Since you mentioned short BIZ names, I have 606.biz and 767.biz, anyone? :D