Is a .us really worth it for a generic term (i.e. not kw-kw.us or even kw-kw-kw.us)
Let's say for example it was 'biking.us' (it's not this btw) was up for sale and they wanted $2000 for it. Is this a wise move?
I see that .us will be picked up by Yahoo and Google so no probs there, but will .us become a spam city like .biz (and therefore be reduced to junk value?).
I don't want to go expending a bunch of notes if this might already be happneing.
The site will be very much a US-focused site and I can't affor dthe .com, .net or .info (albeit that the first two won't sell!).
What do you all think?
If the .com is already taken, note that you will lose 10%-30% of your return visitors to the .com if they have similar content.
Highest (public) .us RETAIL sales, ever:
Fashion.us $10,000+ (exact price unknown)
Stocks.us $8,062
Party.us $6,000
Remember those are the absolute top retail values.
Compare that to a huge number of six digit .com sales.
There are probably hundreds of .us keywords that trade for $100 or less these days on the wholesale level.
Most famous .us use is probably Volvo.us, which they advertised heavily.
[edited by: amznVibe at 12:18 pm (utc) on Oct. 28, 2004]
The .com is completely different and users would not be duped into thinking it was the same site.
I want to set up a US site in this field and as such don;t want the multi-keyword
Do you think I should sit tight with a bid at $1500 and flush them out? They want $4000 (LOLOLOL)
Thanks for advice