e + [keyword].com

What does the "e" do to the value?

[cabbagehead]

As we all know a competitive root keyword .com domain is worth quite a bit ... less that 5 years ago but still a pretty penny. I'm wondering what the "e" prefix does to the value of a root word .com domain. Let's say a without the e the domain is worth $20,000. What would the "e" prefixed cousin be worth?

Any rules of thumb?

Thanks.

[Webwork]

1. Does nothing for value. These days it's mostly considered junk. Mostly.

2. There may be some exceptions, where the "e" really makes sense: E-Commerce, E-Business, etc.

3. I haven't read or seen a report of a significant "e" sale in quite some time.

4. EMoney? ECasino? EMortgage? ELoan? EFinance? There's a few, but very, very, few IMHO, that may be worth low $$$$.

5. Your mileage may vary. There's always the chance of love, that someone just has to have what you have. The odds are about the same as winning the trifecta twice in a weekend.

[cabbagehead]

Hi Webworks,

If you had to quantify it - how much value would you say the "e" prefix drains from the name? Let's say hypothetically that its a pretty darn good keyword ... something like "credit" for example. Would "credit" be worth 5 times as much as "eCredit"? Just trying to get an idea.

Thanks for your help.

[gpmgroup]

It maybe worth comparing the Overture figures for the two words (with and without the e) This will give you an idea of how valid an e is the context of your word.

[larryhatch]

I'd say it depends almost entirely on the word being added to.

Ebeer and ewine sound disappointing. Ebay worked somehow,
(what does 'bay' have to do with auctions? Buy At Your-own-risk?)

Ecredit or eloans puts me off, sounds dodgy. Maybe the whole E-thingy is so
stale and overworked that it doesn't have any appeal. E-Larry

[Webwork]

CH - Credit.tld would be worth 20,000, give or take, what ECredit.tld would be worth.

Overture+Extension is for the "traffic = value" crowd. There's merit to the model but it doesn't hold up when other factors are a consideration. Not many people typed ELoan into Overture before ELoan took the time and money to brand the domain.

CH - I'd say there's no formula. I'd venture a guess that, on average, the non-e version of a major commercial keyword, is worth 100s to 1000s Xs the value of the e-word. Credit.tld worth $1.5 - 3.0 mil to a motivated and capitalized buyer. ECredit, likely would go for $15-50,000+ on a given day, more if the buyer just had to have it. Then again, the "have to have it buyer" is always a wildcard, so you can't peg your value to that (until such time as you know you've got a good one nibbling).

If they're not "money domains" then the e-domains really lack value. I think in my collection I only have a few, but they're the likes of EBusinessStrategy.tld, EBusinessSchool.tld, EBusinessInfo.com, etc where the "E" makes sense.

I ain't got no ESalad or EShoes domains, though I think somebody did something with EBags, didn't they?

Hey, hope springs eternal, ya know?

[gpmgroup]

Overture+Extension is for the "traffic = value" crowd. There's merit to the model but it doesn't hold up when other factors are a consideration. Not many people typed ELoan into Overture before ELoan took the time and money to brand the domain.

The OV "word.extension" is used for traffic valuations, but the ratio of the OV values without the extension (OV "word" / OV "eword")could give a good indication of how valid the e prefix is in general usage.

Eloan would have no advantage over Xloan or Qloan if you are concerned with absolute overture figures of before and after marketting.

[cabbagehead]

True. Simply looking at keyword + extension from an SEO marketing perspective also wouldn't explain the gulf of value between a keyword .com and its .biz or .us counterpart. It sounds like a good place to start from, but clearly a few other factors are in play here.

[cabbagehead]

Webwork - you were dead-on about the affect of the "e" upon a keyword.com domain name. I got a few appraisals from afternic and according to them, the difference between eKeyword.com and keyword.com is a a 50-times difference price. They suggest keyword.com is worth $550,000 whereas eKeyword.com is only worth $10,000. Very interesting.

Thanks for all the feedback on the domains!

[gamb]

don't trust the appraisals.

[cabbagehead]

Well, I've been down this road before and have actually found a couple of places I trust - Sedo and Afternic; Sedo in particular seems pretty accurate. I would never trust one source though - I try to get a couple of appraisals as well as get a feel from other knowledgable people such as those on this board. Collectively it gives me a decent point to start from, I think. :)

but as to this thread in particular, it was pretty cool that the appriasal pretty much confirmed what webwork said.