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Basisch.com - confusing one for me. Couple Germans I spoke with said this is a really rare word there (they said they never used it themselves). But it's taken in 10 extensions, half of those are developed. And it's part of 328 domain strings, many of those developed. But it also seems to be a Dutch word and is part of many Dutch sites. Something to do with basic, basis, I still can't find an exact meaning. Google shows a lot of uses, particularly with 'basic foods', simple foods, essential foods, something like that. Every renewal time I wonder whether to let it drop. But all the uses... and a strong Godaddy valuation (4.4K) - I know valuations are useless, but I mainly use them because they do show whether a domain has some kind of strong metrics going for it. If not, valuations would be very low. This word obviously has something going for it. I've had it at a lowered price lately. Let's see if Christmas brings a sale for this one. If any German or Dutch speakers out there can clarify the word's usage for me I'd appreciate any input.
KameraDrohne.com - obviously it's 'camera drone'. Taken in 6 extensions, plus the .com is taken with hyphen. It's expired but I may renew it. I'm ambivalent about this one.
SexKlub.com - I don't know how true this translation is but it seems to get usage. Taken in 12 extensions.
Wassermelone.com - taken in 12 extensions. Watermelon, anyone?
Aha!Hi - basisch is a very specific term in German, used similar to alkaline in English. Besides its usage in chemistry, it is very popular in the context of healthy food and general well-being. Couple of years ago there was huge interest in the mainstream media around food that lowers the ph scale in the body, and basisch is probably the strongest keyword for that hype.
See also the content at basisch.de. I have no idea about the appropriate pricing, but I’m sure there is potential for such a site with evergreen content, receipts, appliance affiliates, etc.
Good luck with the domain!
Aha!
Thank you very much for tutoring me about this word. Now it is much clearer, and I can see a real value finally. Now I actually like the word! Feels almost entirely oriented toward health, and I do love my health domain names. Next renewal time I will keep renewing.
Thanks again.
There seems to be quite a difference in how each country's people feel about their domain extension.Sure, happy to help. And Yes, the orientation of this word for German consumers is clearly pointing to health and well-being.
CcTLD vs. .com - There remains just the same question that I have with some of my German .com domains: their wording might be very short, concise and on topic, but it is just not the .de country extension, and I am very often confused why the .com was available and the .de has been in use for years. I’d like to think that the .com might appeal also to the other German speaking countries (so called D A CH Region) but I think that the .de has a more serious touch as it suggests that there is a real company behind it based in Germany.
Maybe there are other and more experienced thoughts about this? In an earlier Thread, another member commented about the ascending value of the .coms in comparison to the cc tlds but I’m a bit hesitant.
Exactly my perception. While especially in this forum the hyphen-phobia for .com domains is paramount, it is much less so or even the opposite in other languages, at least in German from my experience. I remember working for an office where the owner used to spell out the hyphened url in a way to put even more emphasis on the name. funny as I read about this very counter-argument somewhere around this forum: 'just imagine, having to mention the hyphen just every time to the customer...' - funny to see the diversity across regions.There are so many German domains taken in .de, WITH a hyphen, and often the .com, unhyphenated version is still available!