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Let me get started.

Has anyone noticed many domains that start with "my" prefix drop a lot lately? For a second week in a row, I am noticing it.

After an avalanche of 3 char domains this week, the list looks empty so far for next week.

Anyone noticing any other patterns/trends?
 
I noticed that pattern, personally I think the my prefix only makes sense for .com when almost everything is taken.


I bought hundreds of 4 letters a few years back and noticed myyp.ca was in the batch when I had an inquiry on it.
Had the domain for a few years now and have been holding solid at 5k but highest offer was $500.

Not sure if it was owned by yellow pages or not but it would make sense for them.


Then again if I owned yp.ca and wanted to add a my for login purposes I would probably just do my.yp.ca or yp.ca/my. There really is no need to purchase the my prefix when you own the .ca

If someone approached me and said they had myred.ca I would probably just laugh at them.



Time to drop the my's my friends

AND FOR GODS SAKES DO NOT PICK THEM UP IN TBR!!!!
 
MapleDots said:
I noticed that pattern, personally I think the my prefix only makes sense for .com when almost everything is taken.
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Bank on. Was listening to a podcast recently with Sean Markey (an SEO guy on Twitter that's also in the domain business) and his criteria when acquiring names is to have a maximum of one "negative" attribute

Since .com is king, you can allow yourself to get away with one negative by adding 'my', 'e', 'i', 'online' or a dash if it make sense

With other extensions, since the extension is most often seen as the negative (with some exceptions of course), you should only go for the purest form of the term for the SLD (second-level domain...or whatever is to the left of the dot)

So MyCar.com is ok, but MyCar.biz is not

ccTLDs are tough because they rival the .COM in some places, but you should still find the purest domain for your brand
 
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