A number of .ws domains have sold in recent weeks.
.Ws, which is the country code for Western Somoa, has never caught on despite a major marketing campaign to rebrand it as an abbreviation for “web site”. But occasionally the domains sell for a respectable price — typically below the equivalent .biz or .info.
According to DNJournal, Blogs.ws sold for $1,600 at Sedo this past week. This is music to my ears since I own blogs.info and weblogs.ws. A number of .ws domains have sold at GoDaddy’s TDNAM recently, including Save.ws for $417 and Green.ws for $227. Avatars.ws sold at Afternic for $400 a couple weeks ago.
A number of domainers that are active internet marketers understand the value of quality one word domains regardless of extension and how this helps you get search engine rankings. Just this week Poker.bs sold for $3,600. Afternic has had a string of poker.something domains sell over the past few months in the $1,500-$2,000 range.
.Ws domains can be purchased for under $10 a year at registrars such as GoDaddy. They cannot be transferred to other registrars, but can be transferred to other people. It is possible to register quality .ws domains at registration fee as the market for dropping .ws domains is not active. For example, I picked up Beds.ws for $10 last year. You can see a list of recently expired .ws domains here.
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