Singular generic domainnames. Are they worth it?

I was wondering what your views are on Singular generic domainnames. For example: the domainname Shoe.com, would that actually be worth buying? Can we expect type-ins coming in on such a domainname?

I must make it clear to you that Shoe is an example here, I'm not looking to get an appraisal on that (before anybody thinks I do!!). I'm looking for the worth of singular generic words as domainname.

Also, I'm aiming on generic words that can be in a singular form, so I dont mean trouser.com which yields a non-existing word.

 

Yep, they're worth buying. Obviously, the more common the word, the more chance there is of type-in traffic; which tends to push the price of these domains up.

You can also get type-in traffic on two or three word domains of the type: onetwothree.com. Again, the amount of type-in traffic depends very much on how searched for the name is.

 

I have one domain in partuclare that I bought off Ebay a few months back that is a two word domain. It was a steal at < $20. I've done nothing with it at all, just parked a page and put it on my short list of projects. I get about 140 visitors a day just from type-ins (it's not cached anywhere).

That's not a lot, but it's a very targeted niche keyword. And when people type-in urls, they're looking for something. I would consider type-in traffic one of the most valuable.

It's hard to find them though. Every now and then you'll see a great .com on Ebay though. And it's hardly competative right now. Some people are just really good at coming up with domain names, but shite with marketing.

 

lol @ "shite at marketing"
Why don't you park it on Sedo?

 

Singular generic domainnames generate a lot of type-in traffic, and thus more parkign revenue, that's why these names are so valuable nowadays.