What is a "Premium" name in your eyes?

[Meti]

Hello,

I've noticed that there's lots of ads out on several webmaster forums where they include the word "premium", sure it may attract a user to view the thread, but I think many webmasters don't know the true meaning of a premium domain name.

For me, it is a very valuable domain name (eg one word domain name, or something very brandable, easy to remember, pronounceable etc.)

What do you think?

[espmartin]

... For me, it is a very valuable domain name (eg one word domain name, or something very brandable, easy to remember, pronounceable etc.)...

You took the words out of my mouth. This is what I feel a premium would be.

[SkinnerW]

From my point of view "premium" domain means it's in the high demand and meets at least these requirements:

- must be main TLD like com, co.uk...
- one popular word (no misspellings of any kind) or
- easy to pronounce brandable abbreviation no more than 4 letters (no digits or hyphens)

Anything else may seem valuable to the owner and even have some potential buyers but in no case should be called premium...

[temi]

I agree with Skinners definition, just a few recap:
- it needs to be an desirable domain extension (you cannot call .ws or .temi or some other obscured extension premium)
- It should be a generic name (not a name that can get you into trademark/copyright problem)
- I would say its still okay if its more than 4 letters provided its a well known word for example I will call bargain.co.uk a premium domain name eventhought its more than 4 letters.
Thanks

[Domainer]

-Generic, dictionary , no typo, missspell,...etc
-some experts said no longer than 14 letters
- no digits or hyphens
- score +400
for more info check premiumdomains.com, sometimes it could bemore than one word (onlinecasino)
- it could be any extension but it needs time to get value (poker.cc) for sale at sedo at 10k
if you have casino.ws you are a true winner, car.ws , some words can be fit any extension but price is always different , .com is always the king net,co.uk are good too ,thats all i can say about premium domains , if you need any help to sell your domains , feel free to pm me

[SkinnerW]

Yes Temi, you are correct. My 4 letters limit is for the abbreviated domains only, something like "UKWW" for example...

[Esoteric]

You took the words out of my mouth. This is what I feel a premium would be.

yeah, same here

[ukshopsnet]

For me it is the short easy names with no hyphens on a .com or local extension, so for me being in the UK, the .co.uk

Also, names that are in context with the purpose/products of the site.

[Red_Virus]

It should be domain with .com extension, should be of 2 Or max three letters.
I see that ss.com is being got a million dollar bid on another forum, So a single domain like that will make u rich

[seometer]

The definition of "premium" domains is getting loosened up over time. I see garbage domains that I threw away a few years back now have "premium" price tags..