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July 1st, 2007 by Jay Westerdal

Iphone BrowserBy popular request we have gone through the list of IPhone domains and picked out some good ones. We have seen that there must have been a rumors last year because a few California people registered some really good IPhone domains months before the rumors really picked up. I think the best terms have to be “Cheap” and “Accessories”. So I checked and both were taken 2 years ago. But what about Cheap Iphone Accessories.com, that was registered only 20 days ago and now is listed for sale at $10,000. Wow.

Remzi Oten was another domain physic with a brilliant idea almost a year before the announcement, he got terms around the word IPhone. He was playing the domain lottery. Why play the real when you can play the Domain Lottery - if someone wants your domain, you can score Huge.

Kamaira was another winner that seemed to attack the IPhone name with extreme confidence that a device would exist in the future with that exact name. He bought $10,000 names like they were candy on Halloween last year because they were unregistered and only cost $8 a name. If you know the future then $8 can get you $10,000. But if you bought IPhone Accessories.com on a hutch 2 years ago now you are looking at a lot of money. At least $300,000 by my estimate for the accessories term. This term will pay very well for the next few years, it can earn thousands of dollars a month in income and it predates the IPhone announcement. Ara H should be building this domain out. He is sitting on a gold mine.

But then there is the flip side - people registering domains after an announcement.  I don’t think an UDRP would look kindly on these guys. I guess it all depends on how they use the domain. Apple’s legal team has a long couple of years ahead of it. It was behind on the trademark and now it is behind on the domains. Perhaps Apple can afford to ignore the domains, after all we are only talking a few million dollars left on the table. Apple will make over $150 Million in the first week selling the IPhone.

Iphone Accessories.com 3/24/2005 Ara H, 2 years ago, got the money term, bravo.
Cheap Iphones.com 9/11/2005 Job Collect, 2 years ago, got the money term, another bravo.
Iphone City.com 2/15/2006 Remzi Oten, Sort of crappy name for the date.
Iphone Cover.com 2/15/2006 Remzi Oten
Iphone Covers.com 2/15/2006 Clearly Remzi Oten was thinking
Iphone Holster.com 2/15/2006 Remzi Oten
Iphone Pouch.com 2/15/2006 Remzi Oten
Iphone Skin.com 2/15/2006 Remzi Oten
Iphone Stuff.com 2/15/2006 Remzi Oten. I like this one the best.
Iphone Release Date.com 10/30/2006 Ian Anderson, must have heard something in a blog somewhere
Free Iphone Game.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria Inc
Iphone Accesory.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria got the miss spelling
Iphone Acessories.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria got the miss spelling
Iphone Adapters.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Bateries.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria gets another miss spelling. This time Batteries.
Iphone Charger.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria again. Great name.
Iphone Deals.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria
Iphone For Free.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Gam.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria gets the misspelling of Game.
Iphone Speaker.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Speakers.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria
Used Iphone.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria
Used Iphones.com 10/31/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Batery.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria again.
Iphone Batteries.net 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Battery Life.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Chargers.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Connectors.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Discounts.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Dock.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Drivers.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Extras.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Gadgets.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Gams.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria, another miss spelling
Iphone Give Away.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Hacking.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Insurance.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Keyboard.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Keyboards.com 11/1/2006 Kamaria
Iphone Bluetooth.com 11/4/2006 Kamaria, Did this guy have inside knowledge?
Gold Iphones.com 11/10/2006 Mheir Ainajian, I want a Gold IPhone!
Best Price Iphones.com 11/21/2006 Proxy Registration
Discount Iphone.com 11/21/2006 Proxy Registration, Listed for sale at Sedo
Iphone Car Chargers.com 11/21/2006 Maxdom Holdings
Iphone News.com 11/21/2006 Yh Lee of Korea. This domains is great.
Iphone Palace.com 11/21/2006 Maxx Cianci listed it for sale for $500
Iphone Parts.net 11/21/2006 Maxx Cianci listed it for sale for $500
Iphone Skinz.com 11/21/2006 Ariana Stemple
Iphone Wallpaper.com 11/21/2006 Maxdom Holdings
Iphone Finder.com 11/23/2006 Andrew Salmon
Iphone Locator.com 11/23/2006 Andrew Salmon, Blog started on Jan 9th 2007. Lots of Articles!
Iphones Accessories.com 11/23/2006 Joseph Triplett, The correct spelling but it is pural.
Iphone Stores.com 11/23/2006 Robert Simpson
Iphone Tracker.com 11/23/2006 Andrew Salmon
Iphone Converter.com 12/3/2006 Cucusoft DVD to iPhone Converter website
Bluetooth Iphone.com 12/4/2006  
Iphone Cingular.com 12/4/2006 Proxy. How many brands can you squat on at once?
Iphone Hut.com 12/4/2006 Pizzahut and Iphone?
Iphone Moto.com 12/4/2006 Sort of like a Razor…
Iphone Motorola.com 12/4/2006 I guess this partnership didn’t make it.
Iphone-apple.com 12/12/2006 Wow, not even remotely defensible in an UDRP.
Iphone-book.com 12/12/2006 G Ruitenbeek. Points to Zune Player Blog
Iphone-camera.com 12/12/2006 G Ruitenbeek
Iphone-number.com 12/12/2006 G Ruitenbeek
Iphone-review.com 12/12/2006 G Ruitenbeek
Iphone-ringtone.com 12/12/2006 G Ruitenbeek
Iphone-ringtones.com 12/12/2006 G Ruitenbeek
Cisco Iphone.com 12/18/2006 Kelly Bush. Two brands at once. Wow. Now that is infringing.
Iphone RSS.com 12/18/2006 MOVIE DAZE lists 1.888.467.1859
Iphonetext.com 12/18/2006 Hugh Chambers
– Offical Announcement!!! – 1/9/2007 Apple
Fix My Iphone.com 1/9/2007 Jordan Malik predicts consumers will need his site.
Free Iphone Downloads.com 1/9/2007 Vellc.net wants to beat the other SEOs
Free Iphone Lottery.com 1/9/2007 Some of the best names picked this day….
Free Iphone Nano.com 1/9/2007 There were over 400 registered on this day.
Free Iphone Offer.com 1/9/2007  
Free Iphone Offers.com 1/9/2007  
Free Iphone Ringers.com 1/9/2007  
Freeiphones.net 1/9/2007  
Free Iphone Software.com 1/9/2007  
Free Iphone Stuff.com 1/9/2007  
Free Iphone Themes.com 1/9/2007  
Free Iphone Videos.com 1/9/2007 Its called YouTube
Free Iphone Wallpaper.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-accessories.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-accessory.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-apple.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-apps.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-arcade.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-blog.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-blogs.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-case.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-cases.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-center.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-charger.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-charger.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-cingular.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-converter.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-direct.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-discussions.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-download.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-downloads.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-experts.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-export.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-faq.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-forums.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-game.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-game.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-games.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-gear.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-gear.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-gratuit.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-guide.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-hacks.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-hacks.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-help.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-home.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-import.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-info.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-ipod.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-itunes.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-life.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-magazine.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-mall.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-movie.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-news.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-numbers.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-online.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-parts.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-place.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-recycling.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-repair.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-reviews.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-ringtones.net 1/9/2007  
Iphone-sex.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-shopping.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-skins.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-sms.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-software.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-sourse.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-speaker.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-stuff.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-style.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-talk.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-tones.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-users.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-video.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-videos.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-wallpaper.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-way.com 1/9/2007  
Iphone-widgets.com 1/9/2007  
Iphonebackgrounds.com 1/9/2007  
Free Iphone Contest.com 6/23/2007 Fast forward to this last week.
Iphone-programs.com 6/24/2007 Wow, someone had not taken this.
Iphone Movie Rental.com 6/25/2007 And the Good Ideas continue to come…

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  1. sbawebdesign Says:

    Great article, got me to thinking.
    just got iphone-theme.com, anyone want to buy it :)

  2. sbawebdesign Says:

    update: Sorry nevermind, i think I will go ahead and use it. Check out my site when you get a chance. It will have a nice forum to download Iphone stuff. Thanks,

    iphone-theme.com

  3. Christian-SEO Says:

    Heck, I bought IPhoneFree.org used a few months ago. I never thought so many other good ones would be available…! Well, I would prefer NOT to have any trademarked domains so I’ll sell mine, fairly cheap since I bought it at a low price and I am not greedy… :-)

    NEXT TIME I’ll be doing some research to see what’s out there.

  4. mg1 Says:

    Congratulations to those who had the vision to register iphone domains before the iphone!

    But if they want to sell the domains, the person buying them will not be “grandfathered” and will have a new date and be subject to lawsuits or “wipos”

    Is that how it works? please somebody clarify.

  5. raus Says:

    I read the article and immediately registered:

    Latestiphoneapp.com
    Newestiphoneapp.com
    Greatestiphoneapp.com
    Latestiphoneapps.com
    Newestiphoneapps.com
    Greatestiphoneapps.com
    Latestiphonewidget.com
    Newestiphonewidget.com
    Greatestiphonewidget.com
    Latestiphonewidgets.com
    Newestiphonewidgets.com
    Greatestiphonewidgets.com
    Newestiphonegames.com
    Greatestiphonegames.com
    NewestiphoneAccessories.com
    GreatestiphoneAccessories.com
    Latestiphoneoffer.com
    Newestiphoneoffer.com
    Greatestiphoneoffer.com
    Latestiphoneoffers.com
    Newestiphoneoffers.com
    Greatestiphoneoffers.com
    Latestiphoneprograms.com
    Newestiphoneprograms.com
    Greatestiphoneprograms.com
    Latestiphonestuff.com
    Newestiphonestuff.com
    Greatestiphonestuff.com

    and listed them with Sedo with the intent of making some money for the charity I donate my time to.

    Did I waste my time and money, am I just asking for a lawsuit, or is there a chance this will put some cash in the charity’s coffers?

  6. Rahmulus Says:

    Jay,

    I got Lucky with iphonebattery.com, iphoneringtone.com, freeiphonedownload.com, freeiphoneringtone(s).com and about 10 others.

    I remember hovering over the buy button for a couple seconds before I said ‘what the hell”. I’ve been a useless domainer for the most part and just got lucky few iphones. Got a new, long term strategy that I’m sure will work and a lot of that is do to sites like these–just great info. Thanks

    Any thoughts on my domains would be appreciated.

    UPDATE BY JAY: I would build them out, if you can put useful stuff on those sites I am sure Adwords would pay better then a parking page. If each site had about 20 pages you would have a real forest of content and would rank well. I love Free Iphone Ringtones.com so I would work on that domain. Free Credit Check.com sold for $3,000,000 two weeks ago because it was making 37K a month. That free stuff converts really well.

  7. jennifersemplesiegel Says:

    Nabbed iphoneTVs.com (not too good) and iphoneTVguide.com. I’m wondering if those little screens will have a TV guide on them and, if so, how easy it will be to navigate? I honestly don’t know. I’m not into cell phones that much, and this gadget strikes me as being particularly baffling.

    Jennifer

    UPDATE BY JAY: I think there is a lot of hype around the IPhone, it will take a few version and a few years for the momentum to get critical. Just owning the name does not do much. It is important to organically get listed as well.

  8. jrupjr Says:

    I have

    CooliPhoneAccessories.com
    Addictedtomyiphone.com
    baniphones.com
    IHateMyiPhone.com
    iPhoneitis.com

    Any thoughts? I think the first one will be the winner.

  9. mcneelycorp Says:

    Hi,

    I bought and am developing iphonegear.com. I see you have iphone-gear.com but not iPhoneGear.com Jay, could you kindly add that to your list above?

    UPDATE BY JAY: I left several thousand names off the list, it was more of a sampling. This is not an IPhone domain registry. :)

  10. sercom Says:

    iPhones are destined to be a smash success worldwide. For those of you that don’t have one, here’s a simple way to keep abreast of the latest buzz on iPhones.

    On ANY wap enabled cell phone browser, simply enter the numeric-domain equivalent of the word ‘iPhone’, which is 474663. Add .com and press ‘send’, ‘call’, ‘go’ etc.

    Enter 474663.com

    Cheers

  11. jennifersemplesiegel Says:

    Jay and all,

    After a few days of contemplating, I have come to realize that Apple isn’t the only company that will come out with tv phones; in fact I think Verizon has one. So some good generic domains ought to do well in the future. I’m late to this game, so the few TV Phone generics I do have aren’t going to smash any domaining world records, but those who got in early will do okay, I think.

    Also, I like the word “organic,” and what you said has given me some food for thought. Thanks.

    In any case, I’m going to look ahead instead of backwards. There will always be the next new thing.

    jss

    UPDATE BY JAY: I think it would be wise to spot an idea before anyone else spots it. I am sure you can pull that off Jennifer. It may take buying a name from someone. I know there is some guy that purchased a domain domain in 1998 that is worth $3000 right now but in the next year will be worth $1,000,0000 when the next announce like this happens.

  12. whois27106 Says:

    Wouldn’t these all be trademark infringements?

    UPDATE BY JAY: It is only trademark infringement if you use the “IPhone” mark in a way that would confuse the public. Courts have ruled that free speech is allowed with someone else’s mark. IPhoneSucks.com, IPhoneFanClub.com are good examples of free speech. But if you own the domain before Apple owned the trademark you could argue they are infringing on your rights.

  13. jennifersemplesiegel Says:

    Jay, Thanks for your encouragement; I am new at this, but I try to read something new every day about domaining.

    Best, jss

  14. dbriggsgordon Says:

    dbriggsgordon Says:
    July 7th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
    Instead of trying to find a genious on Mars, what about finding the domain extention that will turn heads. Use it before others figure it out. It’s called .mobi as in mobile device. Register your name as .mobi and you will have your competition respecting you a ration more.

    Sincerely
    dbriggsgordon

  15. oneassa Says:

    you left out myiphone.com. If you noticed, the iphone’s default email signature is “sent from my iPhone”. How much would you estimate the worth of myiphone.com?

    UPDATE BY JAY: Depends on type-in traffic. SO, I would wait two years and watch. You are either directly on the mark or you are not. A domain can be worth Millions or $1000 and the difference is generally one letter off. I think it is a good name and the right person would pay a few thousand for MyIphone.com.

  16. jieming85 Says:

    Great article.

    MyIphone.com was sold for around $250 on ebay to the new owner.

    I bought quite a few of them too.
    Sold IphoneTechs for $300 last month. What you guys think?
    Is it a fair price?

    I think its value depends very much on the owner.
    For sure, all the type-in keyword domains worth alot.

    Other domains i got:
    IphoneStores.co.uk (UK crowd, good one I hope?)
    IphoneZones
    IphoneRingtonez

  17. perviz Says:

    i have domain: iphone.az
    how it is?

  18. jennifersemplesiegel Says:

    With all the rumors of the Apple iCar, will you, at some future date, be posting the best of the best iCar domain names?

    Or do you think that the buzz is just a big fizzle?

    Ms. Domainer

  19. scorzaze Says:

    Jay,

    I have a couple of iphone domains I think would do fairly well once I develop them. Most are for sell and some I will keep. I concentrated on the UK because most good domains were taken in the USA. The business iphone domain are killer!!! Hint, Hint… With whats going on in the iphone industry over the next year and the predictions of close to 50 million iphones being sold, domainers will reap a harvest. Thanks Jay for the insight you give regarding iphone domains. Let me know what you guys think of them! Thanks!!!

    PS: I will send out a list of iphone domains I have for sale….

    IPHONEARCADEGAMES.COM
    IPHONEBUSINESS.CO.UK
    IPHONECARCHARGERS.CO.UK
    IPHONECARDGAMES.COM
    IPHONECASINOGAMES.COM
    IPHONEDISTRIBUTORS.CO.UK
    IPHONEGAMEDEMOS.COM
    IPHONEGAMEMARKET.COM
    IPHONEGAMES.ME.UK
    IPHONEHACKER.CO.UK
    IPHONELUXURY.COM
    IPHONEMAGAZINE.CO.UK
    IPHONEMALL.CO.UK
    IPHONEMOBILEGAMES.CO.UK
    IPHONEMOBILEGAMES.COM
    IPHONEMOVIERENTAL.COM
    IPHONENANO.ME.UK
    IPHONEPOKER.EU
    IPHONEPOKERPLAY.COM
    IPHONERINGTONES.EU
    IPHONERINGTONES.ME.UK
    IPHONESMARTPHONE.CO.UK
    IPHONESPORTSGAMES.COM
    IPHONETHUMBPLAY.COM
    IPHONETUTORIALS.NET
    IPHONEVIDEOGAMER.COM
    IPHONEWII.COM
    LUXURYIPHONES.COM
    BUSINESSIPHONE.CO.UK
    CHEAPIPHONES.ME.UK
    EUIPHONE.EU
    HIGHENDIPHONES.COM
    I4ON.CO.UK
    IBUSINESSIPHONE.COM
    IPHONCASES.COM
    IPHONEACCESSORIESSTORE.CO.UK
    IPHONEAFFILIATEPROGRAM.COM
    IPHONECASES.EU
    IPHONECLASSIC.COM

  20. ChinaNom Says:

    Iphonc.com is another one.

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