The 2104 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States was released this week, and I thought it would be interesting to have a look at the exact match domains (EMD) in .com that are on the list. I was able to search using “.com” as the keyword, and listed below are the companies that I consider exact match .com domain names.
There are many companies that have .com in their name, but I only included the names I felt were keyword domain names. For example, I did not include CardCash.com because that seems more like a brand than an exact match .com. This isn’t a scientific look at the results, so other people might have added more or fewer companies to the list depending on their definition of EMD.
EMDs in the 2014 Inc. 5000 list (in order of appearance):
- SearchMarketers.com
- SeniorHomes.com
- Billiards.com
- InsideSales.com
- Coupons.com
- Beyond.com
- Phone.com
- Bodybuilding.com
- Climber.com
- PlasticPrinters.com
- Exploring.com
- Confirmation.com
- HomeExchange.com
- GiftCards.com
- DiscountMugs.com
- GolfBalls.com
- AgentMarketing.com
- Bulbs.com
- DiplomaFrame.com
- BakeryEquipment.com
If you think I missed an exact match .com domain name, you are welcome to share it. I only included companies that are known by their domain name. There are likely companies that use the keyword domain name for their url, but if they didn’t include the .com in their brand name, they weren’t included in the list above.
It is nice to see Phone,com on the list. As many know, Michael Mann is part owner of the company.
I wonder how many of the those domains were directly or indirectly brought from Mike? (BuyDomains – DomainMarket)
Exact Match is old school. Only 20 EMD’s out of 5000 choices. Brandable domains are the future. Here are some from only the first 100 choices on the list. Imagine if I checked all 5000 listed. Brands are king!
FUHU
SUPERFISH
VACASA
ASEPTIA
ASENTRA
PACKIT
ADKARMA
AXTRIA
ADOREME
MAXHOME
CROWDTAP
THEJOINT
PHOTOBIN
TOUGHMUDDER
VIDERITY
AFFECTIVA
ADHARMONICS
ETHOLOGY
LOGOUP
ANALYTICA
PHUNWARE
TAHZOO
FASTPAY
LAUNCHPOINT
Brandables are the way to go until you the $$ to buy the respective exact match, whether it’s 1 word or 2+. You may not necessarily rebrand using the EMD, but it’s not a “bad thing” to have.
More often than not it is the EMD’s that feed the brand, EMD’s are old school as is (cognitive) language.
Some of those are really nice names, but, others are brutal. I checked a few of the worst names (in my opinion) and a couple of them are just forwarding to other domains (aseptia, affectiva)
Too early to release 2104 list. Wow
RestaurantWare.com #366
LabTechSoftware.com #354
LocalSearchForDentists.com #357
OutdoorTechnology.com #329
OnSiteCareClinics.com #339
ProgressiveDentalMarketing.com #398
LatinMarkets.org $425
ContentMarketingInstitute.com #460
AmericanAddictionCenters.org #474
CustomCable.com #663
ApartmentList.com #752
DependableTransportation.com #748
TwoToasters.com #787
OakmontHomeBuilders.com #746
OnDeck.com #726
TransportationImpact.com #728
SustainableSupply.com #785
Dope.com #356
NationalCorporateHousing.com #878
KeepCalling.net #885
ShoeCenter.com #872
WholesaleWarranties.com #854
DevelopIntelligence.com #860
Gazelle.com #1004
Vitals.com #1128
WholesaleScreening.com #1116
Livestream.com #1133
FlipFlopShops.com #1120
InsideSales.com #1157
Feedback, please.
An Exact Match Keyword Domain, to me, is a meaningful word or phrase that is common enough, that it can’t be taken away in a UDRP. Lab Tech Software, or Onsite Care Clinics, could be a generic category, yet, those companies use it as a company name. Beyond.com could apply to alot of things, but is used for career search site. Anything with, “the,” in front of it, I wouldn’t use, because, “the,” makes the phrase or word a trademark, such as, thedomains.com . . .
Whirlpool Appliances uses two EMDs to promote its business that I know of:
Whirlpool.com
WashingMachines.com
Whirlpool is a meaningful word, but is a brand in the context of appliances.
Vitals.com is pretty meaningful for a health company! Great brand! But, it is really a brand.
If someone regsitered TwoToasters.com ahead of the company, for whatever reason, I don’t think it could be taken away in a UDRP . . . On the other hand, it isn’t a common phrase. Maybe it doesn’t apply. Maybe I would delete that one.
Livestream got to be a term! I don’t know if it is in the dictionary, yet, but Live Stream is either a noun or a verb that is generic . . .
Are there any you object to, in my lists?
IMO, CorporateHousing.com would be a EMD but not NationalCorporateHousing.com. Some of your others are good, like Vitals.com, but not FlipFlopShops.com (FlipFlops.com, yes). I only searched using the .com keyword so listings like “Vitals” did not allow me to see that it was a .com.
Good job finding many of these, BTW.
Curse.com #1457
BoxOfficeTicketSales.com #1426
LitigationServices.com #1526
Stimulant.io #1509
FreshLunches.com #1737
LitigationServices.com or FreshLunches.com look like they could be in Top Notch Domains, Elliot Silver’s portfolio, that he finds and upsells.
LegalCopyServices.com #1878 <== That's another one! Generic EMD, right?
Mondo.com #1840
I don’t consider LegalCopyServices.com to be one because there are only 50k Google results for that exact match term, and many are for the company.
Okay. Thanx for qualifying. Then your definition of exact match domain is, it has a certain popularity on Google searches, as a keyword.
Funny! I thought, LegalCopyServices.com might be your taste in a domain name, if it was the right price. It’s generic enough.
With quotes, Google supplies only 4800 search results on, “legal copy services.” But, there is more than one company that supplies that service:
Legal Copy Services for Federal Court and State Court
https://www.onelegal.com/courtesycopy.aspx
Color Printing and Legal Copy Services New York
http://www.qis-inc.com
which supplies, “Legal Copy Services and Electronic Discovery,” and has a 212 area code, and is located in the financial district – don’t you miss NY?
It might not be a popular search term, but legal copy services is exact match, to me, because companies use it in their description! Just one company snagged the dot com for its company name.
Maybe that is the reason that company is on The 2014 Inc. 5000 list!
Will you please change your mind, and say Legal Copy Services is an EMD, because here is another company that specifies its
Legal Copy Services
Pages Checked for Accuracy
Color Copying
Wide Format Copying
Trial Exhibits
Graphic Design Services
Labor-intensive Copying
Bates Numbering
Medical Records Expertise
It’s like you supplied a list of end users, @ Elliot! Thanx!
Interesting real life choices of brand and domain name in those lists. It is a good exercise, just for observing private company names and their domain names, which often don’t match.
I never know what to make of exact match domain names. Google also recently spoke about getting stricter on those type of names lending weight towards a brandable one, however what about genuine sites owning exact match names?
I have a few exact match names but have become a little put off them since Google’s updates, but then again I think they are worth something. I feel torn in two about them! :/
Ever since the new TLD have come out, you could buy a whole new range of exact matched domain names.