Definition of a Category Killer Domain

VINO: the word for wine in the Italian, Spanish and many Slavic languages

It IS a multilingual category killer. Just not in english.

Vino.com is definitely a Category Killer Domain …

for the Italian wine market.

Vino should be considered a category-killer in English, and it’s clearly a category-killer global brand. After wine.com, what is the best name to sell wine online in English? The obvious answer is vino.com. After wine.com and vino.com, there is big drop-of in branding value down to words like winery.com. Wine-varietal.com or wine-region.com may also be considered category-killers, but they limit you to a subsection of wine.

I echo Undergraduate except I wouldn’t agree

for the English market.

Every major Primary Geodomain is a category killer. And, yes, Vino.com is a category killer for the Italian market, but also a cool name for the English market.

@ David

Good point!

See you later.

I run the football website, http://www.SpreadOffense.com – which over the last decade has become the biggest buzz word in american football. The spread offense is the most popular offense run in high school, college, and pro football.

I feel like I own a ‘category killer’ domain specific to football. Check out my business plan at:

http://www.slideshare.net/spreadoffense/spreadoffensecom-business-plan-2009

Elliotsblog.com is a killer category of elliots blog. how much

Hey,

Don’t leave out the customers!

Wino is just as good a category killer as any other for those afficionados of the grape. Wino.tv has potential to push that envelope. It’s all in fun, so don’t be a stuffed shirt about it.

BTW, Vino.com is a heavy hitting category killer considering the number of countries having that word that translates into wine andthat the United States also likes to use the word signifying same.

I much prefer the term “Dynamite Domains” rather than category killer.

I heard it recently at a conference where the guest speaker Kenny Goodman went through every aspect of what made a dynamite domain name. Most of the components were SEO related but he did also talk about the brand ability of dynamite domains.

So do I believe that Vino.com is a dynamite domain?

Absolutely – it is a huge keyword and I probably would have focussed it ion a country that uses the term vino – mainly spanish or Italian speaking to gain most benefit

the Wikipedia definition doesnt really apply well to domains, strictly speaking, as if it did, and if Vino.com finds it possible to operate profitably, then that would make Wine.com NOT a category killer. I wouldnt get too caught up in definitions. I dont think any one domain will ever ‘kill the category’ for all other domains in the space. its more semantics

It certainly is a great name. And if being a category killer were crucial, I guess search.com should be doing better than Google…

I think I have a category killer Italian domain name.
Abbigliamentobambini.com
It means baby clothing and it gets over 300,000 global searches per month.
Only problem is I have no idea how to develop it

I also have abbigliamentoeaccessori.com means clothing and accessories. Over 300,000 searches a month as well.