Healthcareadministration.com sells for $10,000

Despite being more than 20 letters long, healthcareadministration.com sold for £6,255 ($10,000 USD) this week. With the current debate over government-run healthcare raging stateside, the name has quite a market.

As for the domain’s long-term value, I think there is none. Healthcare is an issue on the minds of many Americans right now, but next year they will be occupied with something else. The best domain investments will keep their value no matter what the political climate may be.

Other recent sales:

africanfashion.com- $9,000
bruze.com- $ 8,088
holidaysuperstore.com- $8,000
allwe.com- $ 7,988
renunciation.com- $7,288
Menssunglasses.com- $7,000
womensperfume.com- $6,400
fictionbook.com- $6,000

Source | Domain Name News

New Zealand creates .health.nz extension

In a move reminiscent of Argentina’s creation of .banco.ar for banks, New Zealand’s Minister of Health Tony Ryall has created the .health.nz domain extension.

The second-level name can only be used by hospitals, clinics, ambulances, and the like. Part of the reason for launching the extension is likely to prevent fraud. If New Zealanders know only legitimate health sites use the extension, they are much less likely to be scammed. As Ryall put it:

The .health.nz domain will improve confidence in the credibility of web-based health information and will enable members of the sector to be easily identified in online communications

The only downside I see to this is the length of the extension. Why couldn’t the country have settled for something shorter like .med.nz?

Source | Domain News