what is the most fast growing tld?

illidan · 12-04-2004, 04:44 PM

hi guys
share your thoughts..
in your oppinion what is the most fast growing ext in near future..
thanks

Qwert · 12-04-2004, 04:46 PM

.de Wait I thought you said Country Code, fastest growing has probabally been .info because it was free.

ddrassociate · 12-04-2004, 04:48 PM

Yeah I think .de is the fastest.

Binfus · 12-04-2004, 04:49 PM

.US could potentially catch fire and be HUGE once it hits a critical threshold in terms of its recognition by businesses and general public; until then, its .com, although even any half-decent name in it has been long long gone.

www.AmCy.org · 12-04-2004, 04:58 PM

Some interesting stats:

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statistics/

And, somewhat OT, but interesting anyway:

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statist...tats-2003.html

Check out the stats for Network Solutions. Rats jumping off the sinking ship?

AmCy

prince · 12-04-2004, 05:14 PM

umm.. i think .tv and .cn both have the chance to be your hero!
china has the second large internet community after usa and i am sure that someday would be the one (no weird with 1.2 b population) .de is now in the boom! yes but .de market wont go any higher than this i think .
.co.uk slowly goes higher but if the spanish registrar change that strict policy
my first choice is .ES

dgridley · 12-04-2004, 06:51 PM

Those ARE interesting stats, thanks!

Interesting to see there are 32 million + active .com and only 800,000 + active .US.. does this mean there are alot of potentially valuable and as yet unregged domains out there for .US??

Also interesting to see the huge amount of .info's deleted vs the newly regged.

Thanks again...

Originally Posted by AmCy

Some interesting stats:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/58225-what-is-most-fast-growing-tld.html

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statistics/

And, somewhat OT, but interesting anyway:

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statist...tats-2003.html

Check out the stats for Network Solutions. Rats jumping off the sinking ship?

AmCy

AdoptableDomains · 12-04-2004, 08:19 PM

I think if .net goes to another registry operator other than Verisign, it could go through the roof if promoted correctly. I was very surprised that Microsoft didn't make a move to acquire it for their ".net" strategy. As long as VS has .com, any other TLD they have will be ignored for promotion in my opinion just because they already own the cash cow.

vimkar · 12-05-2004, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by AmCy

Some interesting stats:

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statistics/

And, somewhat OT, but interesting anyway:

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statist...tats-2003.html

Check out the stats for Network Solutions. Rats jumping off the sinking ship?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225

AmCy

thanks for the stats.....

i agree that infos are the no 1 this moment
maybe for those who resell names , they are worthless now , because are free ....

Badger · 12-05-2004, 04:18 AM

If your talking in terms of hot TLD's then obviously look no further than .com. No value left anywhere with that extension though unless you have good money to invest and you know your onions...

(i.e. Absolutely no reg fee value so forget it)

I like any new ccTLD that become icann approved because the top say 500 domains under that extension are usually available - for a brief period anyway (sex.sc e.g.).

So in terms of 'hot' id say .sc and .am at the moment (if you want to really speculate). Unfortunately, 2/3 years ago the same could be said of .tv and .us but it was at this time when everyone dismissed them in favor of .com and the 'real' domainers / speculators snapped up all the goodies. (gm.tv

)

prince · 12-05-2004, 04:49 AM

good point collieri
yes i think there is chance for to .sc and .am to improve as you can use .am for america(or ...)and .sc for source for example whois.sc is a well known site
if any body is interested in .sc domaindiscount24 represents it for a good price
although premium ones are taken ...as always

groog · 12-05-2004, 05:03 AM

Not pretty much 800.000 US domains, especially if what I understood a small country as the Netherlands has already over 1.000.000 domains regged. I see at the moment hardly any future for US domains, and if my guess is right of the 800.000 US domains probably 50% or more is owned by speculators that all believe US once will be big. I believe most US companies already own their .com or .net. Sorry to be so harsh about .US domains but at the moment I don't believe in them.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225

.INFO had in a few months time over 1.500.000 extra registered domains what makes it by far the fastest grower at the moment whois.sc report 2,851,500, Check out Zooknic for growthrates, in july it was 1,211,384 INFOs

http://www.zooknic.com/Domains/counts.html

Badger · 12-05-2004, 05:08 AM

Originally Posted by groog

.INFO had in a few months time over 1.500.000 extra registered domains what makes it by far the fastest grower at the moment whois.sc report 2,851,500, Check out Zooknic for growthrates, in july it was 1,211,384 INFOs

And enom was probably responsible for 1,000,000 of them....

vimkar · 12-05-2004, 05:11 AM

Originally Posted by collieri

If your talking in terms of hot TLD's then obviously look no further than .com. No value left anywhere with that extension though unless you have good money to invest and you know your onions...

(i.e. Absolutely no reg fee value so forget it)

I like any new ccTLD that become icann approved because the top say 500 domains under that extension are usually available - for a brief period anyway (sex.sc e.g.).

So in terms of 'hot' id say .sc and .am at the moment (if you want to really speculate). Unfortunately, 2/3 years ago the same could be said of .tv and .us but it was at this time when everyone dismissed them in favor of .com and the 'real' domainers / speculators snapped up all the goodies. (gm.tv

)

hmmm interesting point of view ...
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225
thanks for sharing....

mole · 12-05-2004, 05:38 AM

Fastest growing? .INFO of course, free or otherwise, the tld is almost level with .ORG in absolute no. of registered names.

Badger · 12-05-2004, 06:08 AM

Originally Posted by mole

Fastest growing? .INFO of course, free or otherwise, the tld is almost level with .ORG in absolute no. of registered names.

Literally speaking Mole, i guess youre correct.

Difference being though is that all .orgs were registered in good faith and paid for, whereas .infos (with exceptions) are a crock of s*, regged free by students and the like or on behalf of people by the registrars themselves.

problem with this discussion (especially on this site) is that some members have a more than avid interest in seeing .infos rise in value and so anyone caught expressing an alternate perspective to this gets loads of crappy, anonymous and cheesy bad reputation points.. Classy....
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225

jm $0.02

selfmindead · 12-05-2004, 06:37 AM

thanks alot for these links, they were very very interesting, there are other cool stats at this site as well. Thanks again!

@dgriddly - it is interesting to see how .info's now have proof that they are losing their touch... there have been several posts about this on this forum, and people always say they think its comming up, but now we know for a fact its just dropping like crazy...

@collieri - yea its pretty stupid that people are so bitter that they have to give you bad rep cause they're bitter..... it just recently happend to me....
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225

Originally Posted by AmCy

Some interesting stats:

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statistics/

And, somewhat OT, but interesting anyway:

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statist...tats-2003.html

Check out the stats for Network Solutions. Rats jumping off the sinking ship?

AmCy

mole · 12-05-2004, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by collieri

whereas .infos (with exceptions) are a crock of s*, regged free by students and the like or on behalf of people by the registrars themselves.

Very true. But to put things in perspective, the .coms registered after the 5 million mark are also a crock of s* It traumatises my eyes everytime I need to scan through a complete list of a day's .com drops. The .com namespace has an amazing 20,000,000 load of s*

Badger · 12-05-2004, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by mole

Very true. But to put things in perspective, the .coms registered after the 5 million mark are also a crock of s* It traumatises my eyes everytime I need to scan through a complete list of a day's .com drops. The .com namespace has an amazing 20,000,000 load of s*

also true..
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225

As i put in my initial post in this thread, the only .com value is in thru drops but you gotta stick your hand in your pocket and know your onions. i paid $800 for a drop recently and sold it for $4k. no big up for me intended just my point that reg fee .coms are, as you say, rubbish, all of them, no exceptions....

mole · 12-05-2004, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by collieri

my point that reg fee .coms are, as you say, rubbish, all of them, no exceptions....

You still can get some good "niche" .coms at reg fee if you are aware of certain niche subjects like microbiology, which will of course have meaning to a niche audience. Or strike it lucky with some made-up name that may one day be the chosen unorthodox brand of a company.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225

With the .INFO namespace, you don't compromise, and especially not compromise at the ridiculous lengths dreamers do with the .com namespace. You go for the very best that matches the meaning of the extension naturally. No exceptions, unless you want to find out personally for yourselves why .info sucks.

Qwert · 12-05-2004, 10:28 AM

Were .coms really free right after the 5 million regged mark?

12-05-2004, 11:19 AM

Quote:

You go for the very best that matches the meaning of the extension naturally.

Right on.
This would also cover names that relate to the ext, but are not necessarily keyword specific. Aside from .com, (which has universal application), "how to", for instance, would have it's strongest fit w/ .info.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225

Excluding .com, .info would seem to be the tld that offers the broadest base of possible names fitting the exts intended meaning and usage.

ExpireGuy · 12-05-2004, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Qwert

Were .coms really free right after the 5 million regged mark?

They were free up until mid 1995.

Quote:

In 1995, Internic and Network Solutions began charging $100 per two year registration, and then the price dropped to the $70 per two year period.

In 1999, the monopoly on domain registration services was broken up and other registrars ented the market. Today they are over 100 registrars and thousands of domain resellers. Costs to register domains vary by company, from $6.95 to $35.00 per year.

source: NameFaqs.com

But the internet was still in it's generalized "just a fad" view. Far different from the current .info give away bedlam which one registrar in particular Sipence (ala eNom) registered close to 1 million .infos in late September/2004:

Quote:

.... Domain name statistics show that eNom registered 950,000 domain names between Sept. 27 and Oct. 4.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225

The domains were registered through Sipence, which has the same address as eNom in an office suite in Bellevue, Wash. The domains were reportedly registered with the name and contact details of the owner of the .com domain. Inquirers to Sipence and eNom say they are being told that the .info domains were registered "on their behalf"

source: Netcraft

12-05-2004, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Inquirers to Sipence and eNom say they are being told that the .info domains were registered "on their behalf"

I want to thank Sipence/eNom for regging these names on our behalves. However, as a member, I vote that they return all of them to the registry and allow us make individual decisions as to what .info's we would like to reg.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225

Man, it's dangerous to turn your back in these shark infested waters.

dgridley · 12-05-2004, 12:53 PM

I agree there wholeheartedly.. the info's registered in "my behalf" weren't ones I would have registered as info's anyway!

Originally Posted by Grrilla

I want to thank Sipence/eNom for regging these names on our behalves. However, as a member, I vote that they return all of them to the registry and allow us make individual decisions as to what .info's we would like to reg.

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Binfus NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 512	.US could potentially catch fire and be HUGE once it hits a critical threshold in terms of its recognition by businesses and general public; until then, its .com, although even any half-decent name in it has been long long gone. __________________ Psychiatry.us

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www.AmCy.org Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: www.DomainBlog.net Posts: 1,848	Some interesting stats: http://www.whois.sc/internet-statistics/ And, somewhat OT, but interesting anyway: http://www.whois.sc/internet-statist...tats-2003.html Check out the stats for Network Solutions. Rats jumping off the sinking ship? AmCy __________________ AmCy

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prince NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 250	umm.. i think .tv and .cn both have the chance to be your hero! china has the second large internet community after usa and i am sure that someday would be the one (no weird with 1.2 b population) .de is now in the boom! yes but .de market wont go any higher than this i think . .co.uk slowly goes higher but if the spanish registrar change that strict policy my first choice is .ES

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AdoptableDomains Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 4,027	I think if .net goes to another registry operator other than Verisign, it could go through the roof if promoted correctly. I was very surprised that Microsoft didn't make a move to acquire it for their ".net" strategy. As long as VS has .com, any other TLD they have will be ignored for promotion in my opinion just because they already own the cash cow. __________________ AdoptableDomains.com ~~~~~Finding Good Homes for Good Names~~~~~ FuelPrices.mobi - Fish.us - ManhattanNewYork.net - Salesmen.info - SoundSystems.org Dickering.com - JobPlacement.biz - LotteryTickets.ws - Deleted.cc - Names.im - MP3.hn

12-05-2004, 04:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
Badger Ravaged By Age Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PST + 8 Posts: 3,502	If your talking in terms of hot TLD's then obviously look no further than .com. No value left anywhere with that extension though unless you have good money to invest and you know your onions... (i.e. Absolutely no reg fee value so forget it) I like any new ccTLD that become icann approved because the top say 500 domains under that extension are usually available - for a brief period anyway (sex.sc e.g.). So in terms of 'hot' id say .sc and .am at the moment (if you want to really speculate). Unfortunately, 2/3 years ago the same could be said of .tv and .us but it was at this time when everyone dismissed them in favor of .com and the 'real' domainers / speculators snapped up all the goodies. (gm.tv )

12-05-2004, 04:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
prince NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 250	good point collieri yes i think there is chance for to .sc and .am to improve as you can use .am for america(or ...)and .sc for source for example whois.sc is a well known site if any body is interested in .sc domaindiscount24 represents it for a good price although premium ones are taken ...as always

12-05-2004, 05:03 AM	#12 (permalink)
groog NamePros Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 57	Not pretty much 800.000 US domains, especially if what I understood a small country as the Netherlands has already over 1.000.000 domains regged. I see at the moment hardly any future for US domains, and if my guess is right of the 800.000 US domains probably 50% or more is owned by speculators that all believe US once will be big. I believe most US companies already own their .com or .net. Sorry to be so harsh about .US domains but at the moment I don't believe in them. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=58225 .INFO had in a few months time over 1.500.000 extra registered domains what makes it by far the fastest grower at the moment whois.sc report 2,851,500, Check out Zooknic for growthrates, in july it was 1,211,384 INFOs http://www.zooknic.com/Domains/counts.html Last edited by groog; 12-05-2004 at 05:19 AM.

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mole Insectivora Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Under Ground Posts: 2,164	Fastest growing? .INFO of course, free or otherwise, the tld is almost level with .ORG in absolute no. of registered names. __________________ If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. Sir Francis Bacon

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Qwert Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ~Rented~ Posts: 2,931	Were .coms really free right after the 5 million regged mark? __________________ [Max font size in sig area is "2"]

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