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I think the value of .COM only goes up. The only aspect I think that could suffer is Adult names with a XXX or SEX extension.
In the general business word there is no standard other than .COM.
Why would .business succeed when .BIZ failed.
The majority of internet users don't even know any extension other than COM/NET/ORG now, and I don't think there is a big demand for thousands of more obscure extensions.
But since anything can be used (up to 64 characters) more businesses might do something like: home.mybusiness or anything they feel will be memorable (or which utilizes keywords).
bmugford and I think alike on this one. One thing I've always payed careful attention to within my own real-world experience with domains is what the average Joe says about them. I even look at and listen to the advertisements when I hear them.
People don't know about the other extensions. .Com is synonymous with the internet. I can promise that when most people hear internet, .com is the first term in their minds. I don't believe for a minute that this .whatever rush will do a lot. Yes there will be hype because it does open up the market, but it won't last simply because it's more to remember.
You can argue that people would type in .coke or something of that nature, but I just don't think all of this .something.business will catch on at all. I think this will be interesting to watch, but I just don't see the end of domaining as we know it currently in any form. It sounds good to the big brands, but this doesn't particularly appeal to the masses IMHO.
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will it hurt .com ? yes, less end user will purchase .com version
but, it will drive more traffic to .com
how many users will type www.coca.cola.com instead of www.coca.cola?
now, TLD usually less than 5 letters, so start buying / registering short .com
If I were advising Coca Cola, I would tell them to buy the whole extension of .cc its already out there people knows about it and its shorter and easier to type then their whole name.
The sole purpose this is happening is because all the good .com's are taken and worth serious cash. I think .com will hold its value, ICANN is opening up can of worms with this new rule, I don't know who is going to benefit financially. The .web extension will make someone a billionaire... otherwise I think this will be a big bust ... much like .mobi...
Min 3 letters, nothing that confuses existing TLDs, no .con or similar, no 2 letter / 1 letter, no .mobile or even .mobike or .usa coz .us exists
$100,000 is pretty affordable for a new extension, as long as thats one time, and not an annual fee. Would take 10k registrations at $10 to break even. 25k is a given for any extension, if only the top keywords. Thats a $150k profit :P
Some people will buy their own extension, just the nature of the game.
it the $100,000 an APPLICATION fee ? Would stink to have it rejected... would Icann allow personal speculation? Like owning .sex? What if the big name players regged all the big ones and put them in the closet to protect their own investments? Would be smart for elequa to drop a couple million on all the top generics to protect his name values.
this is a big bang for you, not for nonenglish speaking people. they almost preffer their national tld´s. They dont care if is domain like cocacola.ws or what. But i see there or better behind this all big money for icann.
it is the same. MOst people will look and will go on cocacola.sk or com and not on coca.cola . Yes some people wich do whit domain will know that but what about people wich dont. Still lot of people look for youtube via google
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