The "I hate gTLD's" thread

[McDuke]

Tired of annoying web extensions?

Wish it was a .com only world?

Feeling negative, cynical, grumpy, or you just want to join the fun?

Well here is the place for you.

The I Hate gTLD's Thread​

 

[NPer]

Finally, someone had the balls to say what they truly feel inside. That's a sudden change of heart.

I guess we will see the new gTLD "domainers" in this thread in a years time.

"For only they could ever bear so much hate" - 3D

 

[Magicpig2]

I personally feel very unmotivated to buy into any other extension other than .com, apart from any new extension that would compliment my .com's... eg I tried to register 3dprinted.shoes to go with my 3dprintedshoes.com (left it too late)...

 

[JB Lions]

How fkn dare anyone out there make fun of new gTLD's!

They go thru Sunrise, Early Access and now General Availability.

All you people care about is….. readers and making money off of them.

ITS NEW GTLD's! (ah! ooh!) What you don’t realize is that new gTLD's is making you all this money and all you do is write a bunch of crap about them.

They haven't been around in years. They come out and all you people want is MORE! MORE-MORE, MORE: MORE!.

LEAVE NEW gTLD's ALONE! You are lucky they're even available for you BASTARDS!
LEAVE NEW gTLD's ALONE!…..Please.

Speaking of professionalism, when is it professional to publicly bash a new gTLD who is going through a hard time.

Leave new gTLD's Alone Please…. !
Leave new gTLD's alone!…right now!….I mean it.!

Anyone that has a problem with new gTLD's you deal with me, because new gTLD's is not well right now. But they're going to change the world, just you wait and see you bastards. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE!

LEAVE NEW gTLD's ALONE!

We need somebody to do a new gtld remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc

 

[Jasonn]

i don't think anyone 'hates' any domain extension but the foolish excitement about the future of these things is highly naive.

 

[mjnels]

how gTLD got her groove back... theres only one person that would tag a thread with such a thing..

hey, maybe someone should start a gTLD forum where everyone who agrees about gTLD could join... sounds like a unique idea right?

 

[forge]

i don't think anyone 'hates' any domain extension

I think you're right. Besides, it's much more satisfying to focus the hate toward the registries and companies that are behind them.

 

[ImageAuthors]

I hate propaganda. I hate extortion. And I hate waste.

There's a lot of all 3 associated with the new vanity extensions.

But I don't hate the extensions as such. I've always bought and sold domains in all sorts of extensions -- from .COM / .NET / .ORG to various ccTLDs to .ME / .TV / .DJ / .FM / etc. There are opportunities among the new extensions ... even if mainly we're seeing propaganda, extortion, and waste.

So let's stick to just hating those things:

propaganda
extortion
waste

If we can educate novice domainers so that they make better choices, then everybody benefits. Even if they're determined to make risky bets on nTLD domains that cost more, sell for less, and sell less frequently ... we can still steer folks toward better domains than much of the crap being registered. If one domainer makes money, then he has more money to spend buying from us other domainers. And if that domainer throws his money away, then we end up with auctions getting no bids because domainers are all poor from buying garbage from the registries.

 

[DnEbook]

I am not too fussed by the changes and find it all quite interesting but if you really do hate these new fangdangled names, well ………... ihatethenewgltds.com is available
~
Start a blog and complain all day …… it sounds like fun !
~
whoops, sorry i meant to say i hate em toooo

 

[McDuke]

LEAVE NEW gTLD's ALONE!

Did you see what happened to .mobi or .biz these new extensions are a complete failure! bunch of dumb a55 sheep buying em up thinking they could have a business on one LOL, what are they thinking. registering buy.shoes and finance.company what complete morons who would want those.

 

[JB Lions]

Did you see what happened to .mobi or .biz these new extensions are a complete failure! bunch of dumb a55 sheep buying em up thinking they could have a business on one LOL, what are they thinking. registering buy.shoes and finance.company what complete morons who would want those.

Not sheep but ..........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOs8MaR1YM

If we can educate novice domainers so that they make better choices, then everybody benefits. Even if they're determined to make risky bets on nTLD domains that cost more, sell for less, and sell less frequently ... we can still steer folks toward better domains than much of the crap being registered. If one domainer makes money, then he has more money to spend buying from us other domainers. And if that domainer throws his money away, then we end up with auctions getting no bids because domainers are all poor from buying garbage from the registries.

I think there could be a benefit, maybe they should be pushed even more towards the new ones. If they aren't spending money on new ones, they could be in auctions actually bidding on decent names, driving the prices up. So I think this might be a good thing for me, these new gtlds can keep them occupied elsewhere. I think instead of waiting for general availability/reg fee, they should go early and go hard, pay the 4 figures and get that premium new gtld. Something you can cherish in your collection for 10-15 years, when they'll start to take hold, and move the world. You don't need to pay that utility bill, go old school, like Tom Hanks, discover fire, vintage living.

 

[ImageAuthors]

I think there could be a benefit, maybe they should be pushed even more towards the new ones. If they aren't spending money on new ones, they could be in auctions actually bidding on decent names, driving the prices up. So I think this might be a good thing for me, these new gtlds can keep them occupied elsewhere.

You're right. If you're buying quality domains in established extensions right now, then you're getting some of the best prices the domain market has ever seen.

But as the wholesale market collapses, it seems to be next to impossible to liquidate domains. Between the end user and the drop, there's nothing now.

 

[DU]

Not to be pedantic.

But .com is a gTLD

 

[Cool.Ventures]

---------- Post added at 10:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:03 PM ----------

Did you see what happened to .mobi or .biz these new extensions are a complete failure! bunch of dumb a55 sheep buying em up thinking they could have a business on one LOL, what are they thinking. registering buy.shoes and finance.company what complete morons who would want those.

 

[DnEbook]

Not to be pedantic.

But .com is a gTLD

we are only allowed to hate the new ones

 

[DU]

we are only allowed to hate the new ones

Ok. I did see that many qualified with new.. but thanks for putting me on the straight and narrow. But what about the middle aged ones?

I've come to the conclusion that what's left of the dot is a complete waste of time.

 

[DnEbook]

i think the hate can start from jan/2014 ….. anything prior is open for interpretation

 

[Kenny]

how gTLD got her groove back... theres only one person that would tag a thread with such a thing..

hey, maybe someone should start a gTLD forum where everyone who agrees about gTLD could join... sounds like a unique idea right?

You mean like Gerry and the Mobi Dicks did?
How did that work out? :D

Peace,
Cy

 

[mjnels]

You mean like Gerry and the Mobi Dicks did?
How did that work out? :D

Peace,
Cy

well, i was there too but most people treated it like a cult.

i flipped .mobi's... soooo if you super enthusiastic gTLD guys want to start your own paradise let me know when you get a sales forum up.

 

[Kenny]

well, i was there too but most people treated it like a cult.

i flipped .mobi's... soooo if you super enthusiastic gTLD guys want to start your own paradise let me know when you get a sales forum up.

I remember
And you did flip mobis, and made some money too, but you were in the minority... and you wernt one of the MD's.
Now Pinky... he made $

Those were some exciting threads, as I expect the nTLD threads will be.

Peace,
Cy

 

[mjnels]

didnt really make money - just managed not to lose any. now if i would have stayed away from the aftermarket .mobi it would have been pretty profitable. lost thousands on what seemed like good deals at the time...

a lesson for the pure "gTLD domainers" - ones that arnt bullshitting about fake development plans... you guys think stuff is cheap now? its almost inevitable it is going to drop waaayyyy further.. it happened with .mobi and that was when only a handful of "other" TLD were introduced into the market. just be patient and single letter gTLD will be had for less than $50 some places. not recommending anyone buy them thinking its a good deal necessarily but unless the amount of domainers buying these increase 100x the current prices arnt sustainable and will drop lower..

 

[urlurl]

I get annoyed with people picking up crap new extensions and asking for an appraisal. If you have to ask... most likely the name is worthless


I would only consider buying a new extension if it made sense, was a short one word premium name (real.estate, etc) and the reg price was under $50.

 

[forge]

OMNOMNOM.DOMAINS

Every gTLD is a surefire wiener

 

[garptrader]

I don't hate the new TLDs but consider them extremely risky. The most logical keywords which fit an extension aren't being sold for $10 with $10 renewals so this is not the second coming of .COM. If you have any domains in alt TLDs take a look at who owns the .COM and in many cases it is another domain investor. So if the .COM, .Net, .Org, .Info, .TV, .CO are all held by investors, what does that say about the end user demand for all these domains. End users will often go with a two or three or four word or creative .COM rather than pay for an aftermarket domain. So why or when are they going to change their view. They aren't going to be buying an aftermarket .XYZ or .GURU over a .COM. OK so maybe the .COM is outside their budget but there will be too many other available options for a currently unknown extension to command a premium price.

Then you have the issue of the best keywords being reserved or being sold off sometimes for a few thousand dollars with premium renewals to boot. Where's the upside?

Then look at the portfolios of the top domain investors including those launching these new registries - close to 90% .COM, maybe 5-10% .Net / .Org and no more than 1% anything else. So why should other domain investors have more than 1% in these new extensions which may take a decade or more before a meaningful aftermarket develops?

 

[Kenny]

I don't hate the new TLDs but consider them extremely risky. The most logical keywords which fit an extension aren't being sold for $10 with $10 renewals so this is not the second coming of .COM. If you have any domains in alt TLDs take a look at who owns the .COM and in many cases it is another domain investor. So if the .COM, .Net, .Org, .Info, .TV, .CO are all held by investors, what does that say about the end user demand for all these domains. End users will often go with a two or three or four word or creative .COM rather than pay for an aftermarket domain. So why or when are they going to change their view. They aren't going to be buying an aftermarket .XYZ or .GURU over a .COM. OK so maybe the .COM is outside their budget but there will be too many other available options for a currently unknown extension to command a premium price.

Then you have the issue of the best keywords being reserved or being sold off sometimes for a few thousand dollars with premium renewals to boot. Where's the upside?

Then look at the portfolios of the top domain investors including those launching these new registries - close to 90% .COM, maybe 5-10% .Net / .Org and no more than 1% anything else. So why should other domain investors have more than 1% in these new extensions which may take a decade or more before a meaningful aftermarket develops?

Well stated!!!! nTLDs are not going to make bank for domainers.
There will be some D2D sales, but the enduser interested in dev has too many options out there to pay a premium price.

But... good luck to those investing. Keep in mind, some people promoting these have their own agenda, as we all do.

Peace,
Cy