news Americans are deserting .com

pb · Oct 30, 2024

Yes, because .com price crossed the psychological barrier in USD but that effect was not present in other currencies. (And while the price hike happened in September, it was announced much earlier and large holders adjusted their portfolios and acquisition plans accordingly.)

enterscope · Oct 30, 2024

It makes sense, there are more alternative extensions and most companies will spend extra to acquire a premium .com over hand-registering available domains.

bmugford · Oct 30, 2024

The headline is kind of misleading in my view.

It's not like hordes of end users are moving from their .COM to .somecrap.

It could read something like - ".COM price increases lead to more crap domains dropping".

There are around 160 million .COM regs. There are not really that many quality combos worth owning.

Don't worry though, Verisign will still make plenty of money via their sweetheart no-bid contract with ICANN to operate the registry.

Brad

Future Sensors · Oct 30, 2024

Agree with @bmugford

Also, note that they say "combined" (.com and .net combined).

The PDF report can be found here:

https://dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32024.pdf

D Haynes · Oct 30, 2024

Sensationalism at its best.

Future Sensors · Nov 6, 2024

.com zone growth

Future Sensors · Nov 6, 2024

.net zone growth

Future Sensors · Nov 6, 2024

.org zone growth

bmugford · Nov 6, 2024

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It's one of those things if you start the charts at zero, the recent drops are not even that major, especially with .COM.

There are probably not 155 million .COM worth owning.
There are probably not 13 million .NET worth owning.

If anything, price increases help to cull crap from your portfolio.

Brad

DomainNature · Nov 6, 2024

Based on the topic title, I have understand that Americans migrate from (.com) to (.us), do I get it right or wrong?

bmugford · Nov 6, 2024

DomainNature said:
Based on the topic title, I have understand that Americans migrate from (.com) to (.us), do I get it right or wrong?

I have sold many .US domains, but I doubt many end users are moving to it from .COM.

These are not end users dropping domains. They are going to be domain investors, and others who are carrying largely worthless domains. At some point, with rising prices, you cut the cord.

Brad

bmugford · Nov 6, 2024

You can see .COM registrations kind of took off a bit during peak COVID, then dropped over time.

That has been the case with a lot of "investments" from sports cards to NFTs.

Brad