Behind The Keyword - Spotlight on "Cloud" Domains

Please Lord, no "I have *cloud* in the King" in the comments

I kind of like this blog post.... There are few keywords that will ever compete with the breadth of cloud, imho.
Next up..... I'll have to wait and see...

 

Thanks for kind of liking it.

 

I love this series Ray. Cloud names were great but in my opinion they are junk now. The gTLDs are going to kill their value. If I can register a brandable where the suffix matches that of a new gTLD then I don't buy it. Cloud, Tech, Media, Design etc........can all be registered in a gTLD. I'm not saying that the dotcom doesn't have any value but now you have competition which I believe will lower it's value.

 

Yeahhh I owwwn the most clouds in a .cloud domain:

cloudcloudcloudcloudcloudcloudcloudcloudcloudcloudcloudcloud.cloud

This .cloud domain includes the maximum possible number of 'cloud' (12 times + TLD).
It's the biggest cloud.

 

That is an interesting point, something I have thought about a lot. There will be people on both sides of that argument. It's not cut and dry as premiums blur the situation.

LLmedia.com is a niche I have followed and traded in, for full disclosure I still own 2 LLmedia.com names. I am always looking for these at reseller prices as all 676 have been registered for years. LL.media have a premium, I was going to get one before a domainer I know went out and registered every LL.media that was left months back.

$82.50 renewal a year, vs $8.80 a year, plus Donuts may play games down the road and raise prices, not saying they are going to but they have that ability.

I still like media,cloud and tech in .com, I am not adverse to getting some of those new gtlds but only at the right non premium pricing. Another disclosure, I own 2 .media names and one .tech with no plans to acquire anymore unless something great dropped through the cracks.

I do believe this will be debated for a long time. I expected more .media and .tech reported sales and they have not happened yet. So it will be interesting to see how these extensions mature.

 

Been a big fan of cloud for a long time now


Very informative article..glad I came across it..give me hope about my only "cloud plus keyword" domain

 

I love it!! Rockets.cloud!!

 

Great Post and Information!

We currently have CloudVolution.com available for sale.

 

Premium new gTLDs with higher renewals don't "blur" anything Raymond.

These pricing models make it hella confusing for regular people and even pros here. 99%, including myself, are not going to pay premium renewals.

Doesn't make sense to me. I can renew good .ORG domains for $82.50. Registries will raise premiums after lots of drops.

If something great drops and you get it, the registry can steal it. Had this happen with Name/Rightside even though they let the domain expire.

Won't be doing business with Enom, Name, or Rightside anymore.

It will probably be like the old new Gs. There will be registrations but not much development.

The real beneficiaries of new gTLDs ICANN, registrars, and registries.

 

I said blur as in the lines of the debate @hookbox sees these names in .com being devalued, I still like them. The premium pricing makes things apples to oranges.

The registries doing takebacks is not a good look and they should have the sense to avoid this. It's bad PR and a lot of people will never do business with an entity doing this, it sets a precedent for mistrust.

 

Yes, I agree. I will NEVER do business with Rightside. I will refuse to buy Rightside domains and I will tell as many people as possible what happened.

I was going to build a website on that domain. Can you imagine if I had put monetary resources, effort, and time into that domain? Only to have the registry pull it back because, "F#% you, we want to make more money."

Seriously?

 

How about from 2011: "BREAKING: Cloud.com Being Bought For $200 Million – $250 Million>" http://www.thedomains.com/2011/07/12/breaking-cloud-com-being-bought-for-200-million-250-million/

 

Great article tks

The Cloud is here to stay

and prices will rise across the board imo - regardless of how many extensions there are

I have these and holding them for decent money

DjangoCloud.com
OnCloudNine.org
Cloudo.org
365CloudSolutions.com
Office2Cloud.com

 

http://domainnamewire.com/2011/11/14/citrix-assigns-18-million-value-to-cloud-com-domain-name/

Citrix Assigns $18 Million Value to Cloud.com Domain Name
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http://sullysblog.com/Cloud-Peder-Ulander
Cloud.com
For one, having a top level domain brings instant traffic, awareness and, in many cases, credibility in a market place. We quickly went from unknown to a top of mind provider in the cloud computing space.


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Stay with .com period

 

kloudkast.com is a name I have. I bought it cause I liked it as a brand, but it is also kinda aged, as it is in it's 7th year,

 

.media is one of my favorite gTLDs. LL dotcom media names are great and will always hold value but I think the lower tier dotcom media names will be hit pretty hard especially when the new extensions gain more exposure. If I had a media company I would ultimately want both extensions and use the .media name. NameSilo has .media at $23 and $24 renewal which isn't bad. These new trend gTLDs go perfectly with certain right of the dots.

 

I love cloud names and have invested in them since 2005/2006. I think the iCloud.com sale would have been the biggest sale by far but the true price was never reported

https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/28/did-apple-buy-icloud-com-for-4-5-million-its-possible-but/

The new extensions have had no impact on good cloud names in .com, and that wont change in the future.

 

I remember you as an early member talking about Cloud. You had CloudPros.com for a handreg right ?

 

Highly appreciable article, thankyou for writing such a useful & highly informative cloud post.

 

Yeah thats right Ray, I sold quite a few of the cloud names I had (CloudLand.com, CloudPros.com, CloudCo.com, CloudGuru.com) and all have been developed which is great to see. I still have a few and get regular offers on them so cloud isnt going anywhere. I have also found german (.DE) cloud names sell very well with english keywords.

 

Cloudlet is actually a single word and has its own specific meaning in IT circles.

I'm no IT guy but it's so specific in cloud architecture, I couldn't guess how it might be used.

 

So, it means now you are on the "top" of "cloud"

 

So to speak, yes - that's what I have dreamed as a child already, yes.

 

Strange though that there are no historical sales for the keyword "datacloud" on name bio. I would think there would be at least one given the relevance.

Also any thoughts on the plural. "Clouds"? Either as prefix or suffix?

Thanks