I was wondering if snatching up as many LLL.co's as possible, when available, will be a good investment? I wasn't sure if they will have high returns like the .com's. Any thoughts?
Actually it does. You asked about the near future and the answer is that there are over 87 million .com domains registered.That doesn't answer the question. Im thinking of the future and not the past.
So what. That does not mean that everyone will just give up their .com like that and switch to .co ccTLD.I know people who are giving up their long .COM domain for a short and easy to remember country code.
Ever seen the movie "God Father II"? Particularly that scene with the landlord and Don Corleone?Now there's more other TLDs then .coms
Well .me ccTLD has overtaken .name and it did so a few months ago. However the reason that it did is because Godaddy was marketing it and .name's marketing sucks even though it has been around for years. The same argument does not apply in the case of .co and .com because .com is a global TLD with massive market share in all countries.If .ME is overtaking .NAME
Then maybe .CO will overtake .COM
.COM is FULLSo what. That does not mean that everyone will just give up their .com like that and switch to .co ccTLD.
Ever seen the movie "God Father II"? Particularly that scene with the landlord and Don Corleone?
Well it's not just .com..COM is FULL
I disagree, look at .TV (.tv was made for websites with video.)
.TV is very well known for the word "Television" and it is used by many video related websites like CNN.TV, USTREAM.TV 4KIDS.TV JUSTIN.TV ...ect
People see .TV as "Internet Television" and NOT the "Tuvalu Island".
.CO is very well known for the word "company" around the world.
.COM is not.
.COM means "COMMAND" in the computer language.
COM file - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I disagree, look at .TV (.tv was made for websites with video.)
.TV is very well known for the word "Television" and it is used by many video related websites like CNN.TV, USTREAM.TV 4KIDS.TV JUSTIN.TV ...ect
People see .TV as "Internet Television" and NOT the "Tuvalu Island".
Perhaps to you. But in global terms it is not a question of how pretty a bunch of characters look but rather one of what they mean.I still think ACME.CO is prettier then ACME.COM
I don't think that you quite understand the importance of a COUNTRY code top level domain (ccTLD). The .uk in .co.uk stands for the United Kingdom. The .jp in .co.jp stands for Japan. The UK and Japan are not in Columbia. There are over 8 million .uk domains registered and it is the second biggest ccTLD in the world after Germany's .de ccTLD. The Japanese .jp ccTLD has over 1 million domains registered.Think of all those .co.uk , .co.jp ... who would want to switch to .co
The .com TLD is a global TLD in that it is the most widely recognised TLD. Businesses registering their domain name in a ccTLD often register it in .com TLD too if it is available. They do not, nor will they, register it in .co ccTLD with the same frequency and for the same reason.because of its global significance.
Every new TLD has been pimped up in exactly the same way.
Plenty of relevant threads here on NP.
Again, that's not going to happen. Only the newbies believe that the latest TLD release is going to be the next big thing after .com.I really believe that the .co (in time ofcourse) will be just as popular as the .com.
The average American will not think .co means Colombia when they see a .co web address. They will think it means company, corp. or say "they left off the m in com".
For all of you who don't think .co will do well, then that's fine.. no one really knows 100% for sure. Logic and foresight makes the rest of us believe that .co WILL do well and that those of us who are investing/developing will be $uccessful.
I can pretty much guarantee you that the people talking about .co surpassing other tlds are people with zero experience making money in this industry.
The same has been said about .mobi for example. There are still people waiting for .tv or .biz to take over .net/.org.
Yes it's a true. Some people have wasted $$,$$$ on .tel, .mobi or .me based on the same flawed assumptions. It comes as no surprise that at every TLD launch the staunchest supporters are newcomers.History tells us the chance of this doing well is very remote. I can pretty much guarantee you that the people talking about .co surpassing other tlds are people with zero experience making money in this industry. They are being sold to by the registry. Easy money. They'll gladly take all their cash then in a years time there will be another bunch of saps lining up for something else.
For domaining purposes, both are going to be bad investments for domainers. More money will be lost than made. The wishful thinkers will be hurt badly :OYour comparing .CO with .MOBI ? LOL
What are your sources ?As far as i know, .TV is surpassing .BIZ
Again, you're wrong. Do research..BIZ was there before .TV
Prove it.
Yes it's a true. Some people have wasted $$,$$$ on .tel, .mobi or .me based on the same flawed assumptions. It comes as no surprise that at every TLD launch the staunchest supporters are newcomers.
What are your sources ?
When ".co will take over the world" people are proven wrong in a couple of years they won't even be around anyway. They'll have move on to the next get rich quick idea. That is how it goes in the domain industry.
So your suggesting people to get namenamename.com instead of name.co ?
I'm suggesting people avoid .co unless it is for typos.
Not sure what you mean by "namenamename.com", the same three words repeated? 3 term names? I don't follow the point.
If name.com is taken, what would you do ?
Get name.net or name.co
Well, I'm not sure if I agree with .co surpassing .com... I never said i thought it would... that's not my argument. I know other people have expressed that they think it will...some of those are the big doggs/very successful domainers if you read their blogs. What I am saying is I believe .co will catch on/be very popular with domainers, non-domainers (business owners/advertisers/ corps., etc) and eventually average Joe's with personal/family websites. I do not think it will necessarily be as, or more, popular than .com... or have the 'global' presence that .com has... after all, it is a cctld. Time will tell..History tells us the chance of this doing well is very remote. I can pretty much guarantee you that the people talking about .co surpassing other tlds are people with zero experience making money in this industry. They are being sold to by the registry. Easy money. They'll gladly take all their cash then in a years time there will be another bunch of saps lining up for something else.