Will .Com ever die?

[D. Wells]

I am a strong believer that ".Com" will always be King, but when I talk to a lot of other domainers, they suggest that ".Com" will die within the next few years.

Just wanted to here some opinions on this.

 

[Archangel]

.jobs is still a working TLD? lol

.web would be competition for .net.

No chance. .net is too established. It's a thought, I suppose, but how would a new extension rival one first used in 1989 or so?

 

[DU]

I can't leave this thread without saying what I've been thinking for a while now.

.COM is a mirror to Steven Seagal's career

Started in the 80s
Got Huge in the 90s
No long the international star
Becomes irrelevant (?)


.COM is Under Siege
.COM is Hard to Kill

then

.COM is Half Past Dead

and is now just a shadow of its former glory

.COM is Expendable

 

[Archangel]

But .com didn't gain 400lbs.

 

[alien51]

... and .com doesn't whisper its punchlines, like Batman.

 

[Archangel]

...is .com a shadow of what it used to be?

 

[alien51]

I don't see any exotic TLD on mainstream right now.

A new TLD will knock-off .COM, if it will rise into pop-culture stardom like the way Apple or Samsung kicked the ass out of Nokia and Motorola.

 

[surprise]

I can't leave this thread without saying what I've been thinking for a while now.

.COM is a mirror to Steven Seagal's career

Started in the 80s
Got Huge in the 90s
No long the international star
Becomes irrelevant (?)


.COM is Under Siege
.COM is Hard to Kill

then

.COM is Half Past Dead

and is now just a shadow of its former glory

.COM is Expendable

Totally agree , its already dead , and why would someone tells me he is commercial , what it means anyway , i don't care just take me to your website do i have to type your llc , ltd , plc as well !! i don't care u r commercial or not just take me to your **** website . Everything changes that's what many seems to don't understand , one simple legislation will ruin all this .com bubble ,example : not just anyone will be able to register .com , it is just for commercial purposes , only registered legitimate businesses can register .com otherwise it will be misleading if everything is dot commercial so y use it then , or the reg fees can go up , lol if they just change the fees from 10$ to 99$ the whole domaining business will collapse ! .
Anyway the whole domaining industry is very tiny , ie : the $ volume of a full year = the volume of less than an hour in trading Apple stocks !!!!

:sold:

 

[Archangel]

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Totally agree , its already dead , and why would someone tells me he is commercial , what it means anyway , i don't care just take me to your website do i have to type your llc , ltd , plc as well !! i don't care u r commercial or not just take me to your **** website . Everything changes that's what many seems to don't understand , one simple legislation will ruin all this .com bubble ,example : not just anyone will be able to register .com , it is just for commercial purposes , only registered legitimate businesses can register .com otherwise it will be misleading if everything is dot commercial so y use it then , or the reg fees can go up , lol if they just change the fees from 10$ to 99$ the whole domaining business will collapse ! .
Anyway the whole domaining industry is very tiny , ie : the $ volume of a full year = the volume of less than an hour in trading Apple stocks !!!!

:sold:

 

[DU]

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...!

 

[Archangel]

I think some domainers really DO relate to "Another Brick In the Wall." Probably 500 million noobs worldwide singing, "We don't need no ed-u-ca-tion..."

 

[alien51]

I think some domainers really DO relate to "Another Brick In the Wall." Probably 500 million noobs worldwide singing, "We don't need no ed-u-ca-tion..."

I can immediately tell you are much older than me. lol

 

[Kate]

They found out that if they are very STRICT in implementing these screening and restrictions, and vetting processes, few LEGITS are signing-up. MONEY IS NOT COMING IN.

Solution: OPEN THE TLD TO DOMAINERS, SPECULATORS, AND SQUATTERS.

For a Registry, you make money if people buy domains.

Once the speculators and traders entered the scene, the TLD credibility was ruined. So now, the Registry is earning money from speculators, rather than from legits.

That's the catch-22. Sad but true :gl:
But even without restrictions people shun them.

'Fortunately', there is another revenue stream for registries: scare TM holders into defensive regs

.web would be competition for .net.

In an optimistic scenario I could see .web attaining 1% of .net volume.
The problem is that .web has a weak identity and is pointless as such, the 'web' is only one component of the Internet (albeit a major one) along mail, ftp, telnet, irc etc.

Also, if there is one established TLD that has been losing steam, it's .net imho. In the very early 90s .net was more popular but it always had the stigma of fallback extension when the .com was taken (unlike .org for instance).

What's the case for .web anyway ? You have it here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060620074418im_/http://www.webtld.com/DotWebGear.jpg

Isn't it the underlying justification for any contender gTLD ? Get the keyword you couldn't have in your preferred TLD ?

At the end of the day we can create a myriad of arbitrary strings, but TLDs with no relevance will achieve zero mindshare with consumers.

.com is associated with global commerce, Internet pioneers, startup spirit and innovation while ccTLDs are associated with national pride and local focus.
Difficult for any new extension to compete against that. Best hope is to find a niche market and fit in. There could be a small market for .web in the geek community. But nothing major.

 

[SJM211]

Not read the rest of this thread but short answer - No.

 

[DU]

Not read the rest of this thread but short answer - No.

I stopped reading after "Not read..."

 

[999names]

Man I can't get that song out of my head now Ed u ca tionnnn ...... Leave the kids alone.

 

[mjnels]

In practice, credibility means being where your competition is - not in the ghetto.
imho...

Bingo!...In a nutshell

depends what your business is.. there is some thriving restaurants in ghetto's that would not work next to a ritz carlton. dont let the thought of getting shot deter you from them chicken and waffles.

 

[mdomain]

Will .com ever die?

Man I can't get that song out of my head now Ed u ca tionnnn ...... Leave the kids alone.

We don't need no .edu cation
We don't need no another gTLD's
Hey teacher leave them Tld's alone!

.com mercial .new .er .di .es .in .my .opinion !!!

 

[surprise]

.app

 

[Kate]

depends what your business is.. there is some thriving restaurants in ghetto's that would not work next to a ritz carlton. dont let the thought of getting shot deter you from them chicken and waffles.

Yes, but those are not domain buyers

 

[Archangel]

lol I'm not that old, really. That song used to play on the radio here a lot in the 90s, back when I had hearing

I can immediately tell you are much older than me. lol

 

[mjnels]

Yes, but those are not domain buyers

ha, alright good point. hundreds of new tld applicants are counting on gentrification though at 185K per neighborhood..

 

[Federer]

Speculating if .COM will die is comparable to speculating if telephone numbers or street addresses will die anytime soon.

You are asking the wrong question. The question is not about the death of a multi-billion dollar extension - .COM will remain n°1 for as long as the internet remains active. Period.
The right question is how many new extensions will fail - the answer is probably 98% for at least a million obvious reasons.

 

[Archangel]

And God has spoken!

Speculating if .COM will die is comparable to speculating if telephone numbers or street addresses will die anytime soon.

You are asking the wrong question. The question is not about the death of a multi-billion dollar extension - .COM will remain n°1 for as long as the internet remains active. Period.
The right question is how many new extensions will fail - the answer is probably 98% for at least a million obvious reasons.

 

[Acroplex]

Will this funny thread ever die?

 

[DU]

Will this funny thread ever die?

Old threads never die they just string us along... and slowly unravel