opinion Let's exploit the .blog extension Win or Bust?

[TheWatcher]

Today .Blog extension open it's door. I don't like their pricing setup and thousand of keyword reserved, but what the hell. Let me get some.

I registered CyberWar.blog and now redirecting to my cyber security blog.
What's your plan using .blog extension aside the obvious "blog" posting. Let's exploit the possibility, care to share what's on your mind? What domain you successfully registered and what's your plan for the next 12 months?

Thank you,
[email protected]

 

[d-e-x]

Bushcraft.blog

 

[TheWatcher]

Is there really a 4 character minimum for .blog?

The registry hoard the 3 NNN and LLL for them, and high traffic "keywords". Don't worry, you got crap to register

 

[Yong1]

Some names showed as available in pre-reg.. So I registered them in pre launch(abt an hour before launch).

They still showed as avail even 10 minutes before launch at another registrar.

Now they do not show any whois on them but they cant be registered at all as they are shown as taken. So i guess the registry decided they forgot to reserve those names and now put them on hold!

 

[CJ6]

I think they are planning on writing a blog on...
HOW NOT TO START A GTLD

Or

MISTAKES OF A FAILED GTLD...HOW GREED KILLED THE .BLOG EXTENSION

 

[New.Life]

I pre-registered only one .blog domain, but unsuccessful, so I just simply skip this extension.

 

[Yong1]

i did get though vrgames.blog

 

[CJ6]

Oh, oh, found a decent one that's available at regular price. EpicFail.Blog

Feel free to grab it (and share profits with me).

 

[Kuffy]

Well they messed up this launch. I don't like the way it was started, and I don't trust them for the future.
I'm not even going to look at availability.

 

[Raymond C]

.blog is a crappy extension....it's an old school.....

 

[wwwweb]

Everything I'm seeing is KeywordKeyword.blog that is getting registered. Tough sell

I saw a gtld domainer paid $2400 per year for weed.blog

As mentioned mann.blog is $120,000 per year, but mann.blog can be bought for $1895 then $9 per year.

 

[ivey]

I only grabbed 1. It would be better if priced fairer..

 

[DnEbook]

Shouldn't the thread title be let .blog exploit us

 

[tonyk2000]

I considered registering a few, but elected not to. Did not even bother to check availability...

What for? For own use? No, I am not a blogger, and, should I decide to become one someday, I'll use dotcom OR (depends on blog nature) well established CCtld of my country in a blog name. For resale? No, in 10+ years in domainsales I learned that "bloggers" are definitely not the best buyers of aftermarket domains. In most cases, they would purchase only (if anything on aftermarket at all) domains priced in 3-figures range which alone makes investment in .blog too questionable (and so is registry's intention to sell premiums with both premium reg fee AND annual premium renewal fee). For type-in traffic? Nothing to speak about...

 

[Domainatic]

I think there wont be any good sales for .blog...

just some forwarding stuff..

Also the premium domains...the renewals are crazy..No one would pay that type of cash..

If I had 150k in cash I would buy a NNN.com

 

[Alvaron]

couldn't resist...

Got BROUW.blog (brew in Dutch).
Will develop into a platform for the homebrewer to show his installation and creations.

 

[iAchilles]

Looking at the prices, I feel a more apt thread title may be, let's get exploited by .blog

 

[GoKaizen]

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=blog

 

[TheWatcher]

Shouldn't the thread title be let .blog exploit us

 

[TheWatcher]

I considered registering a few, but elected not to. Did not even bother to check availability...

What for? For own use? No, I am not a blogger, and, should I decide to become one someday, I'll use dotcom OR (depends on blog nature) well established CCtld of my country in a blog name. For resale? No, in 10+ years in domainsales I learned that "bloggers" are definitely not the best buyers of aftermarket domains. In most cases, they would purchase only (if anything on aftermarket at all) domains priced in 3-figures range which alone makes investment in .blog too questionable (and so is registry's intention to sell premiums with both premium reg fee AND annual premium renewal fee). For type-in traffic? Nothing to speak about...

Good point ... bloggers like us (domainers) in the bottom of the pyramid.

 

[TheWatcher]

I think there wont be any good sales for .blog...

just some forwarding stuff..

Also the premium domains...the renewals are crazy..No one would pay that type of cash..

If I had 150k in cash I would buy a NNN.com

I agree with you.

 

[TheWatcher]

Whoever price .blog premium names should be fired right away. The yearly renewal of premium names is just out of wack!!!!

 

[wwwweb]

Whoever price .blog premium names should be fired right away. The yearly renewal of premium names is just out of wack!!!!

I totally agree what you are saying, but when they paid $19M for the rights to the extension, not including all backend overheads, and what not... what is the business plan,, it looks like 17,000 registrations in play, say they get $500K from reg fee, and premiums annually, no way they can service their extension in a profitable way. That probably covers salaries, and other expenses barely, let alone servicing debt against that $19M, the business plan is flawed. The extension has had nothing but bad press in the past week, do we really need a .BLOG, off the top of my head I can think of link, live, one, guru, expert, xyz, .net, .org, .co, .info, .us, pro, vip, space, tech, global, social, news, ninja, online, club?

No end in sight, this is artificial demand

 

[TheWatcher]

We will find out if the .blog will gather enough registrations within the next two weeks. They only need 10K registration to get going. Of course, this will not get their return of investment quicker than they thought and will continue to bleed on maintenance cost if no interest of .blog

 

[wwwweb]

We will find out if the .blog will gather enough registrations within the next two weeks. They only need 10K registration to get going. Of course, this will not get their return of investment quicker than they thought and will continue to bleed on maintenance cost if no interest of .blog

We have been seeing this trend since 2014!

The runup into GA is hot, then drift off into a quiet period. Many of the GTLD's got lucky last year with crazy Chinese chip, and numeric registrations which are about to fall off the cliff.

.blog will have to join the 99 cent club soon enough, it is not a major commerce type extension, we have seen it many times before, they are optimistic. When the registrations slow to a crawl, they will go to auction their big names, that money will get burned, and on the next round, there will be less interest, and lower sell thru pricing.

At which point they will probably try a sub $5 promo registration blitz, a year later most of those will drop, there is just to much inventory, to many extensions.

The terms that worth the big money, are reserved, or taken in Landrush, or within the first 2 days of EAP.

Like Weed.Blog sold for $8K in Landrush, now it has a regular renewal.

The business plan is seriously flawed, whoever backed it will have to take a write down on this one, I am guessing all in they are at about $20M right now, big hole to dig your way out of.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

imagine the .com's they could have bought for $20M