The future of .COM after new gTLDs boom! Big DROP?!

[New.Life]

According to the data and this simple chart:

http://www.registrarstats.com/TLDDomainCounts.aspx

Is there a BIG drop? Coming soon?

 

[dumindu89]

I didn't need to prove anything. I did a Google search for wal-mart gTLD termination and found the link I sent you. The fact remains that wall-mart decided to terminate a gTLD they paid $185,000 for.

There will be many more gTLD terminations in the future.

I was asking for a reliable source that shows .Walmart TLD has been terminated. Not for a TLD called xn--4gq48lf9j.
Read the post #668 again.

 

[dordomai]

I was asking for a reliable source that shows .Walmart TLD has been terminated. Not for a TLD called xn--4gq48lf9j.
Read the post #668 again.

yes i know. i was just pointing out that walmart are not creating any domain registrations under their tld which indicates that they do not intend to use their TLD anytime soon.

 

[Bram C.]

I was asking for a reliable source that shows .Walmart TLD has been terminated. Not for a TLD called xn--4gq48lf9j.
Read the post #668 again.

Well, instead you got a reliable source that Wal-mart terminated 1 of its other gTLD applications. The next best thing

 

[dumindu89]

walmart does not have any web presence under .walmart according to Google.

another fail.

see walmart.com and corporate.walmart.com

Yes another fail. That's why walmart is #1 in the Fortune 500 list.

 

[Bram C.]

Yes another fail. That's why walmart is #1 in the Fortune 500 list.

The store isn't the fail. The fact that they are not using their nTLD is.

 

[dumindu89]

The store isn't the fail. The fact that they are not using their nTLD is.

.Walmart has been delegated less than 6 months ago. Not 3 years ago.

 

[Bram C.]

.Walmart has been delegated less than 6 months ago. Not 3 years ago.

Ok so I assume that by 2020 (similar to your last prognosis regarding .Apple) they will have finally managed to register a few of their .brand TLDs and put some sites there? Or even better, moved completely to their new TLD?

Somehow I have a feeling that's never going to happen. But hey, I'll see you in 3 years for the update!

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

If I'll going to start the business using my sex.life domain... I know only one competitor which looks better for me - sex.com, not "sexlife.com".

I like a short one keyword .com but they are cost too much! So...
Where is the solution?

Being smarter then the other guy and it doesn't take a shorter domain ! That's a myth you can cross off the board ...

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

Auto.Loan just sold for $45000 as reported on DNJournal, nice!

Anecdotal successes like these are examples of registry premiums not available to the majority, like me that can not afford to register ngTLDs, but for the minimum.

Sex.life is akin to Auto.Loan , great names , but .Com will not be unseated ever as king.

I still like the city extensions, .London, .Berlin etc.

Prior to the rolling out of the new gTLDs in 2014, I read that a successful formula for using the new gTLDs for registering names with a good chance for resell on the aftermarket is choosing names that fit

What(dot)Where and not What(dot)What, in general.

ie: Mortgage(dot)London or Plumber(dot)Berlin

However these are also limitations inherent.

the highly anticipated .web extension will be interesting to watch.

I wonder if the large list of names to be held back will also demand the ridiculous annual renewals as well.

Who knows...?

That or choosing an exact match left keyword (s) to match to an exact match right keyword (s) ...

2 examples of my Gtlds -
Easy.Credit
E.Credit

I also hand registered the Tld,
MakingCreditEasy.com

I think it's funny, my Gtlds look better then the Tld ...

Modern condo in the banking district compared to an old family house inherited in the city with no parking spaces available haha !

 

[dordomai]

...

Modern condo in the banking district compared to an old family house inherited in the city with no parking spaces available haha !

I think it's more like modern condo in swampville(population 500) and old family house in NYC

 

[dumindu89]

Ok so I assume that by 2020 (similar to your last prognosis regarding .Apple) they will have finally managed to register a few of their .brand TLDs and put some sites there? Or even better, moved completely to their new TLD?

Somehow I have a feeling that's never going to happen. But hey, I'll see you in 3 years for the update!

It seems Weir Group fully migrated to their TLD already.

 

[Bram C.]

It seems Weir Group fully migrated to their TLD already.

We already established that there is a handful of businesses who aren't in the Fortune 500 who have migrated from .com to .brand.

I was talking about sites such as .apple and .walmart. The chances for them to migrate (or should that read "downgrade"?) their .com to a .brand TLD is slim to none. My opinion of course. But in 3 years we'll know right?

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

I think it's more like modern condo in swampville(population 500) and old family house in NYC

Guess I'll be running business' from swampville you can live in the overcrowded city ... But hey when I visit my house in NYC I'll give you a visit sometime and see how you're doing ...

In the future, don't be Matthew McConaughey ! Just let your friend die and quit investing in plastic cups my ignorant friend, glass has been invented ! No more black and white TV ... Some of us have color ...

 

[dumindu89]

We already established that there is a handful of businesses who aren't in the Fortune 500 who have migrated from .com to .brand.

I was talking about .apple and .walmart. Sites with millions of users. The chances for them to migrate (or should that read "downgrade"?) their .com to a .brand TLD is slim to none. My opinion of course. But in 3 years we'll know right?

Apple by 31.12.2020 as told.

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

We already established that there is a handful of businesses who aren't in the Fortune 500 who have migrated from .com to .brand.

I was talking about sites such as .apple and .walmart. The chances for them to migrate (or should that read "downgrade"?) their .com to a .brand TLD is slim to none. My opinion of course. But in 3 years we'll know right?

You're looking at corporations who are so cheap the wages for their employees is so low that their employees have to resort to food stamps to feed the family ... Guess who generated $14B off the food stamps in 2013 ? Walmart imagine what it was last year ... Unimaginable ...

Walmart earned a revenue of $500,000,000,000 Billion USD
in 2015, out of that, they donated TEN GRAND to their own store charity
... Their employees in total donated over a million dollars ...

Why don't you look at companies like Barclays ? Home.Barclays
Banks start the examples, not grocery stores ...

 

[dordomai]

..

Why don't you look at companies like Barclays ? Home.Barclays
Banks start the examples, not grocery stores

why banks? Facebook.com, Apple.com, Google.com, Booking.com, Uber.com, Ebay.com, Paypal.com

Barclays have decided to build their corporate shack in swampville. So be it. The others are smarter.

 

[dumindu89]

You're looking at corporations who are so cheap the wages for their employees is so low that their employees have to resort to food stamps to feed the family ... Guess who generated $14B off the food stamps in 2013 ? Walmart imagine what it was last year ... Unimaginable ...

Walmart earned a revenue of $500,000,000,000 Billion USD
in 2015, out of that, they donated TEN GRAND to their own store charity
... Their employees in total donated over a million dollars ...

Why don't you look at companies like Barclays ? Home.Barclays
Banks start the examples, not grocery stores ...

If they start with banks their .COM ego will go down to the bottom. That's why they don't start with banks.

 

[Bram C.]

You're looking at corporations who are so cheap the wages for their employees is so low that their employees have to resort to food stamps to feed the family ... Guess who generated $14B off the food stamps in 2013 ? Walmart imagine what it was last year ... Unimaginable ...

Walmart earned a revenue of $500,000,000,000 Billion USD
in 2015, out of that, they donated TEN GRAND to their own store charity
... Their employees in total donated over a million dollars ...

Why don't you look at companies like Barclays ? Home.Barclays
Banks start the examples, not grocery stores ...

Examples get started on sites with the most users. And those are usually search engines, social media sites or shopping platforms. I'm sure Barclays has a lot of visitors but compared to Google, Bing, Yahoo, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or Amazon they pale in comparison. And those sites are all on .com.

 

[dumindu89]

why banks? Facebook.com, Apple.com, Google.com, Booking.com, Uber.com, Ebay.com, Paypal.com

Barclays have decided to build their corporate shack in swampville. So be it. The others are smarter.

Apple, Google, Booking have been delegated with corpTLDs. Not a good sign for the .com

 

[Bram C.]

Apple, Google, Booking have been delegated with corpTLDs. Not a good sign for the .com

Yet they are not using their own .brands (or in the best case scenario only using them for a couple of landers). If almost nobody knows they exist how they will become mainstream? I can't imagine that Google.com will ever become search.google (which btw is longer than the .com version).

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

why banks? Facebook.com, Apple.com, Google.com, Booking.com, Uber.com, Ebay.com, Paypal.com

Barclays have decided to build their corporate shack in swampville. So be it. The others are smarter.

Correction, Barclays is so wealthy they bought their own Dracula castle in the middle of nowhere on some island and drove the people who lived their off to "God knows where"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecqho
u

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31517392

Some legal disputes but hey, they are billionaires so they pretty much get away with anything in the end

Social Media seems powerful enough, right, and we can even consider Work.Place a interesting purchase by Mark ... But the problem is ! Looks like he has a concrete shack in the middle of swampville, "I spoke to the locals" and there not sure what he is up to ... He has been buying some strange realestate lately ... And so has Google ... Like letting a bunch of caterpillars race each other ...

If you have never tried this ^ a caterpillar has too many legs so they literally cannot walk a straight line ...

Who could blame the infamous Elon Musk ? He wants to build a traffic tunnel from his home to LAX ... He has too much work to consider our silly domain games ...

https://www.google.si/amp/www.popul...ogy/infrastructure/amp24909/elon-musk-tunnel/

(this is quite hilarious)

So at least he believes in change ?

Uber.com is a new billionaire ... He went from rags to riches in a matter of years (2 years) what a feat ...
To say he knows much about internet realestate, I don't know, I don't believe he does and I would not consider him an example to lead a group of people, he had a great idea and executed it unlike most

Paypal is owned by eBay and let's just say Apple and Google are literally phantoms, probably made up of artificial machines tricking us humans into buying their technology and paying Adwords to bid on advertisements to market our products and names ... All jokes aside, there is a reason it takes one hour while waiting on the phone to speak to Google ... Try it

Banks will make the example because well, they control the money and money controls the internet unfortunately ...
Nothing is free in the internet world, not even a free $hit domain here, pay for hosting, renewal, website, pay ICANN ... Oh boy they love new companies and new beginners

 

[dumindu89]

Yet they are not using their own .brands (or in the best case scenario only using them for a couple of landers). If almost nobody knows they exist how they will become mainstream? I can't imagine Google.com will ever become search.google (which btw is longer than the .com version).

But Google used another nTLD for their geography based news service instead of a .com.
Not a good sign for .COM. Seems Google loves nTLDs over .COMs.
http://unfiltered.news/

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

Examples get started on sites with the most users. And those are usually search engines, social media sites or shopping platforms. I'm sure Barclays has a lot of visitors but compared to Google, Bing, Yahoo, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or Amazon they pale in comparison. And those sites are all on .com.

Don't forget Google owns YouTube

 

[Bram C.]

But Google used another nTLD for their geography based news service instead of a .com.
Not a good sign for .COM. Seems Google loves nTLDs over .COMs.
http://unfiltered.news/

They use abc.xyz as well for their investor page. So what? If they prefer nTLDs over .coms they would use search.google instead of google.com.
Google simply likes to experiment. But there's a big difference between experimenting and dropping your .com altogether for a new TLD. I don't see that ever happening.

 

[dordomai]

But Google used another nTLD for their geography based news service instead of a .com.
Not a good sign for .COM. Seems Google loves nTLDs over .COMs.
http://unfiltered.news/

nope.. capitalG.com

Social Media seems powerful enough, right, and we can even consider Work.Place a interesting purchase by Mark ...

workplace.fb.com is live and work.place is dead. I guess we know what Mark is thinking