poll Are New G's INNOVATIVE?

[Internet.Domains]

What do you think, are New G's INNOVATIVE?

in·no·va·tive
ˈinəˌvādiv/
adjective
adjective: innovative
(of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original.
"innovative designs"
(of a person) introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking.
"an innovative thinker"
synonyms: original, new, novel, fresh, unusual, unprecedented, avant-garde, experimental, inventive, ingenious, creative

 

[bmugford]

Not really. There is no new technology involved.

At the end of the day they are still just domain extensions and operate exactly like current extensions that have existed for 30+ years.

Brad

 

[nomen]

Not really. There is no new technology involved.

At the end of the day they are still just domain extensions and operate exactly like current extensions that have existed for 30+ years.

Brad

To be fair, for something to be innovative, it doesn't necessarily need a new tech behind it. New G's are, um, new and provide unprecedented ways for online branding. So in that sense they are innovative. IMO. Not a huge fan of new G's but to say that they're not innovative at all, is not totally fair. IMO.

Edit: And to be more precise, I actually quite like some new G's but just don't view them as viable investments at the moment.

 

[hullswingerscom]

.TEL was innovative but maybe brandable is more important and you can do that with NGTLD

 

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[.NJ]

Innovations create history....

Trends create hype....

Is there a .tread and .hype extension yet?

 

[wormfood]

The niche/keyword ones are a step backwards, and the generic ones like .online are just unnecessary (maybe not enough demand to support them.. but I guess there could be more in the future) "copycats", in terms of "innovation".
Imagine if someone thought it was a genius idea to start off with a ton of niche extensions and no generic ones.
And then 10 years later, they said, Wow we were so stupid, why don't we just have two or three generic extensions where you can put anything to the left..? Or at least generic extensions by country..?
And then no one has to remember where the effing dot goes.. or sound idiotic with a domain like MyNova dot marketing or NovaMarketing dot group, because Nova dot marketing was taken (and no generics exist so you couldn't just buy NovaMarketing + Your City dot com or some decent phrase... like WeAreNova dot com or MarketingMasters dot com.) Wait, don't tell me.. there would eventually be a TLD for every city NovaMarketing.atlanta. And a .masters too.
Generic TLDs work the best, and no one needs silly niche TLDs that are so limited in use.

 

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[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

New TLDs are a result of innovation of their creators.
Now we have the chance, to get innovative through new TLDs.

 

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[RevolutionaryDomains]

The new gtlds did little more than clutter an already inundated industry of junk names and extensions.

The registrars, and a handful of savvy people, lined their pockets, while the rest were left scratching their heads, IMO.

 

[Ategy]

I'm relatively new .. but I'm getting reeeeaaaally tired of the all or nothing debates on every aspect of the new gTLD's .. seriously .. there are so many factors and shades of grey that everybody conveniently leaves out to justify their point of view.

Yes they can be some great use of them ..
.. but (IMO) yes most domainers don't seem to understand what works and what doesn't

Yes most of them are garbage ..
.. but yes some of them do have their rightful place on the Internet and are useful

Yes there was a good argument to add new TLD's
.. but yes they added too many and they were also implemented quite sloppily.

If you're buying 10 cent domains then unless you go there in the first 3 minutes it's very likely not worth it ..
.. if you're buying premiums that cost $1000's per year then it's also likely not worth it ..
.. if you find a cool span.thedot domain for $10-20 per year with an initial acquisition cost a fraction the cost of the equivalent .com then there's a chance you could be doing it right and might make a little $$ in the long term.

At the end of the day there are some fantastic nTLD domains ..
.. but most of them are garbage (seems I already said that .. lol)

So yes .. there are aspects of them that are inovative ...
.. and yes .. there are some aspects of them that are not!


ANYBODY who blanket judges and chooses one side or the other is missing out both potential losses and on potential opportunity.

Yes ... and ... Yes

 

[Internet.Domains]

I'm relatively new .. but I'm getting reeeeaaaally tired of the all or nothing debates on every aspect of the new gTLD's .. seriously .. there are so many factors and shades of grey that everybody conveniently leaves out to justify their point of view.

Yes they can be some great use of them ..
.. but (IMO) yes most domainers don't seem to understand what works and what doesn't

Yes most of them are garbage ..
.. but yes some of them do have their rightful place on the Internet and are useful

Yes there was a good argument to add new TLD's
.. but yes they added too many and they were also implemented quite sloppily.

If you're buying 10 cent domains then unless you go there in the first 3 minutes it's very likely not worth it ..
.. if you're buying premiums that cost $1000's per year then it's also likely not worth it ..
.. if you find a cool span.thedot domain for $10-20 per year with an initial acquisition cost a fraction the cost of the equivalent .com then there's a chance you could be doing it right and might make a little $$ in the long term.

At the end of the day there are some fantastic nTLD domains ..
.. but most of them are garbage (seems I already said that .. lol)

So yes .. there are aspects of them that are inovative ...
.. and yes .. there are some aspects of them that are not!


ANYBODY who blanket judges and chooses one side or the other is missing out both potential losses and on potential opportunity.

Yes ... and ... Yes

.....

 

[Emmy101]

Innovative ways to scam people and steal their money!

 

[ikhub]

Not sure about the tlds, but there are instances of evil innovations by some registries:

• Increase renewal price overnight
• Snatch domain from registrants after a year
• Keep almost all good names reserved.
• Registry premium prices for silly names

are to cite some of them.

Have a doubt it will yield the same results after implementing the old thinking in current times.

 

[shayan]

Not really. There is no new technology involved.

At the end of the day they are still just domain extensions and operate exactly like current extensions that have existed for 30+ years.

Brad

 

[guillon]

The innovation that I see is that it seriously annoys ".com" investors (joking

The innovation that I see is that ".com" does not offer branding when new domains do. For example, I remember working for a famous French company which builds aircrafts (...) where "precision" was in the mouth of each employee. I feel like new gTLDs do offer precision.

 

[shayan]

precision.

 

[bmugford]

A more appropriate Jordan meme is probably the crying one. That seems more closely related to investors in new extensions and their non-existent profits.

.Mobi was one considered innovative...

Brad

 

[shayan]

A more appropriate Jordan meme is probably the crying one. That seems more closely related to investors in new extensions and their non-existent profits.

.Mobi was one considered innovative...

Brad

 

[deez007]

Clearly, this thread was started to start a pointless debate once again......

Why not spend the same effort and energy on starting threads that actually add value to the forum instead of just creating pointless debates?

 

[Internet.Domains]

Clearly, this thread was started to start a pointless debate once again......

Why not spend the same effort and energy on starting threads that actually add value to the forum instead of just creating pointless debates?

@deez007 - I started the thread/poll because I was truly interested in the topic. There has been many comments regarding the New G's as not being INNOVATIVE and I feel this is their greatest attribute. In respect, I was just starting conversation and gathering information on what others may think on the subject. I apologize if you find my good intentions are creating "pointless debates", although I am not sure I would label debates as 'pointless', but we can debate that on another thread.

 

[Asfas1000]

The former head of registry operations at .Cloud , Francesco Cetraro, said :

“That said, I have to admit that every time someone (usually with a not-so-covert agenda) talks about “the innovative power of new TLDs” I throw up a little in my mouth. Let’s be honest: having more options to call your website is not innovative, it’s novelty at best.”

Source : http://domainnamewire.com/2017/04/11/outgoing-tld-manager-reflects-past-future-new-domains/

 

[deez007]

@deez007 - I started the thread/poll because I was truly interested in the topic. There has been many comments regarding the New G's as not being INNOVATIVE and I feel this is their greatest attribute. In respect, I was just starting conversation and gathering information on what others may think on the subject. I apologize if you find my good intentions are creating "pointless debates", although I am not sure I would label debates as 'pointless', but we can debate that on another thread.

I understand that ideally a thread like this would and should lead to a constructive debate but we have seen it over and over again where a thread discussing nGTLD ends up turning into blah blah blah arguments with the same result. -- Some are pro some are againsts them. Those that are Pro will argue that they are innovative and those that are against will say they are not.