discuss .Com Domain Market Dead?

[StartupNames]

With so many extensions available for as less as 2 dollars hand registration, is the .COM living on borrowed time? In 10-15 years time will .LIFE be the same as .COM in valuation? Or is the .COM living on borrowed time just now...

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Why spend thousands of dollars on a .com when you can register another extension for a few bucks? There is no benefit. That other extension could actually be more fitting.

Only people who think .com is top spend thousands of dollars (or even more) on a .com domain name.

But after they realize that .com is not top, they start to think about which TLD is top and finally they find out only .top is top.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Now we can start other threads like " Is dot net dead?"

The TLD .net is not dead, it is just not top (like the TLD .com and every other TLD, except the TLD .top (also not dead but >>> top)) and a thread about .net would most probably result in pointing this out by those who are aware of it.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

The end-user (non-domainers) doesn't understand or care about dotwhatever. I recently registered a dotclub name for a golf club I belong to and offered to give them the name because their current domain name is a long dotcom and this dot club is shorter and easier to remember. It confused their web people and they said no to this shorter, free dotclub domain name.

This is because they think .com is top.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Why buy a Rolex instead of a Casio? They both tell time.

.COM is the most popular and valuable extension because of actual usage. There is far more demand for .COM than every other extension combined.

If someone is considering paying a premium for a domain, it is likely going to be a .COM.

Brad

The thing that a Rolex and .com have in common is that both are not top.

.com is only popular and valuabe for those who think it is top and a demand for .com is just a result of not knowing that only .top is top.

Even a premium payment for a .com doesn't make it top.

 

[NonHipster]

.com is on the verge of collapse. it just simply can't compete with the new powerhouses like .cyou & .immobilien

LOL

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

.com is on the verge of collapse. it just simply can't compete with the new powerhouses like .cyou & .immobilien

LOL

.com and all the powerhouses try to reach the top.

In other words, they all try to reach the impossible because the top is already occupied in the most clear way possible - from a particular TLD > domain name which is (literally) that what all other TLDs want to be (top).

To sum it up, the .com market (and all the powerhouses market) is (are) a fluctuational theater below that particular TLD market which (literally) always remains static at the top.

 

[Ngawangtashi]

Anytime .Com over any TLDs
i believe looking back at domain history .COM is surely the king and its here to stay for a very long time.

 

[PatrickV]

.com is the Rolls Royce extension

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Anytime .Com over any TLDs
i believe looking back at domain history .COM is surely the king and its here to stay for a very long time.

.com is the king, yes.
Because .com is, like a king, not top.
In other words, .com is not top.

Never, forever.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

.com is the Rolls Royce extension

.com may be a Rolls Royce - (or a Rolex -) extension but it is (and will always be) far away from being the top - extension because neither .com nor Rolls Royce (nor Rolex) is top, only .top is top.

 

[Javier-Ramos.com]

The biggest threat to dot com domains are Handshake and Unstoppable domains, with HNS on Namebase.io you can create unlimited TLD's and they cannot be censored, plus no renewal fees, specially once browsers adopt this blockchain naming technology you will be able to create yourown.brand websites.

Now, this does not mean that the rest of the extensions will go away, however it will take some of the market share in the future, potentially overtaking dot com's.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

The biggest threat to dot com domains are Handshake and Unstoppable domains, with HNS on Namebase.io you can create unlimited TLD's and they cannot be censored, plus no renewal fees, specially once browsers adopt this blockchain naming technology you will be able to create yourown.brand websites.

Now, this does not mean that the rest of the extensions will go away, however it will take some of the market share in the future, potentially overtaking dot com's.

I am not sure if .com is really threatened in its existence but I am sure it is not top.

 

[E-Promote]

Coca-Cola is not dead but it is not top either - like .com and its whole market, not one single .com domain name is top.

Once, Coca-Cola owned this famous domain name:

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.com

But Coca-Cola got topped.

I love when fools argue, gives me more time to accumulate.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

I love when fools argue, gives me more time to accumulate.

In other words, you love being an arguing fool as this gives you more time to accumulate, ok.
This is foolish but of course it is your right.
It just does not have anything to do with the fact that Coca-Cola got topped nor with the fact that .com is not top.

 

[Meadows]

With so many extensions available for as less as 2 dollars hand registration, is the .COM living on borrowed time? In 10-15 years time will .LIFE be the same as .COM in valuation? ...

Far from.. but most good keys dot com already been used. That's why new extensions are so attractive.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Far from.. but most good keys dot com already been used. That's why new extensions are so attractive.

.com is still attractive but not top.

 

[likemike]

...LOL... You've got a good sense of humor!

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

It is nice to see that humor helps people to deal with the fact that .com is not top.

 

[HotKey]

Yeah, no. .com is top. Deal with it.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Yeah, no. .com is top. Deal with it.

.com is not top my friend.

 

[Brian L.]

.top is by far the worst tld.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

.top is by far the worst tld.

This is by far the worst assessment because .top is top.

There is no alternative to .top in case you want your domain name/s being top, TLDs like .com, .net, .org and such are all not top.

It is actually super easy to understand.

 

[topdom]

D.I. what is the best tld, is it .com, .best , .or .top ?

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

D.I. what is the best tld, is it .com, .best , .or .top ?

What I know is which TLD is top and which TLDs are not top.
What I also know is that top is better than best.
What I don't know is what you mean.

 

[bmugford]

What I know is which TLD is top and which TLDs are not top.
What I also know is that top is better than best.
What I don't know is what you mean.

.TOP is not top when it comes to most abused domain extensions, but 6th is still pretty impressive.

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/

.TOP
Badness Index: 1.56
Bad domains: (18.5%)

.COM
Badness Index: 0.42
Bad domains: (3.4%)