1 of the Fastest selling domains of all time .so?

I got:
Map.so
Game.so
Shop.so
World.so
Music.so
Live.so
Job.so
Movie.so
Slots.so
City.so
Play.so
Sell.so
When.so
Where.so
Comic.so
Data.so
Sports.so
Windows.so
Premium.so
Niche.so
Jewelry.so
Luxury.so
Help.so
Lottery.so
Soccer.so

richface said:

I made my fortune with this extension and to be honest sometimes you need to think outside the box instead of using obvious facts to base judgements lol I do not work for .so by the way . But it will be "I told you SO" with the extension. lol

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I guess everyone has a different definition of "fortune".

Just read through this thread, was it a mistake, I don't know.

I am one of those who sees tremendous opportunities in hacked domain names, I am generally thought to think 'outside the box' by others (sometimes a compliment and sometimes not), I have made money on ccTLD's, so I think I would be a good candidate as a possible investor in any knew ccTLD that comes along.

I looked at .so and have been singularly unimpressed on the risk to reward possibilities, this 'risk' assessment takes into account such things as possible rule changes, likelihood of being associated with 'spam', likelihood of having domains hijacked, etc.. The domains are not particularly expensive, hell for the right domain $1,000 a year I do not think is expensive (please don't flood me with all the rubbish - in fact please nobody send me any emails offering domains - if I want them I let the owners know), it has to do with what I foresee as what a domain can be turned into and the returns achieved.

The question is would I register or buy a .so domain, the answer is 'yes' - but I would only register or buy one without the realistic expectation of making money on it. If I were into Star Trek I might have gone for 'MakeIt.So', if my or my wifes hobby was needlework then I might have registered 'Sew.So', but they would have been registered as 'hobby' sites for blogs, etc.. Now if I had registered the domain 'Sew.so' would I have tried selling it to a small haberdashery shop emphasizing what a great catchy domain name it was, the answer is NO!

My own opinion is that this suffix, .so, is just too much of a risk except as personal novelty value. I will though sincerely wish those that have invested in the suffix all the best and hope for them that this is one that I missed, although I do not think it is so.

Pryda said:

imo, .so is a nice TLD. i only bought 3. but compared to other tlds its much more unique. the hype of .co is surely overrated and now ppl think cause of its bad political situation .SO won't succeed. but let me tell u something, what's going on in Libya right now? does that bother the internet? no! no_url_shorteners and other .LY sites still opperate...
So please dont be so negative and boycott a nice TLD cause its Somalia.. uhh how bad.. what does that have to do with anything? Most ppl dont know squat about Colombia but yet most have regged .CO which infacht looks like a terrible typo to me! .SO dont talk like ud know whats gonna happen.. cause u dont!

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No, but a Japanese company is.

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The big difference between .co and .so is that Google treats .co as a global TLD.

I stay clear of this extention. Somalia is one of the most lawless countries on earth where even the government doesn't control more than one district of the capital city. Now that doesn't necessarily mean the domain registry has to be unstable, but I just don't trust it. As things can change very rapidly in a country in this state, the next government in charge may demand the control of the registry and change the rules overnight. Who knows maybe the extention is again defunct in the near future?

Way too risky for me to even consider this extention.

Looks like .so will be the biggest failure amongst a big list of failed hyped country cctlds.

Sparhawke said:

No one in Africa can typically afford a domain (going purely off the GDP)

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A bit of a generalization no? According to the IMF the GDP of South Africa is bigger than Denmarks GDP, GDP of Egypt and Nigeria are bigger than Israeli GDP and Algerian GDP is bigger than New Zealands GDP. Somalia is of course a different matter.

Yes, but a country of 10 million with a gdp of 1 billion is a lot poorer than a country of 1 million with a gdp of 500 million.

So this is where we are at now..........flogging domains of third world $hitholes.

Im sure Snoop would be heavily invested in this extension.

You are meant to be a senior member? why are you making such comments? you mean Snoop is skinny and black so he can be associated with Somalians? I think some black people might be offended. Perhaps you can make such comments in Australia but many people I think in the UK and US might not be happy. Be professional!! You do not need to make offensive comments to prove a point and talking about .so domains I have sold 2 as redirects for medium size companies and already got my entire investment back.if you do not know the power of redirects I do not know where you have been all these years. If you are also thinking this is the sort of domain you sell to a reseller then I understand why you will be clueless, But I have a network of global domainers and clientèle so what suits me obviously will not suit all. Especially when probably your main source of selling platform are places like bido
and sedo I bet?
I began this post for to have a sensible discussion not to trade insults. if you up for one lets do it.

Richface

richface said:

You are meant to be a senior member? why are you making such comments? you meat Snoop is skinny and black so he can be associated with Somalians? I think some black people might be offended. Perhaps you can make such comments in Australia but many people I think in the UK and US might not be happy. Be professional!! You do not need to make offensive comments to prove a point and talking about .so domains I have sold 2 as redirects for medium size companies if you do not know the power of redirects I do not know where you have been all these years. I began this post for to have a sensible discussion not to trade insults.

Richface

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Snoop is a member here. He has a particular gift for slagging off everything non .com

You are meant to be a senior member? why are you making such comments? you mean Snoop is skinny and black so he can be associated with Somalians? I think some black people might be offended. Perhaps you can make such comments in Australia but many people I think in the UK and US might not be happy. Be professional!! You do not need to make offensive comments to prove a point and talking about .so domains I have sold 2 as redirects for medium size companies and already got my entire investment back.if you do not know the power of redirects I do not know where you have been all these years. If you are also thinking this is the sort of domain you sell to a reseller then I understand why you will be clueless, But I have a network of global domainers and clientèle so what suits me obviously will not suit all. Especially when probably your main source of selling platform are places like bido
and sedo I bet?
I began this post for to have a sensible discussion not to trade insults. if you up for one lets do it.

Richface

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Richface, I dont think there was any racial conotations to Maxeaus's comments at all, he is just referring to one of our members.

Im sure there is no affense taken from maxeaus, but just be a little careful with posts like that, thats all

I'd worry more about lack of interest than government instability.

On another note, could .so mean software? I know vg can be video games. I read a while back that domaintools was originally whois.sc and that was intended as source.

SO seems like a good extension for software.

im steering clear al.so

A one man effort to hype another TLD? :p

jmcc said:

Looks like someone invested heavily in a ccTLD that nobody in particular cares about?

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.So true!

richface said:

Look any strategic thinker will buy a few .

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No, any strategic thinker will run far away from this extension. If you need to be told why, you probably need to understand the definition of strategic.

Coopey said:

Keep hyping it up, by all means keep buying .so domains if that's what you want to do, I won't discourage you.

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People 'hyping' anything are usually entering a selling phase, not a buying phase, that's always on the quiet.

Coopey said:

People overbuying in to landrushes are doing the rest of us a favour by keeping prices on better quality ccTLDs lower.

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Exactly right.

richface said:

This thread is number 1 on Google when these keywords are typed "fastest selling domain"

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Which is meaningless, considering the number of people using this exact search phrase is ZERO.

richface said:

Let me clarify my background. Began with Internet marketing over 15 years ago and also began buying domains around that time but back then I still knew the value of investing in domains but for Internet marketing purposes.

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You've been doing Internet Marketing since 1996? Scary. Care to name one domain you registered in 1996... preferably something that's verifiable?

richface said:

In recent years been shifting my entire focus on domains so yes I consider myself to be new I have my own small private business and also invest through a company. Right that aside.

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If you bought domains or were involved with Internet Marketing since 1996, why are you still small? Most of the guys got big or went bust.

richface said:

but there is a reason the sales are high.

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Care to share some examples? Unless of course you mean the prime regging sheep? :p

richface said:

the fact that other TLDS were hyped and never successful does not mean nothing else will.

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Yes it does, some of the people backing the hype on those tlds spent serious money. A thread on np doesn't create hype, it's just entertainment for it's regulars.

sdsinc said:

Why ? Instead of buying a .so domain I can buy 2 reg fee .com that I will be able to use if they don't sell

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You can still sell the .com for reg fee even close to expiry, unlike these also ran tlds, see .tel for the latest example.

jmcc said:

So that's like using the word "smart" as an insult? Some people here really do think about domain markets in a strategic manner.

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:D :D :D

richface said:

so you can keep your Gold.co.uk since is parked and sell it to Northern Rock.

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Gold.co.uk is and always will be more valuable than all the .so ever registered.

Just because you haven't built a building on that lot you purchased in 1950 in the center of what is now downtown doesn't make that lot worthless, it makes it worth more, no tenants to evict.

richface said:

and why should I tell you about my domain hedge fund company? when I meant to keep it "private". ????

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Yeah right. Sorry but I fell asleep here and didn't read the rest of your postzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

jmcc said:

You appear to be going through the TLD Fanboy phase with .so ccTLD.

http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/26/the-lifecyle-of-a-top-level-domain-fanboy/

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Now that link is pure gold!

richface said:

you mean Snoop is skinny and black so he can be associated with Somalians?

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Snoop is African American? I always thought differently. Isn't 'black' impolite? Not to mention politically incorrect?

Meongtae said:

im steering clear al.so

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Me too.

mwzd said:

Isn't 'black' impolite? Not to mention politically incorrect?

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Only if white is. It's fine if used in a purely descriptive term. Words are only bad when used with prejudice.

Trying to circumvent descriptive language just causes problems. Case and Point: I remember watching TV when Lewis Hamilton won the F1 championship. They announced on TV that he was the first African American to win F1 ?

N.B. :

If you don't understand then look up African and look up American and then Lewis Hamilton.

I often think that the Media Wizard should spent less time hanging out on forums. It's a waste of a brain, right there. That's a compliment (you don't have to leave, really)

defaultuser said:

I often think that the Media Wizard should spent less time hanging out on forums.

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I hope you're kidding. Aside from the fact that I got most of my domain education right here on NP, you can't buy entertainment like this. :D

defaultuser said:

It's a waste of a brain, right there. That's a compliment (you don't have to leave, really)

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Now you're assuming I have a brain. :lol:

I hang out here coz that's where my peeps are (to borrow a phrase from my niece), it's fun and everyone knows my name.

This debate is silly... it all boils down to the purpose of COUNTRY code tld.. Will somalia be ever a haven for businesses? No.

.SO is no good until pirates decide they need domains.

P.S. i wont bother replying to this thread but it caught my attention, another new tld on the market never knew its hot in here.

.so sure beats what South Sudan is planning on: .ss
http://obid.us/jKmCOi
german.ss anybody?
But this is a subject for a new thread.

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Wow can't believe how many peeps are anti .so LOL

I own one which I brought a while back after seeing it available while I typed random keywords.

UFO.so My plan is to brand .so ( Submit Online or Sightings Online, ) and make a site where people can upload videos... I haven't got their yet, but after seeing this thread I am going to sort out a site... I keep everyone posted.

JagG said:

Wow can't believe how many peeps are anti .so LOL

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I have nothing against .so but it's just another ccTLD with no local market. Even .bz domains are more valuable.

JagG said:

I own one which I brought a while back after seeing it available while I typed random keywords.

UFO.so My plan is to brand .so

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OK, nothing wrong with that but this is a name you intend to develop. It would never sell for more than low $$$ imo.
I bet the same keyword is still available in superior extensions.
The bottom line is that .so is not investment-grade, even with top keywords. In fact it's another stillborn extension. Now there are other African extensions that have fewer than 1000 regs (mostly official govt websites and large national corporations). You could as well register .bw, .td or .co.zw domains if they were carried by the big registrars.

JagG said:

Wow can't believe how many peeps are anti .so

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I'm not anti-.so, I'm anti cynical registrars and wannabe-big-shots pumping it up merely because they bought a few.


I am very much pro this...

JagG said:

make a site

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You're creating your own value through work, rather than lying about how amazing an extension is and your super big $1Tn investment company has bought a few million of them because they see the potential or whatever.
Parallels with whois.sc - rubbish extension/great site. (I know Seychelles != Somalia, but you get my drift?)

Good luck!