.ws .WS - The Discussion, Showcase and Sales Report Thread

hugegrowth · Jan 29, 2016

Well the .WS registry has been in the news this week for releasing all 5N to 20N combinations last night, and 2 and 3 character .ws will be available later in Feb with new pricing scheme.

.WS registry also has a presence on NP now:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/ws...-ws-domains-will-be-released-tomorrow.915224/

Obviously the China story may be creating a new market for short .WS domains. ALL of the NNNN.ws were bought out over three days this past December according to thedomains.com blog.

I registered some 5N.ws last night when they were released, anyone else stepping into .WS now?

hugegrowth · Jan 5, 2017

Its easy to make a call like that in hindsight.

Kate · Jan 5, 2017

I am surprised that experienced domainers could fall for this. Either there's more to the story or this is a classic case of the greater fool theory.

usernamex · Jan 5, 2017

OK I got this unhelpful reply about my domains that won't renew

unx:Hi there, I was going to sell these two WS names and was curious why they are showing as premium? I purchased them at regular price

NNNNN.ws and NNNNN.ws

Thanks

hexonet:The following domains are the premium domains.

Domain:NNNNN.ws
Domain:NNNNN.ws

You bought these domains with normal price but in past the registry declared these domains as "Premium" domains.

If registry declared the following domains as premium domains then we have to implement them.

NOTE: Existing .WS premium domains registered before December 22, 2015 will be extended to the premium price.

Please do not hesitate to contact us, if you should have further questions.

So if that is true at least I have good taste?! They didn't give me a premium price either, just an error

Anyone else have a WS change to premium? I am off to read WS fine print

Name Trader · Jan 5, 2017

JayT said:
I don't think pinyin domains are better than short and familiar english words.

They might be if .ws gets approval in China. Because the English words aren't worth their RegFee in .ws

Name Trader · Jan 5, 2017

London555 said:
Please note that Mr Hansen from .ws is a speaker on the China panel at NamesCon. There's a reason for this.

If you know the reason. Pray tell us. I'm just having fun with you.... he might be announcing he isn't going into China after all

London555 · Jan 5, 2017

stub said:
If you know the reason. Pray tell us. I'm just having fun with you.... he might be announcing he isn't going into China after all [/QUOT I highly doubt he'll say that.

London555 · Jan 5, 2017

stub said:
They might be if .ws gets approval in China. Because the English words aren't worth their RegFee in .ws

That's exactly why we're only keeping one fangdichan.ws ( "real estate") if .ws hit as mentioned above a "default" for .cn then we own a great one that's very valuable. If not we didn't blow very much money. I also dont think the "English" words will be worth much either just as they are only now picking up steam un .cn. We'll see.

Kate · Jan 5, 2017

hugegrowth said:
Its easy to make a call like that in hindsight.

Not really, because... when was the last time we saw a discarded extension make a comeback ?

People are making too many assumptions about the Chinese market, while Chinese speculators are making of a lot dumb moves.

hugegrowth · Jan 6, 2017

It was a crazy time, lots of things were happening that never happened before.

usernamex · Jan 6, 2017

If only I had watched this last year.. The big selling point is the keys are close together. I actually do like io pl mk nu for this reason : grin :

[video 8:33 - easy to watch in 1.5 speed]

hugegrowth · Jan 6, 2017

Ha ha! That video is hilarious!

campout · Feb 10, 2017

I've been watching this show on Netflix, The Killing, and look what web address they used for a fictional escort service in the show:

That said I'm still letting all my .ws drop. I bought a couple dozen good keywords last year, but I think they're all worthless.

Name Trader · Feb 11, 2017

Nat Hunt said:
I've been watching this show on Netflix, The Killing, and look what web address they used for a fictional escort service in the show:

Show attachment 49622

That said I'm still letting all my .ws drop. I bought a couple dozen good keywords last year, but I think they're all worthless.

Good catch, Nat. Me thinks you've got too much time on your hands to notice such things. I'm in the same boat as you with the .ws domains. There might be a couple I would keep. But renewals hurt a lot compared to new registrations. We might do it for a good TLD. But .WS is much maligned. WS=WebSite. This could have been a great TLD. It's a shame. With a different pricing strategy, say like .com, things might have been a lot different.

hugegrowth · Feb 11, 2017

I am dropping all except a small handful. I had some nice 4L, 4N and 5N. Figured they could get to .cc or .co prices. Even .co is off. Maybe in time but not soon. And not at 20$ reg fee!

hugegrowth · Feb 11, 2017

Funny how .ws could be regged at a third of today's price a year ago! I might have kept a few more at 10$ or lower renewal.

usernamex · Feb 11, 2017

Found a place for $13 transfer and renewal, so picked two WS to keep so far - stupid and fail. Unlikely I will keep any more than those

There's a mini review of the registrar I found on stupid/ws, link at bottom. Only did them today so take that for what it's worth : smile :

PowerDN · Feb 11, 2017

usernamex said:
Found a place for $13 transfer and renewal, so picked two WS to keep so far - stupid and fail. Unlikely I will keep any more than those

There's a mini review of the registrar I found on stupid/ws, link at bottom. Only did them today so take that for what it's worth : smile :

Where is the link? I can't find it, i use smartphone.

campout · Feb 11, 2017

Rizki said:
Where is the link? I can't find it, i use smartphone.

With my iPhone, if I tip it horizontally, people's NP signatures show up below their posts.

hugegrowth · Feb 12, 2017

Thanks for the tip.

London555 · Feb 12, 2017

Nat Hunt said:
I've been watching this show on Netflix, The Killing, and look what web address they used for a fictional escort service in the show:

Show attachment 49622

That said I'm still letting all my .ws drop. I bought a couple dozen good keywords last year, but I think they're all worthless.

Good catch. We're just keeping one killer exact word for "real estate" in pinyin name we mentioned above just in case they get china approval. Other than that dropping all.

usernamex · Feb 24, 2017

Thread for the reasonable WS transfer and renewals
https://www.namepros.com/threads/ws-transfer-and-renewal-12-99.1003238/

hugegrowth · Feb 24, 2017

Such a mismanaged extension is .ws! They don't have a clue. Could be doing so much better in the right hands.

AIS01 · Feb 24, 2017

my domain 4444.ws good or bad ???

Weber · Feb 24, 2017

Western Samoa, Samoa, Web Site, World Site, World Service. The tld that doesn't know what it wants to be.

This is likely how most new gltds (that can remain solvent) will end up.
Still in business, but you wouldn't know it.

hugegrowth · Feb 25, 2017

4444 is good

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