No bias legit look better than a dot com.
You said it yourself, you don't want to look at data at scale and prefer to create your own world.
Taking any business decision on its own perception, is the biggest mistake that can make an entrepreneur.
First, it is stupid, laughable, ... well it's simply not a good idea.
This is the reality : (not your, not mine) - And reality is "the best" beats "the top" !
All the .Best,
CF
It's ok that you find that stupid and / or laughableee
Feel free to laughhh
You believe it's simply not a good ideaaa
Well, that's your right of course, I respect your believeee
And of course I also respect "your" TLD .best although it is not .top ...
... I even registered a .best domain name as you knowww
Guy, I don't want to make it funny. I am just saying that taking a business decision on focus group of 1 is stupid - and very honestly I apologize if it hurted you coz that was not my intention.
Trying to spread the focus, my overall feeling is that this is the global problem of the domain name industry since the ngtld program in 2012 : Considering the value of domain, people are not looking at the domain name usage first.
And this is why people are now with domains without a single usage and so with no value at the end.
Traders buy domains because they are emotional with the names and it's not a good idea.
Saying that "meaning of top is highest (point of whatever) while the meaning of best is best (of whatever)" is emotional ! It's naive, subjective and it is not related to any report or data at scale my friend.
Don't want to hurt you but it is business my friend.
Real/Big Buyers buy a domain because of the usage and the real business value that it can bring to them.
Do you think that we are actually selling a domain for 7 digits on the emotion of the buyer ? Seriously ?
The difference is that right now traders doesn't sold their ngtlds domains while we already sold .Best domains for 6-digits to big and real buyers. For instance, I heard today that a trader get and refuse an offer of $38K for wedding.Best.
My concern is that the first metric to value a domain name should be the usage first otherwise on the long term your portfolio will collapse like it happened on the crypto market : Usage First !
Do you know why for instance we bought the .Best and not another generic string like .online, .website, global, .xyz, ... ?
Just because for 1 .com domain there is multiple .Best possibilities in terms of usage.
Coz guess what : brands will never replace their .com with a .global, or a .xyz domain at scale.
But brands are actually buying .Best domains to promote their product or service to show they are the Best.
And it's not because they have an ego problem : it's just because they saw that this is exactly what people are looking for at scale in google as I showed you : the Best hotel, the Best restaurant, the Best spa, the best plumber, the best lawyer, the Best laptop, ...
That is f*cking data at scale and there is nothing emotional in this.
Other Generic TLD have a business potential of probably 1%-3% of the .com market (means 5 Millions max) while the .Best has a usage potential of +100M domains !
.Best is not a .com competitor / it is complementary in terms of usage and trust me that will make the difference at the end of the game :
Like I said, I am not trying to convince you and what I like is that you doesn't hold the past on a pedestal like a lot of .com domain investors but my friend, there is no innovation if there is no innovation at scale (and btw this is exactly why we are launching THE.Best social network up to the .Best TLD : to get a real and fast usage of the .Best TLD at scale)
All the .Best,
Let me know if I can help you with .Best names from our reserved list.
CF
To say "... the meaning of top is highest (point of whatever) while the meaning of best is best (of whatever) but not highest (point of whatever) because ..." is absolutely not an emotional statement.
It is much more a semantical fact from a (the english) language.
Trust me, only trust in data at scale and you will avoid a lot of business problems with your subjective psychology.
My friend, the meaning of a word is all about emotion coz it's all subjective !
For one word, you can have different meanings, different interpretations (even tiny one between best and top for instance) and this is why it is so emotional.
The proof is : if the meaning of a word was not subjective or emotional, we should agree all together on the same meaning for the same word : for the top or the best and we don't !
So imagine, that if it is not possible just for you and I - what it is for others.
Same thing for all words and so for all domain names - otherwise everybody will agree on the same value for a same domain name that is absolutely not the case. Just look at this thread
And this is exactly what I am saying from the begining and why this industry is collapsing : if you base your domain investment on your own subjective psychology : you will fail !
Same as claiming that you are the owner of the most expensive domain of all time : without any related data at scale it's just subjective and without any interest - except for your own ego.
Trust me, only trust in data at scale and you will avoid a lot of business problems with your subjective psychology.
All the .Best
CF
Word! This is exactly how I see it.
To become a successful domainer, you’ll better spend a decent percentage of your time searching existing data and statistics. This will teach you a lot about current trends and which domains that are more likely to sell than others.
Many domainers seems to buy names without analyzing any data at all. I think that is a highly counterproductive strategy.
Just think about high end sales of abstract art ...
... most people will never understand why people buy / pay super high prices for things that are irrational at first glanceee
You confirmed by your words exactly what we all mean there : Art is all about emotions and it's all subjective.
Difference my friend : Domaining is not an art - It's a Business !
@Fancy.domains said it also : To become a successful domainer, you’ll better spend a decent percentage of your time searching existing data and statistics.
And you will fail if you treat your business as an art !
^ no offence, but I think when a registry CEO starts telling us how to domain, is when we take a step back and say "stick to the knitting, brother"
BTW, depending on your style and MO, domaining is an art!
You confirmed by your words exactly what we all mean there : Art is all about emotions and it's all subjective.
Difference my friend : Domaining is not an art - It's a Business !
@Fancy.domains said it also : To become a successful domainer, you’ll better spend a decent percentage of your time searching existing data and statistics.
And you will fail if you treat your business as an art !
Plus, look at your explanations : "What I do, is that I combine these facts (the defined meaning(s) of words) with every experience =information = data that I got in my life und then I create a domain name out of it. In other words, I observe the world I live in and create domain names I am convinced that will be demanded."
You and only you !
Like I said earlier, you base your business strategy on a focus group of 1 : You !
This is the craziest business strategy i heard but it's up to you buddy : It's not my money !
Trust me, I put 3 successfull companies in the stock exchange and when it's about how to conduct a successfull business, I know when someone is going in the wrong direction.
But it's never too late to shift your mindset. I know it's hard coz you have to go against all that you are probably but that's the beauty of entrepreneur life : it is still possible for everybody to change for the Best
I agree. I think domaining is both a science and an art.BTW, depending on your style and MO, domaining is an art!
While some with a lot of successful experience can often instinctively make the right decisions without data, for the vast majority I think taking an objective look at data is near essential.To become a successful domainer, you’ll better spend a decent percentage of your time searching existing data and statistics. This will teach you a lot about current trends and which domains that are more likely to sell than others.
But having said that, I don't think domaining is totally science. Much of it (not all) depends on creativity and a deep sense of aesthetics, in many ways similar to art or music I would say. I think the art vs science balance is different in different types of domains, both are there most of the time.
or it.sucksit.works would be nice )