We believe the choice is clear, even giant countries like China and India are seeing a vast migration of .com away from country codes.
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@Bob Hawkes or
@MapleDots ?
I personally see no migration to .com from .ca. For small and medium sized businesses in Canada the extension of choice is .ca (some use .com but many more .ca and surveys repeatedly show Canadians have a higher trust level in .ca).
It is true that multinational companies, whether Canadian founded or from outside, almost always have the .com, but that is no change from a decade ago. Some big companies even though their headquarters use a .com have their Canadian customers use a Canadian page at the .ca.
There is also a small amount in other TLDs,, but .ca and .com dominate with no change in trend as I see it (or from reading stats via CIRA or CENTR of which Canada is an associate member). I do occasionally see an .app, .co, .me, .church, and some others. Of course nonprofits are often on .org. And a bit of .net use.
I am trying to think of all the places I do business with. I can only think of one that has done a change in domain name over the past year or two, and that was from a .ca to a .coop but they still use the .ca as well for redirection (and possibly email).
I have little doubt that in a decade .ca will be as strong as it is today. I think there is some chance it is even stronger.
@MapleDots has a longer time frame domain wise, and also more direct business involvement, so interested to hear what he has to say on the question.
Bob
