Which extension do you think is the next big hit after .COM and .ORG?
Name an extension that you really really believe in!
For me, it is .CO
Name an extension that you really really believe in!
For me, it is .CO
My order is .COM, then .ORG (if the term fits), then .NET.
I have also had good success with .US.
Brad
The residency requirements hurt .DE but since there is so many people in that region I think it's the 4th most popular extension. But, for people in USA it will never be used. However, on the plus side .de is 100X more popular in DE then .us.DE has been the best for me
What after .COM?
It's .CO for me too. I find that many really good two word domains that are taken are available in .co, and if you choose an industry like finance, real estate or building you have a much better of selling your name for a reasonable return. I only own about a dozen .co's, but I would use them for my startup in a heartbeat if the .com was taken.Which extension do you think is the next big hit after .COM and .ORG?
Name an extension that you really really believe in!
For me, it is .CO
Byte.co was released this week and it's another example that .co is doing the job for startups.
Is it doing the job better than other extensions? Do you have any data to share that shows .co is the clear frontrunner?Byte.co was released this week and it's another example that .co is doing the job for startups.
Bob actually did a great blog post recently on sales volume of various extensions. You should check it out.I'm not a data guy maybe you should ask @Bob Hawkes All my comments are based on what I see trending.
Byte was on the top list within the first 24 hours of it's launch and that's not just because of the .co of course.
It will always be .com.
.co.uk / .de / .fr / .cn and other popular geo extensions will be equally as trusted.
.org for non-profits will be equally as trusted.
.net has been around forever and should probably be up there but I'd place it slightly lower. Just like with .co, people must wonder "if this is such a trusted company/website - why couldn't they get the top-level domain extension?"
.biz has been around just as long but still seems sketchy - I suppose because you don't call a business a bizness.
.co is technically Columbia's ccTLD but they're making too much money to care and tell customers to register .com.co for Columbian businesses. Also, I've always thought it was perfect for those with ill-intent hoping for visits from popular.com's to their .co's or even private emails that missed out the "m" at the end of .com by mistake. Although this article disagrees that .co domains are worthless (and they have some really great graphs):
https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/
This comment sums up my thoughts:
"It’s hilarious to me that people trust .co – a country code top-level domain for Colombia – more than they do .org – a generic top-level domain used by Wikipedia, non-profits, and other orgs."
Great research, but there are some design flaws in it. Part of low trust (even .com had only 3.5) could have been that people were also sharing their trust perception about "mattressrankings" as a brand.
And, of course, the demographics with 2/3 of 1500 people being 26-40 is strange. And we don't know if there was also some selection bias. Maybe, they offered the survey to 6000, only 1500 agreed, but those who agreed and even offered might have been part of the shared affinity and not represent the general population.