advice NGTLD for selling domains?

Global could also be an NGTLD for selling domains, IMHO. Any others?

Sorry to ask but I want to be sure I understood well before replying, just got a couple of glasses of bourbon and my attention level is quite low, lol...

Your question is if (for example) .domains is ok for a website selling .com, .net, org and the new extensions all in the same site?

passini said:

Sorry to ask but I want to be sure I understood well before replying, just got a couple of glasses of bourbon and my attention level is quite low, lol...

Your question is if (for example) .domains is ok for a website selling .com, .net, org and the new extensions all in the same site?

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Initially Yes. With a follow up question of which 5 NGTLD's would be the best suited for selling domains (either with or without GTLD's) and rate identical keywords with their .com counterpart. For example, domainsales.market compared to domainsales.com, without any reference to the left of the dot. So you are rating the NGTLD itself against COM, not any specific url, for selling domains.

Why this question? Well most all strong keywords for selling domains in .COM are gone and are in use or very expensive to buy, which means for us mere mortals have to find something else to use. And this was primarily the reason for these NGTLD's

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Yes I understand now, thank you for taking the time to explain me. I will post my favourites in order.

.domains

.market (this is very good for a marketplace not sure for a single seller portfolio)

.media

These are the most generic I think and can work with many different names at the left of the dot, the others are more difficult as they depend a lot of what the actual domain word is.

I have no idea about % comparing to .com and I don't want to write some random numbers...

If you want to give a little more info about the site (for example, is a portfolio or a marketplace, will be focused more on the gtld or more on the ngtld) I think it will be more easy to discuss.

I am also myself really interested to know what the others think about this...

You never answered the first question. Should we sell all our portfolio of domains (all tlds) on 1 NGTLD, or should we only sell NGTLD's on this NGTLD?

I personally have some difficulty understanding your differentiation between portfolio or marketplace. I'm talking about listing my portfolio of domains (both .GTLDs & NGTLDs, or only NGTLDs) on an NGTLD. In my understanding, my portfolio would be my marketplace. Whereas, my interpretation of your definition of a marketplace would be a marketplace where others could list their NGTLDs (not .GTLDs because they are already over-saturated).

I am also in two minds as to whether I should mix GTLDs and NGTLDs on the same NGTLD. Because the portfolio of GTLDs would swamp my NGTLD's, and I have a "feeling" a visitors searching an NGTLD for a domain, is probably expecting to buy an NGTLD, not a GTLD. Similar to what you expect when searching Brands.International for example.

I'll give you my feelings about your three NGTLDs...

.Market - I think this is probably best of the three. Because you can use words like "name" or "domain" in your url. Why is this important? Because if you are searching for url to buy for selling domains, it's quite likely you would use one of these in your search criteria, ala "BuyDomains". After the dot, if you like, refines the activity.

.Domains - This is an obvious choice. But for me it is inferior to .Market because you need to choose the left of the .dot with words similar to "ForSale" or "Market" rather than "name" or "domain" which would have two identical or similar words to the left and right of the url.

.Media - I like this as an NGTLD. It could be used for selling domains. But for me at least, it is not as strong as your first two.

I hope this answers your questions. If not. Please clarify?

stub said:

You never answered the first question. Should we sell all our portfolio of domains (all tlds) on 1 NGTLD, or should we only sell NGTLD's on this NGTLD?

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I asked a few info as I see in your profile a very good domain to sell all the GTLD and I don't understand why you want to use a NGTLD to sell the "classic" extensions.

Anyway, if I had to create a site to sell my domains (I don't own new extensions) I would use a .com, not any other extension.

For the new extensions I would choose a NGTLD.

I think separate in two sites has many advantages in branding and in credibility.

Personally. I think because my NGTLD's get swamped by my GTLDs. I am considering splitting my NGTLDs off from my GTLDs. If somebody is looking to an NGTLD it's for one of two reasons. 1. They know there isn't something available in .COM (and no other GTLD will do), or 2. They want something more brandable which is more easy to obtain with an NGTLD. An NGTLD selling NGTLD's seems a logical choice, IMHO. eg, Brands.International.

But this question is not intended to be only for my consumption. It's expressed as widely possible to get others, like you, to contribute to the discussion, so that you, me, and others can all learn from the debate. So far that's 2 out of 2 for separating out the NGTLDs to a separate NGTLD forsale website. But the question still remains open for an interesting discussion.

stub said:

Personally. I think because my NGTLD's get swamped by my GTLDs. I am considering splitting my NGTLDs off from my GTLDs. If somebody is looking to an NGTLD it's for one of two reasons. 1. They know there isn't something available in .COM (and no other GTLD will do), or 2. They want something more brandable which is more easy to obtain with an NGTLD. An NGTLD selling NGTLD's seems a logical choice, IMHO. eg, Brands.International.

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I think we've become too fixated on the train of thought; using only .com for .com, or using only ngTLD for the new ones. We're not far off now where it simply won't matter- get a quality name and have it represent, no matter the extension.

I like your DNStore name btw; I think it makes sense as basecamp for any TLD. But that is not your question.

Have went the other direction than what you're proposing. I used to have two separate sites; one for my ngTLDs, the other for my ccTLDs and .coms/nets/orgs. Decided about a year ago to instead migrate most everything under one banner, using my ngTLD as basecamp. But, I have not experienced any benefit to doing this thus far, in terms of more sales. Though interestingly enough, much more inquiries on my legacy names landing under the ngTLD banner than before when based on my .com name.

It could be because my ngTLDs get a lot of interest, and having my legacy domains avail to explore at the same site people naturally gravitate towards them. So far everyone is playing nicely on both sides, seems kind of to be a win-win.

stub said:

These are the NGTLD's which might be suitable IMHO. Domains, Online, Shop, Store, Website, Site, Business, Exchange, Services, Company, Direct, Works, Media, Digital, ForSale, Holdings, Ventures, Solutions, Market, International, XYZ, and Co (not an NGTLD). Are there any other likely candidates? Rank them in your top 5. And rate each of them for the same keywords how strong/weak they are as a percentage to the .com. (ie: Domains 20%, Store 30%).

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Some of those I probably wouldn't consider- however as with all new gTLDs the right name can make any extension worth a second glance. Looking at probable connection/impact with audience though, and memorability, are my most important factors.

So, .domains being my top, then perhaps .store/.shop, .world, .global and .solutions is worth a real gander. I think Brands.International has made that ngTLD his, I would never use the extension but he has truly shown how an exception can stand out from the crowd.

I can see why you like .media, there's some great combos with it and a very strong TLD in terms of visual impact imo.

Rating these as a percentage to their .com counterparts, I think for the most part you really have to consider every name on an individual basis; eg. great fits vs mediocre pairings. Anything mediocre can't hold a flame to .com, .com=ambiguity, thus safety for lesser quality.