poll Did new gTLDs increase your .COM value?

Well, for most startups the ultimate end game is their exact match .COM. Most start on different options out of necessity, like lack of budget.

There will always only be (1) .COM no matter how many new extensions are released.

If anything, I think more options make it stronger by comparison. All you need is the .COM and you are set. You don't need to go chasing after other currently existing, or relevant future extensions.

In general a bunch of options of lesser quality do not tend to effect the best option all that much.

There might be other good alternatives, in fact I sell several secondary options myself.

However, .COM is at the peak of the mountain when it comes to value, demand, and usage.

Brad

Startups are very minor part of endusers.

Buyers from real sector usually prefer their ccTLD or other good option within their budget.
But in the USA .com acts as national TLD or even some kind of religion, so demand is logical here.

No, because .com holders insist their values.
But sales volume? Decreased, new end user, startups and markets don’t care their quotations.

The numbers speak for themselves...

Last year (NameBio.com)

.COM -

98.7k Total Sales
$91.2m Dollar Volume

All New gTLD's combined -

847 Total Sales
$2.2m Dollar Volume

Hundreds or thousands of new extensions are fighting for a tiny market share.

Brad

Increased. Some would first register <term> dot <some new gtld>, and then realize that they are in fact generating and gving away related .com traffic to a parked or forsale page. In the worst case, some might start with inappropriate country code (such as .la Laos *country in Asia* promoted as Los Angeles by their registrar). So they will more likely end up purchasing the .com... I do not invest in ngtlds, but appreciate them due to this reason alone. At the same time, those who invest in new gtlds are - at least sometimes - able to remain profitable domainers, which is what it should be. The last but not the least, by inroducing new gtlds, ICANN in fact delayed global technology innovations (too many $$$ involved, so it is now harder to develop something "domainless" globally ... anyway, next generations would likely not need domains as we understand them. Similar case - the things like gopher or archie or fido which were popular in 1990+, where are they now?). Even though the global innovations are delayed by icann without our businesses in mind, it helps us all to still be busy with domaining.

Even nowadays just Facebook page is enough for many endusers... they don't need any domains.
Aftermarket is trending down from year to year... including .COM
You may even review .COM BINs on Sedo... it is clearly visible downtrend.

As domainers, stick on .COM to generate fast revenue stream. But when you are trademark holders, ensure you own .COM name in your brand and buy more relevant new GTLDs to protect your brand in the future

I believe more is not better. It creates confusion in a marketplace that is unsure of the need for domain names. Most people are sitting on these names. The relative use for buying a domain name is simply to flip it or keep it as an investment instead of development. That is more of a hope of selling, than a reality of value.

in Palm Springs there are over 100 golf courses. We find when we list less courses, we get more tee-time reservations from a new traveler to the area. People are less overwhelmed when there are fewer options. I’m fine with just Gold, Silver and Copper.

I would think no effect at all.

Most successful businesses will want to own all popular TLDs anyway.
Maybe they mighjt have impacted the price of .net, .biz. .info but .com and .org are a different class altogether

When one observes the type of domains that most businesses use to promote their products and services, it becomes clear that the vast majority of businesses place little value on the importance of a domain to the success of their business. A domain is not THE business but a means of promoting it to potential customers and branding it in the minds of existing customers. Most people outside this forum just don't care or even think much about domain names. The sales reports that we see are the rare exceptions which can be deceiving to newbies who believe selling a domain to an end user is much easier than the reality.

More extensions make it easier for end users to avoid the aftermarket and exponentially more difficult for those holding domains in alternate extensions to sell them at premium prices.

However, I am seeing evidence since the corona pandemic of an increase in demand - a willingness to pay a premium that seemed to have been missing in recent years. Is this temporary or a shift away from other types of promotion? I guess we will see in the coming months.

bmugford said:

Well, for most startups the ultimate end game is their exact match .COM. Most start on different options out of necessity, like lack of budget.

There will always only be (1) .COM no matter how many new extensions are released.

If anything, I think more options make it stronger by comparison. All you need is the .COM and you are set. You don't need to go chasing after other currently existing, or relevant future extensions.

In general a bunch of options of lesser quality do not tend to effect the best option all that much.

There might be other good alternatives, in fact I sell several secondary options myself.

However, .COM is at the peak of the mountain when it comes to value, demand, and usage.

Brad

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Startups have started opting for new gTLDs. and sometimes, they do not upgrade. They stick to the new gTLD domain they acquired initially.

Jurgen Wolf said:

Startups are very minor part of endusers.

Buyers from real sector usually prefer their ccTLD or other good option within their budget.
But in the USA .com acts as national TLD or even some kind of religion, so demand is logical here.

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Correct. But when they google and see that the main .COM is taken and put up for $5k or so, they turn to new extensions.

Jurgen Wolf said:

Even nowadays just Facebook page is enough for many endusers... they don't need any domains.
Aftermarket is trending down from year to year... including .COM
You may even review .COM BINs on Sedo... it is clearly visible downtrend.

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Well, I wouldn't say that! With the COVID situation, the number of people making an online presence is increasing. And I believe, website definitely is a very important factor in that endeavor.

While influencers may have increased, but website and domains is always a part of the puzzle, often the important one.

bmugford said:

Well, for most startups the ultimate end game is their exact match .COM. Most start on different options out of necessity, like lack of budget.

There will always only be (1) .COM no matter how many new extensions are released.

If anything, I think more options make it stronger by comparison. All you need is the .COM and you are set. You don't need to go chasing after other currently existing, or relevant future extensions.

In general a bunch of options of lesser quality do not tend to effect the best option all that much.

There might be other good alternatives, in fact I sell several secondary options myself.

However, .COM is at the peak of the mountain when it comes to value, demand, and usage.

Brad

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Dot-com's would be dead by 2025. Internet would like to organise the domains by its gTLD's. Right now it is a mess. Just one small tweak in Google algorithm is enough to shift the landscape. And I believe it will happen over the next 5 years.