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NamePros member @DirkS has requested that I provide an explanation for why I've registered over 3,600 .online domains in the last six months, so here goes;

First and foremost I'm a visionary. I've started dozens of business in my life. I'm 73 years old, and I started my first business while still in college in 1970. Sure I could just be saying this, but if you have doubts I would strongly suggest that you check me out.

Having learned about this industry just over three years ago I've found the .com extension for most new business names to be both unavailable and unaffordable. I've learned that if I were to start a new business today it's unlikely the name I choose for my business would be available or affordable.

Most important, like zip codes and area codes there are literally hundreds/thousands of alternatives, and .Online just so happens to be one of the alternatives. What initially attracted me to the .Online extension was when NamesCon Online (aka NamesCon.com) made the decision to have Radix (aka Radix.online) be a sponsor. Radix then created the domain NamesCon.online to compliment/match NamesCon.com.

When I realized how the .online extension matched up with names like Reservations.online, Shopping.online, Learning.online and Domains.online, I just knew i was on to something:xf.smile: Note that names like Reservations.com, Shopping.com, Learning.com and Domains.com are not only "unavailable", even if they were available, they'd most likely be "unaffordable"

Ironically about the time I noticed the .online extension, Go Daddy and Radix partnered and made .online domains available for a first time annual registration fee of .99 cents, and an annual re-registration of just 49.99 thereafter.

I've spent over a thousand hours in the last six months buying mostly one and two word .online domains, so if you were to add my time to the approximate $4,200 I've paid Go Daddy, I have over $20,000 invested in my portfolio of 3,634 domains.

My critics will say things like, you'll never be able to afford to renew all your domains at 49.99 each to which I have a twofold answer; #1 i don't need to renew a single domain and #2 whose to say the renewal fee isn't negotiable:xf.rolleyes:....as a businessperson I've learned that pretty much everything is negotiable.

Of importance to me is the fact that "if" my .online domains were .com domains my portfolio would be "valued" at over twenty million dollars. Yes, that's $20,000,000 or 20M:xf.smile:

Now is where the rubber meets the road meaning, how do I plan to sell these domains? I just started listing them with the likes of Go Daddy where my current pricing ranges from a low of $199 to $999 and I'm looking to have an annual renewal of $99.....remember, everything is negotiable.

I plan to experiment with financing, leasing/renting and licensing my domains. I also plan to form a "users group" where end users actually have an interest in promoting the .online extension to the world.

Few domains and especially .online domains will sell themselves:xf.frown: Thus I plan on having an "outbound" sales/marketing team who share my vision to make .online both available and affordable.

Finally, I owe a bit of gratitude to the monopoly Verisign for confirming my suspicions about the nature of the .com beast. While the beast is slowly dying, alternative solutions are ready, willing and able to take over.

Thank you!
 
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NO....you missed the point. If I was starting an online wine business on the Pacific Coast i'd register PacificWine.online for .99 cents long before I'd pay $5,000 for PacificWines.com.

btw, no one owns PacificWines.online, but you or anyone else could own it for a buck. I have plans to make .online an affordable alternative to .com. Why? Because it is, that's why:xf.smile:

No, that was exactly the point.

The goal is to sell domains for a profit. You are basically saying as an end user you would pay $1 for the .online vs $5k for the .com. OK fair enough, then what?

That is relevant to a registry. How is that relevant to domain investing?

Brad
 
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No, that was exactly the point.

The goal is to sell domains for a profit. You are basically saying as an end user you would pay $1 for the .online vs $5k for the .com. OK fair enough, then what?

That is relevant to a registry. How is that relevant to domain investing?

Brad
Here's how it's relevant... please listen very closely. If i knew someone who wanted to start a business and call it Pacific Wines and they were unable to buy the domain PacificWines.com for any reason, i'd recommend they buy PacificWines.online for the reg fee, or if I owned it they might want to consider buying it from me for say $999. Either way, they'd still be getting an affordable alternative:xf.grin:
 
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Here's how it's relevant... please listen very closely. If i knew someone who wanted to start a business and call it Pacific Wines and they were unable to buy the domain PacificWines.com for any reason, i'd recommend they buy PacificWines.online for the reg fee, or if I owned it they might want to consider buying it from me for say $999. Either way, they'd still be getting an affordable alternative:xf.grin:

$10 .net vs $999 .online

They would just register the .net, which is a far more well known and used extension for $10.

Even the best salesman would do better with better products. .Online is nothing special.

The sad thing is you could probably do well with your sales experience and in demand domains, instead of trying to re-invent the wheel pushing extensions that have virtually no end user demand.

This is just wasting valuable time and resources. You are swimming upstream for no reason.

Brad
 
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.online is long.
Bad extension by default.

Btw I just noticed your picture isn't you wasted holding a beer; its you sleeping holding a cup of coffee
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.online is long.
Bad extension by default.

Btw I just noticed your picture isn't you wasted holding a beer; its you sleeping holding a cup of coffee
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Long? Short? is only important to domainers. Most "End Users", especially those whose businesses are 100% "online" actually get it when I explain it. Why do you think that is?
 
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Long? Short? is only important to domainers. Most "End Users", especially those whose businesses are 100% "online" actually get it when I explain it. Why do you think that is?

Every time you make that statement it just makes the extension seem even more redundant.

Every domain is online.

Brad
 
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.online is long.
Bad extension by default.

Btw I just noticed your picture isn't you wasted holding a beer; its you sleeping holding a cup of coffee
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Yes, that was me at the Tropicanna in Vegas in January of 2019 before NamesCon kicked off. It seems I arrived a day early and they wanted to charge me $600 for a room so I grabbed a coffee and slept on a couch. Another domainer took my picture when she came thru the lobby and gave it to me later. She told me I could sleep on a couch in her room, but I think my wife may have had a problem with it:xf.frown:
 
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Every time you make that statement it just makes the extension seem even more redundant.

Every domain is online.

Brad

"Every domain is online.".........but is every business:xf.wink: and you know what I mean by that.
 
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Sales, sales and again, sales - the only true measure. All other things are "side-talks"
 
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I like how positive and confident you are about your portfolio.
I don't have a large amount of cash to invest in a portfolio like you do so I like reading about the results whether it's a fail or success, I hope you give us update, and I honestly hope you do great!

Also, I doubt .com beast is dying, not at least in the next decade.
 
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When I realized how the .online extension matched up with names like Reservations.online, Shopping.online, Learning.online and Domains.online, I just knew i was on to something:xf.smile:
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(shopping.online) is registered in 2019, it's probably not yours because you claimed you've been doing hand-reg for the last 6 months.
(reservations.online) & (learning.online) are not even registered yet. (domains.online) is reserved by the registry.

May I know the best 10 domain names with .online extension you have?
 
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To each their own. You should at least hopefully be taking the time to get the names as they drop instead of settling for whatever is left at this point.
 
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I like how positive and confident you are about your portfolio.
I don't have a large amount of cash to invest in a portfolio like you do so I like reading about the results whether it's a fail or success, I hope you give us update, and I honestly hope you do great!

Also, I doubt .com beast is dying, not at least in the next decade.

Thanks....it really didn't take a large amount of cash to accumulate a portfolio consisting of 3600 .online domains. At .99 cents plus a few pennies tax, I've spent about $4,200.

While I own a few hundred single word .online domains like whistleblower.online and comparables.online, i own over 3,000 two keyword domains like DomainAdvisor, PrimeBank, BeachHomes and CaliforniaWines.

I also have hundreds of .online domains for healthcare where you can consult with a doctor or a nurse online, or even a lawyer online. The pandemic created a huge opportunity for all sorts of "online" business for things like education and diagnosis.

Virtually anything can be sold or transacted online, thus making the .online extension an affordable alternative to .com much to the chagrin of your traditional domainer.

Finally, i like Yawz as a 4L name, and if I were you I'd buy it and just say to my friends, "Just email me at Yawz.online:xf.smile:. Not only would you own a cool email address, it would provide an opportunity to tell everyone what you do. And don't forget about joining the .online "users group".
 
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To each their own. You should at least hopefully be taking the time to get the names as they drop instead of settling for whatever is left at this point.
Actually I've been successfully naming businesses etc. all my life, and I'm able to create names/domains cheaper, better and faster than any names I might pick up from any drop list. I guess you would have to see my portfolio to understand. Thanks for the suggestion though.
 
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Sales, sales and again, sales - the only true measure. All other things are "side-talks"
I'm not sure what a "side talk" is, but I already have enough verbal commitments, support and encouragement to keep this boat afloat for a very long time(y)
 
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(shopping.online) is registered in 2019, it's probably not yours because you claimed you've been doing hand-reg for the last 6 months.
(reservations.online) & (learning.online) are not even registered yet. (domains.online) is reserved by the registry.

May I know the best 10 domain names with .online extension you have?
I was just showing examples of a few .online extensions that fit perfectly with the name left of the dot. There's another thread here on NP where I've shared hundreds of my domains for anyone interested. Keep in mind I'm only marketing to "end users" like banks, lawyers, doctors, educators who are transacting more and more business online every day....thanks for your input.
 
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Actually I've been successfully naming businesses etc. all my life, and I'm able to create names/domains cheaper, better and faster than any names I might pick up from any drop list. I guess you would have to see my portfolio to understand. Thanks for the suggestion though.

faster for sure

not cheaper, certainly not better
 
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faster for sure

not cheaper, certainly not better
at .99 cents for a domain, its not cheaper? You don't know me, but "better" is in the eyes of the beholder:xf.wink::xf.wink:
 
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at .99 cents for a domain, its not cheaper? You don't know me, but "better" is in the eyes of the beholder:xf.wink::xf.wink:

nope, same as they cost after they drop, the only thing it costs extra is some patience and discipline

I'll put my only dozen or so .99c .online names against your top dozen .online
with 3000+ to choose from and your naming expertise this should be easy bragging rights for you
How about it?
 
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nope, same as they cost after they drop, the only thing it costs extra is some patience and discipline

I'll put my only dozen or so .99c .online names against your top dozen .online
with 3000+ to choose from and your naming expertise this should be easy bragging rights for you
How about it?
My times way to valuable to screw around with games. It's over a thousand hours of patience and discipline that went into accumulating my "custom" portfolio. Do you even know what a "users group" is and how it works? Do you care?
 
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I want to see a rap battle between the OP and that TOPTOPTOPTOPTOPTOP guy... :xf.rolleyes:
 
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My times way to valuable to screw around with games. It's over a thousand hours of patience and discipline that went into accumulating my "custom" portfolio. Do you even know what a "users group" is and how it works? Do you care?

it would take a small fraction of the time you've already spent on all of these .online threads

I know what a "user" group is, I'm not sure why you're incorrectly pluralizing it, but I'm guessing its because of a domain you settled for and are now trying to rationalize.

Since your time is so valuable, go ahead and save it. Settling for wrong uses of plural in domains is nothing new or creative and is a bad idea imo
 
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it would take a small fraction of the time you've already spent on all of these .online threads

I know what a "user" group is, I'm not sure why you're incorrectly pluralizing it, but I'm guessing its because of a domain you settled for and are now trying to rationalize.

Since your time is so valuable, go ahead and save it. Settling for wrong uses of plural in domains is nothing new or creative and is a bad idea imo
From Wiki:xf.smile:

Users' group

Type of club focused on the use of a particular technology

A users' group (also user's group or user group) is a type of club focused on the use of a particular technology, usually (but not always) computer-related.

Then again you seem to be a whole lot smarter then I am so I defer to you:xf.wink:
 
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From Wiki:xf.smile:

Users' group

Type of club focused on the use of a particular technology

A users' group (also user's group or user group) is a type of club focused on the use of a particular technology, usually (but not always) computer-related.

Then again you seem to be a whole lot smarter then I am so I defer to you:xf.wink:

oh ok, its just the much less used and nearly unheard of version. Where does the creative part come in?
Also, that isn't one of your best ones though right?

I dont think I'm smarter, but I believe I have better .online domains than you. (and I'm willing to prove it) Names that were acquired for the same price as yours but without needing to shell out thousands of dollars on so many
 
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oh ok, its just the much less used and nearly unheard of version. That isn't one of your best ones though right?

Last time I'm messing with you.....just Google "user group" and see what you get:xf.rolleyes:

You win:ROFL:
 
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