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Hi Guys,
What will be the future for .wtf domains?
Will be considered under adult category or fun category?
Dev
What will be the future for .wtf domains?
Will be considered under adult category or fun category?
Dev
LOL..i think wtf.wtf is the only domain which will have a resale value...first one for second one....
How many websites could .menu truly work for, for example?
the plethora of extensions that are appearing remind me of those old time silent videos of crazily designed 'airplanes' crashing before takeoff, as people tried to figure out flight....
lol I kind of agree with this..it's really .wtfWill Totally Fail
lol I kind of agree with this..it's really .wtf
But I don't think that all new gTLD will fail. Some, in fact many might survive. Just like how many were skeptical of the internet or .com back in the 90s or even till up to 2007-2009 where internet marketing/banking/retailing was just picking up. And if I'm not mistaken, the crazy .xyz domain has loads of registration. Why would so many rush for those, beats me
lol I kind of agree with this..it's really .wtf
But I don't think that all new gTLD will fail. Some, in fact many might survive. Just like how many were skeptical of the internet or .com back in the 90s or even till up to 2007-2009 where internet marketing/banking/retailing was just picking up. And if I'm not mistaken, the crazy .xyz domain has loads of registration. Why would so many rush for those, beats me
[While .xyz may be the fastest growing new gtld, due to all the free registrations that were given out, next year it will also be the fastest plummeting, in terms of drops, imo. This time, next year will tell a lot about .xyz.
I highly doubt any new extension will survive. Your 'skeptical' argument doesn't really apply--people realized the potential and importance of the net, thus skepticism receded. This likely will never happen with the new gTLDs. No one ever saw the importance of .name after all these years (because there is none). No one will see it in .club, .xyz, .menu, .wtf, .rocks etc, either, since they are all expendable.
I think .be was free when it first came out. I couldn't imagine even 20% of them were renewed. I couldn't see even 5%.
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No one ever saw the importance of .name after all these years (because there is none). No one will see it in .club, .xyz, .menu, .wtf, .rocks etc, either, since they are all expendable.
Also contributing to failure, high renewal fees (on some) and lack of end user buy-in. Too much promotion within the domainer community and not enough to the outside world. Ask 10 random people if they've heard of any of them. Half of them will probably think it's some new spammer trick. To Jane and Joe Average, they're all "wtf domains".
Then they go to register a domain for their new website, are overwhelmed by all these new options end up saying "**** it, give me a .com" Studies show that given too many choices people tend to glaze over and choose none of them (ice cream flavors may be an exception ).
Doesn't help that many of the dot whatevers have high renewal fees - if its more than a .com they price themselves right out of the bulk of the end user market.
.club may stand half a chance if they get off their butts and promote a little. IMO, .wtf is a goner.
I wonder how ICANN would explain the necessity for such an extension..
I cant wait to begin appraising .wtf. That will be fun, considering how many live wtf tm's are listed on uspto.
Btw, have you seen the official logo of World Taekwondo Federation? Check it out... it say WTF ! lol.
You know someone will buy Affiliate.wtf and sell it on Flippa for thousands and then come back here and bash everyone for mocking .wtf
May I inquire as to the perceived hilarity of my statement? The new gTLDs are merely vanity extensions being passed off as "the new wave of internet" crap. Explain to me, in detail, why .info, .biz, and .mobi failed. If you can do this and find a way to distance the new wave from your explanation, you just might have a case.
Why should I explain something you probably already know? .info is the only one of them who make sense the other two are just as pointless as .pw marketed as professional website. Do the registry make a profit on .info? If so I would not consider it a failure other than in a bad market analysis. .mobi is a project that failed because of the smartphones. .biz is just bad, maybe even worse than the terrible .wtf.
There is always a need and demand for let's say deals or shop. Are they going to replace .com? Probably not but to say none of them are going to survive is what I find being wishful thinking adjusted after ones own investment. If people can use .net and .io they can use .club.
And you actually laughed at my answer? I should do the same with yours but nah--I'm an actual professional. Take these:
1.) .pw has NOTHING to do with it. It's not a gTLD. It's a ccTLD. See here. We aren't even talking about them.
2.) "Failure" is defined in different ways. Profit vs usage is an argument ppl make. If a domain extension makes the registry money yet barely exists in the minds of the ppl, could you really call it a success? It depends on your criteria. Most wold agree that .info is a failure, but to each his own.
3.) .mobi did not "fail because of smartphones." It failed because PPL NEVER DEVELOPED THEM. Probably over 97% of all .mobi's were forwarded to the .com. Now, why is that? Easy: nobody care enough to develop a .mobi when they had the .com.
4.) .biz is just bad? Little one, you are talking through opinion. That's a point here: everyone has opinions. But .biz has a purpose/use. .wtf has no niche/purpose/reason. .biz, it could be argued, is better than .wtf. Yet .biz simply didn't catch on. It goes by #3 above: Unless ppl develop these, then they'll fall flat. There may be XXX,XXX registered of extension, but that holds no point: domainers own most, and they are held looking for buyers. They'll likely not be developed, thus they'll become .biz-caliber.
5.) Reread your sentence a few times: "If people can use .net and .io they can use .club." Now, look at the definition of can and will. Your argument shows that you are an amateur. Sure, they CAN. But does that mean they will? Just because a person could use a .net, they could use a .club? You lack point in your argument: CAN? lol Sure child, ppl can. But just because they CAN use a .club, does that mean they will? Your argument, even if you didn't intend it, is: Every extension can be used, thus they all will. Yep, tell this to .name portfolio owners...
The next time you wanna laugh at a professional, make sure he can't make you look like an idiot. lol
I totally agree that .WTF doesn't make any sense, but not all the new extensions are scrap and worthless.
Now experts talk about .co, .tv and .me are better than other ccTLDs but I still remember the expert comments when these domains were launched.
Its very hard for investors who has invested a hell lot of money in xxxxxxxxxx.com or xxx-xxxxx.com to accept that xxx.xxxx or xxxx.xxx or xxxxx.xx going to change the way people use internet.
For me, Country.Club looks better than CountryClub.com
But, for the owner of CountryClubs.com, Country-Club.com, CountyClub.com (Typo), CountryClub.Org, CountryClub.net, CountryClub.Co, Country.Club might look like a spam domain name.
Obviously, nobody gonna register CountryClub.dentist or CountryClub.diet or CountryClub.tips or CountryClub.ninja.
As of now, except hardcore domain investors, nobody knows about these new gTLDs and ccTLDs. When they get to know, all keyword domains would have been registered and you need to search for typo domains in .club as well.
This is internet real estate (Buy undeveloped, develop and sell it). Buy a good and meaningful domain, develop it, sell it after 5 years. Don't care about the experts.
Any good keyword with shorter easy to remember extension or good shorter keywords related to the extension will have a better future than all scrappy 10+ letters .COM domains.