discuss 2nd best extension in 2022?

[abstractdomainer]

What would be the 2nd best and popular extension after .COM in 2022, as per you?
Best as in, return wise, sale wise etc.?

 

[bmugford]

This poll is too suggestive because com is not top.

The poll says the "best" not "top".

According to NameBio, .TOP had (23) total sales for $12,900 total dollars last year.

.TOP sales were 0.00088% of .COM sales in total dollars last year. There is a reason it was not an option on the list for 2nd "best" extension.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

There is no one size fits all. Certain terms fit better in certain extensions

In general, I would say NET/ORG then popular ccTLD.

Brad

 

[bmugford]

Still believe in .NET? Any reason why you see potential in .NET?

Well, they are still actually in use. As of the most recent Alexa rankings I have seen (about 6 months ago)...

In the top 1M Alexa websites .COM has over 50%. NET/ORG are over 4% each and no other gTLD is even close.

I think being in the domain world we sometimes kind of lose connection with the real world when it comes to domains. These legacy extensions are used far more than "trendy" extensions by normal end users.

Brad

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Thanks for the poll and starting the discussion, @abstractdomainer.

I asked the same question, looking at some measures to suggest an ordering, and conducted a poll. For some reason the attached poll no longer shows, but I polled essentially the same question at end of May as part of an article entitled After .COM What Comes Next? I had saved the poll results though, so here they are below.

When comparing to the present poll, .xyz has moved up considerably, which is not surprising, as the .xyz sales and launch of companies on .xyz have had a strong 6 months.

@bmugford is right that at least as measured by Alexa1M sites (or Cisco Umbrella data), both .io and .xyz trail .net and .org in web use, although the difference is slightly shrinking. It is too bad we will no longer have updated Alexa1M to track such things.

Bob

 

[redemo]

co.uk all the way!

 

[jhm]

One of those questions that can't be answered without knowing what business the domain is for. Regardless, its a joint "NET and "ORG" for me. In reality, if I can't get a "NET" or an "ORG" of a word, then I'm looking at an "XYZ" etc

 

[Andreas B.]

. io

Most successful website of 2021:
Opensea.io

 

[nononsense123]

co.uk all the way!

Nice profile pic.. and prescient for this year!

 

[redemo]

Nice profile pic.. and prescient for this year!

2022 for part of my domain name investing strategy is how the metaverse plays out in areas such as robots, aerial robotics, machine learning, space exploration, X.R., V.R., A.R, M.R, A.I. (particularly in medicine), also crypto platforms. Very exciting and profitable fields.

 

[DomainNameFlow]

For general use .xyz, .co, .net, .io
For metaverse/nft/crypto/blockchain/ar/vr/xr .io, .co, .net, .xyz

Cheap registration/renewal cost of .xyz and many high value sales from 2021 would surely boost .xyz reputation even higher.

 

[nithya78]

.org and .xyz I bet. I got a sale each this year.

 

[postscripter]

xyz are trending but io still have way higher value, look at the sales!

 

[Sarfraz S.]

.IN

 

[redemo]

co.uk all the way!

Oh dear, I cannot stay quiet on this one. @Samer @shojib @SouthernGuy @bamboozle @ArielT you are all wrong guys. In U.K. co.uk is the second most popular domain name extension after dot com. That's a fact not an opinion. People trust co.uk and org.uk more than any other domain name extensions. Again, fact not opinion. Perhaps the question from @abstractdomainer needs to be better framed? In any case, disagreeing with facts requires other facts.

 

[abstractdomainer]

co.uk all the way!

I agree. This extension has the potential.
What about .de? Do you see a scope there as well?

One of those questions that can't be answered without knowing what business the domain is for. Regardless, its a joint "NET and "ORG" for me. In reality, if I can't get a "NET" or an "ORG" of a word, then I'm looking at an "XYZ" etc

I hear you. This is in general, and I get your point!
XYZ forsure has potential. DNGear is a living example but also an exception probably.

There is no one size fits all. Certain terms fit better in certain extensions

In general, I would say NET/ORG then popular ccTLD.

Brad

Still believe in .NET? Any reason why you see potential in .NET?

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

The poll says the "best" not "top".

According to NameBio, .TOP had (23) total sales for $12,900 total dollars last year.

.TOP sales were 0.00088% of .COM sales in total dollars last year. There is a reason it was not an option on the list for 2nd "best" extension.

Brad

It says "best", yes ...

... but as you know, "best" is also a common synonym for "top" and literally (semantically) viewed, this circumstance is the criteria that matters in my argumentation here.

Therefore (registration numbers or) sales (and therefore NameBio)) are not relevant in this question - the point is that .com is presented here subliminally as "top" (by its sense) and this is what I have to correct.

We all know it - and you as well, com is not top.

Only top is top and this is not my fault

 

[mazharul41]

As my experience, co extension has the right for second position..

 

[XylianPath2022]

.IO ..still prefer the traditional extension for the non techy and savvy audience.. non millennials sometimes consider the non traditional extension as bogus..dont want to take risk this trying times.

 

[DomainRecap]

I still say .IO, as I'm not getting all wired up about this current spike in XYZ sales, and am looking long-term.

 

[RobM]

ccTLD

 

[Suraj Vedwal]

what is the future of .in domains?

 

[newshunter]

..
dot Org
(definitely)

 

[Dave tech]

What would be the 2nd best and popular extension after .COM in 2022, as per you?
Best as in, return wise, sale wise etc.?

I want to buy a website

 

[meanieme]

Personally I like .IO next.
shorter, aesthetically looking, and cool businesses adopting