40,000 or more new gTLD's such as .web, .google and .lol in a few years from now?

[mike031]

Imagine… 40,000 or more new gTLD strings such as .web, .google and .lol in a few years from now?

In a recent blog post, Frank Schilling of NA Media, owner of close to 400,000 domain names, one of the domain industry’s most powerful and successful individuals of all time has made some bold predictions regarding new gTLD’s. In the post titled “In New gTLDs, The Only Certainty is Change” Schilling brings up a few very real (potentially) scenario’s that could play out in as little as a few years from now that would forever change the internet naming system that we have all gotten so used to. Schilling predicts:

“The big brands that were not in the first round of applications will exert immense pressure to have the application window open again and there will be 10,000 strings in round 2, followed by 30,000 more in round 3. Once again, I predict no shortage of willing participants who hope to emulate the Fortune 1,000.”

Currently there are around 315 top level domains in the world, according to the IANA’s Root Zone Database. There are 293 ccTLD’s such as .UK, .CN and .DE. 14 sponsored sTLD’s such as .MOBI, .TRAVEL, and the recently approved .XXX. 4 original gTLD’s: .COM, .NET, .ORG which are the most popular, and .INFO. 3 gTLD’s that are/were restricted: .NAME, .PRO and .BIZ.

... read the rest of the post at http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-g...-google-and-lol-in-a-few-years-from-now/10958

 

[richface]

They could be 60,000 new gTLD's no one will care except domainers. .com will remain top, ccTLD’s will remain effective and new gTLD's will continue to flop. My opinion only.

 

[jcofclouds]

I think .com might be a bubble

 

[dax]

The only thing newcoming gTLDs will make change to are ccTLDs, which will become more popular, except in USA where .com will stay as-is now.

 

[Grassman9000]

I think .com is here to stay. As the white noise grows for these new extensions people may get confused as the net grows except for country specific domains. In north america however us internets people grew up with .com, so it is only natural that .com will be dominate for quite some time

If anything I predict 2 word .coms, even dashed-domains will explode in value. Unless you are farmiliar with domaining and how it works it is second nature to type .com in what you type, regardless of what the actual domain extension actually is.

.com
.org
.net

will be the end winners, with all these other extensions just confusing the masses and pushing people to try the .com first. unless it is a domain hack that is easy to remember
IMO anyway

 

[VURG]

I think that some new players with new domain extensions and aggresive pricing strategies will change the domain space.

 

[domainhacks-931385]

I think .com might be a bubble

yup .com will not be as important with the new tlds. Focus will be on the site and extension wont matter in a few years.

 

[.X.]

There can be 1 million different domain name extensions, Unless they make page one or two of Google, They wont be getting any traffic.

Times have changed, No seo, no backlinks, no traffic.

.com will remain the best selling and most reliable extension IMO

 

[domainhacks-931385]

There can be 1 million different domain name extensions, Unless they make page one or two of Google, They wont be getting any traffic.

Times have changed, No seo, no backlinks, no traffic.

.com will remain the best selling and most reliable extension IMO

.com is overhyped. While it has the most registrations, it is the also most squatted. The focus is shifting away from typing in the domains to search, so extension will matter less and less. If you have content and have a strong keyword that is what will matter. If you can get that in the new gtlds, imo thats far better than keyword1+keyword2+____.com

 

[bmugford]

One thing is for sure, new extensions will bring new fanboys.

It is already happening...a bunch of mini Robert Cline types.

Brad

 

[tech4]

The really rich and smart people (google) etc., wants to be the registry for the new gtlds. So how do you categorize them?

 

[bmugford]

The really rich and smart people (google) etc., wants to be the registry for the new gtlds. So how do you categorize them?

The gTLD program is a cash grab that benefits the following -

ICANN / Registries / Registrars / Consultants / Lawyers

It does not benefit the general public. It is a case of the rich getting richer.

There are plenty of big companies like Apple, Facebook, etc. that really seem to care less about this program.

Brad

 

[tech4]

I agree with rich getting richer. Its always greed when they apply for like 60 or even 300 GTLDs all to themselves.

There is still some value to the public. The general public? They still don't even know about domain name market. So the market itself, is probably not saturated.

Only saturated in the eyes of domainers or greedy people who own 400,000 names!!!!

I think some may have a good future, like .web or .music, not completely rubbish! or valueless!

 

[bmugford]

I think some may have a good future, like .web or .music, not completely rubbish! or valueless!

A select handful might be useful like .music, .art, etc.
However, it still depends if they are assigned, who they are assigned to, and what the business model is.

Brad

 

[the_poet]

Yesterday Was A Good Day For This List Of Domainers – .com Owners of Corresponding gTLD Strings

 

[DnEbook]

anyone got a discount code for .whatsnext

 

[stuart_domains]

Browser makers could come together to make extensions redundant by creating something that means they automatically go to the extension of an 'official' site ie.you type BBC into address bar and it automatically directs to www.bbc.bbc, likewise search giant Google may only list on 1st page 'official' websites ie. www.google.google. All resulting the slow decline of users typing in www.bbc.com.

 

[NPer]

Who cares?! Only those who can't afford good names in successful gtld/cctlds! lol

Look at how many crap extensions are already out there. And all that they do is make .COM look super great.

The majority of people would choose .COM over .whatevs if both were available to reg. What does that tell you? Basically, those extensions will just be poor performers. Everyone wants the original, the one and only. If they can't afford a name in a successful extension and want .LOL, they will look like a cheap joke. :lol: Just know that there are many end-users who don't want seem this way to their clients.

People associate .COM with greatness. If the end-user is cheap and buys .crap, that is not really an end-user lost to .whatevs because he couldn't afford quality to begin with. In fact, he is definitely not the end-user you can sell .CRAP to for even a $1 profit, because he expects to pay reg fee.

That crap will be associated with cheap end-users, and end-users who want to be taken seriously by their clients will try to differ as much as possible from those cheapos by buying a name in a successful extension.

Also note that .COM has many decent hand-registrations available for end-users who can't afford a premium name in a successful extension.

:wave: