poll Agree or Disagree

[Finest Domainer]

Too many TLDs have been damaging and bad for domaining industry.

 

[MKA]

Too many TLDs have been damaging and bad for domaining industry.

I disagree.

The amount of extensions have given people a lot of options. But because there's so much noise, everyone gravitates towards the .com, because that's what every (reputable) business uses.

Even when it comes to someone picking up a .io (because they can't get the .com) for their business, you know as an investor that they will eventually have to pick up the .com if they want to grow.

If we only had .com, .net, and .org, people would be a lot more accepting of the .net and .org, and the .com wouldn't be able to rise above the noise as it does now.

 

[pb]

I agree, but how many is too many?
If you start seeing .sucks and .foo in GD results above natural marketplace matches, then yes, it's too many and yes, it's damaging. It's also bad for common users when they can't tell a domain from a name or from a file extension.

 

[BaileyUK]

I think has time as moved on with all these New extensions in place. I think most have realised that it doesn't make a blind bit of difference how many extensions there are. Add another three thousand for all I care. Only a few, apart from .Com have their moments in the Spotlight, most will fizzle-out over time or remain very niche

 

[biggie]

for domaining industry

Hi

what is the domain industry
and what does it make or produce to be called an industry?

if you know the answer, then there can only be one answer.

imo...

 

[Mister Funsky]

Perhaps a third choice is needed as I am undecided.

Only time will tell for sure, but now I feel all the goofy extensions that got hype yet only garnered a handful of buyers in addition to the extensions that got/gets traction (mobi, xyz, etc) have raised overall awareness.

Those getting a great name in an obscure extension, if successful, will one day come knocking on the door of the corresponding top tier extension (.com/.ai/.org/etc) that an investor might control. This scenario has happened to me more than once over the years.

 

[DediRock]

I can see both sides.
On one hand, the rise of too many TLDs has diluted the value of some domains, making it harder to focus on the premium ones.
But on the flip side, it’s allowed for more creative and niche-specific branding opportunities. It all depends on how they’re used and marketed.

Do you think the availability of so many TLDs has helped businesses and brands create more unique online identities, or has it just made domain selection more complicated?

 

[eyedomainous]

Just over a century ago, the International Radiotelegraph Convention was the first ICANN -as it began assigning certain 'call name' letter extensions to countries to identify their wireless ship-to-shore communications.

Because the original number/supply of assigned broadcast 'country codes' has remained essentially the same for over a century the value of radio and TV station 'call names', has gone up dramatically.

In the US, stations can only begin with a designated commercial extension 'W' or 'K'. 'N' and 'A' call names were designated for US military use). And, all call names must be 3 or four letters long.

In short, its the classic supply and demand problem. A virtually unlimited supply of domain extensions lowers the value of domain names, much like the booming supply of lab grown diamonds lowers the value and demand for the original, organic, gems.

 

[pb]

Do you think the availability of so many TLDs has helped businesses and brands create more unique online identities, or has it just made domain selection more complicated?

Domain selection is not complicated. Getting your target audience to remember it - is.

 

[lennco]

Agree

 

[forge]

How long to the point of no return?

 

[Inframan]

much like the booming supply of lab grown diamonds lowers the value and demand for the original, organic, gems.

No it doesn't. The only thing a lab grown diamond does is give you the opportunity to have a larger carat diamond. It doesn't lower the price of natural diamonds.

 

[domainnews]

Too many new extensions means a great many opportunities out there，especially for those don't have sufficient amounts of bucks to invest in good domains instead of generating small profits from these new extension s which I called them "Testing Water"， btw， I can tell you that I could not made a new deal last month at Sedo if this new extension doesn't exist today.

Therefore ， too many new extensions would kill the value of traditional ones in a way， such as，com，net，org，info… because people have too many options in their minds， instead， More chances would pour into the newbies.

 

[eyedomainous]

No it doesn't. The only thing a lab grown diamond does is give you the opportunity to have a larger carat diamond. It doesn't lower the price of natural diamonds.

Diamond industry 'in trouble' as lab-grown gemstones tank prices further

"Diamond prices have fallen 5.7% so far this year, according to Zimnisky’s rough diamond index, declining more than 30% from their all-time high in 2022."

 

[kemjika11]

While new extensions have some diluting effect on domain name value, it may have also reinforced the value of solid domain extensions- the more crowded TLD space might be reinforcing the value of the solid/foundational/high relevant domain extension. ccTLDs still seem to be doing ok so far for example.

People who settle for nGTLDs also get what they pay for (which is not a lot tbh)- new random extensions won't get them the value (visibility, traffic, customer engagement, etc.) that solid already-established extensions would.

As the world goes more digital (especially in 2025), I'm inclined to not give up on domains right now, because their values (for the good names, not hopeful ones) could grow (even if it tanks or drops a lot after).

 

[DomainBite]

Absolutely agree.

 

[Patryx]

I'm a fun of no .com TLDs I'm a fun of all the new gTLDs, and I'm waiting the 2026 when ICANN will come out with new gTLDs.
Extension is a part of DN that helps to identify immediately the content. .blog .ai .music .food, etc. Great!
If you are not a bank, an insurance company, an international carrier, an auction house, a service seller, etc. you don't need to have a .com for your website. I talk by the part of users, not by domainers who have thousands of .com to sell.
Google SEO doesn't care directly about SLD or TLD. It rewards and ranks a domain name (website) if the contents are great, if link building is efficent, etc.
Someone could have a premium domain, but if it goes online with poor contents, bad layout, images, links, etc., not only SEO falls, but even users will not visit it more than once.

 

[byte]

If you are not a bank, an insurance company, an international carrier, an auction house, a service seller, etc. you don't need to have a .com for your website.

Every one of those entities you just outlined can be considered a company. This is why com is so powerful and always will be.

 

[BrandingGo]

Dotcom is king and always will be, but startups are moving to. Ai,. App etc

Definitely it's worst for domain industry, because too many competitors.

 

[enterscope]

Too many TLDs have been damaging and bad for domaining industry.

What's damaging is Premium renewals and TLD price hikes every other month.