.app .APP Registration

[drewwash]

Now that .APP is rolling out I thought I'd share a little of our position in .APP domains. I'd love to know what others are doing.

We budgeted just shy of $100k for .APP domain registrations. Several we've already acquired and several we've missed. I'll update our pickups as I can without giving away our position. So far I will share that we picked up:

• Wedding.app

Trademark Claim
I do have a domain that we registered that has to pass their trademark claim process... it is very generic, not sure who decided to try to call it a trademark, we shall see.

Our Why
To sum it up, Google is our why. I became a domainer back in 2000, when the domain really mattered in SEO. My hunch is that Google won't be able to resist giving some type of preference to quality .APP domain.

Even a small advantage in the SERs or even the Play App Search results, make generic .APP domains valuable.

 

[LA Digital]

Just on google and found that 764 .app sites already index'ed.

Has anyone else got any .app domains that they'd like to share?

Heres 2. If I get more on the 8th will share those

socialmedia.app (regular $17 renewal)
entertainment.app ($100 renewal)

Entertainment apps are the 5th largest category of app in the Google Play store so figured that one was worth a slightly higher gamble.

 

[kriss05]

Just on google and found that 764 .app sites already index'ed.

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=site:.app&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

So end users started using .app since the very beginning, good news.

 

[Galaxy Traveller]

I've also owned some exceptional keyword+app.com names and garnered close to no interest over the last couple of years.... Who's branding their company with "APP" at the end?

Exceptional keyword + app. Now it is the time to get return from your investment.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

socialmedia.app (regular $17 renewal)
entertainment.app ($100 renewal)

Very nice names! Surprised to see entertainment.app at a renewal of as low as $100, just cause it's a strong keyword.

 

[Josh R]

Has BlockChains.app sold yet? Was pondering registering it a few days ago cause it was available but, 1k....

1K lol... BlockchainS.APP makes zero sense. It's not worth $1....

 

[3sixty]

Probably just like .mobi was supposed to be the 'standard' extension for mobile websites, .aero for aeronautics or .museum for museums...
If this is your expectation, you should drop out now and cut losses.

PS: .mobi was actually backed by Google.

I have a friend who builds apps for government linked events and registers their domains at .mobi. Pretty throwback, time to ask if he will now use .app :D

As for .app, I think it's really cool. The app economy is huge, big brands are adopting it instantly (grab.app, uber.app), stalwart brands are also in on it straight away (laliga.app).

It's going to be pretty protected trademark wise, and while it's limited by it's function. If I am building an app I'm gonna use .app. Unless it's called Strapp, then I'm gonna use something else.

Mobi was a victim of its timing. What are you going to do with a .mobi in 2006? Get a link to Nokia ringtone keys ? :p

 

[Galaxy Traveller]

"So end users started using .app since the very beginning, good news."

Get(dot)app how they advertise? because getapp(dot)com is also a developed site. Needless to say .app is niche category extension and never can compete with .com

Some are redirecting their domain.

Some are 1 page app download site. End users will not bother to go each individual site to download each individual app. On the other hand their download link is also app store link.

I also found every app ending .com not available. Tried to grab few.

 

[kriss05]

We are talking about end user adoption, i.e. whether people will build websites on .app domains.

There are many live .app websites already, including those running on very expensive domains such as art.app. That's a very good sign.

It means that people are ready to pay high registration fees to get .app for their websites.

It means .app seems to be promising for domainers as well.

 

[Galaxy Traveller]

We are talking about end user adoption, i.e. whether people will build websites on .app domains.

There are many live .app websites already, including those running on very expensive domains such as art.app. That's a very good sign.

It means that people are ready to pay high registration fees to get .app for their websites.

It means .app seems to be promising for domainers as well.

Who knows time will tell. artapp.com is for sale and if it were my domain, I will not sale it cheap instead I will hire web developer and develop it professionally.

 

[kriss05]

Time already tells

Lot of developed .app websites in few days of public release.

 

[Galaxy Traveller]

Time already tells

Lot of developed .app websites in few days of public release.

Example?
Try to search site:.xyz in google

About 14,90,00,000 results (0.35 seconds)

More than lot of developed .xyz website

Or site:.pro
More than lot of developed .pro website
About 7,59,00,000 results (0.40 seconds)

 

[wwwweb]

We are talking about end user adoption, i.e. whether people will build websites on .app domains.

There are many live .app websites already, including those running on very expensive domains such as art.app. That's a very good sign.

It means that people are ready to pay high registration fees to get .app for their websites.

It means .app seems to be promising for domainers as well.

You would be amazed how many people will pay a registry thousands, but will not pay a domainer a dime.

This is not the first time we are seeing this, there was investment funds investing in .guru names also when that extension launched.

 

[kriss05]

Example?
Try to search site:.xyz in google

About 14,90,00,000 results (0.35 seconds)

More than lot of developed .xyz website

Or site:.pro
More than lot of developed .pro website
About 7,59,00,000 results (0.40 seconds)

So we see end user adoption for xyz/pro domains. That's why they sell.

You would be amazed how many people will pay a registry thousands, but will not pay a domainer a dime.

Maybe, but the more adoption, the higher are chances for domainers.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Example?
Try to search site:.xyz in google

About 14,90,00,000 results (0.35 seconds)

More than lot of developed .xyz website

Or site:.pro
More than lot of developed .pro website
About 7,59,00,000 results (0.40 seconds)

Just to provide a bit of perspective, those numbers are the number of indexed documents, not registered .XYZ domains. There are 2.3 million .XYZ domains, 217,500+ are currently in PendingDelete or RedemptionPeriod status. That's down from peak bloat of 6.7 million total .XYZ registrations at the back end of 2016.

See https://ntldstats.com/tld/xyz for deets

 

[Galaxy Traveller]

So we see end user adoption for xyz/pro domains. That's why they sell.

Try site:.cars
Lot of developed .cars website
About 8,94,000 results (0.45 seconds)
Please note that renewal is more than $2000 and more. There are always some people for almost everything that sell. It does not mean it become hit and well known.

 

[wwwweb]

Total gdn


Try site:.cars
Lot of developed .cars website
About 8,94,000 results (0.45 seconds)
Please note that renewal is more than $2000 and more. There are always some people for anything.

Once again they are happy to pay the registry, but not a domain reseller. How many of .cars domains are sold by domainers, or resold?

.app with eap and renewal cost nothing in it for the domainer. If your buying an app domain to develop an app around it, so be it, but we all know how many lame apps are out there for pretty much every topic, doesn’t make much sense.

Right now the argument is since everyone is registering .app, I will also, not always the most successful move, but since the gtld releases have been dormant a while, many people quickly forget the tens of thousands of gtld for sale threads on namepros without any bids.

You can’t be successful with a 3-4 figure renewal fee in place in the long run, unless you are the underlying registry.

 

[kriss05]

If one spends some time on ngtld research, one will be amazed to learn how many websites run on them. In case of .app I went further than just Google page and found many working sites. If one tries the same for .xyz/.pro , he will find lots of developed ones. It is called end user adoption.

Regarding .cars: I'm talking about live ngtld websites rather than number of results returned by Google.

 

[Galaxy Traveller]

https://ntldstats.com/tld/cars

https://ntldstats.com/tld/app

 

[Galaxy Traveller]

Right now the argument is since everyone is registering .app, I will also, not always the most successful move, but since the gtld releases have been dormant a while, many people quickly forget the tens of thousands of gtld for sale threads on namepros without any bids.
You can’t be successful with a 3-4 figure renewal fee in place in the long rub, unless you are the underlying registry.

People always follow trend. I hope reseller will sell few .app domain(s) till the trend is hot.

 

[wwwweb]

People always follow trend. I hope reseller will sell few .app domain(s) till the trend is hot.

If someone manages to sell a few .app domains to some uneducated late to the party chasers that will only encourage, and open the flood gates for other lemmings to use any sale at this point as a comparative sale to go out, and register more.

Google has clearly put the message out there with the $500 renewal on the majority of mid level keywords this is an extension for users, not domainers.