.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.

 

[drewwash]

$100k for these names

No. We missed many of our first couple round domains.

Those domains were a total of like $2600.

Earlier in the thread you'll see some of the more expensive domains. All premium in industries we are already invested in... just at a higher level.

 

[drewwash]

I started registering app domains in 2008, many of app domains you drool over now, I either own, or have sold. This market cooled in 2015.

I believe KeywordApp.coms are garbage. Comparing the two may seem logical, but to me they are worlds apart.

.COM is king. 99% of our portfolio are .COMs. But adding APP to a keyword never made sense from a marketing perspective as a buyer.

I will admit CarShipping.app is a stretch for me. Registered partly because I didn't want to wait until today. We are strong in .COMs in the industry... but they keyword Car Shipping is are weaknesses. I wanted the exact match.

he pays as an end user should not indicate the value to an investor.

Tough to put me in one camp or the other. I consider myself an investor. I buy the real estate of premium domains. But, I also develop on it land I buy.

With my investor cap on I can buy at closer to end user prices because I know what my developer side will value the domain at.

Not sure if that makes sense or not.

As domainers we frequently compare domains to real estate. I somewhat take it literally with how I treat them.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

What time does .app go to general public registration? Or if i backorder at daddy when will I know if i lose

Thanks for the thread, learning lots.

 

[LamsuanlunT]

What time does .app go to general public registration? Or if i backorder at daddy when will I know if i lose

I guess in less than 5 minutes now

 

[Vimal Kumar]

We are closing in...

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Only one that i wanted, its gone. I'll stick to .com i guess

 

[Vimal Kumar]

I guess in less than 5 minutes now

Boom! Its Time!

 

[JamieHines]

I believe KeywordApp.coms are garbage. Comparing the two may seem logical, but to me they are worlds apart.

.COM is king. 99% of our portfolio are .COMs. But adding APP to a keyword never made sense from a marketing perspective as a buyer.

I will admit CarShipping.app is a stretch for me. Registered partly because I didn't want to wait until today. We are strong in .COMs in the industry... but they keyword Car Shipping is are weaknesses. I wanted the exact match.



Tough to put me in one camp or the other. I consider myself an investor. I buy the real estate of premium domains. But, I also develop on it land I buy.

With my investor cap on I can buy at closer to end user prices because I know what my developer side will value the domain at.

Not sure if that makes sense or not.

As domainers we frequently compare domains to real estate. I somewhat take it literally with how I treat them.

DrewWash, If my 15 pre-orders hold I'll sell them to you for $24K. I've lost two per day since register day 1. I think DeliciousDongs.app will catch on. Maybe.

 

[CJ6]

Only one that i wanted, its gone. I'll stick to .com i guess

Yeah, I think all that I was trying to get are gone. I think that's the fun of it... seeing what you can possibly get before others.

 

[CJ6]

Slamdunk is available per name.com if anyone wants it.

 

[LamsuanlunT]

Not hitting account... furious. Anyone got yet?

 

[wwwweb]

Not hitting account... furious. Anyone got yet?

Something is not right, registrations must be in que, as stuff that should be pre-registered is showing available.

 

[LamsuanlunT]

I reg another one. The first one was pre-registered on 2 May, none show up at this time.

 

[wwwweb]

If anyone has pre-reg at godaddy, somebody didn't flip the switch to catch them, they have a serious issue, even fresh reg are not getting thru, just double check your orders.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

If anyone has pre-reg at godaddy, somebody didn't flip the switch to catch them, they have a serious issue, even fresh reg are not getting thru, just double check your orders.

I'd suspect that they are sending them through first come first serve to the registry and the registry is under load. Godaddy have already said that this one is breaking records for the number of pre-orders.

 

[JamieHines]

Something is not right, registrations must be in que, as stuff that should be pre-registered is showing available.

They're either trying to siphon more money out of people or offering them to yay.com... for more money.

 

[LamsuanlunT]

They're either trying to siphon more money out of people or offering them to yay.com... for more money.

Could be. Hey I got this https://www.netim.com/domain-name/app-domain.html It says activation time of 6-12 hours. Is it for the new .app or for all domains reg with them, that I don't know.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Godaddy just sent a mailshot out saying that .APP is available too, I doubt that's going to be helping load either.

 

[Vimal Kumar]

They're either trying to siphon more money out of people or offering them to yay.com... for more money.

Doesn't make sense. Couple of hours back I pre-registered at Yay.com too. Their pricing was equal to 101domains.

 

[wwwweb]

Uniregistry hand registered my 2 pre orders fine 30 minutes in, godaddy did not execute, nor did it execute when I tried to hand reg the same names when GA opened, as pre reg failed. You guys should check your pre reg, and if you still can get them, go to another registry.