.Asia is a great opportunity for newbies...what say?

[sashas]

I'm pretty excited about the .asia launch.

Why?

Even though there is a huge possibility that .asia might not take off (like .eu), good names sell, in any extension. I've seen premium one word sales in ccTLDs as bad as .sk, .pl, etc. Asia, compared to them is a huge market.

But what has got me (and others like me - late entrants into the game with not so big budgets) is the possibility of regging some real gems as soon as the .asia registration window opens.
While I'm aware that sex.asia, China.asia, Japan.asia and their ilk will be taken up by the big domainers, I'm pretty confident I will be able to reg Burma.asia or perhaps pottery.asia, i.e., the not so premium one word names.

While these names will not make me filthy rich, they will provide me with some cash for registering better names..and perhaps if I sit on them, I might even be able to become filthy rich off them...hope to get at least some money in my bank account by the time I pass out of college (still 3 years to go)

That is why .asia has got me excited...
anyone else with me?

 

[DnPresident]

When is the launch?

 

[sashas]

I think the sunrise period starts from late October..though I'll have to check

its still some time off, so I'm not too worried about it. I'll get my name list (and a couple of thousand bucks) together before the launch

 

[Spade]

http://www.dotasia.org/

Oct 9th, 2007

 

[DnPresident]

Are there any other launches to be thinking about?

 

[Mike]

What's with the rumor that you have to deposit $10k to even partake in the landrush and/or to register a .asia domain?

Also, while i agree with "keyword domains are always good, no matter the extension" i'd like to see statistics concerning the use of the english language by asian users. How many are actually utilizing the address bar the same way we are? What about the numerous different dialects that are being spoken? Is .asia going to be able to unite the asian users under one domain?

Too many variables that i cannot judge for my taste. :imho:

 

[harkster]

pottery.asia
anyone else with me?

That is the one I would love to have. It would be so interesting to develop a site dealing with the history of pottery in Asia. Especially as related to China and Japan. Ceramics would also be cool as it has a broader definition.

 

[XOEE]

its a waste of money, for .asia.. i would not spend a penny... long live .com, .net, .us, .mobi

 

[mrizos]

why do they let you apply for names already?

 

[sashas]

its a waste of money, for .asia.. i would not spend a penny... long live .com, .net, .us, .mobi

The trouble is that most people do not have the financial muscle to reg good .coms and .nets.
I still have to make do with .orgs and .nets...can't afford the good .coms

For people like me (I'm a student, so dont have a ton of spare money), the .asia might provide a way to get into the .coms and .nets. Like they say, it takes money to make money.
So statistics or not, even if I don't get a single visitor to any of my .asia domains, I'll be happy if I can flip my $xx registration fee (anyone know what the reg fee might be?) for $xxx, I won't mind.

Though I admit the 'Pioneer Domains' program will mean that the general population will have to make do with *bad* names, I still dont mind it if I can turn a decent profit.

 

[harkster]

its a waste of money, for .asia.. i would not spend a penny... long live .com, .net, .us, .mobi

You forgot .info and I see .mobi as a big question mark and only time will tell.

 

[DnPresident]

That is the one I would love to have. It would be so interesting to develop a site dealing with the history of pottery in Asia. Especially as related to China and Japan. Ceramics would also be cool as it has a broader definition.

I want Hashish.Asia

 

[XOEE]

The trouble is that most people do not have the financial muscle to reg good .coms and .nets.
I still have to make do with .orgs and .nets...can't afford the good .coms

For people like me (I'm a student, so dont have a ton of spare money), the .asia might provide a way to get into the .coms and .nets. Like they say, it takes money to make money.
So statistics or not, even if I don't get a single visitor to any of my .asia domains, I'll be happy if I can flip my $xx registration fee (anyone know what the reg fee might be?) for $xxx, I won't mind.

Though I admit the 'Pioneer Domains' program will mean that the general population will have to make do with *bad* names, I still dont mind it if I can turn a decent profit.

you have better odds to make a profit with .net, .org, .mobi more than you will with .asia.

 

[-REECE-]

you have better odds to make a profit with .net, .org, .mobi more than you will with .asia.

Agreed. IMO, .asia is not a great opportunity for newbies... It's a great opportunity to scam newbies.

That's not to say there won't be money to be made. Hell, I may reg a couple if I can get some uber premium names. But would I pay XXX+ for .asia names? Nah.

 

[mkylut]

Most asians talk English and they prefer English. For example, in Malaysia, students in primary school (age 7 - 12) take important subjects like Math and Science in English and that's an obligation.

 

[Kate]

I think .asia is a great opportunity for newbies
...to lose money :imho:

It's another extension that is not needed.
Even .eu is struggling while the EU is clearly more integrated than Asia, of course we can argue about the poor handling of the sunrise by Eurid but that's not the point. A lot of domains are being dumped presumably because they were registered for mere speculation...
I do not see any reason why .asia should fare any better.
When you say "good names sell, in any extension" I see your point. I could even agree to some extent. In the short term there could be opportunities for flipping domains for a quick profit just like .mobi. But in the longer term I do not see strong fundamentals. I anticipate that it will be another dead zone with most domains registered for defensive (TM/brand) purposes, parked or redirecting to .com/ccTLD. Not a fully-fledged extension recognized as such.

Bottom line: .asia is another high-risk, unproven TLD. Govern yourself accordingly.
<RANT>
Looking back at the so-called news TLDs that have been introduced since 2000 I only see one that has been somewhat successful and it is .info. I'm not a fan of .info but I can understand the added value for sites that do not really fit under .com .net or .org.
The others have not achieved critical mass: .biz .aero .museum .coop .pro etc
It is clear that most new TLDs are not succeeding. Icann should remove their blinders and see when the end users shun them.
My 2¢ of course
</RANT>

 

[XOEE]

why dont you just save money as a student and buy yourself one .com for $5K+ you dont need 1000 names to make profit.. one nice investment on a premium .com will make you money in the near future...

 

[accent]

why dont you just save money as a student and buy yourself one .com for $5K+ you dont need 1000 names to make profit.. one nice investment on a premium .com will make you money in the near future...

Yeah, asuming you can find one that clearly is worth the price (better stick to LLL.coms) you can gain 30 - 60% per year. Not Shabby, but you have no flexibility to move part of your assets - when you sell it you are done.

OR--- buy good reg fee names and carefully selected lower price aftermarket names, spend a TON of time learning about domaining and searching for names, and, perhaps, make 500% per year or a lot more. (Do not forget to allow for renewal fees).

Different strokes for different folks.

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

Yeah, asuming you can find one that clearly is worth the price (better stick to LLL.coms) you can gain 30 - 60% per year. Not Shabby, but you have no flexibility to move part of your assets - when you sell it you are done.

OR--- buy good reg fee names and carefully selected lower price aftermarket names, spend a TON of time learning about domaining and searching for names, and, perhaps, make 500% per year or a lot more. (Do not forget to allow for renewal fees).

Different strokes for different folks.

I think this is the safest way to play it if you're a newbie and don't have alot of cash at hand. I would still like to get a few .com names that are worth mid $xxxx, but until I have that type of money to invest, I do just what accentnepal suggests.

 

[Sam]

Unlike .mobi and .eu, you can't make money scamming newbies since there will be an AUCTION for any 1st week landrush name that gets more then 1 application. Aka, all the good ones, you will be bidding against someone else. This gives registry all the money and speculation little if any financial success, since now you have essentially a middle man.