.Asia - Is it worth getting on the band wagon?

[willyboy104]

Hey guys i am just wondering as there are still a few highly searched keywords in the .Asia TLD is it worth buying them?
Do you think they will become valuable or will they just be another worthless domain extension.

What are your thoughts?

Will.

 

[james2002]

It will depend on keywords. If really nice ones, it may be worth registering.

 

[Jeff]

It will depend on keywords. If really nice ones, it may be worth registering.

Like the "dot Mobey", a select FEW will get in early via some form or fashion and get a few generic/keyword types ... and then flip them to their Usual Suspect™ buddies for "quick sales" and to give the appearance of an actual, fluid market in the extension - this will occur with the .ASIA as well, IMHO. :blink:

Do you think they will become valuable or will they just be another worthless domain extension.

Generally speaking, another worthless extension ... again, after those select FEW (and, of course, the Registry itself (remember all the promises made by mTLD, for instance? ) make their money off of the common folks! :imho:
Just my two sense.
-Jeff

 

[Shane]

I think it is worth it. I bought petition.asia for mid $xx

 

[TheWatcher]

Asian countries have their own ccTLD extension. A good example .CN, the local government had asked their businesses to us .cn instead of .com domain name. Basically .com is second to them, maybe .asia is their last.

Philippines is using .ph, a lot shorter extension than .mobi if you will develop a mobile website.

Hongkong is using .hk, Taiwan .tw, etc.

Well I think this will be in reseller business only but will not be a success as compare to other business model.

IMHO

 

[ThreeD]

well, if you decide to register a .Asia, make sure you don't use EuroDNS. They have the slowest processing time EVER! We submitted a .asia domain registration 48 hours ago, and the status is STILL "Ready for submission".

I sent them a long email and I hope they come up with a VERY good explanation for their slow processing time.

We'll register one .asia for branding purposes only!

 

[james2002]

I see your point. But .asia might be different.

If you look at .us American domain extension, people don't like it and they prefer more general .com domain name.

.asia is more general extension for all asian countries and easily recognisable if you see in search results where as .cn, .ph, .tw whatever might seem a bit strange to a laymen when they see the sites with those extension and simply might ignore them as I do. I usually don't visit those sites with country extensions. I might be more tempted to visit a site which got .asia extension.

Just my opinion.

 

[Keith]

Like the "dot Mobey", a select FEW will get in early via some form or fashion and get a few generic/keyword types ... and then flip them to their Usual Suspect™ buddies for "quick sales" and to give the appearance of an actual, fluid market in the extension - this will occur with the .ASIA as well, IMHO. :blink:



Generally speaking, another worthless extension ... again, after those select FEW (and, of course, the Registry itself (remember all the promises made by mTLD, for instance? ) make their money off of the common folks! :imho:
Just my two sense.
-Jeff

Are we talking mobi here? I thought the op wanted useful info on .asia and then you go off on your usual mobi nonsense. Mobi must be burned in your brain because no matter what the subject, you always find a way to get mobi involved. I know quintet did'nt sell but don't hate mobi because of that. Quintet would not sell in any ext :bingo:

The way I see it is that most people can't see beyond .com. If it is not .com then it must be worthless garbage. However, sales of good keywords in many other exts prove otherwise.

So I say, yes, reg those highly searched terms in .asia because you will get more than you pay for them.

 

[ThreeD]

James, I think the whole idea behind the .Asia extension is to make it easier for western countries to target the Asian market. Instead of using the ccTLD's they register the ccTLD's and forward them to their .com or .asia

 

[DnPresident]

Hey guys i am just wondering as there are still a few highly searched keywords in the .Asia TLD is it worth buying them?
Do you think they will become valuable or will they just be another worthless domain extension.

What are your thoughts?

Will.

In my opinion .Asia is going to be a much better investment than any of the other country codes.

I do think it will become valuable and probably de-value the other asian country codes because it will be the .com of all asian country codes and the need and desire for the others will decrease.

I'm kinda new to this but n, nn, nnn, nnnn, Many NNNNN, L,LL,LLL, were gone almost immediatly and seemed to be all gone by opening day where as the other country codes I checked in the past were still available weeks, months after opening and some are still available.

 

[Steven]

I see your point. But .asia might be different.

If you look at .us American domain extension, people don't like it and they prefer more general .com domain name.

.asia is more general extension for all asian countries and easily recognisable if you see in search results where as .cn, .ph, .tw whatever might seem a bit strange to a laymen when they see the sites with those extension and simply might ignore them as I do. I usually don't visit those sites with country extensions. I might be more tempted to visit a site which got .asia extension.

Just my opinion.

Yes, but not many endusers/developers may share the same viewpoint.
Like all speculative TLD ext investment, if you go for premium names at the lowest price possible (near reg fee preferably), your investment may be safe.

At this point, nobody knows where .asia is heading (It just opened to the mass).
It's like pure gambling atm.
If you really want to reg .asia and minimize the risk, try to go for premium names and do due diligence on the names (overture, wordtracker, etc) before registering.
If you are in it for development, any name will do.

 

[james2002]

Yes, but not many endusers/developers may share the same viewpoint.
Like all speculative TLD ext investment, if you go for premium names at the lowest price possible (near reg fee preferably), your investment may be safe.

At this point, nobody knows where .asia is heading (It just opened to the mass).
It's like pure gambling atm.
If you really want to reg .asia and minimize the risk, try to go for premium names and do due diligence on the names (overture, wordtracker, etc) before registering.
If you are in it for development, any name will do.

Yes, it is a kind of calculated gamble. I do research before registering domains with wordtracker etc...

As I said, calculated gamble and I expect I will get at least reg fees for most of the domains I registered. If .asia becomes successful, I might go round the world in 365 days. :bingo:

 

[lzy]

I'm kinda new to this but n, nn, nnn, nnnn, Many NNNNN, L,LL,LLL, were gone almost immediatly and seemed to be all gone by opening day where as the other country codes I checked in the past were still available weeks, months after opening and some are still available.

Same thing happend with .eu, look where it is now.

 

[DnPresident]

Same thing happend with .eu, look where it is now.

I never liked .Eu and never bought one, besides the population of Asia is more than 5 times that of Europe and growing like crazy which could make a huge :tu: difference

 

[Jeff]

So I say, yes, reg those highly searched terms in .asia because you will get more than you pay for them.

In those very VERY FEW generic/keyword examples, that's exactly what I said above insofar as the Usual Suspects™ / aftermarket, and also in using the "dot Mobey" comparison! :gl: :imho:

A select FEW will make any actual money in the .ASIA ... and those most invested in it will create the illusion of a market/demand ... again, just like the .MOBI (which serves as a very informative, useful point for those considering hopping on the .ASIA bandwagaon - unless, of course, you're one of those still PUMPING the stumbling "dot Mobey")! :imho:
Caveat Emptor, friends!

Again, just my two sense.
-Jeff

 

[whitebark]

Everything and anything worth money went to auction. If it didn't make it to auction it will probably be worthless.

 

[DnPresident]

Everything and anything worth money went to auction. .

Not true......For an example Girls.Asia isn't worthless and no Auction, I know because I applied for it on the 20th of Feb , had it in my Godaddy domain mgr as processing but now it shows as registered to someone on the 23rd.

That's just one example.

 

[hawkeye]

Generic names, LLLs, NNNs, etc will trade hands between domainers and those still on the cuff for it, and probably those in the Asian markets, but I don't see it being a big or highly coveted extension in the near future. Or longer.

In those very VERY FEW generic/keyword examples, that's exactly what I said above insofar as the Usual Suspects™ / aftermarket, and also in using the "dot Mobey" comparison! :gl: :imho:

A select FEW will make any actual money in the .ASIA ... and those most invested in it will create the illusion of a market/demand ... again, just like the .MOBI (which serves as a very informative, useful point for those considering hopping on the .ASIA bandwagaon - unless, of course, you're one of those still PUMPING the stumbling "dot Mobey")! :imho:
Caveat Emptor, friends!

Again, just my two sense.
-Jeff

Are we talking mobi here? I thought the op wanted useful info on .asia and then you go off on your usual mobi nonsense.Mobi must be burned in your brain because no matter what the subject, you always find a way to get mobi involved. I know quintet did'nt sell but don't hate mobi because of that. Quintet would not sell in any ext :bingo:
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I think he's still bitter that he bipassed landrush, and was only able secure those ('I'm a domainer who knows domains!!') names, like Quintet.mobi, Honkers.mobi, etc. Got to admit, Jeff does love to promote the mobi extension (whether he realizes it or not!) in everyones threads! No matter the topic.

Rep keithmt

 

[DNhub]

Well the reason why .mobi died is quite different. Mobi died because it didn't meet its main purpose. Why would people type yahoo.mobi or google.mobi if the can just put google.com or m.google.com... ? Additionally to that development of mobile browsers that can render the whole page + the lack of support of companies + the lack of development is what killed mobi... is quite a different scenario with .asia

But as everyone says... only time will tell

 

[hawkeye]

Well the reason why .mobi died is quite different. Mobi died because it didn't meet its main purpose.

..Oh, is .mobi dead?? (Only in the minds of those that want to 'think' so.) (and the budgie clown.)