.biz .biz extension future

[Pommy - The DN Doc]

What do people think about this extension? My registrar, fabulous.com, does not reg them and I like to keep my life simple, but I have about 25 of these, all generic.

I currently rate:

.com>.net>.org>.info>.biz>country codes>the rest

Although there are clearly situations where this does not apply.

 

[Pred]

i have some lll.biz and some generics, they are worth renewing and holding for endusers
but tbh .biz really is a goner really

.biz is not above counttry codes, that is a huge error in the calculation above, in countries like Germany, UK, etc their cctld is above com, traffic and consumer awareness

some exotic tlds are rapidly scaling heights too like .tv, granted few others, most are crap

so, i would say hold your generics , just dont reg anymore 8^X

 

[james2002]

i have some lll.biz and some generics, they are worth renewing and holding for endusers
but tbh .biz really is a goner really

.biz is not above counttry codes, that is a huge error in the calculation above, in countries like Germany, UK, etc their cctld is above com, traffic and consumer awareness

some exotic tlds are rapidly scaling heights too like .tv, granted few others, most are crap

so, i would say hold your generics , just dont reg anymore 8^X

I agree with you.

BIZ looks like "bizarre" and I don't like it even though I have a few .biz domains.

Definitely .co.uk , .de are much better than .biz.

 

[Alex]

I also think .biz is no way under certain country codes.

Yes it is more used like .pn or .kg, but I do not think it is above any European cctld, or stronger one.

Regarding .biz I do not see a bright future.

 

[Pommy - The DN Doc]

I did sell deserts(.)biz for $1,000 a few months ago, which I thought was a reasonable sale...

 

[Alex]

I did sell deserts(.)biz for $1,000 a few months ago, which I thought was a reasonable sale...

It was. Congrats

 

[Pommy - The DN Doc]

Thanks.

 

[hullswingerscom]

but why is biz slipping down the charts...

 

[The Stealthy One]

.biz just hasn't taken off. I actually see it's value possibly declining in the future. It is slipping because there are more-legitimate alternatives: .com (of course), country codes, and .info.

 

[ckdomain]

.Info took off better. I used to be a big fan of .biz. I still like it, it adds color. Though I only had like 1 or 2 ever. I would get lll and keyword ones. Though sadly I think this extension will end soon

 

[lzy]

.Info took off better. I used to be a big fan of .biz. I still like it, it adds color. Though I only had like 1 or 2 ever. I would get lll and keyword ones. Though sadly I think this extension will end soon

End soon? :o

 

[newms]

What about a country name .biz. Do these have any value? Would these be ok for development? Or even a big city.biz?

 

[metronome]

well, I ask someone that has a really basic knowledge to internet (typing, surfing, email, read news, search, watch youtube, but not a domainer nor site developer nor program maker nor script maker nor blogger etc)

to him, number 1 is .com (for sure), number 2 is cc tld, number 3 is actually...... org and net, he might even think org is more popular than net lately. and when I asked about .info and .biz, he wonders if he has ever been to any of .info and .biz site lol.(he doesn't even know that .asia has already existed, haha).

and he is not european, he is asians. may be to europeans, especially UK, germany, etc, their cctld is even better than .com.

If I remember, I think I have heard from some indians too, that to them(general internet user), .com is number one, and .co.in is actually more to number two than .in. while .org is the next , and .net is after .org(not before), but oh well..... .biz future is kind of dark I think.

 

[Pommy - The DN Doc]

Well the extension is going to hell in a hand cart, judging by the current price of $1 for 6 of my dictionary .biz!

 

[Rubber Duck]

As TLDs proliferate there are likely to be a large number of casualties. Dot Biz could well be one of them. Many others are going to struggle to survive. Not only will they not get type in but Search Engine will progressively filter on extension. We have seen an era where developers have not needed to worry about extension too much. That will change. Extensions will rank differently depending on where the query comes from. If you have a minority extension from God knows where, it will get filtered out of US seach, but might do very well in Somoa.

 

[james2002]

I do think if you develop them, it should be okay. I have seen many .biz websites in the search results.

 

[michaeldotcom]

As TLDs proliferate there are likely to be a large number of casualties. Dot Biz could well be one of them. Many others are going to struggle to survive.

As the number of Internet users worldwide is increasing very quickly, as more and more businesses and people in the world want to get their own website(s), the demand for domains is rapidly increasing and will keep doing so in the future.

This increasing demand will make good .com domains a rarity, which will put their prices up and out of reach of many people and small businesses.

This will lead to an increasing demand for other extensions, including .net, .org, .tv., info and also .biz.

I've never been a great fan of .biz, but saying that many global extensions like .biz and .info will disappear, while the global demand for domains is rapidly increasing, is complete nonsense.

 

[Rubber Duck]

As the number of Internet users worldwide is increasing very quickly, as more and more businesses and people in the world want to get their own website(s), the demand for domains is rapidly increasing and will keep doing so in the future.

This increasing demand will make good .com domains a rarity, which will put their prices up and out of reach of many people and small businesses.

This will lead to an increasing demand for other extensions, including .net, .org, .tv., info and also .biz.

I've never been a great fan of .biz, but saying that many global extensions like .biz and .info will disappear, while the global demand for domains is rapidly increasing, is complete nonsense.

Analysis is completely wrong as much of the expansion will be in non-English and particularly non-Latin languages. The introduction of IDN will greatly expand the number of domains that can provide a sensible base for businesses in emerging countries. Dot Com is already a major brand in most markets so the adoption of IDN.com and IDN.cctlds is going to be entirely natural. Yes, there is a lot more growth out there but it will be largely of a completely different nature to that which we have seen so far.

Keep attending American based trade shows like Traffics and listening to the guru's of the first wave of internet expansion, and I can assure you, you will learn precisely nothing. To some extent, you have to admire the dot Mobi guys. They came up with an entirely new angle on the internet and bet the farm on it. OK, so they go it wrong, because the technology advanced faster than they could ever have imagine, but it did look like a viable new direction for a while. Hell, if I had not been so tied up with IDN at the time I might have even invested myself. But dot Biz. Give me a break. Doesn't mean much and hasn't hit the big time in English. Doesn't have anything about it to suggest it would ever have an edge in the emerging tidal wave of registrations that is about to ensue. It will be swamped with a tidal wave of new even more meaningless New gTLDs which ICANN is about to unleash. And make no mistake much of ICANNs motivation is to swamp the aftermarket with names so that most people can pick up decent names without paying a premium. That will leave dot Com, possibly dot Net and the ccTLDs both in the current and IDN forms as the only plausible vehicles of speculation.

 

[joexbl]

Analysis is completely wrong as much of the expansion will be in non-English and particularly non-Latin languages. The introduction of IDN will greatly expand the number of domains that can provide a sensible base for businesses in emerging countries. Dot Com is already a major brand in most markets so the adoption of IDN.com and IDN.cctlds is going to be entirely natural. Yes, there is a lot more growth out there but it will be largely of a completely different nature to that which we have seen so far.

Keep attending American based trade shows like Traffics and listening to the guru's of the first wave of internet expansion, and I can assure you, you will learn precisely nothing. To some extent, you have to admire the dot Mobi guys. They came up with an entirely new angle on the internet and bet the farm on it. OK, so they go it wrong, because the technology advanced faster than they could ever have imagine, but it did look like a viable new direction for a while. Hell, if I had not been so tied up with IDN at the time I might have even invested myself. But dot Biz. Give me a break. Doesn't mean much and hasn't hit the big time in English. Doesn't have anything about it to suggest it would ever have an edge in the emerging tidal wave of registrations that is about to ensue. It will be swamped with a tidal wave of new even more meaningless New gTLDs which ICANN is about to unleash. And make no mistake much of ICANNs motivation is to swamp the aftermarket with names so that most people can pick up decent names without paying a premium. That will leave dot Com, possibly dot Net and the ccTLDs both in the current and IDN forms as the only plausible vehicles of speculation.

Very well said, Rubber Duck,

although i hate to agree with you as i have some of those more 'speculative' extns, your argument is very good and makes a lot of sense.

 

[zenmushin]

For U.S.-focused sites, I rate the extensions like this:

• .com
• .net
• .org
• .biz/.us (equal)
• .mobi/.tv (equal, but depends on name)
• .fm (if audio-friendly)
• .info
• .ws
• .cc
• country codes