.us .BIZ or .US

[ripley]

Okay, a hypothetical. If you were searching around for domain names and found that for one, all extensions were registered except .US and .BIZ, which would you take? What would your criteria be? Would you have different situations, based on the name, that you'd choose one over the other -- and what would that be?

ripley.

 

[kemjika11]

i have to give it to .US. right now in the market, .US is knocking out .biz. I can't think of a few recent .biz sales on dn news, but i've heard about organicfoods.us, etc And considering americans are trying to be more patriotic, .us could not have waited for a better time to ride that band wagon.

 

[domainprince]

As far as I know .us performs much better than .biz. The main drawback of .us is that its a country code so its nice if your website is targeted at americans. .biz is a liitle cheapy for me.

 

[peter phillips]

If you are targetting the US market go for .us if your target market is global then I suppose .biz would be a better choice.

 

[budgetname]

.biz names great for developing a site

Hi ripley,

onlinecasino.biz $7,500 (this weeks dnj). :blink:

You have to remember that the .biz extension was released at a time that the business community was lobbying very strongly against "cybersquatting" - in some cases this just referred to domaining - and the lack of quality domains for their web sites.

The policy of .biz acively tries to limit resale. Under ".biz frequently asked questions" at the registry site - Neulevel.biz - "Registering a domain name solely for the purposes of (1) selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or (2) the unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for compensation does not constitute a "bona fide business or commercial use" of that domain name." In result .biz has a lower amount of registrations as resellers are discouraged from purchasing. Number of registrations in an extension is one determinate of how domainers value an extension. In result there are fewer sales for the dot.biz aftermarket, but this does not decrease quality and suitability of the domain for developing a site.:tu:

Of course I'm biased if you see my signature below. I am completing a Masters in Computer Science and intend to develop Trade.biz and think that with some advertising, .biz domains are good value.

budgetname

 

[Carlton]

onlinecasino.biz $7,500 (this weeks dnj)

Supply.biz and Trade.biz ... nice .biz's.

 

[budgetname]

Supply.biz and Trade.biz ... nice .biz's.

Thanks Carlton. It looks like you own some premium.biz also. I noticed at Sedo premium .biz seem to have a lot of interest at the moment, they have 3 of the first 4 positions for category business/law with over half a million domains listed in this category.

Also, not to lose the thread, I think a lot depends on peoples perception of the industry or product, if people feel more comfortable purchasing this product locally maybe .us is better (eg. pizza, cars, plants), if they want general information on an industry may both work well (banking, IT, shipping).

budgetname

 

[kemjika11]

it looks like i have to stop ignoring .biz. what you guys are saying makes me see it as more valuable now.

 

[-OutlawBiker-]

Even the die hard commies would be well advised to salt their portfolios with a little bit of US, biz, and info. I agree with Carlton's views. The potential rewards outweigh the investment risk for wisely selected keywords. It's not com vs alt extensions as much as com + alt extensions.

As far as .US goes, a great idea and some development can work wonders. Look at Del.icio.us, Imageshack.us and Music.us for examples. The American public is ripe for acceptance of their country code imo.