Can .US have its own sub forum and marketplace at NamePros like the way it was before

[oldtimer]

Can .US have its own sub forum and marketplace at NamePros, like the way it was before.

About two or three years ago .US had its own sub forum which I believe included a special marketplace section exclusively for .US domains (kind of like the way it is now for .TV and .Mobi ).

I am not sure why this sub forum was discontinued, but it coincided with the down turn in the domain Industry and the economy in general. Now that things are beginning to look up again it would be nice to have the .US sub forum back.

There are so many topics that .US fans like to discuss, to have the threads scattered all over the place and to let them get mixed up with all the other less active ccTLDs makes it difficult to see what’s going on with .US .

I would like to ask the admins at NamePros to consider bringing the .US forum back.

All those .US fans in favor of .US having its own sub forum and marketplace again say aye.

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[mis_chiff]

Moved to Namepros Info and Suggestions!

 

[namenut]

I think during the the redesign alot of stuff was condensed. I'm all
for having a separate section/marketplace for .US names.

I think your going to get the "there is a CCtld marketplace already"
Then You or I would come back with "but there is a .Tv marketplace"
and then they will answer with .......



NN

 

[Alex P]

Maybe it should replace the .mobi section, put a section to good use instead

Nah im jesting, I think .tv is different because it is being marketed for something other than what it was originally made for ie. televisions were as .us is well .us. Though im no nay sayer the more sections the better

 

[Blitz]

+1!

 

[Greg]

I think there has been a lot of activity in .us related threads.

Just a couple of examples:

This thread has 9 pages added to it in the last 30 days.

This Thread has 8 pages added to it in the last 30 days.

I am in favor of .us having it's own section.

Greg

 

[namenut]

I went and looked on DNJ and in 2009 on the top 100 CCtld sales there is only
one TV and one US sale listed. At position 25 and 56 respectively.

top 100 Global Contenders (.biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org, .pro & .tel) sales
the number one postion went to mobi at 135K

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Current top 40 include tech tv, name tv and Immobilienmakler.tv. No US or Mobi.
Current top 100 Global Contenders (.biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org, .pro & .tel)
sales reflect no .TV, .mobi or .us.

NN

 

[JB Lions]

I went and looked on DNJ and in 2009 on the top 100 CCtld sales there is only
one TV and one US sale listed. At position 25 and 56 respectively.

top 100 Global Contenders (.biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org, .pro & .tel) sales
the number one postion went to mobi at 135K

hmmmm

NN

.us is on the rise, mobi on the decline. Was just checking out the mobi section - Dot MOBI - NamePros.com

and from the 4 stickied threads, only 1 post this whole year. .us would get a lot more action.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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I vote "yes."

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[mwzd]

Actually if its based purely on activity related to a ccTLD, I'd assume .in would be on the top of the heap.

There are at least 20 leading ccTLD extensions, do you really want 20 sections?

 

[oldtimer]

There are at least 20 leading ccTLD extensions, do you really want 20 sections?

Why not,

But if that’s too much trouble we‘ll settle for a section just for .US

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[snoop]

Given the .us cctld's woeful performance in terms of sales figures why should it be given a sub forum. Surely there are dozen of other cctlds where it would make more sense to have a forum? (.co.uk, .de, .ca etc)

 

[bmugford]

We went through this same topic last year. I am for a .US subforum, as well as subforums for other popular ccTLDs. Some other popular domain forums have this type of structure. However I can understand if NP does not want to add separate sections.

Regardless of whether there is a .US forum or not, I still am not sure how a .MOBI forum is justified at this point.

Brad

 

[Blitz]

Why is it a big deal to make a subforum for .us domainers? Is it a monetary issue? I'm not understanding what the problem in doing that is. If that is what this group of loyal Namepros members want.......

Subforums requested/implemented for the more popular or top cctlds is a good idea in my opinion.



Thanks

Bob

 

[JB Lions]

It can be better organized overall.

From the namepros home page, you scroll down and see:

ccTLD Discussion

Click that and it's a free for all/mess

All you have to do is under

ccTLD Discussion (make subforum links)
.us .me .in etc

Better organized that way. And people who are into .in, can easily find it, those into .us, can easily find it etc.

Basically what Brad was talking about above. I think most would agree that's a great idea.

 

[lazybones227]

I support

 

[namenut]

Actually if its based purely on activity related to a ccTLD, I'd assume .in would be on the top of the heap.

There are at least 20 leading ccTLD extensions, do you really want 20 sections?

No but of the 20 leading TLD ... TV gets a discussion, appraisal and sales section when the others do not? Other than mobi that also gets it's own section. I think this potentially confuses visitors.

Given the .us cctld's woeful performance in terms of sales figures why should it be given a sub forum. Surely there are dozen of other cctlds where it would make more sense to have a forum? (.co.uk, .de, .ca etc)

Then what is the "#$" needed in sales to justify a section? Then would all TLD be bound by that "#$"? Does the section go away if sales drop? Seems like a tedious variable to keep up with.

It can be better organized overall.

From the namepros home page, you scroll down and see:

ccTLD Discussion

Click that and it's a free for all/mess

All you have to do is under

ccTLD Discussion (make subforum links)
.us .me .in etc

Better organized that way. And people who are into .in, can easily find it, those into .us, can easily find it etc.

Basically what Brad was talking about above. I think most would agree that's a great idea.

This seems to be the most amicable solution for all parties. I would include that this might stem some of the bickering between TLD supports. I mean a level playing field is a level playing field. Some could say that TV and MOBI are getting preferential treatment, representation and/or exposure to visitors and serps.

Pretty much I think all sales sections should be in the "marketplace". I would think Serps would dictate that so ALL our names get the max exposure to search results. Not being an SEO expert I'm not sure how much this is reflected or hypothetical at best.

 

[Kate]

Regardless of whether there is a .US forum or not, I still am not sure how a .MOBI forum is justified at this point.

It's because the subforum has yet to be renamed 'graveyard' 8-X

 

[snoop]

Then what is the "#$" needed in sales to justify a section? Then would all TLD be bound by that "#$"? Does the section go away if sales drop? Seems like a tedious variable to keep up with.

This isn't a government department, the NP staff can make a decision based on what they see as the activity level. They already did make a decision some time ago and that was to scrap the .us sub forum. I can understand people complaining because it is just another bad sign for the extension but that is life.

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Some could say that TV and MOBI are getting preferential treatment, representation and/or exposure to visitors and serps.

Man......who cares? It is the old "lets cheer for extensions like they are sports teams" stuff.

The .mobi sub forum will likely eventually go and the .tv sub forum is pretty active. Maybe we'll have a .xxx forum instead if that does well.

 

[DU]

This isn't a government department, the NP staff can make a decision based on what they see as the activity level. They already did make a decision some time ago and that was to scrap the .us sub forum. I can understand people complaining because it is just another bad sign for the extension but that is life.


Man......who cares? It is the old "lets cheer for extensions like they are sports teams" stuff.

No its a public forum and people are requesting a subforum.

Any site that you seem to give the mantel of being able to make decisions that signal something for an ENTIRE extensions should be capable of re-assessing what is appropriate and not.

The notion that ideas formed last year, two years ago matter don't understand the dynamics of forums. Now obviously stability is important because two many changes makes things harder to follow than the current ccTLD mess..... but I don't think it's too much to ask to have the idea reviewed.

I can say that if .US/.ME separated I would stay and find it easier. I would also say that if .TV was added to CCTLD I would leave.