cctld's pickup up momentum?

[slugraduate]

It seems that I see some unusual cctld's that have appeared to make some decent money. Are these starting to gain momentum as the best generic .com's have become a fantasy for most? I know that .de, .co.uk and to some extent .fr have done well for some time, but .se, .at , .pl. and .be seem to have done a small number of decent sales.

I own a very good generic, but in the .vg extension. realestate.vg. I have considered dropping it in the past and despite most people telling me it's a waste, I just think that I would kick myself in five or ten years.

Are these sales going to people in those regions you think or is it indeed just good purchase opps for people?

 

[zoogo]

Few people know what the future holds.. And fewer of the people who have a clue "know" but "believe" and perhaps try and influence.

I don't want to make this into a religious thing, but the world is changing consciously (i.e. before women couldn't vote in America and Africans picked crops under the pressure of whips and guns....) and that consciousness has a will of its own (we used to think these things were okay..) so it depends on many things.

With the economy coming down, things can go either way. What I know though, is what is now. I guess you can go by two things, what you believe in is right, and current trends. For example, Mexico and canada largely use their internet extension.. I don't know about .vg.

 

[Kate]

It seems that I see some unusual cctld's that have appeared to make some decent money. Are these starting to gain momentum as the best generic .com's have become a fantasy for most? I know that .de, .co.uk and to some extent .fr have done well for some time, but .se, .at , .pl. and .be seem to have done a small number of decent sales.

This is not what I could call fresh news
Perhaps .se .at .pl .be are 'unusual' to you but they are heavily used in their respective countries.
I have already sold a few names in these extensions. I would say .pl is particularly strong.

I own a very good generic, but in the .vg extension. realestate.vg. I have considered dropping it in the past and despite most people telling me it's a waste, I just think that I would kick myself in five or ten years.

I don't think you will get a good return with it.
.vg is a waste of time and money IMO. The local market is very limited (British Virgin Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) and the extension does not even appear to be very much used in its own territory.

I would put .vg roughly in the same basket as .cc domains, they are as worthless as they were 10 years ago. (Cocos Islands permanent population: approx. 600 people...).

My advice: stick to the mature extensions (that is most of Europe for example) and observe the emerging ones (Asia, Latin America).

 

[Sam]

Actually, .CC is quite popular in certain asian countries, aka china. Dunno why, it just is.

 

[kruwreka]

cc = communist China...perhaps?