discuss .Com Domain Market Dead?

[StartupNames]

With so many extensions available for as less as 2 dollars hand registration, is the .COM living on borrowed time? In 10-15 years time will .LIFE be the same as .COM in valuation? Or is the .COM living on borrowed time just now...

 

[Samer]

.Com is the only top domain.

 

[Domlogix]

.Com is the only top domain.

.COM is the only commercial extension. Most of the ngTLDs are for utilitarian purposes to suplemenet .com. Such as .support, .tech, .forum. But none are meant to completely replace .com. Their purpose is to create a direct link to a specific section or a complemantery location of the main brand. The only exception is ccTLD domains, some of which have found alternative uses to .com. But .com will never be taken over by another extension. Any startup or company using anything other than .com will be viewed as inferior and will have an uphill battle. Unless their customers are local and they are using the right ccTLD.

 

[mjbenterprises]

.com will always be king and this won't change any time soon.. no other extension even comes close

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

One thing is for sure, .com is not top.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

.com is always .com and will never died.

.com is and will always be .com but it will never be top.

 

[Samer]

One thing is for sure, .com is not top.

Literally, a .top exists.

but it’s a misnomer

.com is

 

[johnn]

I am top
My girlfriend bottom

Any question?

 

[Samer]

I am top
My girlfriend bottom

Any question?

I thought she was big spoon...

I had you all wrong.

i’m kidding!

 

[iAdam]

.com is dead is like saying mercedes is dead.

 

[Samer]

.com is dead is like saying mercedes is dead.

Or Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares’ dead.
BRKA trades at $335,000 for one as of 4/9/21.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Fake news

The content of the website of the domain name fakenews.top may be helpful here.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I am speculating on something I am still trying to get my head around, but it seems to me if there is a danger cloud for conventional domain investing it is the decentralized name system (e.g. Handshake). If as a company you can buy your precise name forever (or for the life of Handshake I guess), not subject to control by someone else, that will be hard to compete with, but only if it becomes easy and accepted to use decentralized extensions.

I think it is still possible Handshake will crumble without major impact, as some previous efforts did, but if it takes off, it is something we should all worry about.

I think for a long time there will be strong demand for excellent .com, and some country codes, and great matches across dot in new extensions, some legacy and some other TLDs.

I don't think any one new gTLD will become a serious competitor to .com. That said, I think many new extension domains will be actively used in 10 years.

Bob

 

[NameBuyer.com]

.com is dead is like saying mercedes is dead.

Or like asking if Mercedes is going to go out of business because 20 manufacturers are making cars just like the old Yugos, so people have many more options now.

I think Mercedes will do fine...but just a guess.

Don't get me wrong, sometimes the yugos may have a nice sports car offering, but it will never sell at the same price as the Mercedes even if they appear similar.

The ".co" domains are a perfect test case. It has been 11 years since their launch and they are the aesthetically better version of the .com. It is the exact same domain with one less character. Yet, the highest sale for .co in 11 years is o.co, which sold for $350k in 2010, then was abandoned by overstock.com in a move they considered one of their biggest mistakes. Aside from that one sale, it is mostly $100,000 and less for .co.

Currently, a great one-word ".co" domain will sell at the same price as a good 2-3 word ".com".

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Let stop it here so he can go back to the party.
There is no need to discuss about something that will never happen.

I appreciate the hidden message ("Lets top it ...") in your post but I do not fully agree that there is no need to discuss about something that will never happen (.com will never be top.) because many are not aware of it.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

.com is on the verge of collapse. it just simply can't compete with the new powerhouses like .cyou & .immobilien

Don't worry, .com comes above every TLD (with the exception of the top TLD).

 

[FolioTeam]

.com is on the verge of collapse. it just simply can't compete with the new powerhouses like .cyou & .immobilien

Lol at the sarcasm

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Indeed. COM doesn't stand a chance with these extensions. OMG. Just don't get me drunk at a club or I will start a new extension .fsadfasfweq that will kill .com.

No(t) need (possible), there is already one extension that (semantically) "kills" .com (and all other TLDs) just by (semantically) topping it (them).

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Problem with sarcasm and the written word is that they are mutually incompatible - even though it is funny

It's funny that people think .com is top.

 

[likemike]

.com is the king-- no debate. The others are all imitators.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

.club was just acquired by Godaddy.

.link & .click (Uni’s best imo) are at auction.

Go to auction.link and buy Uni’s ngtlds busines

ngtlds’ dying, no pity if you opt for a non-com

And in meanwhile .top stays top.