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...

 

[Lox]

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 number of domain names listed for sale;

Example (public info)
Afternic dn listing (03/YYYY):

2014: 5.7 M
2015: 8.5 M
2016: 9.3 M
2017: 11.5 M
2018: 12.5 M
2019: 14.2 M
2020: 13.7 M
2021: 20 M

17M of 20M will never sell, even in 10 years. Bubble. That's the reason ppl start to think the .com aftermarket is slowing down. The GD valuation tool is partially the reason of the sales slowdown / main signal ... helping them to sell their namefind domains. And flippers selling some of decent names for low $xxx. More to it but ... let's ppl figure out why and who and where.

Regards

 

[LUP]

.com will be king and .org will be queen forever

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

And asking this question - is .COM over rated?

Since .com got topped by .top it is overrated, yes.

 

[Samer]

.com will be king and .org will be queen forever

imo .net is the queen
Recode.com, Slideshare.com leads to .net

.Org is the Jack. (King Queen Jack)
We got the same top-3 ; )

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Good .COM are like houses on the beach.

And a .top is always the penthouse, no matter where.

 

[LUP]

imo .net is the queen
Recode.com, Slideshare.com leads to .net

.Org is the Jack.
We got the same top-3 ; )

.org is common use

companies that use .net as their main site are very rare

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Since you are in Australia, you should consider investing in .com.au. Next to .com, ccTLDs do best.

Since domain names are in the world wide web, it doesn't really matter where we live and that's why one should consider investing in the TLD that tops all TLDs.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

ccTLDs over ngTLDs, correct. More stability. That’s if you dabble in non-com

The best is to not dabble with non-top, I suggest to forget terms like "new" / "old" / "cc" / "generic" and simply choose the top TLD.

 

[Future Sensors]

The best is to not dabble with non-top, I suggest to forget terms like "new" / "old" / "cc" / "generic" and simply choose the top TLD.

S.top

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

.Com is the only top domain.

Only in the mind of those who don't know that top is top.

 

[Lox]

.Top
April 2020 (3,7M) > April 2021 (1,2M) = 2,5M down

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

.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.

With .top you do not have these concerns.

 

[bmugford]

And a .top is always the penthouse, no matter where.

Not when it comes to domain investing. These are reported sales in the last year from NameBio.com.

.COM -

118,500
Total Sales

$108,500,000
Dollar Volume

.TOP -

8
Total Sales

$2,111
Dollar Volume

Ouch.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

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

Yes, .com will always be king (but it will never be top (since kings are not top in hierarchy)).
.top, on the other hand, will always be top (since top is top) and no other extension even comes close (nor even far).

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

If you have the .COM you don't really need any other extension.

.com won't bring you to the top.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

And if so what is the next Gen?

We have a top generation already.

 

[Lox]

With .top you do not have these concerns.

Stop misleading new (inexperienced) investors. They'll lose money and feel bitter that they can't buy chocolate table ... or a slice of bread? At least, be responsible and promote your fav registry in a different , less harmful way.

Regards

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Literally, a .top exists.

but it’s a misnomer

.com is

Ther term top is literally top and thats all what counts, so no misnomer and .com is king, yes.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

.com is dead is like saying mercedes is dead.

It's indeed a nonsense to say .com is dead but to compare .com with mercedes is, with all due respect, also nonsense because mercedes is rather top than com.

 

[johnn]

So far he got ONE Trader Rating so TOP is number ONE