.com won't be king anymore in 10 years. My predictions.

[tata668]

Why is .com the king of domain names? Is there a technical reason? Is there something you can do if your domain is a .com that you can't do if it isn't?

No.

The only reason why .com is king is because it's the first TLD ever and because of that we have been used to it. Simple marketing. No technical reason at all.

Soon we will be able to create any TLD. There will be an explosion of new extensions: .web, .buy, .sex, .now, .you, .help, .cie, .msg, etc.

It will take a couple of years, maybe 10 years, but people will start to see any TLD as equal. The only thing that will matter is if the domain name is straightforward, easy to remember and catchy. Nothing else. Maybe .com will even be seen as a not up to date, not modern, TLD. Who knows?

.com is not a better extension than the others. There is no technical reason why it should be choosen. The only reason is marketing. It is currently seen as "better", but this is a non sense. When you think about it, ".com" is not even nice! Compare it to ".me", ".you", ".buy", ".gift"...

My prediction is that in 10 years .com won't be a special, more "valuable", TLD anymore.

Thoughts?

 

[Hurley4540]

I don't like .ME but I really can not wait for .WEB !!

 

[snoop]

Yawn...my prediction is in 10 years you won't be in domains.

 

[Hurley4540]

Well soon most .com's will be not left to register and the only way to get a decent .com will be buying it...but with new TLD's like dot WEB and other TLD's will be another story.

 

[namewaiter]

all additional extensions will make .com bigger than ever

 

[tata668]

Yawn...my prediction is in 10 years you won't be in domains.

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[thunderforce]

"Maybe .com will even be seen as a not up to date, not modern, TLD." That could be the case with future generations as you say. However a common marketable extension is desirable for most users, so I think .com will prevail regardless of any future tld trends.

 

[tata668]

all additional extensions will make .com bigger than ever

And why is that?

 

[Mike]

It's a question of marketing, branding, brand commitment and ultimately, how well the common user is "trained" to use the net.
As long as no other extension steps forward and commits advertising dollars, no one will really stand a chance against .com.
Some countries have done the right thing and pushed their extension. .de and the u.k just to name the major 2 countries.

M.

 

[tata668]

It's a question of marketing, branding, brand commitment and ultimately, how well the common user is "trained" to use the net.
As long as no other extension steps forward and commits advertising dollars, no one will really stand a chance against .com.

M.

I totally agree. My english is not perfect but that is exactly what I wanted to say.

BUT, in my opinion, the fact that ICANN will open any TLD will accelerate X 100 the .com decline.

 

[h2o]

hmm... but then again there is no technical reason for any specific TLD except for human memory capacity. I can see that maybe .shoes and .tech might become popular but only time will tell We live in the present, not the past or the future.

 

[tata668]

hmm... but then again there is no technical reason for any specific TLD except for human memory capacity. I can see that maybe .shoes and .tech might become popular but only time will tell We live in the present, not the past or the future.

I think domainers should try to live in the future a little bit, don't you think?

 

[h2o]

I think domainers should try to live in the future a little bit, don't you think?

That is true but too much speculation can turn the wrong way. That is how the registries end up laughing to the bank when people start registering rubbish names as soon as they hear the latest snub on the media. You go to the point of what if this, what if that and before you know it you have just registered a few hundred useless domains!

.com is still alive and kicking still 23 years later. I'm not saying I'm against .net, .me, .org either. I'm just saying its good to balance your mix between speculation and whats tried and true.

 

[MicroGuy]

Yawn...my prediction is in 10 years you won't be in domains.

:D :D :D

 

[tata668]

:D :D :D

Thanks for welcoming me on namepros.com.

Instead of making fun of me, using smiley pictures, why don't you post something useful? I have no problem with being corrected. I have problem with people not able to express what they think.

That is true but too much speculation can turn the wrong way. That is how the registries end up laughing to the bank when people start registering rubbish names as soon as they hear the latest snub on the media. You go to the point of what if this, what if that and before you know it you have just registered a few hundred useless domains!

.com is still alive and kicking still 23 years later. I'm not saying I'm against .net, .me, .org either. I'm just saying its good to balance your mix between speculation and whats tried and true.

Good point! But you can't make money without risks I think. As long as you are not selling your house to buy some domains, I think taking risks is a good thing.

 

[notlikeyou]

Yawn...my prediction is in 10 years you won't be in domains.

Let me translate from snoop speech......


While I admire your attempt to look forward & explore other area's of the domaining world. The longer that you follow & read the empirical data about the never ending slew of new tlds that are created you will see that the majority of them are overrated, overhyped and vastly unnecessary. The common man/woman can typically name one a couple of extensions (com, net, gov, org, at best) it's not something that will change anytime soon. Stick with .com, don't waste your cash on a fad flash in the pan, otherwise you just end up with a portfolio of dead extensions wondering how you ended up with so many. (end translation)


While snoop's delivery is an acquired taste, there's a lot of wisdom that comes along with it. (I can't believe I just typed that :D )

 

[gemstar]

Why is .com the king of domain names? Is there a technical reason? Is there something you can do if your domain is a .com that you can't do if it isn't?

No.

The only reason why .com is king is because it's the first TLD ever and because of that we have been used to it. Simple marketing. No technical reason at all.

Soon we will be able to create any TLD. There will be an explosion of new extensions: .web, .buy, .sex, .now, .you, .help, .cie, .msg, etc.

It will take a couple of years, maybe 10 years, but people will start to see any TLD as equal. The only thing that will matter is if the domain name is straightforward, easy to remember and catchy. Nothing else. Maybe .com will even be seen as a not up to date, not modern, TLD. Who knows?

.com is not a better extension than the others. There is no technical reason why it should be choosen. The only reason is marketing. It is currently seen as "better", but this is a non sense. When you think about it, ".com" is not even nice! Compare it to ".me", ".you", ".buy", ".gift"...

My prediction is that in 10 years .com won't be a special, more "valuable", TLD anymore.

Thoughts?

Who knows :]

But there is only one Action Comics#1 :lala:

 

[tata668]

Let me translate from snoop speech......


While I admire your attempt to look forward & explore other area's of the domaining world. The longer that you follow & read the empirical data about the never ending slew of new tlds that are created you will see that the majority of them are overrated, overhyped and vastly unnecessary. The common man/woman can typically name one a couple of extensions (com, net, gov, org, at best) it's not something that will change anytime soon. Stick with .com, don't waste your cash on a fad flash in the pan, otherwise you just end up with a portfolio of dead extensions wondering how you ended up with so many. (end translation)


While snoop's delivery is an acquired taste, there's a lot of wisdom that comes along with it. (I can't believe I just typed that :D )

You know, I'm not an old domainer but I'm a web programmer and I've been using Internet from the beginning. I understand perfectly the ".com is king" thing. But it seems what a lot of domainers fail to see (maybe the ones who spent LOT of money on .com), is how the opening of TLD by ICANN will change the game.. But of course this is only speculation!

 

[Seabass]

Look..... the .com's are still barely developed out, just imagine how much undeveloped .com space will still be left in 15 more years time. My point is that even if there is a .web, when folks go to 50 different .web addresses, for example, and only see two developed sites and the rest are not bought, parked, or don't resolve they won't return. They, like all of us, are lazy and want immediate gratification and just like shorter domain being more popular, since there is less work typing them in for the reward....a web page, so will .com pages be easier and more rewarding since the surfer will be rewarded more often with developed sites.

Also, even if someone puts $5,000,000 behind one .web address like furniture.web, the .com will get a lot of the traffic meant for furniture.web, until the day that .web becomes more popular than .com...... which won't ever happen b/c of the reasons I just stated.

There still is the confusion factor too..... is it .shoes or .shoe and is it shoe.shoes, shoes.shoe, shoes.shoes, or shoe.shoe, or was it .foot, or .tennisshoes? It keeps going on and will confuse the hell out of everyone..... they will, again, revert to .com for sanity's sake.

All the rest will be vanity domains and will serve great as direct marketing vehicles and such, but not often as a main site.

IDN's and country extensions might be a better bet than .me's and such.... JMHO.

 

[wussadotcom]

.com will rule 10 years before and 10 years after. I won't predict it won't be less popular but it will most certainly still be king.
It will be king even after Google is down and Yahoo goes up again~~