"Dead" domain name extensions list

[gprod]

Hello Pros.,
I frequently see in your comments here: "this extension is dead".
Usually it goes after questions about exact match domain names, from unexperienced domainers.
So, let's make a list of these "deads", to aware the newbies not to invest in domain names who look pretty, but nobody is ready to give a penny for them. Please, copy/paste and add your thoughts in the list I starting here:
So:
1.mobi
2.
3.
4.
5.

 

[Brands.International]

How do you define "dead"? No sales or no registrations?

I think an extension is dead if it has zero registration (and of course no sales accordingly).

So from my point of view, the extensions listed above (e.g. .net, .mobi, .xyz, etc) are not dead, but are less active than before. Actually they keep having sales records and some have huge sales occasionally.

I agree Btw, this thread is full of gross generalisations and innacurate information, unfortunatelly..

To see how all extensions are doing, one can have quick glance at 2 sources:
a) namebio.com (reported sales, you can filter by extension)
b) namestat.org (you can see there how many domains are registered per extension)

So when someone says "xyz is dead", it is a total rubbish: they have now around 2 mil registrations (of course, many of them due to very effective promo deals) and there are many many aftermarket sales recorded as well. (Disclaimer : I own 0 .xyz names)

 

[.X.]

Kind of funny to see .net taking such a thrashing here... I own only a small (approx. 50) portfolio of two-word .net names, and I probably sell one every couple of months for mid XXX.

You're not going to make a killing with .net unless you have great single word names, but people absolutely still look for them as a cheap alternative to strong .com names. Just make sure the names are short, with strong keywords. Technology focused names will likely give you a better chance at a sale.

As for the discussion of "dead" extensions... I don't think you can fairly describe an extension as such unless it has been discontinued by the registry. I'm personally not a fan of anything beyond .com, .net, .org, and the occasional .co or .io, but other extensions are "alive" as long as you can buy them. Just be careful what you buy.

I don't think.net is a dead extension by any means, I think .org is a stronger extension,.net could rally in time, due to the amount of very good .net names out there for taking, The last .net I sold was a few years back, iLesbian.net , I don't currently hold any .net names and haven't for 5 years, but if I were to see interest pick up in .net, I would surely get me a bundle of them.

 

[Internet.Domains]

any ideas about .ooo extension?

Yes, dooon't gooo near it.

 

[gprod]

1. .mobi
2. .xyz
3. .asia

 

[gprod]

1. .mobi
2. .xyz
3. .asia

 

[Name Manager]

What about .name extension?

 

[gprod]

1. .mobi
2. .xyz
3. .asia
4. .info
5. uk.net
6. uk.com
7. org.uk
8. name?
9 .net
10. co
11....


About .name, I think it's born dead. Sorry.

 

[viniproject09]

I am not sure those extension are in demand. You have to actually market the domains . You just wont get at price for them untill you dont work on them. Install any game or something.

 

[maya-zir]

What are you smoking?
.org is more alive than .net

.org is used for organizations
.com & .net could be any keyword
.org just organization

 

[maya-zir]

I said match, not sold.
.com match with any domain.
.net also does the same
The rest of extensions dont

 

[gprod]

Yes, .EU is strange domain name and It's slowly going to dye.
The CCtld's are much stronger than .eu.
The same problems like those between EU and the member states.

 

[Ezra5]

What about .gold?

 

[topdom]

Life = fundamentals x promotion

fundamentals = being established for long enough x being short x being generic enough x appearing at the end of keywords x low renewals x pass radio test and being unconfusing and well focused x being unrestricted x being universal

promotion = being offered to domain buyers by registrars and marketplaces and looking like a standard extension x media attention x being used by big companies as the main address

A domain with artificial promotion and without fundamentals may not live long.

If fundamentals are good, it can be made alive again.

.nu appears most dead compared to its past recently, but it can be promoted again, and may do well somewhere. .cc, .ws are almost dead. Someone is trying to kill .biz but it has strong fundamentals. If China decides to use .biz, .com may die slowly.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

This is a complex topic that I may comment on in future in more length, but let me just pick one item suggested as dead.

10. co

So far in 2018 (year not yet over) there have been 441 sales of .co with an average price of $2393 with a total sales volume of $1.1 million. It has sold 26 times for $10,000 and more so far in 2018. If we apply a factor of perhaps only 20% of sales NameBio reported suggests $5 million plus in 11 months. I know that some are concerned with the registry taking back and making premium short names that drop, but I think overall the extension is still very much alive both in terms of sales and real world use. Here is the link.

If you look at the previous year it sold about 75% as much volume and with an average price less than one-half the amount for this year. Suggesting that .co has now died is simply not supported by evidence imho.

There is no doubt .com dominates, possibly moreso than a few years ago. That does not mean that other extensions are dead depending on the quality of the name and the venues used to promote and sell them.

Bob

(disclosure: I hold only 2 .co from a portfolio of about 240 names,,so don't really have a horse to push in the debate)

 

[Ollie3000]

agree with @Chris Wright

I think .info is dying. Have some really nice short words and literally no interest for the last 12 months. That being said I've always liked the extension so I will probably still renew them haha

 

[Kate]

So when someone says "xyz is dead", it is a total rubbish: they have now around 2 mil registrations (of course, many of them due to very effective promo deals) and there are many many aftermarket sales recorded as well. (Disclaimer : I own 0 .xyz names)

The numbers are indeed misleading. But .biz has got roughly the same number of registrations and is much older and more established. Yet no domainers consider .biz investment worthy.
If you look at the ten latest reported sales for .xyz in Namebio they are in the $200 range.

If you look at YTD stats from Namebio .biz still outperforms .xyz...
As a domainer my compass would certainly be the reported sales as measure of 'liveness' of an extension.

Disclaimer : I own 0 .xyz or .biz names

 

[Brands.International]

The numbers are indeed misleading. But .biz has got roughly the same number of registrations and is much older and more established. Yet no domainers consider .biz investment worthy.
If you look at the ten latest reported sales for .xyz in Namebio they are in the $200 range.

If you look at YTD stats from Namebio .biz still outperforms .xyz...
As a domainer my compass would certainly be the reported sales as measure of 'liveness' of an extension.

Disclaimer : I own 0 .xyz or .biz names

Yes, I would say that only few very good keywords in .biz would be investment worthy (home, credit, etc)

I honestly think .xyz now outperforms .biz It is not only about reported sales in sources like namebio, it is also about how many names with premium renewals are actually registered in given extension (in case of .xyz, lot of names with premium renewals are registered, while the same terms in .biz which are registered have standard renewals, afaik). This is pretty important to understand, I wrote about it in this thread here

This premium renewals of some names in .xyz also explains some of those recent $200 sales reported in namebio - I have written about it in more detail, here

So I am not defending .xyz extension, just saying that simply looking to namebio is not enough to get all facts - we must consider also what renewal fees are in given extension, how many premium-priced names are there, and whether people are willing or not to pay for them. In other words: if there are 10 000 names with $220/year renewals now registered in .xyz (I do not know, this is just an example), it is the same as 10 000 reported aftermarket sales in namebio, each for $220 (from that perspective when we want to get some feeling on general interest for that extension).

 

[Joe N]

I don't think.net is a dead extension by any means, I think .org is a stronger extension,.net could rally in time, due to the amount of very good .net names out there for taking, The last .net I sold was a few years back, iLesbian.net , I don't currently hold any .net names and haven't for 5 years, but if I were to see interest pick up in .net, I would surely get me a bundle of them.

I think most feel the same way. I don't mind. More good ones for me.

 

[Abhi007007]

Yes, dooon't gooo near it.

The organization BUY.ooo launched it as Power Domain.

 

[Lucian Hodoboc]

What do you mean by "dead"? As in... no longer available or not that popular as they used to be?

 

[Masay]

.PW
Before we see emoji domains, is it still in use now?

 

[mawels]

1. .tips
2. .guru
3. .mobi

 

[Mohamed Ahmaid]

Though I'm still new to the field (newbie)
I will try give my opinion (who cares!).
What I've learned couple monthes ago is
To stick with .com
Buy (sanse-able names)
Stay away from fad names (unless you are well-preparied)
Other extensions (but .org) are joke (sorry guys)
ccTLD have some gems.

 

[dgmweb]

Not quite dead, but dying

.net (only one worders really sell now)
.co (increase in price and confusion amongst users killing it)

Definitely agree about .co.

 

[strugar]

namestat.org (you can see there how many domains are registered per extension)

Am I wrong, or they indeed do not show ccTLD? Only gtLD?