"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.

 

[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

 

[Bob Hawkes]

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

Namestat just show ngTLD but they have a beta product that gives registration numbers for many country code and gTLDs. It is very nice. Here is link.

https://domainnamestats.com/

Bob

 

[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).

 

[.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.

 

[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]

any ideas about .ooo extension?

 

[Internet.Domains]

any ideas about .ooo extension?

Yes, dooon't gooo near it.

 

[Abhi007007]

Yes, dooon't gooo near it.

The organization BUY.ooo launched it as Power Domain.

 

[topdom]

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

I sold 5 .infos this year. 3 of them for over 5k each.

But I agree it was more active in early 2000s. Because it was advertised in Germany.

 

[Lucian Hodoboc]

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

 

[creataweb]

The reason for the dead is high renewal fees for these domain names.

And the ugliness of them in some cases

 

[Kate]

any ideas about .ooo extension?

= 000

 

[Lakshan]

.info, .net & .co are not dead extensions. Its just some people buy them on low quality and loss the reg fee.

Dead Extensions
Mobi
Asia
xyz
name

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

uk.net
uk.com
org.uk

Good to know

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

= 000

I was tempted to buy one on sale here an it looked good but it looks like a catchall domain name ending.

 

[Chris Wright]

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

To me, it means that the extension is no longer, or never was, a worthy investment.

If they were no longer available, there's not very much to discuss...