Do you think .eu .asia alike extension are really necessary?

[owntype]

Personally, I think they are even worse than the concept of .mobi

I am sure everybody here will miss the period we only have .com/.net/.org/etc and ccTLDs whatever if we have become a domainer or not at that time.

Damn, things changed too much, when the domain supply finally exceeds demand (actually it was/is), this industry is going to go bust.

Fortunately, compare to the web development, domain is just a mark all the time

 

[Kate]

Nothing can be worse than .mobi :imho:
I would not compare .eu to .asia. To me .asia does not make any more sense than .nafta or .asean.
I can see a limited raison d'être for .eu, at the same time I agree we could live without it. The primary end user for .eu is the EU institutions themselves (migrating from .int).

As for supply vs demand I don't see prices falling down, but I see the potential for confusion among the public at large and possibly dilution of domain awareness to some extent.
On the other hand people are still unfamiliar with most of the newer exts. People often prefer to stick to what they know (proven things). As usual end users rule

In theory supply is already unlimited with the present system but quality is not unlimited and that's the key :gl:

 

[gazzip]

Yes - mainly because the .com will always have a more American association attached to it, I think it is understandable for others to want their own extension/net identity. Its a big world and plenty of room for it IMO


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[MadAboutDomains]

The EU and ASIA are big places, it is not always useful to just target one country... I notice that you haven't included .US in that list. Bias

 

[kwan]

Speaking as a European no one here even knows about .eu. It's cctld and then .com.

I polled some of my non-internet savvy friends before and there association with .eu is like .org is to the US. So something like organizations of the European Parlement. If .eu doesn't work here I don't see it working anywhere else.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Many of my non internet savvy friends know of the .EU because playstation use PS3.eu as their website

 

[stscac]

Nothing can be worse than .mobi :imho:

Are you sure? Extensions in English where English (bar England) is far less popular.

-Steve

 

[cache]

People in asia will push the .asia because they are quite late in the domain
game. It will be a chance for people in asia to get some good names. The
mass will dominate the game.

Someone said before that high tech will never be shifted to poor countries,
they were so wrong.

 

[kev]

i have never seen a .eu advertised at all, which is bad considering the launch was waaay back in april i think it was

I think people, at least in the uk know only about .co.uk, .com, .tv and maybe .org at a push

 

[omnia]

The EU and ASIA are big places, it is not always useful to just target one country... I notice that you haven't included .US in that list. Bias

you mean "NA" = North America, oops already taken by Namibia
or perhaps "SA" = South America, oops already taken by Saudi Arabia
so we may have to go to:
NAM = "North America"
SAM = "South America"
but a few obvious connotations there to be discussed

 

[kev]

im not a big fan of these new extensions at all, such as .mobi, .asia, .travel, .name etc.... they are horrible extensions to look at, at least imho

 

[gazzip]

i have never seen a .eu advertised at all, which is bad considering the launch was waaay back in april i think it was

I agree, probably because 99.9% of the good ones are only held by domainers and not businesses !

I also like the way people constently think it has to be a .com or direct type in name to be worth anything or to be of any use to the general public.

Developing even a new unknown extension can still provide a good return and get in front on the search engines of the usual .co.uk's .com's etc

I do have one 3 page mini site with a .eu that is number one in MSN for the domains two keywords out of 146,603 results - Its made enough to cover its registration for the next 12 years within approx 6 months.

People still use search engines to find things



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[MadAboutDomains]

As much as anyone tries to trick themselves, original is best when it comes to the domain extensions. When there are new extensions nowadays, domainers will speculate on them.

I was too late in to the 'domain game' in the grand scheme of things. The order of popular domain extensions and how the Internet has panned out is great, I wouldn't change for the world!

Not in any particular order, other than '.com' which is the big daddy, first... .COM, .DE, .NET, .ORG, .CO.UK, .INFO, .BIZ, .US (and others) have all had a degree of a natural beginning, where businesses and other parties made their registrations in order to properly develop the domains and not just to make money out of the domain it's self.

It is the natural start which is the key to a domain extension's success, and that's a fact! Landrushes and all of that palava are a recipe for a short term success, but not a long term one!

It seems that the more new domain extensions that have alot of speculation show the shear success of the good old original extensions. It's fantastic watching the new 'dreamed up' domain extensions have it's 2 seconds of fame.

All praise the .COM, even if it is under American Control. :hehe:

 

[accent]

Getting an extension franchise from ICANN is a license to print money. I would be surprised if there is any slowing down in creating new extensions.

MOBI has a realistic target audience. But there are even worse things than a .name -- try .travel.

.travel, .name, .coop, .museum have not diluted the market very much, eh? I still have my eye on .cat, though.

 

[Charley]

I would like to get more facts based on the quoted text below for these two TOP .eu sales

Shopping.eu €153,500 = $196,803
Hotels.eu €257,000 = $329,509

The primary end user for .eu is the EU institutions themselves (migrating from .int).

 

[MadAboutDomains]

I would like to get more facts based on the quoted text below for these two TOP .eu sales

Shopping.eu €153,500 = $196,803
Hotels.eu €257,000 = $329,509

The primary end user for .eu is the EU institutions themselves (migrating from .int).

and more sales to come I presume! .EU is not dead.

 

[Charley]

Exactly.

There are many more sales available that are not related at all with the institutions.

.EU is not dead.