question Does the extension make a Real difference?

[000victor]

Sorry about the annoying question but i read almost 100 (interesting) threads but due to the fact that i'm new and my english is not perfect i did not understand a "simple" thing...
If for example i buy a new single word domain in a not "famous" extension and there's an already existing very high value same domain with another extension, is my domain automatically profitable or not? Could it just have a value as a domain or should i develope a website on that domain? Sorry but maybe (for sure) it's not clear to me the difference domain value/website value (but anyway i'm interested in domain-culture)
Thaks everybody
Vittorio

 

[Sandern]

The value of the domain can depend on its extension.

Plant.com will be valued more compared to Plant.net

 

[TLDMart]

I agree that in the current market the extension is an important aspect for resale and that most users will default to .com as the primary type in extension. But after listening to the domain sherpa interview of the owner of Vacation.Rentals , and Amazon's recent use of Amazon.care for their employee health site. These uses of alternate extensions did pique my curiosity as to the importance of keywords versus extension. As an experiment, I bought Joker/Reviews Sept 29th to see what would happen with the movie release and there has been a few hundred unique visits to the dan sales page. Please note, I am not well informed on SEO, development etc. I am not sure how I am being found except by the URL. In relation to the OP question, it seems that the extension does matter for resale and investing as well as type-in traffic. But I am not sure the future is as clear for .com as some believe.

 

[bidigitals]

Great question!

1) If it's a tld, NO IT DOES NOT MATTER, because:

a) Search engines no longer discriminate. They're focused on what's BEFORE the dot, not after.
We have more than a few one-word .com's, and will tell you that we've made more selling our .work domains than our .com's.

b) While all the good .com's are already registered, try to recognize that the internet is still VERY much in its childhood, not even adolescence. You ought to go look up how many people get on the internet for the first time each year: It's not about to go down.

As more people come on the internet, many want an identity. So, any one-word TLD that YOU find worthwhile is more likely than not to excite many others, too.... those who have interests similar to yours

2) Among the top factors in performance of any human endeavor is a dedicated rejection of people who explain why it can't be done.... w/ our greatest attention given to those who outperform us. We find them to be the best teachers, NOT the Monday-morning quarterbacks filled with joy at their own opinions... however well- or ill-informed, hm?

3) Trust your instincts, because they prove right more often than wrong.

PS: Wise of you to seek opinions of others. Now, simpy weed out those who don't fit Henry Ford's comment, already cited this morning, lol:

"Those who say it can't be done should stop interrupting those who are doing it."

Best of l.u.c.k. to you (Laboring Under Correct Knowledge)

 

[bidigitals]

The value of the domain can depend on its extension.

Plant.com will be valued more compared to Plant.net

What if plant.com goes to a stupid advertising page? If plant.net is developed, and it's developed correctly, and, best of all, has quality backlinks for other sites, then, not so sure that the .com is automatically worth more. Would you agree? Curious to know the opinions of others on this.