advice DON'T GET LOST IN WEIRD .comBINATIONS!

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Hey nP members,



we all know that the TLD space has changed completely.

While we can see many creative and great domains made from new TLDs we can see much more really weird and pointless .combinations - means weird and pointless domain name combinations in the .com extension - it often just looks like that 'it must be a .com in every case - no matter how pointless the name combination itself is'.

There are now so many opportunities to 'label' meaningful domain names with a new TLD - I personally recommend .top for the optimum / best 'label' - don't think .com is the future.

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DON'T GET LOST IN WEIRD .comBINATIONS!

Do you agree?
Or not?
What is your opinion?

All the best with your invest,
kingof.top

 

[ivey]

The choice of .com is based on the fact that it's used by almost every major business. It reigns supreme. People don't spend 7 figures if the name is it extension is garbage. .top is new, so why would someone forsake .com and just jump on to .top. Like any other area in life.. .top has to prove itself, starting with major businesses picking it up and startups etc.

Also, what weird .com combinations have you seen? Show some examples.

 

[HotKey]

I would like to see the numbers, but don't know where to look:

How to compare the first 10 years of /com registrations (1985-1995) vs the number of reg's of any new popular gTLD just within the last 2-3 years? I think the answer will be surprising.

Back in the dot-infancy, people had what, a couple TLD's to choose from to represent their online presence? So, I'm seeing many many threads here that seem to pit gTLD vs /com, as if there was a hope in hell for the new guys to flex the same muscle.

Totally agree with what you're saying @kingof.top. Desperate com/binations now? Yep. Will they keep on? Yep. But lets not forget, the old timers have 30+ years on the new guys. It's virtually unfair.

Also, what weird .com combinations have you seen? Show some examples.

WhatWeird - reg'd 2007
HaveYouSeen - reg'd 2010
ShowSome - reg'd 2003

Didn't even have to leave my front porch. The streets are rampant with desperate com/binations.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

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Also, what weird .com combinations have you seen? Show some examples.

It's not hard to see weird .combinations - you can find them everywhere in the web on related domaining portals / selling platforms like SEDO / FLIPPA / ...
Or, you just have to open your spam folder haha

Or, find many weird .combinations here @ nP in this all - time - thread:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/your-reg-of-the-day.528260/

Because I respect every choice (registration), I don't want to share here my personal 'favorites' (of weird .combinations) - but I am sure you will find your own

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Do you really believe that such threads have any impact on the enduser behaviour/demand???

 

[garptrader]

Typical industry portfolio turnover before new TLDs were launched was in the 1-2% range - meaning that the vast majority of end users were not willing to pay a premium price for a domain name. Most end users will settle for reg fee options even if that means adding extra words, hyphens, numbers or using alternative extensions or just using social media profiles and freebie subdomains. So yes, now that we have a thousand new TLDs to choose from, low-budget buyers have more choices to avoid paying premium prices for aftermarket domains. There are end users launching websites on new TLDs but aftermarket new TLD sales are not the norm. Industry inventory has mushroomed in the last few years while demand for domain names has probably been stable. Supply and demand means sales prices go down even for .COM.

In any casino there will be a few players who beat the odds. The vast majority of casino visitors will lose money and that is what domaining has become. The big winners are registrars who will continue to sell the dream of new TLDs. If you have beaten the odds, congratulations. Spend your winnings wisely. Otherwise, don't get suckered into the hype.

 

[Silentptnr]

My opinion is that you are investing based on "possibility" versus "probability". Sure there is a "possibility" that a new gtld will emerge as an end user favorite, but the "probability" is unlikely.

Conservative investing will usually outperform high risk investment over time. Looking at past and present performance it should be clear to any reasonable investor that the highest "probability" of making a good return on investment means investing in quality .com domains.

All domainers should consider the higher level of risk associated with investing in extensions other than .com.

Remember, most successful domainers are experts. Successful domaining takes knowledge, experience, and of course, sometimes a little luck.

 

[dordomai]

What is your opinion?

.top is cheap toilet paper as are many other new strings.

If you use an extension like .top you tell the public that you would like to be on top but can't afford a good domain.

How this should help your business is beyond me.

 

[briguy]

Hopefully, I live long enough to see ".top. replace ".com" as #1 extension.

Still remember all the hype about ".mobi" becoming #1..
Just my opinion..

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I remember the same bla-bla-bla when launching .CO
From Latona and others...

 

[briguy]

I remember the same bla-bla-bla when launching .CO
From Latona and others...

Personally, I had more faith in .co it is after all a typo of .com

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

It is not a typo of .com
Instead .co-traffic goes to .com

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

~60% traffic loss when using .co

 

[bluebox]

Between a crappy .com and "good" .top I rather spend that money on pizza...

 

[briguy]

It is not a typo of .com
Instead .co-traffic goes to .com

Maybe our definition of typo different..to me a typo is basically a spelling mistake. (Leaving a letter out for example)..

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I use internet since mid. 90s - and never typed .co instead of .com

 

[dordomai]

I remember the same bla-bla-bla when launching .CO
From Latona and others...

Right. Remember domaining history. When .info launched everyone grabbed as much as they could. Many probably thought it could compete with the established extensions.

One large investor (Elequa) did 3L.INFO buyout in early 2000 believing in the long-term potential of the extension.

Today .INFO is established but it never became HUGE and prices on the reseller market are limited.

Elequa also believed in .TV around 2003. It never took off in a huge way. Instead it went bankrupt and had to be saved.

.Travel, launched in 2006 was another string that never became succcesful and I believe it went bankrupt too.(or was nearly bankrupt)

.Jobs, launched in 2006 is virtually unknown today. Do people even know that it exists?

.Mobi and .tel were supposed to be huge and replace .com for mobile traffic. I can not remember seeing or visting a .tel or .mobi site in the past 3 years.

.co was supposed to replace .com because it was shorter. It enjoys a certain degree of success, probably because it is imitating the .com brand but it is rather small.

.biz isn't very popular either.

.md was marketed as "Medical Doctor" in the last decade. It never developed any following in the healthcare niche.

I am not mentioning .ws or .fm ., .tk, .cx and others. Extensions like .xyz or .gdn or .onl are nothing new and been there for a long time.

I would say that 90% of the newly launched TLDs are worse than the ones mentioned above. If we use history as our guide we can imagine how things will develop.

 

[briguy]

I use internet since mid. 90s - and never typed .co instead of .com

yes and if I remember correctly..some stat about 80%percent of the Internet users have a grade five education.
Just a general statement not being specific...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

.travel went bankrupt and was resold a few years ago.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

yes and if I remember correctly..some stat about 80%percent of the Internet users have a grade five education.
Just a general statement not being specific...

You may park any good .co and you will see that your type-in traffic will be ~NULL.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding Colombians - they use .com.co

 

[ivey]

I think it's disrespectful to be comparing .top with .com, so here is a hypothetical extension I think would easily beat .top-->


If there was an extension called: .go (dotgo),
Imo that would be way better than .top. It's makes sense and is short. You search, you go, you reach your destination. eBay.go man.go, Jeff.go. Or someone can say where can I go to find the best suits. You just have to say suitly! They know to add go on the end to reach that site.


I would apply for this extension of I had money instead of all the xyz, top, ws, website etc..

.go makes sense to me. I would take it seriously.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

.go will never be.
All 2L-TLDs are reserved for CountryCode-usage only.

 

[briguy]

You may park any good .co and you will see that your type-in traffic will be ~NULL.

Okay since you didnt post any proof to back up that statement..I can assume it just a personal opinion..just like my previous postings are..
P.s. never owned .co but that was my thoughts about co being more popular..

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

This is my experience.
The same experience was shared by others also.