dot com statistics

[aki]

After searching for all sorts of names for a year or two, I'm wondering what the statistics are for available domains.

I have run several 5/6/7 letter wordlists, and 90% of words are taken, and the remaining ones aren't as pronouncable or brandable as the ones taken.

I have done searches for *design, *designs, *tech, meta*, cyber* and so forth, and just about all the good ones are taken there too.
As we know just about every good word in the english language is taken, only th odd sounding ones are left.

As for first names and last names there was an article, and 90% or more of the top 1000 names are taken, and by now probably all of them and beyond.

So what will happen to dot com for new websites?
There's almost no brandable domains left under 7 letters, all the good keywords are taken, and the generic affixes are snagged with most of the common words.

I'm just wondering if dot com needs to take a break and let other tld's come in properly, and if this will ever happen.

 

[-REECE-]

After searching for all sorts of names for a year or two, I'm wondering what the statistics are for available domains.

I have run several 5/6/7 letter wordlists, and 90% of words are taken, and the remaining ones aren't as pronouncable or brandable as the ones taken.

I have done searches for *design, *designs, *tech, meta*, cyber* and so forth, and just about all the good ones are taken there too.
As we know just about every good word in the english language is taken, only th odd sounding ones are left.

As for first names and last names there was an article, and 90% or more of the top 1000 names are taken, and by now probably all of them and beyond.

So what will happen to dot com for new websites?
There's almost no brandable domains left under 7 letters, all the good keywords are taken, and the generic affixes are snagged with most of the common words.

I'm just wondering if dot com needs to take a break and let other tld's come in properly, and if this will ever happen.

The tld really doesn't matter much for developed sites. I have a .mobi site, which averages around 500 hits daily, despite being what many would call a weak tld. For new domainers looking to park names, the dotcom days are pretty much over unless you have a very large bankroll or are speculating in unchartered waters (ie LLLL.com).

Your best bet for striking it rich with little work in dotcom would be to try and read as much as you can about the latest developments in a field that interests you. It could be computers, biology,... If you find the next oled.com or resveratrol.com, you'll be well rewarded.

 

[aki]

Sure but I don't mean parked domains.
I mean in the sense that for any customer to take you seriously, you need a .com for your business.
At least in the american regions.

It's very hard to come up with a domain to suit a tech business especially.

 

[-REECE-]

Sure but I don't mean parked domains.
I mean in the sense that for any customer to take you seriously, you need a .com for your business.
At least in the american regions.

It's very hard to come up with a domain to suit a tech business especially.

Despite what alot of domainers think, your average, everyday Joe doesn't really understand the difference between a .com, .net, .wtf,... If your site has valuable information, they'll come back. Dotcoms are great for that "traffic edge", as well as to avoid some confusion, but your average enduser really can't justify the cost associated with a top notch .com. Some of the most visited sites (according to Alexa) have absolutely horrible domain names as well as extensions. But the ideas behind these sites are what makes people keep coming back.