Dot TO

[cocaseco]

So I may be the last one in the industry to know about these, but I don't see much discussion. There appears to be value and good names left. I recently registered ECOMMERCE.TO. The downside is the $50/year price tag with a 2 drink minimum.

TO is the domain for Tonga and their government wisely allow anyone to register under their ccTLD.

TO is a part of the English language with many words ending in to and it is also a common preposition. TO is also a common reference to the city of Toronto, the 4th largest city in North America.

On Flippa there is a history of some good .TO sales.

Yet you rarely see these being offered for resale. Is it just the high registration fee? Thoughts?

 

[Branded Domains]

the current bid is $1500...on my .to domain..it depends on end users....if they like any name ..they spend on it..
I liked ur cabs.to

 

[Nick]

I live in Toronto and .to works extremely well.

I tried to sell several hat stores, in Toronto, "hats.to" and I didn't even get as much as a reply. Google doesn't treat .TO as a generic TLD like it does with .IO or .TV:

Generic Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs)
Google treats some ccTLDs (such as .tv, .me, etc.) as gTLDs, as we've found that users and webmasters frequently see these more generic than country-targeted. Here is a list of those ccTLDs (note that this list may change over time).

.ad
.as
.bz
.cc
.cd
.co
.dj
.fm
.io
.la
.me
.ms
.nu
.sc
.sr
.su
.tv
.tk
.ws

I think this extension is severely over-valued. These are not intended for anything else except the country of Tonga.

 

[Branded Domains]

hi..if your domain didn't get sold it doesn't means other domain will not.
check flippa u will see lots of domains are get sold $1000 above
and average of $400 sell.
.to is very friendly with Google search...if you are saying not then why below domains got good Alexa rank which is better than .io and .tv..

• movie2k.to - Alexa Rank 209
• anonym.to - Alexa Rank 866
• kinox.to - Alexa Rank 1266
• asg.to - Alexa Rank 1999
• lurkmore.to - Alexa Rank 2659
• uloz.to - Alexa Rank 2964
• pho.to - Alexa Rank 4297
• cpz.to - Alexa Rank 5363
• goldesel.to - Alexa Rank 5433
• ilive.to - Alexa Rank 7459
• demotivators.to - Alexa Rank 9295
• toukoucity.to - Alexa Rank 10117
• kkiste.to - Alexa Rank 10605
• nakadashi.to - Alexa Rank 10828
• torrent.to - Alexa Rank 11683

websites get success with good seo,marketing and using social media..

and it depends on end user whether they like .to ,.io,.tv,ooo, or .guru.
So bottom line is you never know which domain get sold with high prices..
and I hope you will get a good buyer for your domains...

 

[Nick]

.to is very friendly with Google search...if you are saying not then why below domains got good Alexa rank which is better than .io and .tv..

You do realize that Alexa rank has nothing to do with Google, right? Alexa is owned by Amazon.

websites get success with good seo,marketing and using social media..

You're correct, but you'll have to do a lot of work to target everywhere outside of Tonga with .TO domains. Would you use a .com.au to target traffic in New York? Of course not. I gave you proof that .TO is not going to rank well outside of Tonga- I didn't just randomly make it up.

and it depends on end user whether they like .to ,.io,.tv,ooo, or .guru.

Sure, there's a buyer for everything. I'm not saying they aren't worth flipping, I'm just saying the end user is going to have very poor results without doing MAJOR MAJOR SEO optimization.

 

[Branded Domains]

yes seo is the base of any website....
but marketing and social factors are major counts too.
and most of the buyers of .to domains are from Canada.U can cross check it.
I have seen most of the winners are from Canada or US

 

[campout]

It wouldn't surprise me if .to got added to Google's "generic" ccTLD list. As stated there is a push to use them in Toronto, and I think there is some movement against Internet types to make use of .to. It certainly wouldn't fit simply into the class of pure ccTLD - only related to Tonga.

 

[Kate]

How many Toronto-based businesses use .to ?
I know one prominent site.

 

[campout]

I know one prominent site.

Which site?

How many of us can even name one Toronto-based business period? TD Bank I assume? Can't think of any others.

 

[Kate]

I know dine.to.

 

[Branded Domains]

Google: All Domain Extensions Are Weighted The Same
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-all-domain-extensions-are-weighted-the-same/137139/

 

[Nick]

Google: All Domain Extensions Are Weighted The Same
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-all-domain-extensions-are-weighted-the-same/137139/

"For example, country code TLDs like .ca and .uk will be targeted to searchers in those countries. Google considers websites with country code domains to be more relevant to searchers who reside in the corresponding countries."

You have to read beyond the headline. I don't know why you keep trying to disprove this. I provided direct proof from Google. You're providing headlines from some blog.

 

[Messiah]

Although I believe .To domains are specific to the country Tonga, there is this SEO which plays a major role. Country Code TLD is just one of the factor out of many other factors which Google use to rank websites.

For example, I sold Rehab.to yesterday. If you search Rehab in Google, the first page will show the links of
1. Rehabs.com, 2. Wikipedia Page for Rehabilitation, 3. Rehab.ie

.IE is a domain extension for Ireland. Here, ccTLD did not stop this website to rank only in Ireland. The overall SEO played major role in ranking this website in the first page.

Any domain extension can be ranked very well if the SEO is done properly. JMO.

Regards,
Messiah

 

[Nick]

...I sold Rehab.to yesterday. If you search Rehab in Google, the first page will show the links of
1. Rehabs.com, 2. Wikipedia Page for Rehabilitation, 3. Rehab.ie

.IE is a domain extension for Ireland. Here, ccTLD did not stop this website to rank only in Ireland.

I'm in the US and not only is it not on the first page, but it's not ranking on ANY of the first 10 pages of Google or Yahoo and is in the 70th position on Bing. You can even see here: http://smallseotools.com/keyword-position/

 

[Messiah]

I'm in the US and not only is it not on the first page, but it's not ranking on ANY of the first 10 pages of Google or Yahoo and is in the 70th position on Bing. You can even see here: http://smallseotools.com/keyword-position/

Well, this is what I came to see when I searched for Rehab again now in Google.com.. I live in India.

 

[campout]

I sold Rehab.to yesterday.

Congrats! Want to share any details? Listing venue? Price?

 

[Messiah]

Congrats! Want to share any details? Listing venue? Price?

Sold it on Flippa for $400..I was expecting a bit more to be honest with that strong keyword...But I'm happy overall... I regged that domain one month back for $45.

I have 6 more strong keyword domains in .to which I'm planning to keep at the moment...This domain extension is gaining momentum...

 

[campout]

This domain extension is gaining momentum...

How do you know?

 

[Messiah]

How do you know?

.to domains are good hacks... A lot of .to domains are getting sold for good prices... The domains I kept in my To Buy list are all gone and are registered by some other domainers within a week and they were all premium keywords...

 

[campout]

and they were all premium keywords...

Do you mean that they weren't available at the normal ($50?) price, but had to be registered at a premium?

 

[Messiah]

Do you mean that they weren't available at the normal ($50?) price, but had to be registered at a premium?

No..the premium domains you see in register.to website are just a few premium domains..there were lot other strong keyword domains which were still available one month back but they are all registered now for normal pricing $50...

I kept around 6 to 8 geo domains in my list such as Poland.to and Sweden.to .. Even those geo domains are now registered...