.eu domains

[colombani]

I began to invest in .eu domains six month ago.
I have purchased a lot of .eu domains in the last pool .eu auction.

other .eu investor or developer here ?

Any tought about .eu future ?

 

[Binfus]

I am not an .EU player but I believe many totally ignored this tld due to the super fiasco at its release and several dozen landrushes that followed; the whole damn thing was so confusing for most. IMO, .EU is likely to do very well but so far it has been an underdog....not unlike .US in many ways. Regional & ccTLDs are going to be hot going forward....those who're watchful have probably already noticed some positive movement in .EU aftermarket sales.

 

[mvl]

I think .eu will succeed but it will take time. Investing in .eu is not for the impatient.

 

[briguy]

According to a newletter that I receive as of

Domain Statistics 02/20/2007

.com 64,837,168
.de 10,691,043
.net 9,085,739
.org 5,763,241
.uk 5,614,591
.info 4,015,662
.eu 2,542,043
.biz 1,618,520
.us 1,197,480

are the number of registrations in some domain extensions..so judging by the number of domains registered for .de there is a market! especiall when the keyword(s) etc are taken up!

 

[nmr86]

i have around 20 to.. al 2 word domains..

 

[scandiman]

Investing in .eu is not for the impatient.

Nor is it for Americans w/out contacts in EU.

 

[gazzip]

Nor is it for Americans w/out contacts in EU.

:lol: Too late for that one mate !

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I think .eu will succeed but it will take time. Investing in .eu is not for the impatient.

That pretty much sums up how I feel about them too.

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[colombani]

In France There is not a lot of companies advertising for an .eu domain.

In your countries is .eu used ?

 

[jaggerboy]

Hello Colombani,
want to ask you in which pool eu auction you have purchased your eu-domains

thx
Jagg

 

[colombani]

Hello Colombani,
want to ask you in which pool eu auction you have purchased your eu-domains

thx
Jagg

www.eu.pool.com auctions.
The last was in the end of january.
You can go on the site to see. Create an account and they will send you a mail when there will be another auction.

 

[vitalir]

I began to invest in .eu domains six month ago.
I have purchased a lot of .eu domains in the last pool .eu auction.

other .eu investor or developer here ?

Any tought about .eu future ?

You may want to check these threads:
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/269207-can-you-please-post-any-eu.html
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/279930-eu-landrush-is-finished.html

 

[colombani]

You may want to check these threads:
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/269207-can-you-please-post-any-eu.html
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/279930-eu-landrush-is-finished.html

thanks I didn't see the first thread

 

[reg.log]

In France There is not a lot of companies advertising for an .eu domain.

In your countries is .eu used ?

The .eu DN related to the Hotel/Travel industry are doing well already (with massive advertising campaigns).
Also I know few companies which replaced their ccTLDs with .eu because of the more suitable DN (especially if .com was taken).
In some thread on this forum I described differences between the "old" and the "new" EU members possition and their different point of view on this new extension. The "new" members missed the .com rush, so this is the 2nd chance for those countries to expand on international market.
I see a big potential of .eu and I consider it as a good middle-term investment.
:imho: the .eu will become the third most popular ext. in couple of years (after .com and .net)

 

[Gerrit]

I have two LLL.eu's and doubting to sell or hold on to them. I have a few offers but still in doubt. I do think they may increase in value after a while, as I think .EU has a lot of potential. It just needs time, just like almost any extention, Rome wasn't built in a day. But with the EU enlarging and with more and more things being ruled on European level, I think it's an extention with a lot of potential.

 

[jmcc]

:imho: the .eu will become the third most popular ext. in couple of years (after .com and .net)

I think that you are wrong. The incompetence and corruption of the .eu landrush and Sunrise periods may doom .eu to being another .biz gTLD as opposed to a primary domains. Only the public dismissal and jailing of the management of EURid and their pals in the European Commission could restore a shred of credibility fo .eu ccTLD now.

Regards...jmcc

 

[scandiman]

I think that you are wrong. The incompetence and corruption of the .eu landrush and Sunrise periods may doom .eu to being another .biz gTLD as opposed to a primary domains. Only the public dismissal and jailing of the management of EURid and their pals in the European Commission could restore a shred of credibility fo .eu ccTLD now.

Does the public really know or care about these issues? Domainers may care that the release was wrought with corruption, but the public is likely oblivious to it. I think tourism/destination sites with intercontinental market appeal will still benefit from the branding opportunity of .eu. For a variety of reasons I too doubt it will reach such prominence as reg.log hopes but .eu still has its merits.

 

[jmcc]

Does the public really know or care about these issues?

Well in Ireland and the UK, over 80% of businesses that applied for a .eu in Sunrise 2 did not get their domains. As a domain, it doesn't even figure in the public view. And that is critical because the value of a TLD is directly related to the perception of a TLD. Thus .com domains sell for more the same domains in .biz gTLD or .info gTLD.

I think tourism/destination sites with intercontinental market appeal will still benefit from the branding opportunity of .eu.

Yes. But I think that most will use the .eu website as a portal or redirector to the relevant country website.

Regards...jmcc

 

[scandiman]

Yes. But I think that most will use the .eu website as a portal or redirector to the relevant country website.

That can prove to be a big branding mistake IMO. I don't know your location but as an American I think people from European countries don't quite realize how homogeneous the American perspective can be regarding contemporary Europe. This is reinforced by the euro currency. Just as someone from Germany probably has no clue that most native Oregonians despise Californian immigrants, Americans are mostly ignorant of the nationality issues that undoubtedly exist throughout Europe.

A good example is berlin.eu. As you described, this domain forwards to berlin.de. The average American will not know that "de" stands for Germany, but however, they will associate "eu" with Europe. IMO, Berlin.eu could have great appeal to Americans wanting to travel to Berlin but that opportunity is being wasted.

 

[smartpc]

I think this tld will be a winner in the next 5-10 yrs already i see many companies using this tld in there advertising on tv. The united states of europe is coming and then the values will rocket. I have a number of .eu`s alot of which i will be developing after all the EU population now stands at 428 million and thats a market.

 

[jmcc]

That can prove to be a big branding mistake IMO. I don't know your location but as an American I think people from European countries don't quite realize how homogeneous the American perspective can be regarding contemporary Europe.

In Europe, the ccTLDs are still dominant, especially in Germany where the .de ccTLD has around 11 Million domains. The .uk ccTLD has around 5 Million domains. My perspective on this is Irish and then European. (Though I've also got about 2M of the .eu domains mapped so my perspective is tinged with cynicism about .eu ccTLD).

A good example is berlin.eu. As you described, this domain forwards to berlin.de. The average American will not know that "de" stands for Germany, but however, they will associate "eu" with Europe. IMO, Berlin.eu could have great appeal to Americans wanting to travel to Berlin but that opportunity is being wasted.

Yes but the problem is that the morons in EURid are so incompetent that squatters managed to register a large number of European city names with dodgy Benelux trademarks. For the vast majority of EU citizens, .eu is irrelevant and it is consider just another example of EU corruption and incompetence. This is a shame because it could have been a great ccTLD for Europe. But the useless tossers in the European Commission and the bozos in EURid managed to screw it up on a collossal scale. Perhaps publically executing the lot of them would restore some confidence but the business element that forms the backbone of any TLD is missing from .eu ccTLD. Intead it is filled with squatters that used UK and Cypriot front companies to buy up large sections (perhaps over 60% ) of .eu ccTLD. For Europeans, the .eu ccTLD is not our ccTLD. Our ccTLDs are our country code domains rather than the corrupt and incompetently run .eu ccTLD. That's the way it is likely to stay.

Regards...jmcc