How do you think the new gTLD flood will be affecting us domainers?

[the_poet]

Do you think our businesses will be running some serious risks?

 

[NPer]

I don't think so, it would just make the Big 3 look even better. So if in the case that the new ones take off, it would just make the "original" extensions more and more valuable.

.COM has still a long way to go. 90 Million .COMs is nothing!! That figure will just edge further and further up as time goes by.

 

[mwzd]

There are no big 3 globally, just the big 1 - .com Locally it's usually .com + ccTLD at best.

I think the new gTLDs will affect peak prices, even for .com, but not for a while, there is just too much money invested into development in existing extensions for existing domain / website owners to port.

Where it will make a difference will be the entry level or bootstrapped websites / businesses who want to use something brandable but don't want to spend $x,xxx on a good .com

 

[Flightfool]

As long you buy the dot com I don't think you have anything to worry about.

 

[Kate]

As usual many domainers will get burnt. Because new extensions fail most of the time. There is more money to be lost than won.

 

[NPer]

As usual many domainers will get burnt. Because new extensions fail most of the time. There is more money to be lost than won.

Exactly.

Also I can't see why .NET and .ORG can be ignored as being stable gTLDS. But to those who think a .whatever gTLD will work and knock .COM prices, invest your money there.

If there is no other gTLD other than .COM, and a ccTLD is next in line, then how does a ccTLD get into the argument? ccTLD=ccTLD, gTLD=.COM, .NET, .ORG, .WHATEEVER NEXT COMES. .NET and .ORG are both stable.

But yeah, guess if you believe ccTLDs ARE gTLD, then that's your choice.

I am responding coz people misinterpret my posts, and respond to what they wanna read instead of what is there. Why would I be so ignorant not to know that .COM is the best? lol

 

[MeanerDomainer]

Locally it's usually .com + ccTLD at best.

I wouldn't use the words "at best". I know of at least one country in which ccTLD is already much stronger than .com. I predict that ccTLD will become at least as strong as .com in most countries if it isn't already (except USA).