discuss How I Predict Which Extension Is King

[Dream Domains]

When
Google.com Amazon.com eBay.com Walmart.com Tesla.com
become
Google.co Amazon.co eBay.co Walmart.co Tesla.co
...I will start considering investing in .co

 

[cooljub]

Those are defensive registrations, which if used at all will probably redirect to the .com

.. which kinda answers any question in your title.

 

[Dream Domains]

Those are defensive registrations, which if used at all will probably redirect to the .com

.. which kinda answers any question in your title.

Some people believe .co and .io is as good as .com
I'm dissolving their misperception.

 

[kor]

The companies you mentioned were waiting for you to invest in .co

What a ridiculous topic...

 

[VadimK]

The companies you mentioned were waiting for you to invest in .co

What a ridiculous topic...

And of course, to offer it to them. I would be mailing them day and night, calling too.

 

[Dream Domains]

And of course, to offer it to them. I would be mailing them day and night, calling too.

You are not following the industry trends, it seems.

 

[MKA]

.com isn't going away. I was around during the .co hype, when speculators thought companies would move to .co from .com because it's shorter and co is a common abbreviation of "company."

The "problem" is that .com is so integrated with commercial professionalism and the Internet experience that we're thrown off when we don't see it in the address to a website. There's no reason for anyone who uses a .com to move away from it, and because all the corporate giants are using it it will be the go-to for newer businesses to establish themselves on the market.

Domainers love the idea of a new TLD taking off, because it's effectively a reset where they can apply their expertise and catch the good ones, but it's not going to happen. Even China couldn't get away from the .com, and only 1% of the Chinese population speak English.

 

[bmugford]

.com isn't going away. I was around during the .co hype, when speculators thought companies would move to .co from .com because it's shorter and co is a common abbreviation of "company."

The "problem" is that .com is so integrated with commercial professionalism and the Internet experience that we're thrown off when we don't see it in the address to a website. There's no reason for anyone who uses a .com to move away from it, and because all the corporate giants are using it it will be the go-to for newer businesses to establish themselves on the market.

Domainers love the idea of a new TLD taking off, because it's effectively a reset where they can apply their expertise and catch the good ones, but it's not going to happen. Even China couldn't get away from the .com, and only 1% of the Chinese population speak English.

More websites launch on .COM every day than any other extension, so it is not giving up its lead.

However, it doesn't mean there is not value in other extensions as well.

Brad

 

[Keith]

You are not following the industry trends, it seems.

The better observation is, you must be new to domains. Research and understanding are key.

All the best!

 

[MKA]

However, it doesn't mean there is not value in other extensions as well.

Of course there's value to other TLD:s it's just that it's not comparable.

Whether you're going to use a domain for a website or an email address, it's important for that domain to convey trust. And for a lot of people .com is the only gTLD that does that.

 

[Ostrados]

How I Predict Which Extension Is King

Simple, this is how:
.com

Believe me

 

[ontiscal]

I don't have the certainty of everyone else, but if google will use the .co instead of the .com be sure that all the .co will already be taken!

 

[Chieff]

You mean some huge companies using the .co extensions so its in trend ?

Established firms use those domain extensions as a additional domain name ; a nice to have kind of domain

 

[BetoWH7]

.co is meant for the Colombia country isn't it ??

 

[Daniel Owens]

A lot of companies start off each day with .com so it will remain the leader.
But, that doesn't mean other extensions don't have potential value.
I just think we should be careful thinking that .CO would replace .com.

 

[Daniel Owens]

Get this 3L .co $100 to $300 for most random letters. Three letter .com $10,000 or more for random letters. Dictionary .co many are $100 or so, dictionary .com's often a few thousand or even over $100,000. That gives an idea of .com vs. .co

 

[kor]

Dictionary .co many are $100 or so

Find me an Oxford dictionary .co domain name for $100 and I'll give you extra $100 for your finding.

 

[Daniel Owens]

Find me an Oxford dictionary .co domain name for $100 and I'll give you extra $100 for your finding.

You can go hand-reg a barrel load yourself no need for me.

 

[kor]

You can go hand-reg a barrel load yourself no need for me.

I don't think dictionary words can be hand-registered among about 5 million registered .co domains.

 

[jmcc]

I don't think dictionary words can be hand-registered among about 5 million registered .co domains.

The problem is that no statistics on .co registrations have been published by the registry for years. The English version of the registry gives a figure of 2.2 million for 2018.

Regards...jmcc