discuss How many millions of new TLD registrations will there be in five years?

[garptrader]

Currently there are more than ten million new TLD registrations. Excluding registry-held nTLDs and freebies, how far do you believe the registration base will grow over the next five years?

15 million
25 million
50 million

 

[garptrader]

I believe at some the registries will release certain premium keywords that were not initially available or will lower the acquisition cost of others. That will contribute to increasing registrations but I believe there will also be many drops as newbies are registering many combinations which just do not make sense and will not find a buyer.

 

[Casey L]

I can't even fathom how many drops there will be from those ntlds, but they will keep coming regardless. I'd be surprised if you can't make your own tld one day

 

[alcy]

in short, the registrar business liek godaddy or other must be booming these days.

 

[mhdoc]

To me if feels like in a few years the abundance of TLD's will degrade the value due to scarcity. As consumers get used to seeing all kinds of things after the dot, on all kinds & quality of sites, the impact & value of any particular TLD will drop. It may take longer than I think, (I still know one guy who doesn't know the difference between the address box and a search box on his browser.)

Some of the businesses that can't afford a "good" TLD will become successful and show customers it is the company that matters.