question How many .org domains do you have?

[MapleDots]

Lot's of controversy around .org

https://onlinedomain.com/2019/11/14...o-a-private-equity-firm-called-ethos-capital/

So my question is....

1. How many .org's do you have?

2. How many will you drop if a large price hike comes?

 

[A1EX]

Old thread, but ill play... I have 8!

 

[biggie]

bio-tech.org
e-d.org
Englewood.org

150.org
and
about 14 LLL.org

imo...

 

[wwwweb]

Are they now explicitly allowed to set variable prices (= premium renewals) on domain-by-domain basis, like most new GTLDs? Anybody checked all the legal stuff?

Yes, basically like gtld framework.

I can’t believe the insiders in charge of protecting the essence of the domain space, somehow worked out a golden parachute, then got them to waive the price increase, acquired the extension.

Somebody needs to look into, there is just way to many conflicts of interest, and back channel questions that need to be addressed.

 

[bmugford]

I own a few hundred total.

Brad

 

[wwwweb]

I would liken .org to being a cartel now, First year small increase, and slowly increasing every year after that until they start getting some backlash, probably max out at around $15. It will be hard to make a case other than pure greed, as we sure to sh*t know the technology based costs for renewing domains should be going down, but personal greed continues to make them go up.

About 11 million .org's being registered, every $1 increase is $11 million dollars added to their bottom line. That is a lot of power to have against one's charity, or business, to basically extort based on your cashflow demands.

The personal mandate of ICANN is being perturbed for the sake of profit. Who knows what other ICANN employees will join Ethos Capital in the future with jobs, and options already awaiting them. The whole premise of this should make way for cleaning house at ICANN, and starting this process all over.

 

[Silentptnr]

I have exactly 30 .org domains. Regardless of renewal price increase, I have two that I will sell or drop but will not be renewing. The other 28 are just too good to drop.

I have sold enough .org that I am well in profit from .org. Thank goodness.

 

[Samer]

Zero. I have 99% .com and the 1% are .us

 

[MapleDots]

https://jelastic.com/blog/domains-and-subdomains-all-the-queries-resolved/



Whoever owns org.com has a golden opportunity here.

Think sub domains....

mydomain.org.com

 

[MapleDots]

I had a example.com domain and a small startup was running on ExampleApp.com

They contacted me and offered $750 for the .com and I came back at 12k.
They called me a few choice words and a month or so later they were running on example.org.

They hounded me for almost a year with offers that never exceeded 1k.

The other day I noticed they gave up and pulled down the website. Not sure how much my .com had to do with that but it looks like they certainly did not do well with the .org.

Personally I never felt comfortable with .org but in certain situations (like the link in my signature) the .org actually makes a lot of sense.

 

[MapleDots]

Personally I have 2 .org's

I will continue to renew both even if they double in price.

At two domains it will not affect me in any dramatic way.

 

[bonin]

I have only 3 and I will renew them, especially iso-9001(.org)

 

[Blitzpotz]

I have about 80 .org domains. Many of them relate to sports, art, health and benefit where I believe that .org does well.

If I look at number and names of financial and legal advisors of the new registry and imagine their salaries I am not sure if the benefit character of .org will remain.

Renewal fees: let´s wait and see if, when and how much they will rise. There is already a big price range following the registrars´ competition and you can save a lot of cash if you chose the right registrar. Using the one or the other .org transfer promo can be even more effective in the future.

 

[NYJimbo]

65

If you know why you would buy them, then you would too.

 

[wwwweb]

I am sure people will have a chance to do a 10 year renewal before a price increase which will generate a lot of upfront cash for the registry now. Not really a good option for domainers, moreso end users, domainers probably 2-3 years is best for outgoing renewal.

 

[Recons.Com]

I have dropped thousands once they hiked the price the last time around. Now down to 20-30. Will drop all but 1-2, if there is another hike.

You can build a non-profit on a .com or cctld just fine. For example, if I were to create a US non-profit, I can opt for .us for $7.99 renewal. And there are some great one worders, acronyms etc. that can be bought really cheap.

I already have a good collection of under 100 .us names, including 1000, approvals, accessory, arms, asu, auditors, bulls, cwc, duke, dispute, earnings, faculty, editions, gizmo, idea, inks, inquire, instruction, instrument, islands, journalist, ranking, returns, wage etc. So I can reinvest my .org renewal/purchase funds into .us, as I would expect lots of non-profits will be looking into buying .us instead of .org if there is 2x+ price difference.

 

[BaileyUK]

Sold 5 or 6 out of the 30 or so I held for an average $600 over all the years I held them. Dropped the rest. I do appreciate they occasionally sell for good money. But, over the years I found buyers to be fairly upfront about the Cause or Organisation they were representing. and equally upfront about paying more would likely to be frowned upon by their own membership or Charitable boards they represent.

My sales mostly ended up with educational organisations with charitable status. I personally found it a difficult market to operate in - Purely from a just for profit basis

 

[EmpireNames.com]

I have four now

Loom.org
Celeb.org
Branded.org
Backend.org

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I have 5 .org, and am considering adding a couple hand-reg this month.

Of the 5, three I am rather fond of. I would probably renew those a few years ahead at current prices if it appeared renewals were going up.

I don't like the idea of the .org sale based on what we know of the transaction and people involved so far, and coming on heels of ICANN removing the price cap. I would prefer that .org was in hands of an international non-profit. That said, private equity does not necessarily mean that prices will rise dramatically.

I think the uncertainty of future directions will mean that some may hesitate or get rid of .org they hold, and that may provide a buying opportunity.

To end users even a doubling in price will have little impact. To answer the question we also need to know what is happening price wise to other TLDs. It appears that .com will go up by 31% over next 4 years, and for most others we have no certainty re what will happen.

Bob

 

[dninspire]

80ish

Some will drop Many will be kept due to value.

Just have to wait and see how any changes play into the long game.

 

[Darren C]

To many .....most quite decent ,sold a couple nothing to sing about though ....lost one to “media options” in a dropcatch battle ......wasn’t a traffic domain just a good 4l ...non word .....there are opportunities in org but best sticking with com ....same as @biggie says !

imo...

 

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Lot's of controversy around .org

https://onlinedomain.com/2019/11/14...o-a-private-equity-firm-called-ethos-capital/

So my question is....

1. How many .org's do you have?

2. How many will you drop if a large price hike comes?

I have only one
and
I will drop none

 

[Zilla]

5~6 .org still....love them very much, I believe I will continue renew and keep them....

 

[Shackleton]

12 orgs. Over 92% .com holdings. I think I would keep them unless the price increases are crazy.

 

[Fortnite]

The answer is ZERO as from now, will never be interested in anything besides ".com" in the future..I have others like ".pro,.Life,.coffee...But I dont see any interest in .org...just my opinion.

Regards