Please, give more precision. This is your moment.
Please feel free to explain your strategy if you feel there is "outlandish claims."
Also, would reporting a $1M offer, with no proof or facts, qualify as being an "outlandish claim"?
OK
@Internet.Domains, so be ready coz it should be long ;
Regarding our THE.Best social network, I would suggest for those who have an interest that you look at our Namescon presentation that you can find on
https://www.go.best
But in few words here is our domain name strategy :
Most ngtlds are focusing on selling domains to SMB or Corps. We want to sell domains to SMB through our registrars (go.Best), to Big Corps through our Best Protection Program (brands.best), and ... to the social media users through our own social network (THE.Best)
On the SMB and Corp side we totally disagree with all generic tld : .Best is not a competitor of the .com will never be. All the ngtld that claim/would like to replace the .com are already dead or will be absorbed time after time.
As for THE.Best social network here it is : It's the First social network based on a TLD where you can review anything you want.
Our 4 main differences are :
- Decentralized : Each user has a a real website with a real .Best domain instead of just having a social media account (ex :
https://www.cyril.best vs
https://twitter.com/FremontCyril)
- Responsible : each user is the owner and so the reponsible of its content (one think that could be usefull here sometimes
) This avoid us for instance to have to moderate our user content.
- Rewarded : We share/paid our contributors based on the number of visits/clics/engagement they have on their reviews. Like on youtube.
- Global : As for the decentralization we are already working with the MIIT to be accredited newt year on the .Best TLD and so will be the 1st social network to be in USA, Europe & China.
As for the business model here it is - fast your seat belt :
On the B2C side :
THE.Best will be a buyer of .best domains . THE.Best social network will buy domains for its users but not any .Best domains (numeric domains) that will be put in a specific class of domains dedicated to the social network.
Means it's a FREEMIUM business model on the user side : You register, we give you a free .Best domain with a real website like (cyril.best) and if you want to customize your name (as this is exactly the main and principle asset of all social media users and influencers), then you have to pay a membership for your domain.
On the B2B side :
Brands will pay a membership fees to :
- monitor their reviews coz it's fully decentralized so they have to pay a membership by brand/trademark/competitor they want to follow.
- sponsor users reviews
Don't want to go too far in details here coz it's not the problems of domainers except on one thing.
You all saw .tk collapsing. and they collapse for one reason, because it was not protected.
So now listen, THE.Best social network will be FREE as .TK was, it is fully protected coz it's a full content solution not just a domain name, and it will be rewarded !
Now guess what .TK whatever you or everybody can think is still the 2nd largest TLD in volumes with 22M. It was blacklisted like i said for all th reasons we know.
But what will happen my friends and I bet whatever you want on it is that we will spread more .best in the root than .TK and fully protected with real and unique user content for google.
So our objective is not 22M - our objective is about 100M users = .best domains by 2023 !
Yep 100M users = domains by 2023.
You think I am crazy !
You are right : I am conservative compare to quora for instance that start to reward its users for content and is now +300M active users !
So, for the .Best registry, what will be the boom effect. Like I said first, if you look at what happened right now you will see that people our now even buying social media names on ebay, ...
So we think thaht this is exactly what will happened also for us on the aftermarket with our .best domain names. Plus, using strong keywords in your name to make related reviews on hotels in NYC for instance will help get more traffic and so more money for the reviewers. So same, those names will have get some added value on the field.
Voilà, it's about 3:87 my friends and I would say that today you killed me. Answering 5 thread where people shot you is too much for me now. I assume it was the NP's initiation so I am good with that.
And I apologize if I hurt and/or seems disrespectfull for any of you - that was not my intention.
And sorry for my english or pardon my french
I have nothing against the trader community and don't be offense but it's true my dream is not to be a trader (nothing agains that), but I want to be game changer.
One last point, I chased the .Best acquisition since 5 years and worked with 10 of my close friends on THE.Best social network since 2 years.
We'll open it to the public at the WEB SUMMIT in Lisbon in November in front of 20K people :
Like I said, I am/ we are not a scammer or trying to pump the .Best - if we say /announce something it's happening - I know exactly where I am going and what I am doing.
Of course, we are not perfect, there is still a lot of work to do but we have a strong vision, the innovation and we are just now starting the execution. and trust me execution is my fav part of the game.
As for the deal, I will get back to you once we had the return from namebio so please be patient and try to not to kill me during the next days coz I have plenty others things to do right now.
I said and I will give you all information in a fully transparent mode like I did since the beginning so keep cool and be patient.
I said we have the engagement letter for the moment (no more).
Once we will take/accept the final sales decision, we will communicate on this.
Our Engagement Letter is valid for 30 days so we have time to take the right decision at the right price.
no hurry.
All the .Best for you, your domains and your business no matter which domains you like, you byu, you sell - I wish you success.
Sincerely,
Cyril FREMONT - CEO .Best & THE.Best
