How viable are .asia names

[fojames]

Looking into registering some .asia names, anyone with experience on them, how viable are they in the domain aftermarket? Do they get traffic?

 

[npcomplete]

I believe we are still in the TM sunrise period, so asking for experience in aftermarket sales will probably produce the null set.

Asia is the fastest growing sector of the world economy. Do the math. Once it reaches the landrush phase I will be in the long line of people trying to catch what is left after the TM phase. You need an Asian contact to register. Read the registry rules for more.

Marc

 

[mwzd]

.asia = zzz

don't waste your time.

good luck

 

[Spade]

.asia = zzz
don't waste your time.
good luck

Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.

Please see - .eu for more information.

Justin

 

[networkmsia]

its a little too pricey at the moment.

unless you can get something like poker.asia for reg fee, then of course its great.

 

[npcomplete]

Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.

Please see - .eu for more information.

Justin

Here is some interesting sales info from Namebio.com (a site I trust, yours, no?):

gps.eu: $33,480, 2007-11-07, Sedo

admittedly, this would have been a killer in .com, but still, $33k is not bad.

I think the top keywords will do well. My guess though is that all the keywords will be gone by the time landrush hits, and the ones remaining will be priced too high in auction to buy and flip.

Marc

 

[sashas]

invest in the top keywords if you can get them, and have money to spare. Otherwise, stay away.
Personally, I'll be setting aside 1k for .asia. If they work, well good for me. if they don't, I won't be losing everything.

Newbies should definitely stay away though. HotSexFreeAdultClips.asia won't sell. Period.

 

[npcomplete]

invest in the top keywords if you can get them, and have money to spare. Otherwise, stay away.
Personally, I'll be setting aside 1k for .asia. If they work, well good for me. if they don't, I won't be losing everything.

Newbies should definitely stay away though...snip...

Excellent advice. If you can afford to gamble a bit, go for it and try to grab some quality keywords. If not, stay out of the casino.

...snip... HotSexFreeAdultClips.asia won't sell. Period.

Whereas HotSexFreeAdultClips.com would be a clear winner!

Just kidding.

Marc

 

[AdoptableDomains]

I see another difficulty with .asia not often mentioned. First it's not a completely open domain requiring some Asian contact. In theory, it's for Asian people or businesses. After that, the issue I see is that Asia is a huge geographic multicultural area. Some see that as a positive. I see that as a negative as well, since English isn't the primary language in much of Asia. You actually have the languages of Russian, Several dialects of Chinese, Arabic, Indian, Burmese, Persian, Bengali, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Japanese, Korean, etc. This means many of the resident's it's targeted to won't even know what English words mean. Getting a keyword in all those languages could be troublesome, and pointless.

Personally, I'm taking a pass on .asia. I'll either stick with the main gTLD's or maybe wait for the new ones to be proposed next year.

 

[sashas]

I'm pretty damn sure that most of us who're saying they'll give .asia a pass will reg at least one name if its just to satiate their curiosity, just as I'm sure even the staunchest .mobi hater did register a .mobi sometime or the other...

 

[AdoptableDomains]

I'm pretty damn sure that most of us who're saying they'll give .asia a pass will reg at least one name if its just to satiate their curiosity, just as I'm sure even the staunchest .mobi hater did register a .mobi sometime or the other...

I will admit I have 3 or 4 .mobi. I'm not a .mobi "hater", but had reservation as to whether it would be a useful TLD. I'm still not convinced it will long term, and on Verizon wireless have never seen a .mobi website on my phone. However, I have never owned a .eu, .cn, or .in, which I think is more similar to what .asia will be as a primarily non-US/restricted nexus ownership TLD.

 

[sashas]

for all my dislike for .mobi, I still own one. I also own one .eu, one .tv, and plenty of .ins (its my ccTLD, of course).

 

[npcomplete]

I am not a .mobi fan either, but I have one (votd.mobi) which is a daily bible verse site (non-commercial) that gets real traffic (not through forum plugs). I think the .mobi's may have a place, but like Sashas said above, a lot of us buy a few of the other extensions just to see what happens.

I think this will happen with .asia too, where some people will grab a few top plays and the rest will be ho-hum. Like I said before, I will *definitely* try to grab some .asia domains once I figure out who to get for the required .asia contact. If nothing else, just for fun. I am not a big .tv buyer either, but I do buy them. I think I have the distinction of being the first person to monetize a .tv domain through fabulous. They used to ban them until I asked them to put it into a premium program. I am really not a tld bigot. I buy anything that makes money (within my general market categories).

Marc

 

[wot]

I generally have a mix and match of names and tld, cctld's , however, I do not see .asia as being part of my portfolio, this is a close as I will get AsiaDomainName.com :gl:

 

[dezinerite]

IMO it depends on what the domain name is. biz.asia, travel.asia, etc.

 

[htmlindex]

.asia is the next .name, a complete flop IMO

 

[Charley]

unless you can get something like poker.asia for reg fee, then of course its great.

This is already reserved.

 

[Steven]

In my opinion, only the extremely good keywords will sell for a reasonably high price.
I don't think the extension will do very well overall.

 

[fojames]

thanks all for your input, putting all your advice into consideration, I think I'll go for it, it a riosk worth taking, but the problem is the asian contact clause, any quick solution to that or any way around it?

 

[Malaysia]

i dun plan to register much as well.. unless reg fee is really low.. maybe i might reg more..