.biz I love the .biz extension but it's not looking so hot!

[Steven McEvoy]

The .biz is one of my favoirte extensions but man, its hard to find some endusers. I really do not think anyone is using these extensions any more. You can just tell looking at Namebio https://namebio.com/?s==QTO3cjMzYTM Only people buying them are most likely domain investors and the prices or so low!

.biz extensions. Is it possible in the 2018+ of this industry?

Where is .biz heading?

Is there any future for .biz?

What should I be buying in .biz to keep my ROI up?

Is it possible for .biz to come back? What makes an extension get better?

Thanks!!

 

[alcy]

Until something happens in Columbia that causes a moment of some kind #BoycottColumbia. All the political correctness around now could still have an impact. I understand your point alcy but people that understand domains will always know it stands for columbia.

Besides.... would you stake an international companies website address on the whim of columbians?
What if the US declares war and columbia decides it wants its .co addresses back?

Far fetched I know but I would think about all the pros and cons before using it for my company.

nope.. most companies do not care.. and neither do domainers. co sells. its really that simple.

you don't have to take my word for it.. just check namebio for biz and co sales..

or other domainers sales.. check completed sale section here.. to see biz vs co.. do the research and you will know what sells. nobody really cares how columbia is doing. .co just looks amazing for a domain.

and of course as ultimate proof whcih always solves all confusion... run the test yourself with your own domains... get some .biz and some .co and see what sells more for you. even with dramatically superior keywords now available to reg in .biz versus what you can reg for .co.. you will still get more interest in your lower quality keyword .co domains.

co being 2 first letters of com defiitely helps that too.

we do not want to turn this into a .co discussion... so I'll just end this by saying.. do yourself a huge favor and if you're faced with choice between biz and co.. always pick co. you've increased your sale chances by 1000, right there! cheers.

 

[alcy]

Its still on topic because I am comparing a .co to a .biz so I think we are good there

I cannot disagree with you, the facts speak for themselves.

But...

.com = company and .biz = business

Soooooo much in common there - sad it is not more successful

hahah well.. you know hwo it is.. logic does nto always win in life.. and domaining is part of life.. neither does always win what we prefer.. like or love more... which is why its always best to leave our personal preferences or likings out the window in domaining what sells is what sells. whether it makes us happy or sad

enough on that then... just remember... co > biz... ALWAYS.
im not saying co is the best extension in the world. just saying its infinitely better than biz.

cheers.

 

[jmcc]

The original selling point of the .BIZ gTLD was that it provided an alternative to .COM for businesses. However, that plan went a bit pearshaped when the expected registration numbers didn't happen and the whole "gTLD for businesses" dropped. Now it is mainly a Chinese/Japanese gTLD with very little use or gains outside those markets.

Regards...jmcc

 

[BaileyUK]

.Biz died the death of .info, It needs to be a Very top notch pairing to gain any sort of recognition in 2018.

I took a chance with about a dozen .biz (same with .info) at the time of launch, never sold any,. and just about to drop the last one. I have to agree with the comment that it just doesn't read as a professional usage for an extension. but equally everyone thought dot info was going to be a very practical extension for a large business or company just for an intro site - What on earth were we all thinking, Scared about future internet tracking probably, these were after all still the internet growing days

 

[FarOutBrands]

Well, I for one like the extension and would have absolutely no reservations with starting a business using the .biz extension. in fact I have an idea for a business/website and one of the names I have an eye on is a .biz. I disagree with some who say that the extension looks and/or sounds unprofessional. It is a commonly used and acceptable term in the English language, especially in the states but I guess that is just a matter of preference.

 

[forge]

Look at his signature. It's in his name, didn't state it was his TLD.

Yes, by nature, I would say "biz" the word is less professional for fairly obvious reasons. But at the same time it can be seen as less stuffy, a little more "casual" if you will. If it's being used between like-minded professionals, that could be more advantageous than detrimental.

Just a thought.

 

[bmugford]

I sold an LLL on Afternic today for $1500. I will report it when the transfer completes.

Brad

SNG.biz

Brad

 

[Steven McEvoy]

Saw this near my house, surprise to see a .biz still in action! :O

 

[Steven McEvoy]

Yeah I know what you guys mean... so it just falls under every other ngtld or any tld. Except for .com

 

[Gro]

Please Check the number of results ...

https://www.google.co.in/search?ei=...b..0.8.773.0..0j0i67k1j0i131k1.78.Zzl_Y6yL2d0

Thanks

 

[MapleDots]

nobody really sees .co as country domain ... except columbians maybe... its just a shorter sweeter version of .com .. that looks and sounds fabulous... companies love it.. most domainers too.. and in terms of sales and popularity it leaves .biz millenia behind .. there isn't even a comparaison

Until something happens in Columbia that causes a moment of some kind #BoycottColumbia. All the political correctness around now could still have an impact. I understand your point alcy but people that understand domains will always know it stands for columbia.

Besides.... would you stake an international companies website address on the whim of columbians?
What if the US declares war and columbia decides it wants its .co addresses back?

Far fetched I know but I would think about all the pros and cons before using it for my company.

 

[MapleDots]

hahah well.. you know how it is.. logic does not always win in life.. and domaining is part of life.. neither does always win what we prefer.. like or love more... which is why its always best to leave our personal preferences or likings out the window in domaining what sells is what sells. whether it makes us happy or sad

There is a lot of wisdom in that

 

[gpmgroup]

enough on that then... just remember... co > biz... ALWAYS.
im not saying co is the best extension in the world. just saying its infinitely better than biz.

I don't think you should be so certain here, a .co with a matching famous .com can be a serious headache for any business, they would almost always be better going for some thing that distinguishes them.

 

[creataweb]

Its still on topic because I am comparing a .co to a .biz so I think we are good there

I cannot disagree with you, the facts speak for themselves.

But...

.com = company and .biz = business

Soooooo much in common there - sad it is not more successful

The .COM TLD means commercial (there is a .company extension too.)

 

[dordomai]

The original selling point of the .BIZ gTLD was that it provided an alternative to .COM for businesses. However, that plan went a bit pearshaped when the expected registration numbers didn't happen and the whole "gTLD for businesses" dropped. Now it is mainly a Chinese/Japanese gTLD with very little use or gains outside those markets.

Regards...jmcc

this reminds me of something

 

[FarOutBrands]

I agree with you Steven, there should be more widespread acceptance and/or use of the extension than there currently is and no real rational reason for the lack of success/popularity. Especially considering the extension stands for business much like its .com counterpart (which stands for commercial) and is the first choice for many when starting a business.

The other positive that the extension has going for it is that even though it stands for business it is generally regarded as a generic extension and is not specific much like other new gTLD's, limiting how I or others use the extension. i.e I can pretty much apply any name (keyword) left of the dot without having to worry about it meshing well or making sense with the word right of the dot (extension).

However, I think the main reason why the .biz extension has suffered over the years has much to do with the fact that early on, it was used by a lot of individuals with shady business tactics e.g. spamming, thus developing the reputation as being a spammy extension. Once that happened it was hard for the .biz extension to shake that reputation, even though as of late it seems to be recovering from that rep.

I also agree with others who previously mentioned that timing also is a factor in all of this. Possibly, if released later many would regard it as a top alternative to .com.

 

[BaileyUK]

I agree Silentptnr, of course they will always sell for a 'niche' market bit like all the other hundreds of extensions - get the fit that fits at the right price

as a side-story. I still own my registered company name in .com .(I'm long retired, since 50) I let the .co.uk drop the .biz owner contacted me to verify I'd let the .co.uk become available ( a flipper had offered it to him at a bargain price) I confirmed I let it go - so now it points to his .biz. but he won't pay a low reasonable amount for the .com. and this is a Global business (small admittedly) that happily pays probably my 'one-off' asking price each year, just for a fantastic global reach website on .biz.

I'm never one to take the piss (well not in business comms) but even I'm lost on their logic

 

[Daniel Owens]

Your best luck is probably 3L Chinese Premium .Biz I mean if your going to bother to play with .biz at all. Even, better is to get some with vowels only if they are real words, something like cup.biz for example would at least make sense.

 

[MediaCode]

In my observation, .biz in practice is used by small mom and pop companies or independent retail store owners who cannot afford, or do not value paying up for, a .com. It's an "also ran" extension where the potential end user buyers are budget challenged or otherwise cheap. Good luck with that.

If it's any consolation for .biz fans, .business is not much better. I registered a few like turnkey.business and industrial.business and ultimately determined that they were all bad investments not worth renewing. No interest from anyone. What large company would want to buy, own, and use them anyway? So, I've dropped or am dropping them to reinvest the savings in better, investment-grade domain names.

In the end, why invest in .biz or .business when you can invest in .com, the gold standard of domain name extensions?

 

[Daniel Owens]

@MediaCode "...com gold standard"-you. That is almost true however, it has been hurt a lot by all the new extensions or as they call them NGTLDS. Someone can get Mike.Cafe instead of paying x,xxx for mikescafe (dot) com for example, it appears there is plans for the development of mike.cafe for the record.

 

[gpmgroup]

i just noticed that most end users goes with a .business instead of .biz
.biz - available for reg, the same name in .business is taken

Do you think people would get fed up of having to add .business on every email or link? Especially on short names like aaa.business?

 

[forge]

Yesterday I saw Ply.Biz in Closeouts ...

Much better single words have already been in closeouts. But that's still a good 3L.

 

[lock]

The biz extension i feel won't remain strong. I have a couple but all tld in same words in use. I wouldn't be buying more unless i was finding prime words.

 

[mike2100]

I sold Million . biz for 450 $ on flippa , bought it on expired GD auctions , hold it for around 8 /9 months , but i made a ton of work and out outbound ,


i have dollars and biotech dot biz , let's see how it goes

 

[DomainGist]

If .BIZ had been released in 2015 you would have dozens of threads on NP talking about all these great domains members were registering - showcase your best .BIZ domains. .BIZ is great for business. Blah blah. The registry would announce some five figure sales to pump up the registrations. You might have a .BIZ auction at SEDO or Namejet of "premium keywords." But even though .BIZ was released more than fifteen years ago, how often do you see .BIZ domain sales reported on DNJournal? What does that tell you about the likely future of most nTLD portfolios?

^ This man knows.