discuss IF YOU DONT OWN DOT COM YOU DONT HAVE MUCH!

[artstar]

Well after all the hype and hoopla and support ive had over the years trying to support other tlds its now time to admit, IF YOU DONT OWN THE DOT COM YOU DONT HAVE MUCH!

Dot com dot com dot com

No other will do, no other will take its place, no other has its value, no other has a chance against it!!!

I don't care if its now or 20 years from now if you don't own the dot com you are setting yourself up for a loss period end of story!

So to all you newbies, save your $$$$ now and buy or hand reg ONLY dot coms cause if you don't you will find you messed up bigtime!

 

[dordomai]

Top western and Chinese strings with GDN are all available in .com

loansgdn.com
insurancegdn.com
hotelgdn.com
fanggdn.com
daikuangdn.com
123gdn.com
888gdn.com

Honestly why would you register a mediocre keyword(assuming that the better ones are reserved or premium) domain in .GDN when no one want the best keywords with it in .com?

 

[easternaga]

Well I just made $125 from my new .vip website

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

IF YOU DONT OWN THE DOT COM YOU DONT HAVE MUCH!

I DON'T OWN THE DOT COM AND I HAVE MORE!

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DON'T GET LOST IN WEIRD .comBINATIONS!
https://www.namepros.com/threads/dont-get-lost-in-weird-combinations.956420/#post-5606357

 

[iAchilles]

Don't dog my loans.loans domain, not cool.

Sorry you can't find a repeating nGTLD, oh I can't now either in 2016 due to rarity and value!

BTW, to keep the thread on track, here's a sale that would never happen in .com IMO!

boutique.boutique 7,000 USD 2016-01-05 Sedo

I've come across a number double keyword sales on namebio and there's many developed sites using them. Can't for the life of me remember what the keywords were.

Here's a rather apt example of a developed site. BuyBuy.com :p

 

[platey]

The principles of investment must be applied to domains as well. We must learn to diversify our portfolio.

Sure, .com may very well be used by 49.2% of all the websites in the world. But that doesn't mean it will continue to dominate.

The reason why .com is so popular is because majority of websites started in US and .com was/is the preference of the american webmasters. And as companies started to advertise their websites, the consumers started getting used to .com.

But lets consider how other countries are progressing their technology and going online. Are Indian consumers familiar with .com? Yes. Are they also used to .in? Yes. Will Google make their default page "www.google.com" or "www.google.in"? It will be the latter.

This is why even the multinational companies make sure to use the ccTLDs when they're serving other countries.

Now lets get back to US.

Everyday there's more and more new business taking birth. Will all of them compete for .com? Sure, that will be their first choice. But if they can't get their .com, they won't just give up. They'll get creative. We are already seeing companies using .io for their homepages.

And the more businesses incorporate .whatever into their advertising, the more the consumers will come to accept those .whatever.

And if you only invested in .com, then you lost the opportunity with the .whatevers.

Domain names aren't always in the market. They aren't always available for trading. They stop trading when the end users buy them.

And as more and more .com's are bought by the end users, they leave empty spots for the .whatevers.

At the end, domain names belong to the end users. And since we only invest in domain names that we think will sell to end users, then if they aren't married to .com, we shouldn't put all our eggs in .com either.

example of when and when not to use a .com in my humble opinion

i own a couple of legal domains - eg lawyer .co.uk and attorney .com

my privacylawyer .co.uk is perfect for the uk privacy lawyer

but chose not to buy privacyattorney .co.uk because an american attorney wouldn't want a .co.uk they would want a .com or .us

thats why i chose a .com for my dashcam attorney and a .us for my dashcamattorney

and a .co.uk for my privacylawyer and have a .co.uk for my dashcamlawyer

most celebrities it would appear prefer the .com of their name

but i prefer .com for domain names i intend to keep as long term investments

 

[ZapNano]

The domain names itself are not the issues. The outdated programed mind, are sometimes the deficiencies and can be toxic in the system. This programed mind can lead to a barrier for improvements. Using the same methods of doing things; for years and forevermore, are more likely to invite a none progress results. Yes, you will get results, with that programed mind that has been constructed in the system since of its birth. Hello programed.mind

 

[artstar]

programmed yes but as far as any biziness theres always #1 until it topples of course but dot com will be the leader and who knows what follows

its not just me saying this

go out and tell anyone your domain but leave out the tld and they will come back with the question" dot com"?

what else would they say as a reply? oh is that .xyz? or .top?

come now we all know its true

I sure hope some ext take off but they are not the default ext that com is

ive said enough and i u all make a ton of $$$$ in whatever u own!!!

thx for all your great replies

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

go out and tell anyone your domain but leave out the tld and they will come back with the question" dot com"?

In the USA only.

 

[mad409]

Top western and Chinese strings with GDN are all available in .com

loansgdn.com
insurancegdn.com
hotelgdn.com
fanggdn.com
daikuangdn.com
123gdn.com
888gdn.com

Honestly why would you register a mediocre keyword(assuming that the better ones are reserved or premium) domain in .GDN when no one want the best keywords with it in .com?

Once I figure out why you're adding gdn at the end of keyword .com's I might be able to reply. .gdn is an extension and like .com is an extension. I don't see any logic here personally.

 

[wormfood]

.gdn still sucks though
doesn't exactly roll off the tongue or at the very least stick in your memory

 

[ZapNano]

I collected all domain names extension; so this mean that I don't have a problem of any TLD. However, and most importantly; first I believe that SLD must adhere with your extension. Also, to avoid confusion and potential conflict, your business activities must also adhere with your TLD. Example: My business is about car renting; so I picked "car.rent" this because my business is about car renting. Or i could pick car.com. However, I wanted to let my audience know that my business Is about renting. Not about .com.

Some 25+years ago there were only 3 strong extensions, that are being toss around and adored; as I can remember back in 1989 .com, .net and .org are more recognized and more used. The zero alternative and no option, had put all the attention to these 3 extensions.

.com= "commercial Intent"? Does this address tell you what your business about?

Back then DOS, was super slow; however it was treated as magical. Computer system was not equipped and organized. I'm not sure about you, but back then I remember programming was all manual. There were no short cut method of computer programming. But now has changed! Also the domains industries.

 

[mad409]

.g

.gdn still sucks though
doesn't exactly roll off the tongue or at the very least stick in your memory

I think that your definition of sucks differs. For me the only thing that sucks with .gdn is that it's slowing sucking the life of out many new extensions and moving up the ranks..

 

[TRY]

I collected all domain names extension; so this mean that I don't have a problem of any TLD. However, and most importantly; first I believe that SLD must adhere with your extension. Also, to avoid confusion and potential conflict, your business activities must also adhere with your TLD. Example: My business is about car renting; so I picked "car.rent" this because my business is about car renting. Or i could pick car.com. However, I wanted to let my audience know that my business Is about renting. Not about .com.

Some 25+years ago there were only 3 strong extensions, that are being toss around and adored; as I can remember back in 1989 .com, .net and .org are more recognized and more used. The zero alternative and no option, had put all the attention to these 3 extensions.

.com= "commercial Intent"? Does this address tell you what your business about?

Back then DOS, was super slow; however it was treated as magical. Computer system was not equipped and organized. I'm not sure about you, but back then I remember programming was all manual. There were no short cut method of computer programming. But now has changed! Also the domains industries.

You left out a very important factor, Car.rent is $55,000 a year!!

 

[ivsprasad]

Dot com?

https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/top_level_domain/all

'nuf said!

even Bullock carts are more in the world does not mean they are better than flights..lol

 

[ivsprasad]

So wait, now you CAN profit from other extensions - if you have the right name?
Make up your mind

And these are hardly UBER-premium:
https://namebio.com/?s=gM1YTM0IjN

Of course we're talking about traditional extensions like net/org or cctld. Investing in nGTLDs is more like buying lottery tickets.

but .com already lost the hold and world is heading for a change ..let us wake up

 

[Bullock]

even Bullock carts are more in the world does not mean they are better than flights..lol

...

 

[NamesBond]

even Bullock carts are more in the world does not mean they are better than flights..lol

Not exactly sure what you're comment is about... but since you quoted me, here's a quick analogy...

Let's say you're going to go to Las Vegas and you decide to play a very special "extension" roulette wheel... There are 1000 numbers on the felt. About 1/2 of the ball-pockets (the slots the ball falls into...) on the roulette wheel are the color black, the other half a variety of colors, but only one ball-pocket per color (e.g. one blue, green, purple, orange, etc. making up the rest of the wheel...)

Now, you can certainly lay a bet on any color you like, and certainly the ball can land on any particular color on any particular spin - But your odds of hitting any color other than black are about 1 in a 1000. Now further assume that the "pay off" for any color other than black is about 50-90% less than it is for black on any spin... (So, to sum up, 50% of roulette wheel is black, which hits more frequently AND black pays off at a consistently higher rate.)

Now ask yourself, what color is a smart gambler going to place his bet on?

(And just so my comment isn't cryptic, the "black" numbers are .COM! )

 

[Canadian]

Now ask yourself..... If I dislike new gTLDs so much
Why am I spending so much time every day on these gTLD discussions

- I feel threatened
- I'm insecure and looking for support
- I'm very concerned where newbies invest their money (I want to protect them)
- I'm old-fashioned and scared to diversify my portfolio
- I'm making millions in .com and have plenty of time to troll around these gTLD discussions (kinda like a hobby)

 

[dordomai]

but .com already lost the hold and world is heading for a change ..let us wake up

Joined: Sep 16, 2015

It's interesting that these comments come mostly from accounts that are less than 2 years old.

Of course there are changes but they will simply not be as big as people assume or hope them to be at least from a domaining perspective.

 

[dordomai]

Now ask yourself, what color is a smart gambler going to place his bet on?

(And just so my comment isn't cryptic, the "black" numbers are .COM! )

but like everyone did when they got started the newcomers just buy on hope and the feeling that they are buying into something big. The adrenaline rush of handregging lottery tickets.

People don't view this analytically. I hardly see any numbers or stats cited just the belief that they are buying into something great.

That is why I doubt that anyone will care about your post.