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!

 

[FPForum]

@disaac81 - good post and point. It does definitely make sense. However, when people are looking for "loans" for example, they aren't usually searching the term "loan" just by itself. They need to find a website/company that offers the specific type of loan that they need. Car loan.. Payday loan... Home loan..etc.

In that case, the gTLD actually fits it best, don't you think?
Cash.Loan
Car.Loan
Home.Loan

as opposed to
CashLoan.com
CarLoan.com
HomeLoan.com

As it is right now, one would definitely get more type-in traffic than the other. But, as people become more familiar with gtlds, its possible the other would become just as desirable because technically they're shorter. Not to mention, loans are not really something you would want to be doing on a "global" scale. For the most part, people in the US get loans from US companies..people in the UK get loans from UK companies..etc.

 

[doubleU]

Can't compare .com with cctlds, two different uses entirely imo.

.com is for a global presence, cctlds are for targeting that geo area, whether you are based there or offer something unique for that region.

If an entity chooses to operate on a ccTLD there's not much you can offer them if all you have is .com's.

Before the ccTLDs were introduced .com's were usually preferred but not anymore.

 

[disaac81]

@disaac81 - good post and point. It does definitely make sense. However, when people are looking for "loans" for example, they aren't usually searching the term "loan" by itself. What type of loan? car loan? payday loan? home loan?..etc..

In that case, the gTLD actually fits it best, don't you think?
Cash.Loan
Car.Loan
Home.Loan

as opposed to
CashLoan.com
CarLoan.com
HomeLoan.com

As it is right now, one would definitely get more type-in traffic than the other. But, as people become more familiar with gtlds, its possible the other would become just as desirable because technically they're shorter. Not to mention, loans are not really something you would want to be doing on a "global" scale. For the most part, people in the US get loans from US companies..people in the UK get loans from UK companies..etc.

I really was looking at the point of branding rather than emd's and capture traffic.

Some of the new gtlds can be used to good effect, but I do believe that having the .com version too is something 99.9% of business want, due to the reasons I mentioned.

 

[artstar]

i get that the odd new gtld will sell for decent $ but compared to com you cant compare.

apples oranges simple

if u don't have com u have sub par domains even if the keyword is decent imo

no one will say if asking for your domain name:

" oh is that wtf.space/xyz/net/org/info etc,etc

they say dot com right off the mark

com is the default period

I have no objections that other tld will sell but if u don't have the dot com eventually overtime, well u get it....

 

[doubleU]

i get that the odd new gtld will sell for decent $ but compared to com you cant compare.

apples oranges simple

if u don't have com u have sub par domains even if the keyword is decent imo

no one will say if asking for your domain name:

" oh is that wtf.space/xyz/net/org/info etc,etc

they say dot com right off the mark

com is the default period

I have no objections that other tld will sell but if u don't have the dot com eventually overtime, well u get it....

Far from true !

I'm not sure what part of the world your taking about but it's simply not the case in many countries where a lot of businesses operate from a ccTLD and would not change even if you gave them the dot com for free.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Don't agree.
If you prefer .com more than .top you don't invest in the global future TLD.

 

[eurorealtor]

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

If you are a domainer in UK, without .co.uk you don't have much.
If you are a domainer in Germany, without .de you don't have much.
and on and on and on.

PS: it's not just about US and China.

 

[disaac81]

If you are a domainer in UK, without .co.uk you don't have much.
If you are a domainer in Germany, without .de you don't have much.
and on and on and on.

PS: it's not just about US and China.

You don't need a cctld if you operate a global business. I think some people are loosing focus of what a cctld is and how it is treated by search engines.

If I am a UK company selling games then I will probably have a .co.uk or .uk to ensure I am targeting my biggest market, since I have a store in the UK. I may also get the .com and use that as another channel to ensure global reach.

Now, if I am in the UK and sell consulting services to businesses, I don't need a cctld if I am focused on businesses all over the world. In fact, operating on a cctld will highly weaken my presence in other locations.

 

[E-Promote]

There are many ways to slice the banana, just be careful with the knife.

 

[artstar]

dot com has no equal period

I own many other gtlds but none get the traffic near the dot coms I own

 

[Chris Rice]

dot com has no equal period

I own many other gtlds but none get the traffic near the dot coms I own

Congratulations.

 

[Fancy.domains]

I own many other gtlds

Why? It makes no sense, considering your statements in this thread. Or are you going to drop them all?

 

[TRY]

Real investments are .com, legacy tlds such as net, org, as well as cctlds. The general public who are aware of new gtlds trust them less. It is what it is.

How many of you started a real business on a new gtld? And I'm not talking about blogs.

 

[ZapNano]

There are many ways to slice the banana, just be careful with the knife.

What kind of "banana" are you talking about; that you need a knife to slice it

 

[HotKey]

There are many ways to slice the banana, just be careful with the knife.

What the hell does that have to do with this? Which is the banana and which is the knife??

 

[ZapNano]

My other post was deleted; and other posts worst that mine was still standing and are many of them still up! Mod, you are being reasonable and fair

 

[artstar]

Why? It makes no sense, considering your statements in this thread. Or are you going to drop them all?

BECAUSE IM STUPID !!

why did u reg yours? BECAUSE THEY WERE CHEAP!!? or both??? lol

 

[doubleU]

BECAUSE IM STUPID !!

why did u reg yours? BECAUSE THEY WERE CHEAP!!? or both??? lol

That's a bit below the belt, @kohsamui knows what he talks about, he is an accomplished trader and valuable member of namePros.

 

[Winfluence]

The OP is worthless. It's not that simple folks.

It's worth noting that people reg more worthless .coms than any other TLD which means that more money is wasted on .com than any other extension. Addressing the noobs about .com is only half the story because most noobs ARE ALREADY buying dot com and mostly dot com, because it's the first extension that comes to mind.

You can have an domainer strategically buy a great keyword + nTLD combo and sell it for 7k like Ali Zandi's Night.Vision sale, or you can have an inexperienced domainer reg a dot com that's not worth chicken shit and drop it after holding for 5 years.

It's also worth noting that if a domainer knows how to SELL he can sell any domain on any extension because of his salesman skills while another domainer can have a PREMIUM dot com and couldn't sell it if his life depended on it.

Dot com is the absolute best domain extension, because it increases the value because of it's popularity and public familiarity, but that's only half the story when it comes to making a profit.

 

[Chris Rice]

Real investments are .com, legacy tlds such as net, org, as well as cctlds. The general public who are aware of new gtlds trust them less. It is what it is.

How many of you started a real business on a new gtld? And I'm not talking about blogs.

My friend owns a condo-hotel in the Philippines. He decided to use .XYZ.