In 2014 over a 1000 new domain extensions will be available.

[buyresaledomains]

What does that do to this biz? Does it make the .com even that much better? Or obsolete? As of now extensions have no bearing on search results. But what happens when a domain is "kendras.daycare". Will it impact Serps then?

 

[Steven]

With more and more people using the search engine, I feel that all TLDs will become meaningless in the future.

 

[accent]

Trust in new gTLDs will take a hit when the extensions start going bankrupt and domain owners - including those who have invested in promoting their websites - are abandoned. There is no ICANN commitment to protect purchasers of domains in case of registry failure. They will try to find a new registry but if the extension is a loser nobody will take it and the registered domains vanish.

A USA Today story on businesses that lose their site this way will throw a lot of ice on new gTLDs. So will a pile of lawsuits.

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The other factor is Google and Amazon who, it appears, will be buying up most of the best extensions. Amazon will reserve their's for in-company use, Google is expected to offer theirs' free with included advertising. Neither plan will have much effect on the .Com aftermarket. Businesses won't want someone elses' ads on their website.

 

[BrandChimp]

And they will knock at your door to buy the .com

Most of the online businesses are of ecommerce type. so if someone want to enter into ecommerce space and want to avoid hefty cost of aftermarket domains then they can now have option to start business on some new gtld like .shop and make the new website popular using viral marketing tactics like spreading coupons and using social networks and even those customers who are not aware of .shop tld will visit the site and bookmark it.
The introduction of new gtlds will provide more options to end users with limited funds.

 

[replaced]

My prediction of what will happen: The domains under an oddball TLD worth anything now like .info, .biz, .co, .us, .mobi, .me, .tv etc etc will lose tons of value. (Hint: If you have any of these, I'd sell them asap.)

I think .com and .net will hold very strongly.

 

[BrandChimp]

.TV Will stay strong because all the TV stations are now available on the internet. IT makes sense to used .TV instead of the actual "TV"

 

[replaced]

.TV Will stay strong because all the TV stations are now available on the internet. IT makes sense to used .TV instead of the actual "TV"

People will just use a centralized source for TV. It's much more convenient. The big cable companies already have apps, so .tv is worthless now.

Check out TWC TV or Cablevision. They already have .com websites people go to outside of apps.

 

[Domainate.com]

Kind of funny reading the subject of this thread now. I think the people at ICANN that could have planned this better and actually resulted in over 1,000 coming out this year were the people that immediately left after the gTLD plan passed to go to other companies and profit from it instead.

 

[Archangel]

This is such an old question, asked pretty much EVERY TIME a new ext is released. The answer never changes. The answer here is the same as it was last year and years before it. It won't change. .info didn't really change a thing. Same with .biz, .name, .mobi etc. I'm not sure of the logic that this new wave of extensions will change the perennial scope of gTLDs.

 

[mjnels]

This is such an old question, asked pretty much EVERY TIME a new ext is released. The answer never changes. The answer here is the same as it was last year and years before it. It won't change. .info didn't really change a thing. Same with .biz, .name, .mobi etc. I'm not sure of the logic that this new wave of extensions will change the perennial scope of gTLDs.

the logic is, there are hundreds and hundreds and it will be harder to ignore.

stop thinking a particular TLD is or is not going to "catch on"

that isnt the point..who cares about that nonsense. there is no TLD thats going to "catch on" but acting like 1,000+ new TLD's being released in the same year are going to be ignored is hilarious.

its not the same as .mobi .biz .name because those were released spread YEARS apart and there was little hope that those TLD's alone would change the way website addresses look. thats what we're talking about here - changing the way website addresses LOOK - people talking about a particular TLD catching on or not catching on are missing the point entirely.

 

[JB Lions]

"that isnt the point..who cares about that nonsense. there is no TLD thats going to "catch on" but acting like 1,000+ new TLD's being released in the same year are going to be ignored is hilarious."

It's more hilarious that you think people notice domain extensions instead of websites. It's very simple, in order for any of them to catch on, there needs to be development where people will actually see them, on a live, quality site.

 

[Archangel]

I disagree heavily on this. Your logic seems a tad flawed: With so many established .coms out there (and the fact that the vast majority of every non ccTLD-using website is a .com), do you seriously think that even 10,000 new extensions will do anything more than ripple the water a bit? The buers of these other 1k will be investors. ppl will not buy them to develop. Yes, info/biz etc. are prime examples. Do you think t'll make a difference with 1,000 opposed to only a few (info/biz/name)? It won't. Period. An extension will only hit the general conscience if it's seen a lot. And these won't be seen a lot because THEY WILL NOT BE DEVELOPED. Investors will buy them, hoping they'll take off. It won't happen. I've never visited a .pro site, ever, and I only know the ext exists because of my years in this business. And the vast majority of non-domaners do NOT EVEN KNOW OF .INFO. I respect your opinions, but I see holes in your logic. If these are not developed, the 1k will be pointless at best. And if there are so many to chose from, no single new ext will become developed enough to register in the internet community's mind.

The new extensions will have no value, no point, and in no way could ever possibly hurt .com or any established extension.

the logic is, there are hundreds and hundreds and it will be harder to ignore.

stop thinking a particular TLD is or is not going to "catch on"

that isnt the point..who cares about that nonsense. there is no TLD thats going to "catch on" but acting like 1,000+ new TLD's being released in the same year are going to be ignored is hilarious.

its not the same as .mobi .biz .name because those were released spread YEARS apart and there was little hope that those TLD's alone would change the way website addresses look. thats what we're talking about here - changing the way website addresses LOOK - people talking about a particular TLD catching on or not catching on are missing the point entirely.

 

[Keith]

the logic is, there are hundreds and hundreds and it will be harder to ignore.

stop thinking a particular TLD is or is not going to "catch on"

that isnt the point..who cares about that nonsense. there is no TLD thats going to "catch on" but acting like 1,000+ new TLD's being released in the same year are going to be ignored is hilarious.

its not the same as .mobi .biz .name because those were released spread YEARS apart and there was little hope that those TLD's alone would change the way website addresses look. thats what we're talking about here - changing the way website addresses LOOK - people talking about a particular TLD catching on or not catching on are missing the point entirely.

I'd ask yourself a simple question. What's easier to handle...a thousand things coming at you at once or one thing at a time

Now we both agree that mobi, name, biz, are pretty much failures. You admit that they were spaced out far enough to get noticed by the masses but for whatever reason they remain irrelevant. And somehow thousands of new extensions will be noticed by the masses and take root? Really? :lol:

 

[Archangel]

Bingo. :D

I'd ask yourself a simple question. What's easier to handle...a thousand things coming at you at once or one thing at a time

Now we both agree that mobi, name, biz, are pretty much failures. You admit that they were spaced out far enough to get noticed by the masses but for whatever reason they remain irrelevant. And somehow thousands of new extensions will be noticed by the masses and take root? Really? :lol:

 

[Kate]

There are more than 200 TLDs in existence right now if you include the ccTLDs. People probably wouldn't qualify for most of those but they don't bother. They know that other TLDs exist, but not how many.
In the future it's very likely that some corporations/cities etc will start using their vanity TLD but that doesn't mean I want one. I'm afraid most will be niche TLDs. Always a few exceptions of course but in terms of market share I think they will struggle.
But if domainers are in a state of panic and drop some good stuff I am happy.
I am still making sales to end users so it seems that they haven't got the memo yet (that domaining is dead).

 

[mjnels]

I'd ask yourself a simple question. What's easier to handle...a thousand things coming at you at once or one thing at a time

Now we both agree that mobi, name, biz, are pretty much failures. You admit that they were spaced out far enough to get noticed by the masses but for whatever reason they remain irrelevant. And somehow thousands of new extensions will be noticed by the masses and take root? Really? :lol:

this is what im talking about.

why are you talking about "easier to handle" ???? handle for who?

non-domainers dont want to handle anything. they see website addresses and thats it. they dont have an interest in handling them or remembering which ones exist. why is it so hard to understand that with thousands of .weird TLD's it eventually wont be as weird anymore.

thats what im talking about. breaking through the weirdness barrier.

today, everything besides .COM (and respective country code) is seen as "oh you couldnt get the .com"

so, occasionally i see a .biz or .info address - rarely but still i see them. hey i even seen a .mobi address the other month on pair of hair clippers i bought at target - admittedly its only like the 4th or 5th one ive seen in the real world.

so all im talking about here is the normalization of .weird TLD's and that wasnt gonna happen with a couple odd TLD's....

forget about the idea of people "remembering which ones exist"... because its about as irrelevant as remembering all area codes that exist.

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"that isnt the point..who cares about that nonsense. there is no TLD thats going to "catch on" but acting like 1,000+ new TLD's being released in the same year are going to be ignored is hilarious."

It's more hilarious that you think people notice domain extensions instead of websites. It's very simple, in order for any of them to catch on, there needs to be development where people will actually see them, on a live, quality site.

you guys are the ones saying people notice specific extensions.

pointing out how .mobi .biz .name didnt catch on... its irrelevant.

the idea of a TLD catching on is history now. when you can separate words with a dot its not about that anymore.

yes 1,000 choices is better than 5.

 

[Archangel]

Let me throw something else in here: It's not as simple as non-domainers seeing an extension--any extension--and wanting it. It has nothing to do with it. Users want to handle what they know, NOT what is in current vogue (trends die) or whatever's cheapest (why are $10/year .coms developed while $3 .info are merely collected by domainers?). What I said is the way it is, whether ppl or other so-called "experts" disagree: If no one knows it exists, it won't be developed. Period. As well, if ppl pay little to no attention to the extension, well, what factor leads them to register a .com over .whatever? It's been that way for Lord knows how long. A billion new extensions changing that? Again, that is where you have flawed logic. If ppl do not flock to the other vanity extensions and prefer .com still, do you SERIOUSLY think they'll gobble up the new ones simply because they have more variety in their choices? If so, explain what I mentioned above: that .com is still preferred over every piece of competition it receives. More variety won't change that, even if registrars want us to believe it. (Most info/biz/mobi etc. registrations are held by investors anyway, so the amount that they have registered means nothing. It's how many are DEVELOPED, not merely how many are registered)

this is what im talking about.

why are you talking about "easier to handle" ???? handle for who?

non-domainers dont want to handle anything. they see website addresses and thats it. they dont have an interest in handling them or remembering which ones exist. why is it so hard to understand that with thousands of .weird TLD's it eventually wont be as weird anymore.

thats what im talking about. breaking through the weirdness barrier.

today, everything besides .COM (and respective country code) is seen as "oh you couldnt get the .com"

so, occasionally i see a .biz or .info address - rarely but still i see them. hey i even seen a .mobi address the other month on pair of hair clippers i bought at target - admittedly its only like the 4th or 5th one ive seen in the real world.

so all im talking about here is the normalization of .weird TLD's and that wasnt gonna happen with a couple odd TLD's....

forget about the idea of people "remembering which ones exist"... because its about as irrelevant as remembering all area codes that exist.

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you guys are the ones saying people notice specific extensions.

pointing out how .mobi .biz .name didnt catch on... its irrelevant.

the idea of a TLD catching on is history now. when you can separate words with a dot its not about that anymore.

yes 1,000 choices is better than 5.

 

[mjnels]

Let me throw something else in here: It's not as simple as non-domainers seeing an extension--any extension--and wanting it. It has nothing to do with it. Users want to handle what they know, NOT what is in current vogue (trends die) or whatever's cheapest (why are $10/year .coms developed while $3 .info are merely collected by domainers?). What I said is the way it is, whether ppl or other so-called "experts" disagree: If no one knows it exists, it won't be developed. Period. As well, if ppl pay little to no attention to the extension, well, what factor leads them to register a .com over .whatever? It's been that way for Lord knows how long. A billion new extensions changing that? Again, that is where you have flawed logic. If ppl do not flock to the other vanity extensions and prefer .com still, do you SERIOUSLY think they'll gobble up the new ones simply because they have more variety in their choices? If so, explain what I mentioned above: that .com is still preferred over every piece of competition it receives. More variety won't change that, even if registrars want us to believe it. (Most info/biz/mobi etc. registrations are held by investors anyway, so the amount that they have registered means nothing. It's how many are DEVELOPED, not merely how many are registered)

and again - i didnt say anything about end users seeing an extension and wanting it.

its really easy to understand what im saying but domainers have all these built in assumptions. stop! just read what im saying - not what you're assuming im trying to say.

 

[Archangel]

I'm a reasonable guy, and I'll give you the benefit of a doubt. You've said a lot of things that we are somehow misinterpreting. So I'll give you this: In no more than 5 sentences, try to summarize what you are saying. Apparently, your examples and fluff are obscuring the point you are trying to make. So, in 5 sentences, explain your thoughts for us, no fluff.

and again - i didnt say anything about end users seeing an extension and wanting it.

its really easy to understand what im saying but domainers have all these built in assumptions. stop! just read what im saying - not what you're assuming im trying to say.

 

[mjnels]

I'm a reasonable guy, and I'll give you the benefit of a doubt. You've said a lot of things that we are somehow misinterpreting. So I'll give you this: In no more than 5 sentences, try to summarize what you are saying. Apparently, your examples and fluff are obscuring the point you are trying to make. So, in 5 sentences, explain your thoughts for us, no fluff.

im talking about TLD's other than .com becoming "normal" to where they're not seen as second class. that has a higher probability of happening with 1,000 TLD's instead of 10.

but NOT any specific TLD. throw that idea out the window.

the idea of any specific alternate TLD "catching on" at this point is probably a pipedream.

 

[Archangel]

Okay, nice reply. Now, you see, this is the problem:

its really easy to understand what im saying but domainers have all these built in assumptions. stop! just read what im saying - not what you're assuming im trying to say.

Picking though your posts, you are telling us things--we are not assuming them--yet you think we are. A few of your pieces of wisdom:

the logic is, there are hundreds and hundreds and it will be harder to ignore.

that isnt the point..who cares about that nonsense. there is no TLD thats going to "catch on" but acting like 1,000+ new TLD's being released in the same year are going to be ignored is hilarious.

non-domainers dont want to handle anything. they see website addresses and thats it. they dont have an interest in handling them or remembering which ones exist. why is it so hard to understand that with thousands of .weird TLD's it eventually wont be as weird anymore.

so all im talking about here is the normalization of .weird TLD's and that wasnt gonna happen with a couple odd TLD's....

forget about the idea of people "remembering which ones exist"... because its about as irrelevant as remembering all area codes that exist.

There is no "assuming" here: you are arguing that with 1,000's of extensions, people won't be able to ignore them and thus, they'll become desirable. 1 new extension or 1,000--THAT is the irrelevant thing: No one but domainers will even pay attention to them. It was explained to you in perfect detail that .com has always been preferred, that every vanity extension in existence had more or less tanked, and that saturation is pretty much an iron-clad guarantee that the new extensions have 0% hope of ever becoming "normal" since they'd be merely "just other extensions." And yes, it's a proven fact that ppl DO look at and care what extension they use. So every argument you have about these new gTLDs ever becoming popular/developed/desirable/not totally trash/bad investments have no weight. You are arguing something that doesn't exist. It's hard to take you seriously.

The fact alone that you believe "there are hundreds and hundreds and it will be harder to ignore" is laughable at best. Is quantity now king?

im talking about TLD's other than .com becoming "normal" to where they're not seen as second class. that has a higher probability of happening with 1,000 TLD's instead of 10.

but NOT any specific TLD. throw that idea out the window.

the idea of any specific alternate TLD "catching on" at this point is probably a pipedream.