Aspiring Billionaire
Established Member
- Impact
- 549
I'll be among the first to say that dot-com rules in terms of domain name investments, and that ccTLD's don't even feature on my top-5 list of domain extensions as a domainer. But when it comes to local products and services, could the dot-com actually come second to the ccTLD?
As a consumer, when I search for local products and services on the internet I tend to use the .co.za TLD because it makes sense to find a local entity for plumbing or insurance quotes here in South Africa. I can understand that the exception would most likely be America, as the .com entities are likely to be based in the America's.
I'm fairly new to domain investing and find it disturbingly disappointing how decades have passed with still no real domaining end-user market here in South Africa, with the few who do know about it investing in a bunch of .co.za domains that don't sell very well because of the fact that there's no market for them in our third-world country.
Surely the type of TLD is something that should be factored into the equation when having end-users in mind. Could this be an opportunity with a substantial amount of potential (in relation to country-codes worldwide), or is it a gap in the market not really worth pursuing for a domainer. What are your thoughts?
As a consumer, when I search for local products and services on the internet I tend to use the .co.za TLD because it makes sense to find a local entity for plumbing or insurance quotes here in South Africa. I can understand that the exception would most likely be America, as the .com entities are likely to be based in the America's.
I'm fairly new to domain investing and find it disturbingly disappointing how decades have passed with still no real domaining end-user market here in South Africa, with the few who do know about it investing in a bunch of .co.za domains that don't sell very well because of the fact that there's no market for them in our third-world country.
Surely the type of TLD is something that should be factored into the equation when having end-users in mind. Could this be an opportunity with a substantial amount of potential (in relation to country-codes worldwide), or is it a gap in the market not really worth pursuing for a domainer. What are your thoughts?
Last edited: