The reality is indian population or companies doesnt spend miney on domains neithet does the general public.
And if they do, they would like to buy only .com if it isnt available than the maximum spent someone in india would look at would be a 1000$.
You can't even rent a shop for $1k in India, you really think that $1k is all that online businesses are willing to pay?
The complete indian domain market is speculated purchases by local domainers in keywords and in 3L.in it is purely lead by one chinese invester who spent 350000$ to buy up the market and jumped the prices in 6 months from 20 to 200$.
The complete Indian domain market? Really?!!
You sure you're not thinking about some of the ntlds which have had 500k+ regs on one day?
Afaik the growth for .in has been completely organic and the reg numbers have been going up steadily without any artificial 'jumps'.
The bubble will burst. So beware
Which bubble? The India growth bubble or the India startup bubble or the India usage bubble? I'd love to know more.
Chances are there will become a peak in .in and then a drop off.
The number of users is going up, the number of startups is going up, the economy is going up, the number of VCs and funds is going up, why do you think there will be a 'drop off' in .IN domain usage or prices?
That is your main mistake right there. IN is an English word, a pretty popular preposition in fact, which .cn isn't, so the only demand for .cn is local or companies looking to target China. .IN demand is global, 228 countries from what people have said, hardly symptomatic of a niche usage.
I strongly agree with you. 2 Chinese investors and 20 Indian investors hold 85% of LLL.in market share. They have increased the prices from 10$ to 200$ in 6 months that's no natural demand.
Don't invest in categories or even tlds, invest in the domain in it's entirety.
So speculating LLL.in ... see what has happened with similar stories in other extensions.
Yes, see what has happened to LLL.com - do you consider that a good investment or a bad investment?
because an Indian Business owner will not pay over a 1000$ for a domain name. That's a fact.
When you say something is a 'fact' you better have data to back it up. You obviously have absolutely no idea about the Indian market so please don't mislead people.
As already said above by
@Kate : "population" uses Facebook/Twitter/email etc.
Domain aftermarket - is another theme...
@Kate also said .pro would never go past 125k regs, where are we with that now? I hope you remember the exchange I had with
@Kate in the .pro thread?
.IN names are registered by residents of 228 countries plus territories
And that ladies and gentlemen is the only fact you need to know. Usage is GLOBAL. Not a flash in the pan, not a niche, not even just local.
Does this mean you should use your rent money to invest in .in, no. But if you're a long term value investor looking for a sure thing, this is it.
