Is .US dead (??)

[Yong1]

Is anyone still investing in .US domains?

Has anyone sold any .US domains lately?

Where would you sell them?

Obviously in the .US .com is king too, but I have seen at times .us being used by different companies.

 

[Recons.Com]

I believe I have good collection of .us names like

Accessory, Arms, Activate, Auditors, Cabinetry, CarFinance, Castles, Detector, Earnings, Experiment, Fixer, Gemologist, Geniuses, Gizmo, Inks, Instrument, Instruction, Islands, Kindergarden, Leagues, Legislation, Manual, Nights, Observe, Pals, Pepperoni, Pointer, Presents, Premises, Profession, Ranking, Returns, Voyager, Worker and many others.

But they don't sell themselves, like .coms do. I will add all of them to GD and Sedo and see how it goes. I expect them to be like .org, they will sell much better with bin prices at famous marketplaces.

 

[frank-germany]

if .us is dead

why are new tld s any good?

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

I would buy .us
But I do not meet the requirements. I buy .ca
I meet the requirements. I believe it will increase in value in time, as will .ca
10 years from now Americans will want .us because there will be 2,700 extensions and it shows credibilty.
American citizen.
New gtld's can be registered by anyone in the world, most anyways.
What are the chances of me getting busted owning 10.us
Is it enforced?

 

[TRY]

I would buy .us
But I do not meet the requirements. I buy .ca
I meet the requirements. I believe it will increase in value in time, as will .ca
10 years from now Americans will want .us because there will be 2,700 extensions and it shows credibilty.
American citizen.
New gtld's can be registered by anyone in the world, most anyways.
What are the chances of me getting busted owning 10.us
Is it enforced?

You wouldn't get busted owning 10.us because the registry won't let you register it. they hold all 2 character domains.

 

[Yong1]

I barely see .us used in the US...I dont think it will change that much. I cant seem to sell on flippa rummy.us for more than $10 (!) That should already tell you how bad the .us market is...

I might as well just buy .casino.. better chance there..

 

[TRY]

I barely see .us used in the US...I dont think it will change that much. I cant seem to sell on flippa rummy.us for more than $10 (!) That should already tell you how bad the .us market is...

I might as well just buy .casino.. better chance there..

I had to Google rummy to find out what it meant. Afterwards I was like "Oh Gin Rummy".. smh at myself. Anyways I don't think a Casino website owner would want his information public, can you imagine the losers at his house!

 

[TRY]

I had to Google rummy to find out what it meant. Afterwards I was like "Oh Gin Rummy".. smh at myself. Anyways I don't think a Casino website owner would want his information public, can you imagine the losers at his house!

Now that I know what it means it's a nice name.

 

[DnEbook]

If it has not taken off by now ........it never will I suggest

 

[brandnow]

For investment I'd say: Yes - dead.

For development I'd say: No - it's still pretty cool for the U.S market sometimes and for domain hacks.

 

[frank-germany]

I would buy .us
But I do not meet the requirements. I buy .ca
I meet the requirements. I believe it will increase in value in time, as will .ca
10 years from now Americans will want .us because there will be 2,700 extensions and it shows credibilty.
American citizen.
New gtld's can be registered by anyone in the world, most anyways.
What are the chances of me getting busted owning 10.us
Is it enforced?

you meet the requirements if you have a US based server hosting the domain

 

[TRY]

you meet the requirements if you have a US based server hosting the domain

You sure about that?
Link to the requirements below.
http://www.neustar.us/the-ustld-nexus-requirements/

 

[dordomai]

You sure about that?
Link to the requirements below.
http://www.neustar.us/the-ustld-nexus-requirements/

I think trustee services are available at some registrars. It happens all the time that people use a local trustee service to buy ccTLDs.

 

[uBrandable]

Sold D/E/F/Y-dot-us last week for low $XXX. Picked it up for $20 from closeouts half a year ago.

 

[frank-germany]

You sure about that?
Link to the requirements below.
http://www.neustar.us/the-ustld-nexus-requirements/

Prospective Registrants will certify that they have a “bona fide presence in the United States” on the basis of real and substantial lawful connections with, or lawful activities in, the United States of America.

 

[kemjika11]

My philosophy- .US is in a dormant stage now, but the ccTLD of one of the wealthiest and most powerful countries on earth will not be a bust. but yes, to those who want profit and want it yesterday, .US will surely be unattractive. i have some LLLs and thats mostly it, but i will hold for now. Things change.

 

[abdou01]

I don't understand why ".US" can't take off !! in France people try the ".fr" before trying the ".com"
and too many companies have the ".fr" domains and are not interested in the ".com" I don't understand why this is not the case in the US !!
Good luck ".US"

 

[TRY]

Development will lead, sales will follow....developement was always the bane of great generic portfolio holders, till now. ..... .us for a small investment and time it is possible for you to acquire a one word generic in a cctld with strong protections and rights for it's registrants rather than in some made-up new gtld that would cost them much more for something comparable.

 

[DaveX]

Here are some actual sales from Namebio:
skate.us 355 USD 2016-04-13 Flippa
hocanhvan.us 162 USD 2016-04-12 GoDaddy
clearly.us 1,000 USD 2016-04-11 Sedo
390.us 206 USD 2016-04-07 GoDaddy
timefortv.us 207 USD 2016-04-05 GoDaddy
dentistsnearme.us 142 USD 2016-04-01 GoDaddy
authentic.us 1,500 USD 2016-03-30 Flippa
coolcities.us 455 USD 2016-03-28 GoDaddy
generalmusic.us 777 USD 2016-03-08 GoDaddy
population.us 1,000 USD 2016-03-04 Sedo
dialupinternet.us 115 USD 2016-03-02 GoDaddy
switch.us 6,000 USD 2016-03-01 Sedo
chickenhencoop.us 370 USD 2016-03-01 GoDaddy
almubtaath.us 252 USD 2016-02-23 GoDaddy
firstapp.us 117 USD 2016-02-23 GoDaddy
performanceroofing.us 102 USD 2016-02-23 GoDaddy
pinnacle.us 3,000 USD 2016-02-11 Sedo
scmi.us 520 USD 2016-01-18 GoDaddy
yourservice.us 262 USD 2016-01-18 GoDaddy
bilqismovie.us 142 USD 2016-01-13 GoDaddy

 

[Recons.Com]

I don't understand why ".US" can't take off !! in France people try the ".fr" before trying the ".com"
and too many companies have the ".fr" domains and are not interested in the ".com" I don't understand why this is not the case in the US !!
Good luck ".US"

Because US treats .com as its cctld.

Compare:

Any other country - .gov.cctld, US - .gov

Many other countries - .com.cctld, US - .com

 

[RTM]

We've had good experiences with .us - they do well in search results when they've got relevant content (as is the case with .com of course) and I think the branding opportunity is far greater IMHO than say .biz

But the downside is that it really limits to the 'US' domestic market ... or someone looking to export product or service targeted to US residents or frequent travellers.

$0.02 (US hehe)