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.

 

[TRY]

Because US treats .com as its cctld.

Compare:

Any

Because US treats .com as its cctld.

Compare:

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

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

.us was not an option Till 2002, investors not businesses got a hold of the best names so the domains just sat around rather than used in marketing to the public. The aftermarket is open to manipulation, chips and new gtlds anyone? Some smart people say the dumbest thing when they say "the American people have not embraced it" where are the case studies? A/B testing? I will bet the American people many times will choose to visit website with .us over other extensions .com excluded. Look at domains in the eyes of an enduser to see value. Credibility, Roi (sem), Seo, etc.....not what you can flip it for.

 

[niamodsnod]

I own Americans.us>>>>>>> Phone never rings...is there a better .us term in existence? I wouldn't put a single penny is .us domains.... Barney.us Debut.us Fooled.us>>>worthless

 

[TRY]

I own Americans.us>>>>>>> Phone never rings...is there a better .us term in existence? I wouldn't put a single penny is .us domains.... Barney.us Debut.us Fooled.us>>>worthless

How would you explain how a business can benefit from the domain names you mentioned ?

 

[niamodsnod]

Easily....Americans could be the new Facebook but with spirit. Debut.us could have been a place to show musicians like a MySpace for new talent. Barney could have been anything...wait your asking what these could be??? Half of all domains are just terms correct? ? ? I think my domains make considerably more sense the the .US sales mentioned 6 posts above.

 

[TRY]

Easily....Americans could be the new Facebook but with spirit. Debut.us could have been a place to show musicians like a MySpace for new talent. Barney could have been anything...wait your asking what these could be??? Half of all domains are just terms correct? ? ? I think my domains make considerably more sense the the .US sales mentioned 6 posts above.

I think the most valuable names don't need explaining.

 

[niamodsnod]

Yes and no.Just align it with what it would bring if it was .com. What would you say is a great .us?

 

[DaveX]

Easily....Americans could be the new Facebook but with spirit. Debut.us could have been a place to show musicians like a MySpace for new talent. Barney could have been anything...wait your asking what these could be??? Half of all domains are just terms correct? ? ? I think my domains make considerably more sense the the .US sales mentioned 6 posts above.

I have very nice CCC.com domains that dont get tons of serious offers. Without knowing what efforts you are making to sell them, I cant say no calls is unusual.

I can tell you this though. You should have nice inquiry pages setup instead of the 10 windows that open up with spammy links when you visit Americans.com. Your phone might ring alot.

 

[Yong1]

Hmm.. like i said..the market seems dead.

1. Cant get more than $10 for rummy.us on Flippa.. and that is a name that doesn't need explaining.

2. Cant even sell indexing.us for $140...

3. Some of the sales showed above for .US do seem odd.. but then so does .ws

4. The interesting thing here is that according to the pole there is a good percentage who doesn't think .us is dead...
But nonetheless, I dont see anyone buying or selling their .us domains to other domainers. It seems that most are just holding to their existing names?

5. I couldn't get a respected Domainer from the US who has a great blog to agree to post my .US domain for pay, on his list - as he thought .US is a waste of time.

I will approach him again and show him this thread.. Maybe he will now agree..but it would help if I got a few bids through his site from some of the .US supporters here. Otherwise we are just getting banned

 

[niamodsnod]

I think you checked Americans.com by mistake. It has always had a landing page with option for offer. I like the name a lot and think the world of it but hey that's just me I believe! I think Debut.us is very strong as well

 

[DaveX]

I hold my .us domains like I hold many domains.

Many investors held random 4L.com when many others didnt see value. Things can change overnight. Thats why investors have different types of domains.
Best to build a portfolio based on your own financial goals both long and short term. I am proud to have some good .us domains in my portfolio.

 

[niamodsnod]

I recently forwarded to Sedo yet it looks hung up in their ad system.

 

[DaveX]

I think you checked Americans.com by mistake. It has always had a landing page with option for offer. I like the name a lot and think the world of it but hey that's just me I believe! I think Debut.us is very strong as well

No it was americans.us. Try it. Both are good domains though.

 

[DaveX]

I recently forwarded to Sedo yet it looks hung up in their ad system.

I have seen posts here about sedos ads...they are pretty bad. But there is some setting you can change for better ads. I saw this recently here in the forum.

 

[niamodsnod]

How do you think I feel owning a domain that has something to do with everybody standing in the U.S.? You could have water.us, car.us,kids.us, shop.us yet not all of these things are done by everybody everyday. Being an American is something we all are. I feel quite sure .US will not turn around.I had over 50 at one time. I would say absolutely you can sell them but I don't believe for any money worth mentioning or the wait would be forever. I did sell InternetProviders.us back 5 or 6 years ago for 900 maybe or maybe 1100 max?

 

[niamodsnod]

I am not knocking the extension I just got REAL bent out of shape when the desire fell off. I remember in 2007 they were raging and I believe Shaun Pilford was always the big buyer or seller..I hope I am correct on that. No I love.us I just lost hope. I don't mean tired of paying. I lost hope. I just figured one word should be a no brainer of that type.

 

[TRY]

I have seen posts here about sedos ads...they are pretty bad. But there is some setting you can change for better ads. I saw this recently here in the forum.

Why not develope americans, maybe site about famous Americans throughout history, add adsense, affiliate for American themed memoribilia/products........
. I think it's way too early to sell and doubt you will get anything close to a fair offer imo.

 

[DNScholar]

I voted "NO"
One of the top ccTLDs so absolutely not dead.

 

[niamodsnod]

I just noticed AMX.info. The American Motors guys would love that!

 

[niamodsnod]

I have another .us let me find it....

 

[niamodsnod]

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