Is .ws Dead?

[markfromslo]

Is the tld .ws dead? I ask this because of all the dictioanry names that go unbid on tdnam. For example, a short time ago iI picked up thesaurus.ws for the only bid, at $10. That's a 300,000 OVT dictionary name. I see geometry.ws is up for bid today. It will probably go unbought. There are lots of names like this.

 

[tm]

Don't think it was ever "alive" to be honest.

 

[Sabre]

I think if the .ws registration / renewal price was lowered to the price of .com, it would be a largely used extension, because of the "ws=website" factor. I would pick up a few for development purposes if the price was lowered.

As it is, I can't see the situation improving.

 

[Kate]

Don't think it was ever "alive" to be honest.

:lol:
.ws is just a ccTLD among 240+ others and it has nothing really special :imho:

 

[VirtualT]

Is the tld .ws dead? I ask this because of all the dictioanry names that go unbid on tdnam. For example, a short time ago iI picked up thesaurus.ws for the only bid, at $10. That's a 300,000 OVT dictionary name. I see geometry.ws is up for bid today. It will probably go unbought. There are lots of names like this.

Yes!

Yes I'm afraid so

Names that I regged back in 2001 and let drop are still available

 

[markfromslo]

That's what I thought. Dead. But I guess when there is a name with OVT in the hundreds of thousands or higher it might be worth a reg since the keyword in the name is still very SEO valuable to get traffic for someone starting a site. But it has to be a name that for which there are most likely a good number of potential people that would want to do a site with the keyword. I think Thesaurus is one. But I'm not under any flase illusions of what it's worth either.

 

[nmr86]

never bin alive imo to

 

[Phronesis]

I'm trying to find Western Somoa on a map now...

Ah, there it is. A crumb from my sandwich was covering it.

 

[BrainPower]

I agree with many of you that it is dead, its bad when you do a dn lookup and find that the only one available is .ws... and for $10 and you still dont want to buy it!

 

[tm]

If .ws wanted to sell, they should sell for a cheap price like $1.99. That'd get them sold.

 

[zachary0611]

i have onlinearcade.ws its my first arcade site i have got about a 1000 hits from search engines so far

 

[pros]

What is value of $500/year pay.ws or sex.ws?

 

[weblaunch]

I would not hesitate to pick up good .ws names that can be developed. I don't buy them for investment purposes, however.

 

[bidawinner]

.Ws is still one of the best bargins available for development..you can still buy quality high profile keywords inexpensively.

The search engines treat them as a GTLD instead of a ccTLD

 

[tetrapak]

I would not hesitate to pick up good .ws names that can be developed. I don't buy them for investment purposes, however.

Same here, and my only .ws site is working very nicely together with the SE's..

 

[MadAboutDomains]

I never thought it was really alive either... the only think I liked about it was the way their flash animation on Website.ws reads your name out :hehe:

The little things.

 

[VURG]

I've got a few .ws names. Not in a rush to throw them away. I like .ws. I prefer .cc but prefer paying .ws renewal fees.

 

[loscocco]

I'm trying to find Western Somoa on a map now...

Ah, there it is. A crumb from my sandwich was covering it.

HEHE good one!

 

[DropLister]

development purposes only here. I find the .ws taken over .us alot or over .biz so its not dead.

 

[floatingworld]

for certain keywords less clunky than .biz or even .info