.la

[yoyosean]

what is the general thought on .la does anyone believe with the right promotion that it could be for Los Angeles based businesses, I have bought some for speculation, but who knows. THoughts, Ideas, Comments?

Thanks

 

[Dan]

I don't know about the whole Los Angeles thing, but I believe it's one of the best obscure ccTLD's.

 

[Redleg]

.la
Hotels.la €1,400 ($1,682) Sedo
Pets.la €500 ($614) Sedo
The only two .la sales I could find in 2006, so it doesn't look too good...
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/277083-top-10-lists-over-domain-sales.html
http://www.domenenavn.ws/domain-names-sold-in-2006-top-10-lists-by-tld-and-cctld/

 

[yoyosean]

think it has a chance of taking off?

 

[-Adam-]

I haven't seen anything to spectacular with .la at all. Think it is more of a vanity domain then an actual end user.

 

[yoyosean]

i agree, so if you sell to the right buyer you can get a premium otherwise its for the birds?

 

[Dan]

I sold 2 .la's for $100 each, in case you are just trying to look for more sales. The buyer has done absolutely nothing with them- still has my contact info and my nameservers- so I'm guessing he's not an end user.

If you find something you like, why not get it?

 

[newshunter]

according to the list linked to in this thread
http://www.namepros.com/industry-news/276287-results-last-sedo-auctions-27th-december.html
condos.la $6500

 

[yoyosean]

cool, guess i will hold on and see what happens

 

[accent]

All the ccTLDs that are not for a big country, except .TV and perhaps .CC, are not getting much attention now. Many keywords are still available for reg fee, and two letter names are still available in some of the extensions (including .LA).

I agree with the above post that .LA is one of the more popular, because it has obvious meaning. I have several two letter .LA and I am surprised that there is not more interest in them. Affilias is the registry for .LA, They do .INFO and another biggie (.ORG??). If they ever got behind promoting the extension, such as some kind of agreement with Los Angeles city or county (or Disneyland, or Hollywood .....) it could move very quickly.

.TV seems to have found new life with a new contract, perhaps that will happen with .LA. BTW, .LA is really Laos, not some tiny island like .TV, .WS, .CC and so on.

 

[Kate]

It's yet another vanity TLD. And Laos is not a major market in itself.
Don't spend too much money on it.

 

[dhscott]

As soon as a major website uses .la, it will grow in popularity. But until then, it's just another vanity domain as some have already said.

 

[yoyosean]

condoms.la has 1000 bid on sedo at auction, dont know if it is a real bid or not but is interesting anyway

 

[cache]

it depends on your domain. Try to sell your domain to the same name .com or .net owners

 

[YesBrilliant]

LA is a big, famous and wealthy city, specially because most people remember of Hollywood. Anthing related to it, in any way, would have better chances.