Let's Talk About .WEB

[brandnow]

I know it's a bit premature, but I really would like to read opinions from NamePros people on .web. It feel like most opinions I read on blogs and forums are overall very positive about .web's success. I am curious what people think though. If you think that .web will really be a huge success or whether all of the hype about .web might cause it to fall short of exceptions. Do you think someday will become almost an equal to .com? Or do you think .web will become just another nGTLD?

Personally, since first hearing about .web I thought.. awesome that might be able to one day match .com in attractiveness to domain investors and some end users. However, over the last few months I've seen so much hype, that I am also starting to feel concerned that .web will not live up to the hype of being the killer nGTLD.

Obviously only time will tell the answers for sure. But now is an interesting time where it is several months before the .WEB release, and there is time to contemplate and discuss about it.

 

[Kate]

I don't see the point of this TLD. Do we really need a cousin for .net ?
Semantic analysis: the 'web' is just one component of what we know as the Internet. Thus, the TLD is as relevant as .mail, .chat or .ftp imo.

If you are waiting for a dotcom killer, it will never come.

 

[Rick Schwartz]

@Rick Schwartz Will you invest on .web extension?

I don't know. I look at all gTLD's as a horse race. If I go to the track what are the chances of picking a trifecta? And that is with 10-15 .horses.

How do I pick the top 3 with 1000 .horses?
There will be 997 .horses that don't make the top 3.
975 .horses that won't make the top 25.

.Web is the odds on favorite for many reasons. Why do you think all those lawsuits are for?
SELF PRESERVATION!

Because when it comes out, will suck ALL the oxygen out of the room. It won't help the other gTLD's. It can and will destroy many. Consolidation is already here. Predicted that 3 years ago.

I don't know, but .web may be another .net. It may also become the REAL .com alternative. We will see how many here have the $$$ left to play in that arena. That is the BIGGIE!

 

[bmugford]

To me .web is just a much lamer .net. It is basically the same term semantically with no history of awareness, usage, or credibility.

It might appeal to domainers, but I don't think many end users are going to pay a major premium for it.

It is likely to just be lost in the sea of endless other new extensions.

Brad

 

[JB Lions]

onl? Never heard anybody talking about that one even having a chance, plus 3 syllables

.web will be the #1 registered new gtld, easy. It's on the most watched lists for a reason. Most new gtlds are niche and can't ever get good numbers. The generics to this point have been pretty bad, click, link, xyz.

.com - should have never been mentioned with any of these. .net didn't even hit 10% of .com registrations. Did somebody think one of these new ones was going to jump .net and take on King Com? I can understand it being used to SELL, give you hope that it's the next Gold Rush you missed out on in the mid 90's, but it's just marketing, nothing else.

Seriously, pick 1 new gtld that you think will have more regs than .web. It's the most generic, 1 syllable, easy to spell/remember one out there. It's kind of like a .net jr. to me or it's illegitimate kid.

 

[JB Lions]

I like .net. Some of my websites, the .com redirects to the .net.

Just out of curiosity, why in the world would you do that? I can maybe understand if you had a developed .net and then picked up the .com later and just forwarded it.

 

[Mkcoy]

I think, eventually, all these new funny TLD's will just fizzle out and everyone will just use .com only again.

Then again, I think they're here to stay and can serve a practical purpose in that they are very user friendly and descriptive. Example anyone seeing mydog.club is instantly going to know what the site is about.

As for .web I think its more ideal for webmasters, IT blogs or anything online really because .web is quite general term isn't it.

Regards.

 

[tomcarl]

I don't think .web will live up to the hype, It's a bit redundant just like .online. I'd rather go with the tried and true .net if I was a startup considering .web

How many times do you hear "I seen it on the web" or "Find us on the web". "Web" is a dated phrase, people refer to the internet as "the net" for short, again .net

 

[Mkcoy]

Yeah thats true, people were clambering over .club when it was first released literally saying shut up and take my money to the registrars and Nominet never had it so good ever since.

.web could be useful in some occasions where its helpful such as linksonthe.web as a directory or more professional side.

Some people say tld matters and some say it doesn't. Lets be honest though, .com might have the most "authority" but that's only because there's so many of them. Look at .info when that was first released, it was used by spammers a lot but today is a fairly more reputable TLD and there are some good sites using .info. I should know I bought a couple for pennies and sold some for 5 figures back in the day.

And the other side of it is, well its good to be different isn't it? Ya know. Do something new. Something that you're competitors aren't doing. Or at the very least, experimenting and trying new things as that's what it's all about and how some of even the most biggest top 100 sites have come about.

But with all these other TLDs that are marketed, I fear it's spurred the onset of a billion new parked domains and redundant neglected sites by many newbie webmasters and pros alike that have bought into the fun and quirkiness side of it only to sell them on here after. xD

 

[pdevananth]

Meanwhile have you ever thought about the growth of Mobile Apps. Many companies trying to close their websites and completely focusing on mobile apps. But in my opinion .WEB is a good generic gtld which can be compared with .NET but it really depends how many companies are aware about this new gTLD

 

[GoKaizen]

http://domainative.com/verisign-statement-regarding-web-auction-results/

 

[brandnow]

I have said this before.. but I am glad that Verisign got it.. my hope (whether it comes true or not) is that they will treat .web the same as .com.. similar pricing, etc.. no premiums, etc. If a company like Donuts were to get .web.. I would bet that they would make the cost $25 / year and set tens of thousands of names to premium pricing. So that's why I was hoping that either Verisign or Google would get .web.. Google probably would have given the names away for free to Gmail users (again just my own guess).. but hopefully Verisign treats it the same as .com and it will be win-win for both domainers and end users. My 3c

 

[domainerfella]

hype bro. remember, .onl didn't succeed.

 

[Kate]

No way.
The only thing in favor of .web is the geek factor, a bit like .io domains today, but to a very limited extent.
But domain extensions cannot thrive just on fads.

 

[-EM-]

I don't own any domain in the new gTLD but .web is the best one. I would not compare it with .onl!
If it comes with a reg fee of $20-30 it may loose some market, the best thing is to go with the same price as old gTLDs.

 

[Fancy.domains]

Hello,

As .COM has such a unique position in the TLD family, I also think it might be somewhat comparable with .NET. Personally, I prefer the more niched new gTLDs as they (hopefully) will attract a certain unique market and use. However, I will try to get as many good .WEB as I can. I think the competition will be harsh though. It seems like .WEB is rather hyped. For logical reasons, as it is so generic.

 

[brandnow]

Hello,

As .COM has such a unique position in the TLD family, I also think it might be somewhat comparable with .NET. Personally, I prefer the more niched new gTLDs as they (hopefully) will attract a certain unique market and use. However, I will try to get as many good .WEB as I can. I think the competition will be harsh though. It seems like .WEB is rather hyped. For logical reasons, as it is so generic.

I agree the competition among us is sure to be fierce :D

 

[vivaldi]

Slighty better than .net. It's the best new generic. We will see if generics are the future or not. I'm not sure of the second tier generics and their future. Have yet to research this among different generations and cultures.

They will have to market this if they want a few % of the domain cake.

 

[Grego85]

to me new gtlds serve the purpose of organizing the internet, bringing a bit of order to the chaos. .web to me does not offer itself to this type of solution. The only purpose it serves is offering an opportunity to get some nice one word names that were taken long long ago in the .com/.net/.org extensions. There will be some big sales, but those names will be snatched up in the first hour of the first day, if even available there, as landrush will be big with this extension.

 

[Mkcoy]

spider.web

 

[JB Lions]

Exact worldwide

web - 7,480,000
net - 5,000,000

Pretty well known term. I think it'll easily do better than .co, which was 1.6 million last time I bothered to check, but won't get anywhere near .net. Think it could beat .biz as well, maybe challenge .info. And easily blowout any of the other new gtlds. Just talking reg numbers, development, public awareness, who knows.

It's a bit redundant just like .online. I'd rather go with the tried and true .net if I was a startup considering .web

Web is closer to net than online easily, basically the same word. So the same amount of redundancy as .net.

If it comes out open and a good price, market it right, GD Superbowl commercials etc. they can blow it out.

to me new gtlds serve the purpose of organizing the internet, bringing a bit of order to the chaos.

Seems to me the opposite, more chaos. There are so many we have a thread here asking what's your favorite new gtld and some are posting their favorites, then others are coming posting that they didn't even know it was out. Plural, singular of same word, how many different photo ones are there now? That just adds confusion, try marketing one of those and getting people to remember plural vs. singular. yoursite.photo or yoursite.photos, property or properties

We'll see, I'm just curious to see if/when this ever comes out.

 

[-EM-]

. Web has all the attention it needs, what will be the success key is the marketing pricing and how will they manage the premium names.

 

[Alice Wonder Miscreations]

I like .net. Some of my websites, the .com redirects to the .net.

With respect to .web it doesn't appeal to me, but that just may be me. It's better than .ninja or .sucks and it may be the most successful of the new ones (.xyz? Really?) but it doesn't really say anything.

Originally .net was intended for network infrastructure but I like to see .net for network of the none IP type, a community of users.

I can't think of anything that .web says to me.

 

[Domainstore]

A lot will again depend on the money they ask for a registration,
a renewal, a transfer.
.co and .mobi did a stupidity by making renewals and transfers double or more expensive then normal registrationfee.
But .web CAN make the same mistake, AND CAN ALSO MAKE a mistake that is made by so much new TDS.
AND THIS MISTAKE IS => An enormous amount of reserved premiumdomains called "premium" and costing more to register then the normal registerfee, with...... as renewalrate the same as the expensive registerfee. If they do that (and a lot of new tlds do that) thye will have suddenly after 1 year an enormous drop of those premiums.
.xyz isn't making that mistake and .club also isn't making that mistake (or only in a minor way).
That's why they have lots of registrated domains.
AND OF COURSE THEY CAN ALSO MAKE THE MISTAKE OF the .OOO -extention with premium of more then 150.000 USD etc...
If they do that with the .web => it will fail.

But we don't know that yet !!!

BUT THERE PROBABLY WILL BE A CHANGEMENT IN THE FUTURE =>>> LOTS OF NEW REGISTRARS with NEW TLD'S WILL HAVE LOTS of LOSSES AND NO RENEWALLS, OR ARE ALREADY TOO EXPENSIVE NOW with not enough registrations to be talked about on forums, and domainblogs ===> AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME THEY WILL HAVE TO ADJUST THEIR RENEWALREATES AND REGISTRATIONRATES AND TRANSFERRATES.

AND DID YOU SEE ?? => SUDDENLY the .WS-extention a CCTLD like .TV one is (from as far as I know Western Samoa (US-SAMOA), many years already used because .WS is also the abbreviation or the initials of WebSite) is raising RENEWALS since the 1st of may, and DIMINISHING THEIR REGISTERFEES !!!!!!. THE REASON WOULD BE the new TLD ".website". ===> I think that we willl get a lot of surprises like that in the future. (but why they raise their renewalrate, I don't know).

 

[Alice Wonder Miscreations]

I don't know international law but in the US you don't have to have specifically trademarked your brand to win in court. It makes it easier to win if you have, but you don't have to.

I suspect the reason why companies like google snap them up is because if they don't, someone else will and even though they can get it back with law, the legal fees will likely be higher than the registration cost.