.link sales report

[mobilespecialists]

I have not found it using the search option so I thought its time to start such a thread.
I'm a big fan of .LINK domains though I was very sceptical to the so called new TLDs.
The reason why I like .LINK though no fan of the new TLDs are:

• "link" has a natural universal relation to Internet. We use sentences like "send me the link". You can combine it with every keyword. And its logical - a link to the keyword.
  
• it's very easy to remember. Its also new so it sounds interesting. It's just sexy
  
• in my opinion it sounds better than "web" as long you are not some working in the web industry
• the word has got common in other languages. In Polish we also say link, in German too. Though for some languages it sounds better than others. For example in general german domains with a keyword and .link sound more natural and nicer than in Polish.

So far I have bought some. Maybe my best is notebooks.link. But jet sold none. Since the domain is at start I was interested in the sales. I really think .link will happen to be a big thing.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

I didn't see it until now, but for me the case for .LINK is now crystal clear. You sir, have convinced me!

I think I'm going to delete Cheeky.me and register Cheeky.link and get developing right away.

After all, I want to jump a step ahead.

 

[mobilespecialists]

Our first sales report. Crucial.link sold for 2500$. Source: DN Journal

 

[The New Guy]

Our first sales report. Crucial.link sold for 2500$. Source: DN Journal

Was that originally registered by a member of the general public for reg fee?

 

[equity78]

Was that originally registered by a member of the general public for reg fee?

Probably, New Guy, Frank did not hold any auctions or premium regs.

 

[bmugford]

Probably, New Guy, Frank did not hold any auctions or premium regs.

It was one of the many domains owned by North Sound Names, which is obviously a company directly tied to Frank Schilling. It is essentially just a sale of a domain owned by the registry.

Domain Name: crucial.link
WHOIS Server: whois.uniregistry.net
Creation Date: 2014-04-15T19:07:35.609Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2015-04-15T19:07:35.609Z
Sponsoring Registrar: Uniregistrar Corp
Admin Name: Domain Administrator
Admin Organization: North Sound Names
Admin Street: 30485 Seven Mile Beach
Admin City: Grand Cayman
Admin State/Province: GC
Admin Postal Code: KY11202
Admin Country: KY
Admin Phone: +1.3457475465
Admin Email: [email protected]

 

[mobilespecialists]

My whois check shows this:

Registrant Name: Micron Consumer Products Group, Inc.
Registrant Organization: Micron Consumer Products Group, Inc.
Registrant Street: 8000 S. Federal Way, P.O. Box 6
Registrant City: Boise
...
Registrant Country: US
...
Admin Name: Micron Consumer Products Group, Inc.
Admin Organization: Micron Consumer Products Group, Inc.
Admin Street: 8000 S. Federal Way, P.O. Box 6
Admin City: Boise

Please check with an other tool - I used domaintools.com and http://who.is

 

[equity78]

It was one of the many domains owned by North Sound Names, which is obviously a company directly tied to Frank Schilling. It is essentially just a sale of a domain owned by the registry.
Domain Name: crucial.link
WHOIS Server: whois.uniregistry.net
Creation Date: 2014-04-15T19:07:35.609Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2015-04-15T19:07:35.609Z
Sponsoring Registrar: Uniregistrar Corp
Admin Name: Domain Administrator
Admin Organization: North Sound Names
Admin Street: 30485 Seven Mile Beach
Admin City: Grand Cayman
Admin State/Province: GC
Admin Postal Code: KY11202
Admin Country: KY
Admin Phone: +1.3457475465


Thanks Brad I did not check the whois, that's interesting because all the others they just got at reg fee, wonder why that one was sold for a premium price ?

 

[bmugford]

Thanks Brad I did not check the whois, that's interesting because all the others they just got at reg fee, wonder why that one was sold for a premium price ?

They were the seller. That is old whois information which shows that they were the former owner.
I am just pointing out that it is a party tied to the registry that was the seller, not a separate registrant.

All the registry has to pay to register their own domains is the ICANN fee which is $0.25 per registration or less. It is not the same costs as a normal registrant.

Brad

 

[mobilespecialists]

OK,I've put the actual whois but it makes no sense now and is awaiting approval of moderator. Anyways. What counts is the fact that an independent buyer is ready to give 2500$ for a .LINK right?
I think this is just the start and soon there will be some $$$$$ figures.

 

[The New Guy]

OK,I've put the actual whois but it makes no sense now and is awaiting approval of moderator. Anyways. What counts is the fact that an independent buyer is ready to give 2500$ for a .LINK right?
I think this is just the start and soon there will be some $$$$$ figures.

What matters is that the names an independent buyer might be ready to give $2500 for are usually held back by the registrar or unavailable to everyday buyers for many of the new gTLD's.

One of the points you made earlier was that you couldn't get a premium .com now. Tell me - were you able to get crucial.link at launch and be the one to sell it for $2500?

 

[mobilespecialists]

I was able to get notebooks.link at reg fee. Think its no bad domain. Also got Smartest.link - but not for sale :D

 

[The New Guy]

I was able to get notebooks.link at reg fee. Think its no bad domain. Also got Smartest.link - but not for sale :D

And you may be able to sell it. But someone can also handreg notebooks.whatever in dozens of other new gTLD's now - and there will be more extensions coming online for a long time to come.

There is nothing making .link stand out more than any of the other extensions that are available for less money than you'd have to charge to make a profit on your .link registration.

The problem with .link and the others is that you're not making an investment - you're making a bet that may never pay off.

 

[mobilespecialists]

In some types of business, called speculation, the line between an investment and a bet is very thin. But .LINK definitly has something outstanding compared to .PHOTO or .CAR . Its the lack of focus. This makes .LINK even more universal than .COM. The only real competition in the new domains realm might come from .WEB.

Let us simply wait and see. In the end the market and the sales will prove if .LINK is worth investing or not

 

[Kate]

Finally an end user using a .link domain

http://domaingang.com/domain-news/brewski-brewski-domain-brokers-will-blow-mind/

 

[mobilespecialists]

Please note my not domain related website: MobileSpecialists.LINK. OK, made it for promotion - but use it too. Also my private is Janko.link but have no website jet. But IMHO Janko.link is the best domain for a private website - not only for .Link promotion. Its simply nice and easy to remember, also for non-english use.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Sdsinc... That was the strangest article that I've read in a while. Its on a website that serves a huge banner for Uniregistry so I'd imagine it means nothing. Secondly, they don't 'operate' out of a .link, its just a redirect to that article.

 

[JB Lions]

Sdsinc... That was the strangest article that I've read in a while. Its on a website that serves a huge banner for Uniregistry so I'd imagine it means nothing. Secondly, they don't 'operate' out of a .link, its just a redirect to that article.

Not a real article. Parody, satire, fake news.

 

[mobilespecialists]

It seems .LINK is ignored from many domainers (not only on NP) because the owner of the company behind has reserved most of the cool names for himself through a third company? Or did I get something wrong? Well IMHO any interest conflicts are not good and should be avoided as far possible. But this does not change the fact that a concept for a new most generic new TLD can be good.

Also not all cool words were taken. I regged "notebooks", "phablets" etc. Surely would get even more if I were faster.

 

[JB Lions]

It seems .LINK is ignored from many domainers (not only on NP) because the owner of the company behind has reserved most of the cool names for himself through a third company? Or did I get something wrong? Well IMHO any interest conflicts are not good and should be avoided as far possible. But this does not change the fact that a concept for a new most generic new TLD can be good.

Also not all cool words were taken. I regged "notebooks", "phablets" etc. Surely would get even more if I were faster.

It's ignored because .link is just a bad extension, hence the low reg numbers. Just not much interest.

 

[mobilespecialists]

Please let us not get in a discussion like "PC is better than Apple" etc. Everybody has the right to choose. To be honest I do not like .COM to much - should I now go to the LLLL.com sales thread and tell all the people how dumb .COM is?

Btw. .LINK is not dumb - its great. That's my view but the sales start to prove this. Maybe in the USA .web will be preferred over .link as a .com alternative but in a global scope .link is much better. "Link" has got meanwhile a common term in many languages.

 

[JB Lions]

should I now go to the LLLL.com sales thread and tell all the people how dumb .COM is?

If you want to be laughed at.

Please let us not get in a discussion like "PC is better than Apple" etc.

There is no such discussion here. .link isn't even in the conversation. It's not some "Prince", more like a court jester and not a very good one.

You're really trying hard to convince yourself it's good, too hard. If you believe in it, then buy more, a lot more. You haven't made any good arguments on this one, there isn't one to be made. I think it's going to be like .xyz in that prices will be in .cc territory, where you can get great single keywords for under $100. Good/great keywords doesn't mean good/great domains.

All you have at this point is belief. And it's not belief supported by any type of numbers, because they look bad. So you'll have to hang on to that for years? and hope. I can't imagine any big sites taking off on this extension or any decent sales, besides the normal exception here and there.

 

[The New Guy]

It seems .LINK is ignored from many domainers (not only on NP) because the owner of the company behind has reserved most of the cool names for himself through a third company? Or did I get something wrong? Well IMHO any interest conflicts are not good and should be avoided as far possible. But this does not change the fact that a concept for a new most generic new TLD can be good.

Read this again from the first page:

They indicated 18,000 ish .link domains have been registered. They also said that 90% of the names registered are those held back by the registry (Uniregistry) and that 30,000 are on the collision list.

Math:

10% of 18,000 names are publicly registered.
1800 names out there to be developed.
How many of those are domainers like yourself hoping for the big .link keyword lotto win?
That means many of those names won't be developed.
The other 90% will likely be parked as well.

Now let's be generous and say half of those 1,800 non holdback registrations are going to be developed. That's 900 web sites that will be the ambassadors for the .link extension.

Will anybody ever actually see them? Who is going to put money and effort into developing them? If they had money, why wouldn't go with .com, .net, .tv if it's video, their ccTLD or some other established extension?

These new gTLD's will all suffer from the same problem: Low development numbers will lead to low mindshare with the public, which makes your new keyword.whatever domain look like a typo on the screen or on a billboard instead of making people think it's a URL they should go to.

And yes, there will be sales - either the valuable domains that were held back or the random lotto ticket (like eat.club) which will be used by fans of each new gTLD to give them hope that they haven't wasted their money.

 

[mad409]

These new gTLD's will all suffer from the same problem: Low development numbers will lead to low mindshare with the public, which makes your new keyword.whatever domain look like a typo on the screen or on a billboard instead of making people think it's a URL they should go to.

I totally disagree with this quote, JMO. It's like saying beeper's are fine who needs a cell phone, or call me by a land line I don't need e-mail and why do I need to upgrade my cell phone or computer. It's old school and the new extensions will prosper, maybe not all but many will.

Even the ones that aren't as popular people will learn to pay attention to the extension more so in the future.

Sure this isn't an overnight thing therefore your new extension investment may not be in demand or valued high at this time but it is a term investment.

Internet users will in FACT learn that there's more than just com, net, org and will simply pay more attention to what URL they need to head too.

By saying these new extensions can't be figured out by the end user is basically saying they're stupid and I'm pretty sure most are not.

I don't own a .link but I'm going to see what I can find.

Slight thread /derail, sorry.

 

[JB Lions]

I totally disagree with this quote, JMO. It's like saying beeper's are fine who needs a cell phone, or call me by a land line I don't need e-mail and why do I need to upgrade my cell phone or computer. It's old school and the new extensions will prosper, maybe not all but many will.

So let me get this right:
.com = beepers
.link = cell phones

Horrible.

.link isn't some new technology, it's just another bad extension.

 

[mad409]

So let me get this right:
.com = beepers
.link = cell phones

Horrible.

.link isn't some new technology, it's just another bad extension.

Like I said JMO, but the good thing is we can all look back to replies such as this and time will tell.