.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.

 

[equity78]

There are certainly companies that have used the word link in the branding of their company, Link is one of the most popular keywords by domain count. I think that is why Frank liked it, but I am not sure if the .link makes people think its is a link shortener. ProLink.com ok I understand that is your brand name and when the average person sees it no problem, they may see Pro.link and think what the heck ? Look .link was one I thought about but could not hit the register button, it just did not make sense to me for buying to resell for a profit, now that is just my opinion it may be a huge hit for you, and I hope it does work out to make you money.

Here are some .com regged

MyLink
GoLink
TheLink
WebLink
ProLink
NetLink
AllLink
SmartLink
FreeLink
EcoLink
DigitalLink
GreenLink
OnlineLink
GlobalLink
TechLink
SuperLink
NewLink
MrLink
EasyLink
LiveLink
ClickLink
TravelLink
JustLink
GetLink
MobileLink
TopLink
BestLink
LoveLink
ShopLink
CloudLink
InfoLink
BioLink
RealLink
AutoLink
SocialLink
MediaLink
WorldLink
OpenLink
DailyLink
ThinkLink
TeamLink
BigLink
BuyLink
YourLink
WeLink
QuickLink
OneLink
BlueLink
VideoLink
ReLink
HomeLink
AppLink
CityLink
GeoLink
LocalLink
FastLink
HotLink
LifeLink
StarLink
DesignLink
BusinessLink
CyberLink
YouLink
ProjectLink
RedLink
PowerLink
BlogLink
DrLink
CreativeLink
CoolLink
MegaLink
SearchLink
FirstLink
SunLink
DataLink
SimpleLink
OnLink
HostLink
ClubLink
FunLink
MaxLink
AirLink
NextLink
NewsLink
GreatLink
SiteLink
SkyLink
GoodLink
FindLink
StudioLink
PlanetLink
SolarLink
LinkLink
GoldLink
DreamLink
MicroLink
UrbanLink
HappyLink
MarketLink
HealthLink
VirtualLink
USALink
TrueLink
BrandLink
PureLink
MoneyLink
InterLink
OurLink
CoLink
WinLink
FlyLink
InternetLink
NeoLink
WikiLink
SoftLink
TradeLink
SportLink
PlayLink
SimplyLink
MagicLink
GroupLink
MiniLink
FutureLink
ZenLink
SilverLink
BitLink
TimeLink
ShareLink
FreshLink
UpLink
SpeedLink
MobiLink
FitLink
ImageLink
WorkLink
MarketingLink
UltraLink
TotalLink
MasterLink
NanoLink
ActiveLink

The question is how much will these names in .Link resell for, you are a salesman are there buyers for your product at a profit margin that justifies investment ?

 

[MadAboutDomains]

^^ I second equiry78's comments.

I just saw an advert on the internets to .RODEO ... what are they thinking?

 

[equity78]

Jib if ICANN has their way they are going to be coming out for years, I think people are zoned in on 700 and think that's too many. The number Frank Schilling threw out was 40,000 extensions years down the road.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Jib if ICANN has their way they are going to be coming out for years, I think people are zoned in on 700 and think that's too many. The number Frank Schilling threw out was 40,000 extensions years down the road.

It would make sense to keep releasing them, if they don't then the exercise would probably be useless. Maybe I'm being short sighted here, but I haven't seen any appealing gTLDs yet to date. I'd love to know which ones you've found worthy of registering .

The prospect of 40,000 gTLDs in the future makes it even harder to invest in these doesn't it.

 

[equity78]

Oh I agree at the point of 40,000 extensions, heck 2500, it really becomes confusing to the general public, we are probably already there with the confusion. The average person who thinks being tech savvy is they synced their Gmail across all devices and can use Vine will have no idea. So is that Pizza.Nyc or Nyc.pizza no Giovanni that's a NycPizza.com.

I am not sure what people will do, ICANN made a lot of mistakes, someone should have said no singular and plural, if you want to run .photo and someone else photography etc... look we are going to get all the participants in a drawing and then auction and one extension for a niche will be released by language. I mean is it .photo or photos or photography ? Some names on collision list in one but not another, premium reg vs standard its a complete cluster.

I was interested in .Media, KeywordMedia.com is a niche I focus on, so I regged a couple to protect names that have gotten multiple offers, even if we debate from the domaining community that a business should not build on a new gtld, I would rather have the set of both Roulettemedia.com which has received multiple offers along with Roulette.media. Even though I would think it foolish for someone to build their business on just Roulette.Media they might not care and avoid buying my RouletteMedia.com. So I figure remove one obstacle.

I also regged Fantasy.Media as I like it for a couple categories, entertainment, fantasy sports etc...

I did reg Puppy.pics as it was one of the higher exact match names in that category, and I love Dogs, so I figure I can do something with this name.

I regged one .sexy, a lot of Geo were held back or regged so I picked up SouthBeach.Sexy, certainly don't expect any big sale, but I figured at least there is a place where people tout the sexiness of their residents.

There were some others I looked at but really could not convince myself that it was the right move. Media I am interested in, puppies are great so I was fine with those and I did not go crazy 5 regs. The other extensions I thought I only care about reselling and I just don't know who is going to buy them for a mark up worth the risk. I am sure some people will make some sales but I think with endless supply of extensions its not worth risking real money to play a game that is first off rigged by ICANN and registries and has no liquidity. I will speculate a few hundred dollars but I am not interested in anything serious, I care about liquidity and selling nothing else. I am not interested in holding anything for 20 years, technology moves too fast imo.

 

[Kate]

Reminds me of the .tel thread.

 

[mobilespecialists]

Yeah. Nice talks but lets go back to the root. Btw. does anybody know how I can find sales for a particular TLD? I visit Sedo and see a little box of the 10 last sold domains (all TLDs) - not the most efficient way I suppose.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Great post, it was really interesting to hear your approach to the gTLDs.

People justify the new gTLDs and say that good domains are hard to come by, hence the previous mention of "BestCheapCarsOhio5.com", but I disagree... There are great names that can be acquired for $500-$1000 in the .com space for almost any keyword to match any business idea. Sure it take a bit of looking, but anything that's worth doing does. That amount of money is a drop in the ocean.

Just a thought.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Yeah. Nice talks but lets go back to the root. Btw. does anybody know how I can find sales for a particular TLD? I visit Sedo and see a little box of the 10 last sold domains (all TLDs) - not the most efficient way I suppose.

http://DnJournal.com

 

[1domain]

@mobilespecialists

Sales for particular TLDs can be seen @ namebio.com

 

[equity78]

Reminds me of the .tel thread.

Which part Kate ?

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Surely not, because .tel is better than .link

oops! lol

 

[matrigaldo]

I don't really want to offend anyone, but when i see a enthusiastic post about these new gTLDs ... i don't know, it looks a little creepy to me.
How can someone believe .link will be a "king" , or even a good investment? ... It's like gambling, i totally agree with this definition i read here very often.

HOWEVER there are several "enthusiastic" domainers, then some quickly profitable flips are possible if you were fast enough to register strong (and related) keywords, but we're talking about small ROI imho.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

The thing that really really really annoys me about these new gTLDs is that they have the cheek to hold back all of the decent domains. If they have to release them in this way to make it commercially viable, then they should be looking at a different model.

It seems as if they don't act for the "good of the internet" anymore, they act just to maximise profits for whoever.

It makes me sick.

 

[mobilespecialists]

well, there have been days when people would laugh about the concept of a PC. Specialists told the world in future there will be need for maybe 500 computers in the world.

I can understand, its most secure to copy an existing business concept that already works. But I can not understand that many experienced people dont see a big difference between .LINK and the other new TLDs. As far I know only .WEB could compare to .LINK but the second is more internationalizable, sounds good in other languages too. With the right marketing .LINK can get _THE_ alternative to .COM domains. And the team of the registry seems energic enough to make a good job.

On the other hand its good domainers don't like .LINK. This wil surlely help to build a real base of consumers - the best marketing at all when people see real websites with this extension.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

I reckon .site would be better than .link or .web, at least it's explanitory

 

[matrigaldo]

well, there have been days when people would laugh about the concept of a PC. Specialists told the world in future there will be need for maybe 500 computers in the world.

Well, the comparison doesn't really work.
We're not talking about a new and innovative technology, but about a new extension among hundreds of new useless ones. And it's not innovative at all.

The right comparison, for me, would be thinking the .com (and .net/.org i.e.) as a normal, common, powerful notebook Personal Computer (PC), and the .link as a PC variation, that uses 32 alkaline AA batteries and is made by wood. Who knows, maybe people would prefer using 32 alkaline AA batteries instead of lithium one, and would like the wood case, but it's common sense considering this one as a strange, weird and peculiar PC variation.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Well, the comparison doesn't really work.
We're not talking about a new and innovative technology, but about a new extension among hundreds of new useless ones. And it's not innovative at all.

The right comparison, for me, would be thinking the .com (and .net/.org i.e.) as a normal, common, powerful notebook Personal Computer (PC), and the .link as a PC variation, that uses 32 alkaline AA batteries and is made by wood. Who knows, maybe people would prefer using 32 alkaline AA batteries instead of lithium one, and would like the wood case, but it's common sense considering this one as a strange, weird and peculiar PC variation.

It's a solution for something that didn't need a solution. Not only that, but it's a solution that's crippled by money grabbers and hoggers.

At least if you buy a PC variation, everyone has access to buy one that's top of the range and the manufacturer is providing VALUE.

 

[mobilespecialists]

Oh no, now we talk about PC variations. .LINK is cool, akes more sense than .COM and is a real alternative for end-buyers. Imagene the following:

You are a big fan and even sell small model cars. Now its time to make your blog to a really cool website with online-shop. modelcars.com is taken, of course. .net, etc. etc. too. So what domain will be the best?

modelcars.photo
modelcars.sexy
modelcars.pizza

? What would You choose - pay some 10000$ to a domeiner for some ModelCarsBest1.com (who of course is the absolutly opposite to greedy) or buy modelcars.LINK for 10$?

If .COM is king .LINK is the prince. But nobody has to love it.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

I reckon I'd register ModelCars.me cause that's available, especially as it's a blog.

 

[equity78]

@mobile the point you make is one that is exaggerated ModelCarsBest1.com is a lousy name and I think it was used to make the comparison better.

Now let me also say I believe there will be a number of people outside the domain industry, who do think starting a blog or website sounds good on a new gtld. If I was running a fashion site I would not mind Dress.Sexy but that is held back, it won't cost $19.99 so the lie of more choice goes out the window, its the same movie only being played out in many small community theaters instead of the big multiplex that .com is.

But again I believe people will say "Hey that sounds cool" They will not pay you a premium, they have so much choice that they won't buy your .link they will find another handreg.

Let's say I am buying into all the wonder of the new gtlds, I think I like .Link but uh oh, one of those damn domainers got there first, I email them and they want $5,000. $5,000 ? I now like .club or .site or maybe now I am a ninja, maybe I wait for .web or .website yes they are both coming out.I am never giving you $5,000 for a bus ride when 50,000 more buses are coming down the road at reg fee, the odd end user who thinks they are a visionary will buy one, it will be an outlier sale not the norm, it can happen, you can walk into a casino put 200 down on 21 and hit for $7,000 that can happen too.

I think if you want ModelCars.link for your website that makes sense, because like you say most can't afford ModelCars.com or its developed. So for your personal site its fine imo. Selling it for $5,000 is going to be very hard with so many other choices.

 

[Kate]

Which part Kate ?

The delusional part, that is 90% of it I suppose

I am not saying that some people, including the OP, will not find a good use for .link. After all, many end users are quite happy with their lousy domains.
What I am saying is that it's not a good investment, domaining-wise. Because I can't see how this TLD would become big and popular to the point of fostering a secondary market.

It's two different issues.

 

[mobilespecialists]

Well its also the marketing. Though there are so many new TLDs a few can grow to real leaders while other will remain a secondary market. And I think .LINK and .WEB have the most potential to do so - because they are generic enough. It will just need 1, 2 hip innovative startups that have decided to use a .LINK and the extension gets desired by masses.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

.CO, .ME and .IO amongst others are 'hip' for start-ups (Vine.co, About.me, Meet.me, no_url_shorteners, Angel.co, Flavors.me) and great domains on those extensions are still dropping like flies.

I picked up Cheeky.me and Snog.me just last week for reg fee. I also got my name in .CO really easily (luke.co).

Those extensions aren't exactly booming so to speak, but they're not doing bad, so how can one expect .LINK to be a good investment?

I would be tempted to argue that, in a way, the existing extensions like .ME and .CO are more accessible for the average person and start-ups than the gTLDs coming out way that are heavily restricted and immature? Maybe it will change over time for the other gTLDs. I'll be watching to see.

 

[mobilespecialists]

Modelcars.co, ok. But: Modelcars.io <-> Modelcars.me <-> Modelcars.link... for a serious products blog + shop

I think the choice is clear here for Modelcars.link. Surely a reason why after the common drops even in .CO people will move rather to new investments like .LINK or .WEB

Of course this might hurt if a domainer has bigger assets in ccTLDs domains. But its sometimes better to jump a step ahead.