Newbie question

[sgllocal]

hi all.. which extensions are good to invest in? .org .biz .info .tv .com etc
are the .org .biz and .info good investments? do they have same value as .coms?

any suggestions and feedback would be much appreciated

thanks
dan

 

[RWoolley]

I was also wondering this, if possible could someone do a list with the best domain investments at the top (.com, .co.uk etc) going down to the lowest.

 

[monRa]

com, net, info .org us and kepp going in my opinion!

 

[peter phillips]

IMO .com and .net are the most preferred extensions mainly because they are most commonly used. People remember the .com and .net extension names more than the others like .org, .biz, or .info.

.org is good for a website of an organisation, .biz is good for a business organisation and .info is for a website providing information about something. These names are good if you don't get a .com or .net for a particular name. I think they may not have the same value as a .com name.

 

[Michelle]

Depends on the word :imho:

Examples

Cancer.org

weather.info

Newyork.us

Londonattractions.co.uk

loans.com

finance.net

comedy.tv

 

[bizbj]

IMO .com and .net are the most preferred extensions mainly because they are most commonly used. People remember the .com and .net extension names more than the others like .org, .biz, or .info.

.org is good for a website of an organisation, .biz is good for a business organisation and .info is for a website providing information about something. These names are good if you don't get a .com or .net for a particular name. I think they may not have the same value as a .com name.

I feel it's easy to remember a .org domain than a .net domain name.

 

[Momo]

Domainers usually invest in .com and .net, but it would work in other extensions too, depending how fit the word that you're registering is with the extension.

 

[wow!]

The question was .org//biz/.info/.tv
So why you all talking about the sure .com
It is hard to find good .coms and
I think the alternative are: .info or .us
Not .org / .net / and sure not .tv unless you can find great 1word of them.

 

[ThreeD]

RWoolley - the top 6 are as follows (top to bottom) -

.com
.net
.info
.us/org
.biz

 

[sgllocal]

thanks guys..was much appreciated..so the .info and .org are still good to invest in right? and yes i agree its very hard nowadays to get a .com which is why i asked about other extensions.

thanks for replies

 

[Binfus]

hi all.. which extensions are good to invest in?

Couple of important considerations are: Whats your budget? and, Whats your preference; i.e. investing in very few high quality domains or speculating in a bunch of names with "potential"? As far as .com is concerned, anything with any potential has been long gone and the aftermarket prices of decent .coms are at pretty much at their peak too...so from a traditional investment standpoint, IMO .com is not a very attractive bet in terms of ROI since there's not a whole lot of margin left.....however, no one in his right mind will argue that its the most widely used and well known extension. On the other hand, you can still hand-register domains with "potential" at registration cost in new tlds (.info, .biz, .us, etc) and also buy very good new tld names in the aftermarket (often) at bargain prices; the risk here had been whether these new extensions would take off but again IMO, its becoming pretty clear now that these new tlds are not going anywhere and would continue to have their place in the name space. Another " investment" (speculative) opportunity is to take part in the roll-out of future tlds like .EU and .XXX when it gets approved.

 

[sgllocal]

ok so are there more extensions on route then? ie .eu and .xxx its all new to me tht lol

 

[faisj]

I was also wondering this, if possible could someone do a list with the best domain investments at the top (.com, .co.uk etc) going down to the lowest.

That all depends on the person.

For ex. I dont own one .us but a lot of people love it...

for me:

.com
.net
.biz
.info
.org
.nl
.be

 

[OvenMitt]

.com
.org
.us
.info

The 4 with the most long-term potential

 

[faisj]

.com
.org
.us
.info

The 4 with the most long-term potential

LOL this is what I mean sgllocal
everyone has a differant view on this ( and be glad we have that LOL )

 

[Joe]

.co.uk is cheapest, but i'd say .net and .com are the best, and prob worth investing in