No .com symbol for use with new gTLDs

[Cool.Ventures]

For those who are re-branding or otherwise using a new gTLD, how about this new logo right after the domain name / domain name logo to help users learn not to use the .com next time as shown in my website's header:

Here it is for your download (I recommend reducing opacity so it's not so overwhelming as I did in my header). This image is .gif so the background is transparent.

I know this is going to be very controversial with lots of pro .commers posting very hostile comments, sorry, but this is the only practical solution for getting visitors to understand our new domains don't have .com. Be thankful I ditched the original idea of the circle and slash... this is more "gentle"

 

[DnEbook]

i think as long as there is a www. in front of the name most folk get the idea, it would be fair to say if i noticed www.free.beer on a billboard i would remember it and look it up

 

[Cool.Ventures]

That's an excellent point and probably the solution. Both the www. and the no .com would be too much, so needs to be one or the other. The www. looks more professional I suppose... I think I'll take your advice and revert to that idea.

I just wanted to play with this alternative and see what others think.

 

[forge]

How did you come up with that so quickly?

 

[Cool.Ventures]

i think as long as there is a www. in front of the name most folk get the idea, it would be fair to say if i www.free.beer on a billboard i would remember it and look it up

lol, free.beer. Would that be the world's second most valuable domain just under free.porn? lol

 

[McDuke]

I laughed :D

 

[Cool.Ventures]

i think as long as there is a www. in front of the name most folk get the idea, it would be fair to say if i www.free.beer on a billboard i would remember it and look it up

It's hard at first to know what to do as it's all so new and am a bit unstable, but I believe the best idea is to use the www. in all print advertisements - of course not online such as business cards, fliers, etc. and then leave off the www. online (optional for a cleaner look). That's what I'm choosing so far.

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I guess there's no way to change my username here not that ICANN took back eco.gallery?

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Now I changed my mind again, lol, I think this looks best in all cases...:

What do you think?

 

[JB Lions]

-edit out repeat-

 

[DnEbook]

there is no confusion if using www. I would go with it , cheers

 

[Kenny]

I guess there's no way to change my username here not that ICANN took back eco.gallery?

Name change costs 250 NP$ which I have donated to your cause.
Go here for the name change:
https://www.namepros.com/npshop.php

Peace,
Cy

PS...
Welcome to NamePros

 

[Ms Domainer]

It's hard at first to know what to do as it's all so new and am a bit unstable, but I believe the best idea is to use the www. in all print advertisements - of course not online such as business cards, fliers, etc. and then leave off the www. online (optional for a cleaner look). That's what I'm choosing so far.

---------- Post added at 10:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 PM ----------

I guess there's no way to change my username here not that ICANN took back eco.gallery?

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Now I changed my mind again, lol, I think this looks best in all cases...:

What do you think?

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I like this.

It looks positive.



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Name change costs 250 NP$ which I have donated to your cause.
Go here for the name change:
https://www.namepros.com/npshop.php

Peace,
Cy

PS...
Welcome to NamePros

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I knew that there was a good reason I like you.



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[Jasonn]

there is no confusion if using www. I would go with it , cheers

i think adding www. takes away from the only thing that makes these new gtlds look good. its just free.beer. the www. just makes it look messy. i wouldn't worry about people thinking about .com at the end. either people will get it or they won't. adding .com with a line through it or whatever shows insecurity about these new domains, in my opinion.

 

[mjnels]

there is gonna be insecurity with new things. what world are you guys living in where you automatically "trust" and "get" everything new?

c'mon now.. this isnt the litmus test for whether an idea eventually catches on.

 

[Jasonn]

there is gonna be insecurity with new things. what world are you guys living in where you automatically "trust" and "get" everything new?

c'mon now.. this isnt the litmus test for whether an idea eventually catches on.

if you believe in an idea, believe in it. the general public may be insecure and not 'get it' or trust it but the operators and promoters of these domains should at least appear secure with these new domains and not feel they have to "lead a horse to water" to get them to understand.

 

[mjnels]

if you believe in an idea, believe in it. the general public may be insecure and not 'get it' or trust it but the operators and promoters of these domains should at least appear secure with these new domains and not feel they have to "lead a horse to water" to get them to understand.

i dont think they need to lead a horse to water.

dude, look on the front page of godaddy, enom, network solutions. most registrars these days. im not saying these TLD were ever needed or that any of them will surpass "some impressive number of registrations" to be the next "respected" TLD. im saying registrars actually have an incentive to sell people this stuff from the front page all the time because they're basically advertising .everything

that may have happened with .tel, .mobi, .co, .asia and the handful of others in the last 10 years as some sort of special advertisement. but now the registrars can make the big money.. their nets are wider than ever and the horse sees the water in every category... not just mobile, travel, asia, etc.. damn near .everything

the problem is when people read what im saying they try to find some way for themselves to make/lose money from it and thats not what im saying. im saying there will be .COM and everything else... where everything else is just as fine too. you guys think, for example, some silly experimental heavy metal band cares if "they're taken seriously by using .COM" :lol:

maybe at some point itll be a sustainable way for domainers to make money but right now its spread too thin x100. this stuff takes time, regular people dont care, will use what website they have for now, use facebook, etc... regular people and even serious business are not paying even 1/100th the attention anyone on this forum does.

.COM aint going away but neither is gTLD. people will look back and laugh at the rush to reg .guru... there will be a "crash" im sure but dough mainers shoulda known better.. tis a mixed bag but people argue about this stuff like its a religious view or supporting some political party :D

 

[Cool.Ventures]

i think adding www. takes away from the only thing that makes these new gtlds look good. its just free.beer. the www. just makes it look messy. i wouldn't worry about people thinking about .com at the end. either people will get it or they won't. adding .com with a line through it or whatever shows insecurity about these new domains, in my opinion.

I agree with you... the .com slash can be a sense of insecurity.. never thought of it quite like that. Thanks for the .tip

 

[Cool.Ventures]

Name change costs 250 NP$ which I have donated to your cause.
Go here for the name change:
https://www.namepros.com/npshop.php

Peace,
Cy

PS...
Welcome to NamePros

Thanks, I changed it to the new one

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i dont think they need to lead a horse to water.

dude, look on the front page of godaddy, enom, network solutions. most registrars these days. im not saying these TLD were ever needed or that any of them will surpass "some impressive number of registrations" to be the next "respected" TLD. im saying registrars actually have an incentive to sell people this stuff from the front page all the time because they're basically advertising .everything

that may have happened with .tel, .mobi, .co, .asia and the handful of others in the last 10 years as some sort of special advertisement. but now the registrars can make the big money.. their nets are wider than ever and the horse sees the water in every category... not just mobile, travel, asia, etc.. damn near .everything

the problem is when people read what im saying they try to find some way for themselves to make/lose money from it and thats not what im saying. im saying there will be .COM and everything else... where everything else is just as fine too. you guys think, for example, some silly experimental heavy metal band cares if "they're taken seriously by using .COM" :lol:

maybe at some point itll be a sustainable way for domainers to make money but right now its spread too thin x100. this stuff takes time, regular people dont care, will use what website they have for now, use facebook, etc... regular people and even serious business are not paying even 1/100th the attention anyone on this forum does.

.COM aint going away but neither is gTLD. people will look back and laugh at the rush to reg .guru... there will be a "crash" im sure but dough mainers shoulda known better.. tis a mixed bag but people argue about this stuff like its a religious view or supporting some political party :D

Your points are well received, thanks.

I think an analogy can be made with this hypothetical situation:
Imagine if at the beginning of civilization, everyone had been assigned personal names, but had to include "mr." or "Mrs." Then came along single women demanding they be allowed to be called "Miss". Then doctors came along.... I want to be called Mr. Joe Blow, MD. Then Donuts came along and said, hey, why can't someone just be called "Joe Blow"????
Get the drift of why the new TLDs are superior in logic?

 

[JB Lions]

Get the drift of why the new TLDs are superior in logic?

No, there's nothing superior in it or logical. Didn't follow that one at all, what are you talking about? Not only with that, but with anything you've done to this point in regards to these.

You have TM in your logo for some reason, when there is none.

You've called other people squatters, when squatting yourself with your Second Life purchase.

You lost your first name, eco. Didn't learn and now going with the current name.

Current name there is a .com and a .co.uk, possible traffic loss to them if you did any outside advertising, not sure if there might be issues with them depending on use.

Agree with what was posted earlier, with the .com with the line thru it. I think it's actually helping .com. You're saying we don't have the best extension, we have something else.

You have a good .com in Ecowhale.com and you forward it. You should use it. It's better than any of this stuff you're experimenting with, it's a good brandable. Of course, checking now, there is eco-whale.com, looks like a decent sized company. Not sure if that's why you stopped using it for your main site?

If somebody asked what your site is, you have to train yourself not to say just Cool Ventures, have to put Dot in the middle. And then they still might go to the .com anyway. Online, probably what everybody is going to do, what you did with your logo, different colors. It's going to take some extra work trying to train people on this.

 

[Cool.Ventures]

No, there's nothing superior in it or logical. Didn't follow that one at all, what are you talking about? Not only with that, but with anything you've done to this point in regards to these.

You have TM in your logo for some reason, when there is none.

You've called other people squatters, when squatting yourself with your Second Life purchase.

You lost your first name, eco. Didn't learn and now going with the current name.

Current name there is a .com and a .co.uk, possible traffic loss to them if you did any outside advertising, not sure if there might be issues with them depending on use.

Agree with what was posted earlier, with the .com with the line thru it. I think it's actually helping .com. You're saying we don't have the best extension, we have something else.

You have a good .com in Ecowhale.com and you forward it. You should use it. It's better than any of this stuff you're experimenting with, it's a good brandable. Of course, checking now, there is eco-whale.com, looks like a decent sized company. Not sure if that's why you stopped using it for your main site?

If somebody asked what your site is, you have to train yourself not to say just Cool Ventures, have to put Dot in the middle. And then they still might go to the .com anyway. Online, probably what everybody is going to do, what you did with your logo, different colors. It's going to take some extra work trying to train people on this.

?!? Based on your .com religion / faith / worship, you should call yourself JB Lions .com. So why don't you do that? I know why... because it sounds totally stupid!

 

[johname]

Putting the strike out dot com on a banner would bother me for two reasons.

1) Your world wide audience wont necessarily have the dot com affinity that being shown.

2) Its directly calling out another domain. In this case CoolVentures.com I know it can be argued "no its cool.com the alternative" No sense getting another site mad or give them UDRP material.


But good luck