domain OBAMA.SC - Obama Source?

[MJ]

Hey folks!

I just regged Obama.sc. I was very surprised it was available. As most of you know, he is going to be the next president of the United States and the first African American president of the USA too. Very exciting time in history! I think this one was still available because the .sc renewal price is slightly high. Either way, I thought this name was worth the money.

What do y'all think?

Thanks a bunch!

 

[Jasonn]

Why do people want to make country codes something they are not? Why would SC stand for source?

 

[MJ]

Why do people want to make country codes something they are not? Why would SC stand for source?

Well just as Com could mean commercial, net could mean network, and org could mean organization. SC could mean source, science, social community, source code, and many more or anything else you would like to imagine or come up with. IMO this is what advertising and branding is all about. You are right though.. I could develop the site Obama Seychelles.

Thanks for the appraisal.

 

[MicroGuy]

.SC could also mean "sc.rewed".

What happens the next time Seychelles decides to double their registration renewal or decides to make your Obama domain a premium? Unless I'm mistaken, unlike gTLDs (7% max annually) there are different pricing regulations in play with these ccTLDs.

Sorry, but there is a reason that it was available. Unless you plan on developing a site for use in Seychelles, I would grace delete.

Regardless of what you decide, I do wish you all the best. :tu:

 

[Dean]

Hey folks!

I just regged Obama.sc. I was very surprised it was available. As most of you know, he is going to be the next president of the United States and the first African American president of the USA too. Very exciting time in history! I think this one was still available because the .sc renewal price is slightly high. Either way, I thought this name was worth the money.

What do y'all think?

Thanks a bunch!

If you are going to develop it then great name, for resale you wont have much luck on that extension unless a really great keyword.

 

[Corey]

congrats MJ on your fabulous find

*w

PS I have a few .sc's
pacman
and horseracing.sc

Cheers
Corey

 

[Marck]

I'm into humor. Some of the feedback brought back the image of the guy from Happy Gilmore...

"home is where you make it"

If you've developed something good, pulling in traffic, etc. it probably wouldn't matter what the TLD/ccTLD was.

I agree, that's probably all the extensions command roughly the same prices!

 

[MicroGuy]

I agree, that's probably all the extensions command roughly the same prices!

For any newbies that may wander in here............

Ummm. .SC is $85/Yr which is double what it was 12 months ago. All extensions most certainly do not command roughly the same prices.

 

[Corey]

.sc can be purchased for less than $85
you need to shop around

 

[MicroGuy]

.sc can be purchased for less than $85
you need to shop around

I guess you haven't been shopping lately? $85 is a bargain now.

 

[Corey]

uumm yes I have just recently purchased a .sc for less than $85


http://www.horseracing.sc/

btw notice the use of sc in the logo
sports casino

Cheers
Corey

 

[MicroGuy]

uumm yes I have just recently purchased a .sc for less than $85


http://www.horseracing.sc/

btw notice the use of sc in the logo
sports casino

Cheers
Corey

Recently, perhaps. Now the price is rising as they squeeze the bajeebees of young and old alike.

See this: http://public.icann.org/en/node/1399

 

[Jasonn]

Why is .biz business and .com commerce? Just like phone.me doesn't sound as good as Phone Montenegro. Just another part of marketing and how people can identify.

.biz IS business and .com IS commerce. It doesn't "offically" stand for some country that has been perverted because they can get away with it. In my opinion its just someone trying to give something that is worthless some worth. Personally I don't like .tv or .me being used as "words" because its just a cheap sellout by their crooked respective countries.

 

[MJ]

I thought it used to be $30 a year about a year ago. Going from $30 to $85 in my opinion doesn't mean the next year will be 200$ a year. I think most people are acting as though .sc will rise and rise and rise but I don't think that is the case. Just because something raises prices once doesn't mean it will happen each year.

Even if the renewal was 500$ I'm glad I got Obama... premium quality. Nice price for the name imo. I am satisfied :D

I think I will develop it and see how it goes. I try to develop most names I have.. just a matter of time....

 

[MicroGuy]

Going from $30 to $85 in my opinion doesn't mean the next year will be 200$ a year.

No, it would go from $85 to $240 if they decide to use the same ball busting math. I knew a guy who built a business on .SC domains (he registered 100's). Now he's out of business.

See this: http://public.icann.org/en/node/1399

 

[Marck]

For any newbies that may wander in here............

Ummm. .SC is $85/Yr which is double what it was 12 months ago. All extensions most certainly do not command roughly the same prices.

Of course I meant end-user sales prices.

 

[ofclean]

.biz IS business and .com IS commerce. It doesn't "offically" stand for some country that has been perverted because they can get away with it. In my opinion its just someone trying to give something that is worthless some worth. Personally I don't like .tv or .me being used as "words" because its just a cheap sellout by their crooked respective countries.

I don't mean to step on any toes, but in this case, why is "selling out" bad?

 

[MrRhee]

For any newbies that may wander in here............

Ummm. .SC is $85/Yr which is double what it was 12 months ago. All extensions most certainly do not command roughly the same prices.

wrong. shop around.
$75+ first yr.
$40+ thereafter.

Hey folks!

I just regged Obama.sc. I was very surprised it was available. As most of you know, he is going to be the next president of the United States and the first African American president of the USA too. Very exciting time in history! I think this one was still available because the .sc renewal price is slightly high. Either way, I thought this name was worth the money.

What do y'all think?

Thanks a bunch!

nice reg. I'm not going to tell you to ignore all the negative comments, because it is great to hear everyone's opinion. just make sure you realize that certain members of this forum and other forums look down on any extension outside of CNO (com net org). If you're looking to flip obama.sc, you have an uphill battle, not impossible, but uphill. If you're going to develop, then go for it. The newer and next generation of surfers/consumers are typing in all kinds of extensions and if you build a great site, word of mouth will get around.

nice reg. if I knew it was available, I for one would have regged it myself for development. I register and develop in many different extensions.

and .sc can be branded into whatever you want it to be just like .tv, .ws., .me, etc... it all comes down to you making sure not to rely on google for traffic. make sure google knows you exist... but relying on yourself for traffic. that discussion belongs elsewhere, so I'll end it here.

nice reg. congrats.

 

[MicroGuy]

wrong. shop around.
$75+ first yr.
$40+ thereafter.

Great price! That's below Wholesale from the registry. Mind sharing a link?

 

[Jasonn]

I don't mean to step on any toes, but in this case, why is "selling out" bad?

Country code tld's were meant to be used to represent different countries.