Other extensions, are they worth doing?

[papeter17]

Is it worth registering domain names with these extensions:-.info, .biz, .name, .ws, .us, .cn, .cc, .tv, .co.uk, .eu.

As all the .coms/.nets/orgs have been taken, I feel that one could probably still get some decent domains with these extensions. I am looking long term, possibly 3/5 years ahead. Making sites now and just leaving them to tick along. Who knows what the future holds.

Also, are they search engine friendly?


Thanks guys.

 

[lzy]

Yes.

.info .tv .co.uk (possibly .cn)

There's a .tv sub forum so you should spend some time there to get a rough idea of the amount of activity surrounding the extension.

.co.uk is an established extension in the UK though I do not have much experience with it.

All domains are search engine friendly as long as you have the correct keywords.

All :imho: of cos.

 

[whitebark]

you can make money in all extensions if you are careful on what you buy, have some patience, and/or develop them. You will just make more on some than others.

Search engines for the most part don't care about the extension - they index the content based on a wide-variety of factors. The only huge exception is when using google for example and selecting "pages from Canada(or whatever nation you are from or using)". That will give some preference to cctlds.

EDIT - you may want to avoid .name - pretty much a dead extension.

 

[Charley]

.info, .cn, .tv, .co.uk

I would stick with these. There are many sales in these extensions.

 

[HappyBunny]

All domains have potentials.
Even my bmx.name receives some traffics without any promotion

If you are going to create sites on them (which means development), their values would depend more on the traffics than the domain name itself.

.com is the king and appeals to general worldwide audiences; but if you find a really really good keyword in those extensions and will develop a site... why not?

 

[DnEbook]

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[Charley]

Even my bmx.name receives some traffics without any promotion

Any examples of such names ?

 

[HappyBunny]

What do you mean?
I only have one .name domain, which is "bmx.name"...
It does get some traffics, although very little so not worthy to mention here.

 

[htmlindex]

I would consider looking at these extentions, depending on the quality of the name:

.info, .cn, .tv, .co.uk,

 

[DnEbook]

I would consider looking at these extentions, depending on the quality of the name:

.info, .cn, .tv, .co.uk,

sounds about right , some would say .in also

 

[Charley]

some would say .in also

These are long term investments. I don't see any future in the next 1-2 years.

 

[DomainLobe]

These are long term investments. I don't see any future in the next 1-2 years.

It is relatively easy to make 100% return on .IN names now that ALL N-N, L-L, NNN and LLL are registered!

Many DN investors are wisely choosing to diversify their portfolio.

Is 1-2 years really that long?

 

[srisri24]

I would consider .info alone in the above list

 

[Charley]

Is 1-2 years really that long?

It's only an indicative figure. Will may take even more, for the extension to really nail in.

 

[accent]

The main show is .com. Look over the prices the different extensions get at Namebio.com - that alone will convince that the bulk of the price movement is in .com.

But certainly there is money to be made elsewhere, if you pick the right domains. .Net, .org, .info, .mobi, .co.uk, .de - but study the market for each extension so you can recognise when a domain is undervalued. And for .co.uk and .de be sure you are using the correct local spelling.

 

[Charley]

And for .de be sure you are using the correct local spelling.

Yes, and stay away from English names.

 

[accent]

The Brits also spell a lot of words differently from the Americans : Colour, Traveller, jewellery, recognise.... Bunches of them. You'd think they invented the language or something.

 

[alexcristache]

The new Asian market could become very interesting, at least in the business sector. Many import-export companies, new TLD (.asia), available targeted domains. Unfortunately, now, only for Asia residents. But there should/could be work-arounds.
I think that investing now could turn into a good investment in a 1-2-3 years. Asia is such a fast growing market.

 

[Carlton]

Kind of obvious but: The more obscure the extension, the more important it is to secure high-quality, highly searched keywords. They tend to attract some interest in most all major tld's.