Pros/Cons of other .tlds

[meanieme]

I'm a new realtor looking to start a business website. I noticed a lot more .tlds now and many in the real estate space (.condos, .rent, .rentals, .house, etc).

As an example, I think condo.rentals (registered already) is shorter to remember/type and catchier than condorentals.com.

Can someone provide a quick rundown of the pros/cons of using one of these vs .com?
Do they not search/rank as well?
Do these work in other countries?

Thank you so much.

 

[Domainists]

I'm a new realtor looking to start a business website. I noticed a lot more .tlds now and many in the real estate space (.condos, .rent, .rentals, .house, etc).

As an example, I think condo.rentals (registered already) is shorter to remember/type and catchier than condorentals.com.

Can someone provide a quick rundown of the pros/cons of using one of these vs .com?
Do they not search/rank as well?
Do these work in other countries?

Thank you so much.

Was truly gobsmacked when most of the keywords of top sales were still available in .work (incl condos, lol, which we still haven't built). Based on nothing more than how people have responded to request that they say their keyword out loud with ".work" after it, would venture to say that condo dot rentals is one brilliant, valuable choice. While we've only sold a handful of domains, so, not claiming expertise, there's just no way I'd let such a terrific combo go for less than 5 decent digits, and raising that each year until sold.

Would also consider leasing/renting it, in plain language on landing page with amounts, and both BUY NOW button and RENT IT NOW, too. What a smart registration! Big kudos to you, that's one delicious domain name! Like .work, the combination of condo AND rentals is a statement as well as a domain. Nicely done!

 

[MKM]

From a webmaster point of view, there is not much difference other than a few technical capabilities like support for IDN characters, DNSSEC which are not supported on all TLDs.

A single word domain in another tld is mostly sought when the double word (name+tld) is no longer available in the .com space. Even then businesses might be debating on using a lesser known .tld if the double name is still available on .net space which is the second most popular TLD of all times.

Another barrier of adoption is the non standard terms, conditions and content restrictions imposed by the registries of the TLDs which may differ significantly from those in .com or .net space and not all companies would be willing to entertain that difference.

For a domainer, keyword .tld is a short term investment but for a business its a long term investment which constitutes a significant portion of their recurring marketing and brand building budget and that's probably the main reason why they might prefer a more conventional option.

 

[Domainists]

do the non .com have any issues with hosting, email, routing, etc?

for example, [email protected] vs [email protected]

No, sir, they work quite the same. Good question!

 

[Future Sensors]

No, sir, they work quite the same. Good question!

It's more nuanced than that.

Please read this posting:

https://www.namepros.com/threads/difference-between-com-and-xyz.1264112/#post-8502400