new gtlds .store vs .shop which will you invest in more and why?

[1NiteStand]

.store vs .shop, what do you think is a better investment and why? Some keywords flow nicely with one or the other, and some flow nice with both new gTLDs, maybe invest in both?

 

[Bram C.]

There's a difference in between "quoting" something and "making up" your own interpretation.

Lol i guess you're just trolling now.

Newsflash: Even some of the big domaining blogs were talking about this at the time. For example:
http://domainincite.com/19886-shop-gtld-sells-for-record-41-5-million

Scroll down to the middle of the blog post and you'll see the following text :

But domainers will not be welcome in the gTLD. GMO’s application reads:


Registration of a .SHOP domain name solely for the purpose of selling, exchanging, trading, leasing the domain name shall be deemed as inappropriate use or intent.


The company plans to do random spot checks to make sure no registrants are breaking this rule.

So I guess according to you he made it up as well. Or maybe, just maybe, he read the GMO application like I did.

And I don't litter the gTLD threads with negativity. I give my opinion. A forum is meant for people to share their opinion. You love gTLDs, I get that. I'm not a big fan but I do like a few. .Shop is one of those I like. If .shop will be allowed for reselling purposes I will be glad and invest in some. If not then I won't. It's not rocket science. And it's definitely not some conspiracy against the new gTLDs.

 

[TRY]

.shop can be used as a noun as well as a verb. So does store, although the verb "store" is unrelated to shopping.

cars.shop (verb makes more sense than the noun version)

Furniture.store = furniture store
Shop.furniture= Shop (verb) for furniture

 

[james haw]

Here you make it sound interesting and has potential.

for market both are good

Here you clearly state one is dead, no sales, not an investment to make.

.Shop is not yet on the market.

Here you state both are a major risk with no known possible outcome.

Yes with new gTLDs you have to buy super domains and wait

So to wait and see if they start selling, with hope, is a gamble, and these are not traits of an investment. One might as well go to the casino

I raise this as a lot of newcomers will be reading, and even some longer term domainers, who are prone to finding some keywords on new TLDs seeing they sold for 4, 5, or 6 figures in com, and jump with glee thinking they've hit the jackpot. When the absolute reality is they are not selling.

Look, even if they do one day, there are so many new TLDs that the buying power cannot sustain all new TLDs to be valuable. Which means they are all low value (2 figures, albeit at least selling) or one or two take off and the rest are still worthless.

It's a risky investment as there is no past history to go by, there is no data, there is nothing but a gamble. I sincerely wish everyone luck, but personally I don't like to do business with sheer luck, that's not business it's blind betting at a card game

 

[TopShelf Domains]

.store seems more upscale/professional, however .shop is a call to action

 

[disaac81]

Shop tends to bring us to imagine something smaller in size and scale than store. The phonetic make up as a whole gives the word 'shop' as a short stay, quick browse experience, where as store is much more open and generates a deeper journey.

But in regard to the actual tlds, both quite pointless.

 

[DNScholar]

I prefer .shop

 

[ZapNano]

When is the .shop to be available?

 

[1NiteStand]

When is the .shop to be available?

July I think.

 

[AMRO1001]

Guess I'll be using my ".shop funds" in next weeks auction to win .store domains

Why u did get into auction? you tried to purchase those domains in the Landrush or GA? because I lost few domains in the GA for others without getting into auction....

 

[AMRO1001]

why some go auction and some go unsucessful?

Mine all went either successul or unsucessful!! none went to auction...

 

[CJ6]

Price may be a determiner too. Are the costs known for .shop?
.store is $40 or more/year

 

[Brandon.Domains]

AMS on Google:

"store" 450 000
"shop" 368 000

At this point, the difference is not essential, though. As mentioned, it rather depends on what's being sold, imo.

Spot on!

Thanks,
Brandon

 

[HB]

I have in mind a couple of highly business focused .store domains that are available for registration. But I wont have the time to take care of them or bother listing for sale. Anyone interested in a 2-dictionary-word .store domain pointer? And the other one happens to be it's antonym although not 2-dictionary-words. I would like to charge a fee for disclosing them. Cannot disclose either one of them without the other because once you know it the other becomes obvious.

 

[trp3]

How about not investing in .store, nor in .shop?

 

[BigTree]

Some people say. store is better some say. shop.
If I agree that shop is better, it is just some better no very far from store.
Now, when I look how store is doing I do not see any crazy number registrations, I do not see any huge desire for this extension ( actully one-third comes from country with over 1billion people).
If shop does twice better in the future I still don't see it as a great investing opportunity.

 

[AMRO1001]

what about .shopping, you think it is out of competition compared to .store & .shop?

.shopping GA is this September..

 

[Rick Ace]

Theoretically, both should have an equal chance of success. Some names sound better with "store" at the end, while others sound better with "shop" at the end. For example, market shop has an edge over market store, but hardware store sounds better than hardware shop. This might not be the best example (I just thought of it now), but that's the overall idea.

 

[Canadian]

.shop won't be a domainers gtld so what does it matter which one you prefer?

This is what the GMO registry said about .shop in its application:

Registration of a .SHOP domain name solely for the purpose of selling, exchanging, trading, leasing the domain name shall be deemed as inappropriate use or intent.

They will also do random checks to see nobody is breaking this rule. So, as a domainer, if you buy a few .shop domains trying to sell them to end users you may just lose your domain(s) altogether. Not worth the risk, hence I prefer .store.

I could not find anything regarding .shop re-selling restrictions on nic.shop
Does anyone know where I can read info about this ?

 

[Canadian]

I made nothing up. I simply quoted it from the GMO registry's original .shop application:

You made this up @Bram C.

They will also do random checks to see nobody is breaking this rule. So, as a domainer, if you buy a few .shop domains trying to sell them to end users you may just lose your domain(s) altogether.

 

[Bram C.]

You made this up @Bram C.

They will also do random checks to see nobody is breaking this rule. So, as a domainer, if you buy a few .shop domains trying to sell them to end users you may just lose your domain(s) altogether.

is the same as what they said in their application

The Applicant will conduct random checks to determine compliance with registrant eligibility, name selection, and usage restrictions (hereafter ʺeligibility requirementsʺ) using sampling methodologies. In case the Applicant determines a sampled domain is in violation of the eligibility requirements, the domain name may be deleted or placed on lock, hold, or similar status.

So I made nothing up. Maybe you should read that whole application at least one time before acting all paranoid and claiming that this is some attempt to blacken the new gTLDs lol?


BTW, I bought some .store domains and will probably buy some .shop domains as well (if they aren't restricted of course)

 

[Canadian]

There's a difference in between "quoting" something and "making up" your own interpretation.

 

[james haw]

Not sure about other countries, but in the UK (generally speaking) "shop" tends to be a smaller building than "store".
So a store would be a large supermarket, or huge clothes or toy "store" etc, whereas a shop is a smaller place, like a small corner shop which sells newspapers, a little food, beer, sweets, etc.

As for the TLDs, well, so many to choose from now, I think none of them are valuable unless the world goes nuts for them and everyone uses one of them. That hasn't happened yet, so my preference is currently "neither"

 

[Wass]

For me both are excellent. I am ready to invest to any name which will have normal renewal rate and good meaning for end users..unfortunately most of such domains in .shop and .shore are already priced with very high yearly renewals

I prefer .store but for market both are good I think: no difference.

 

[james haw]

but for market both are good I think

Which market is that? I cannot find a single sale for either of them. Namebio.com and dnpric.es and others don't even have the TLDs in their drop down list.

Sincerely, this means something...what it means is entirely up to you to decide based on your business approach for me it means $0 with a potential for the obvious and mega keywords to sell some time in the next 3-10 years (clothes.store, etc).. or maybe not, who knows

 

[james haw]

If you don't believe in new gtlds, don't invest in them. Personally I believe in new gtlds, then I invest in them.

I already knew all that, like I said in my post, it wasn't for you, it was for others who might take advice from your inaccurate post and the fact this is entirely a gamble