Teens React To "The Internet"

[DomainVP]

Watch this, it's somewhat informative on predicting domain trends by looking at how teens look at the internet of the past and present.

 

[Cal2]

"I didn't know .com stood for 'commercial'." Repeated by at least 2 of them. That especially stood out.

 

[forge]

nm

 

[DomainVP]

Hey Forge, what was on your mind?

 

[forge]

Hey Forge, what was on your mind?

I was just nitpicking about what, specifically, .com is supposed to "stand for". Commercial entities is correct, my interpretation has always been "commerce". Some might say com(pany). In the grand scheme of things, it probably just really doesn't matter too much nowadays.

 

[Cal2]

What struck me is how much .com has seemed to have lost its primary meaning among the young people, and so they must even more so operate with thinking other things that .com has come to represent to them. What Exactly those 2ndary meanings are in their minds..... 'the original', 'the real thing', 'more stable', 'more secure to deal with', ..........

 

[DomainVP]

What struck me is how much .com has seemed to have lost its primary meaning among the young people, and so they must even more so operate with thinking other things that .com has come to represent to them. What Exactly those 2ndary meanings are in their minds..... 'the original', 'the real thing', 'more stable', 'more secure to deal with', ..........

That is probably the best analysis of what .COM means to young internet users today. That is exactly why I loved this video.

Well said @Cal2

When I am pitching sales I always use this snippet:

"Obviously owning a matching .COM relevant to your business lends a great deal of credibility, authority, and prestige..."

I was just nitpicking about what, specifically, .com is supposed to "stand for". Commercial entities is correct, my interpretation has always been "commerce". Some might say com(pany). In the grand scheme of things, it probably just really doesn't matter too much nowadays.

@forge I think they also think .COM stands for Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma-chameleon.

(Yes I know its Karma)

 

[Cal2]

I asked my wife what .com meant. She said she didn't know. When I pressed it, she thought '.Communication'. And she's not 'young people'.

When I pressed for 2ndary meanings she might have for .com, she said 'Knowledge center'.

 

[Cal2]

When I am pitching sales I always use this snippet:

"Obviously owning a matching .COM relevant to your business lends a great deal of credibility, authority, and prestige..."

To your pitch you might at times consider adding that with the .com, it can lend itself to adding to the impression of 'category ownership'. It helps support giving the view that they 'own' the category the .com domain name can at times represent.