The Domain Market in 2010

[onewordonly]

What does everyone think the domain market will be like in 2010? What will be the hottest properties & other tld's besides .com? Will parking still be popular or will most of the domains be developed websites by then? whatever you imagine it will be like, tell us how you envision the future in 2.5 years...

 

[Web Master]

Domain market in 2010 will be largely the same as today, except that there will be some more TLDs such as .asia (If you acquire trade/car/computer... .asia, you will acquire good wealth since East Asia is the other global economy engine and largely the "world factory").

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[nicedomains]

By 2010 I will sell InformationBeam.com to microsoft for $10,000,000 and computers will be empty. Everything on the web will then be somewhere in the "Information Beam" ...

:D NICE !!

and all other domains with their extensions will be worthless as humans will simply need to speak into the "beam" and just like that, they are at their destination.

This brings up a good question and I'm not sure if it has been debated on here before (if it has a thread link would be appreciated!) Do you think domains will become obsolete, or better Q, when? How and why..? information beam or whatever.. makes me wonder.. certainly not by 2010 but maybe few yrs later? I'm sure there are technologies already being developed to make this possible. Anyone worried? Just curious...

 

[seven]

In 2+ years, the only major difference I see is that the # of mobile internet users skyrocket. Whether .mobi's get in on that remains to be seen. I think some of the bigger companies will try to acquire .mobi's to play it safe, but overall .com stays the hulk hogan of domains.

 

[whitebark]

Hard to say - all depends on the economy at the time. Financial markets are now just a hiccup away from diving into world-wide recession and our system of fiat money is a disaster just waiting to happen.

 

[lzy]

.tv rise in popularity and everyone will want their own .tv? :o

Just a thought.

 

[moped]

2010

Hard to say - all depends on the economy at the time. Financial markets are now just a hiccup away from diving into world-wide recession and our system of fiat money is a disaster just waiting to happen.

Totally agree, the liquidity boom is ending, with it will go speculative markets like property, art, and Domain names. Good generic dot coms will retain their value though.

 

[connections]

.com will be the most popular still but I think it will loose market share to other TLD's,

but I think internet users from Asia will rise in a big way, look at the population sizes their.

I think if godaddy acquires .us we might see this domain actually pic up in terms of after market success.

 

[italiandragon]

indeed .pk will enter the TOP 10 of ccTLDs

Pakistan is already the 6th most populated Country and its internet penetration is catching up quickly, for more info see:

www.internetworldstats.com

 

[Mike]

By 2010:

Certainty:
.coms will remain the #1 extension investment until domains are retiring and we arrive at "the next best thing".
Probability:
Meanwhile, ccTLDs will rise in popularity as many businesses and private domainers are not willing to pay the exorbitant prices of .com domains.

Hopefully:
If GD gets the .US extensions, they will push their marketing machinery on it as it's in their best interest to make the sale.

Maybe/Hopefully:
.TV will realize the error in their ways of preferential pricing and level with the consumer. 100k reg/renewal for some of the domains is simply crazy. Shortly thereafter, the extension should really take off as video content is continuing to grow strong. Which I would also expect to transition into the mobile web where a .TV is easier to type as .mobi. With improvements in network speed, movie (clip) delivery to cell phones will become more and more standard. .TV could be killing 2 birds with one stone. Traditional delivery + mobile delivery.

Certainty:
More and more market share will go to .info, .biz, .cc.

:imho:

IB

 

[ohadtz]

I've heard that all future computers will be made to go to .com automatically, So if you type in loan, cars, shampoo, digitalCameras etc into your browser you won't have to enter the extension.

buy mac and you will have it today

 

[gwkg]

I've heard that all future computers will be made to go to .com automatically, So if you type in loan, cars, shampoo, digitalCameras etc into your browser you won't have to enter the extension.

It does that now if you hold down the Ctrl key.

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

As far as my thoughts on the future domain market.

(1) .com 1, 2 and even some 3 word generics continue to soar.

(2) As more people see the importance of keywords. keywords in all gTLD's soar, Example: Keyword in these extensions .com,net,org,us,biz,info,Mobi,Tv,name, become highly sought after.

(3) I sell my names.

(4) Very Shortly after the world ends and it all means nothing.

That would seriously suck.

 

[cassius]

The last pronounceable seven letter .cc's will be snapped up in the year 2010.

 

[VURG]

I find the .tel extension interesting. Looking forward to see what happens with it.

 

[skylineleong]

.tel extension is good for home phone number & mobile number?
Any information of .tel.

Any Opinion......

 

[nstalk]

By 2010 software may be available to keep your pc from pulling up sites with very little other than ads on them. If that happens it may be the end of PPC as we know it now.

Its just a thought but I believe it could happen as searchers are looking for more than just advertisements.

 

[Web Master]

One thing is clear is that Domains' buying and selling prices are higher in 2010 than now.

 

[nicedomains]

By 2010 software may be available to keep your pc from pulling up sites with very little other than ads on them. If that happens it may be the end of PPC as we know it now.

Its just a thought but I believe it could happen as searchers are looking for more than just advertisements.

Advertising will never die, there will always be a way. PPC sites will soon be more than just link farms. ie.. imodo (when it launches) I think that ppc sites will soon be making their respective domains into mini-websites or more..

 

[deleted984054565403]

:imho:

I believe prices for generic domains will plateau or drop slightly. People are beginning to use the Internet more wisely rather than typing "WhateverProduct" into the address bar and attaching a .com on the end of it. Generic .COMs aren't that great for building an identity; Google isn't known as InternetSearchEngine.com.

CCTLDs will expand to reach more people. When Americans stop thinking the US is the center of the world, .US will become the norm in the States for many non-corporate sites instead of .com.

In terms of parking, I believe most traffic from typos will be basically eliminated. Picking up expired domains that were once developed for parking will be the only way to make a lot of money. Upcoming software, the promotion of search engines (how often do you see a parked page on Google?), and the reduction of number of actual type-ins will all contribute.

Maybe I'm peering a bit too far into the future for the last two. :hehe:

 

[RandomThinkers]

In the future you will see appraisals right next to available domain names automaticly at every registry =).