discuss The Future of Domain Extensions

[PoorKing]

The world has moved from Web to Apps and is slowly moving towards Bots.

.com served the web
.io is the preferred extension for apps
.ai is for bots

In the future we would converse with bots rather than browse the web. Bots may prefer .ai over .com.
Will .com still be king? Your opinion please.

 

[bmugford]

.COM is basically the preferred extension for everything.

There are way more apps using .COM that .IO.
It is not even close.

As long as domains are useful .COM will still be king.

Brad

 

[Julia Aann]

Somewhere your point is valid as time is changing and everything is being Digital so there is no more long time to be When thing will move towards Bots.

.COM will is king but it may be also moved to bots.

 

[PoorKing]

.COM is basically the preferred extension for everything.

There are way more apps using .COM that .IO.
It is not even close.

As long as domains are useful .COM will still be king.

Brad

I guess you didn't get my point. .COM is valuable when you browse the web. How much time do you spend on apps vs the web? Now you see my point. If you use an app like Vine you wouldn't even know its on a .CO domain.

 

[Deepak Bhandari]

What about .co ?

 

[Henry Y]

Do you think .app will be the extension for apps in the future?

 

[Bob Hawkes]

While I don't know the stats on extensions used by apps, I suspect many more use com than io, although it is true that io, some ngTLDs and now app also find use.

The more interesting part of the OP question is as more and more AI bots drive what we interact with, what are implications for extensions. My answer is that which extension is used won't matter much. The value of what is there will determine if the bot will direct us there.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

As AI bots serve us content, one might argue that both domain names and extensions will take on less importance. I think however new uses for domain names may emerge such as domain name phrases in social media marketing. And a quality domain name will always have value as the 'signature' of a company.

 

[PoorKing]

When Jeff Bezos chose Amazon or Steve Jobs chose Apple they wanted the name to start with A so that it appears at the top of directories. But this tactic is irrelevant now. What is the logic to believe that .com will still be king.

 

[PoorKing]

Do you think .app will be the extension for apps in the future?

Google is behind .app so it definitely will stay. But bots will rule the cyberspace!

 

[bmugford]

What is the logic to believe that .com will still be king.

Reality.

I will throw in a bonus quote -

"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."

Brad

 

[PoorKing]

What about .co ?

I guess .co will be the poor cousin just like .net is.

 

[PoorKing]

Reality.

I will throw in a bonus quote -

"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."

Brad

And i would say one who could foresee the value of word 'cloud' was ahead of time.

 

[bmugford]

And i would say one who could foresee the value of word 'cloud' was ahead of time.

I sold Cloud.us for well into 5 figures...

Brad

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Do you think .app will be the extension for apps in the future?

A good question, that I think the jury is still out on. The introduction was clearly successful and Google were masterful in several aspects of that such as starting something new with the security requirement (and owning Chrome, they kind of can influence things!).

The actual world use has been slower so far but it is still just around a half year. As of today there are 161 .app websites in Alexa 1M, or 1 per about 1900 registrations. Better than some extensions, but not nearly as good as many of the new extensions.

It was wildly over-speculated by domain investors, and I think a lot will drop after a year or two. For example, there are over a thousand .app registrations including word crypto and doubt that many crypto apps will be looking for a domain ending in .app.

It is an extension with a clear meaning, a huge company behind it, and has decent early registrations and i would even say resales record so far. There are huge numbers of new apps each week, so the market is there for it to grow.

 

[Kate]

Google is behind .app so it definitely will stay.

Yes, just like .mobi, another Google-sponsored extension. Doesn't mean you must buy any but of course Google won't mind taking your money.

 

[PoorKing]

The extensions of this generation that can match the success of .com, .net, .org in the future
are .ai, .io, .co. What do you say.

 

[JB Lions]

The extensions of this generation that can match the success of .com, .net, .org in the future
are .ai, .io, .co. What do you say.

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[PoorKing]

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Alright. Here is a puzzle for you. Without looking up on Estibot match the domains with EstiBot fair market value (USD).

cloud.com cloud.net cloud.us cloud.ai cloud.io cloud.co
$595,000 $46,000 $19,000 $7,500 $5,100 $380

[Hint: cloud.co > cloud.us]

 

[bmugford]

Alright. Here is a puzzle for you. Without looking up on Estibot match the domains with EstiBot fair market value (USD).

cloud.com cloud.net cloud.us cloud.ai cloud.io cloud.co
$595,000 $46,000 $19,000 $7,500 $5,100 $380

[Hint: cloud.co > cloud.us]

Automated appraisals are meaningless.

Brad