The gtld thread

[DnEbook]

We know they are coming !

So this is a thread where you can discuss

Rumors
News
Opportunities
Your plans
leasing
sub.domains

Views about this topic


.... the future ?


I am wondering who will get .music ?

and will a whole new world of leasing eventuate?

 

[Jaco]

I think unlimited gTLDs will have an interesting impact. If they become cheap and easy to obtain, we could see a paradigm shift in the minds of the public where "website" isn't defined as a matter of default by .com. This wouldn't happen right away- it would happen over time and there would be muchnconfusion in the meantime, but if tld's get cheapened much further (which I'm certain they will- I mean, .gay- Seriously?) it could have an impact.

It depends on how business reacts to them.
If lots of marketing dollars get poured into promoting corporate gTLDs and people no longer associate all web development with .com- if they start thinking about websites as a function of keyword/keyword rather than keyword/tld- it might have an overall impact, but this is a long way off.

The 'end of the road' we seem to be on is that tld's become as cheap and ephemeral as domains (proportionately speaking). I mean, running zone servers isn't that big of a deal anymore. ICANN is already hinting that this is the .retarded course we're on. If a business can secure their own TLD for a price that is cheaper than securing a premium gTLD domain name, that doesn't bode well for your .com portfolio.

Tech, tech, tech. It's always a changin'.

 

[zoogo]

This is just another step in my view of how the internet should be - where the names come after the extensions.

They force http:// on us, then we get a little something, then a .tld, then we get more of our site. Why are our domains sandwiched in like that? Should be http:// com.google IMO.

On a side note, watching this as a live topic, darn Dongsman you edit your posts a LOT they refresh faster than i can finish each sentence

Back on topic, I really don't see companies buying .mcdonalds or whatever and developing them into TLDs people can use - its not good business sense, but I do see a few prominant extensions giving .com a run for its money.

 

[DnEbook]

I read recently that the reign of .com could be compared to the rule of spain all over the world

Yes once an empire ..... then retreat , the world changes very quickly these days indeed

What about leasing ?

 

[zoogo]

Leasing in what sense?

Lol @ your sig, you plan to be a gtld only registrar? :D

 

[Jaco]

I read recently that the reign of .com could be compared to the rule of spain all over the world

Yes once an empire ..... then retreat , the world changes very quickly these days indeed

What about leasing ?

Think of it from the perspective of a guy in Germany who speaks no English.
I don't know what the German word for "commerce/commercial" is and I'm too lazy to find out, but lets just say it's Shnellenflugel. Now, lets say that the Germans invented domain names and as such, decided that commercial names would be designated the .shnell extension.

Here you are, from an English speaking country.
The internet supernova bursts, and everywhere you look, it's .shnell, .shnell, .shnell.
TennisRackets.shnell
ebay.shnell
google.shnell

It seems odd, doesn't it?
Well, that's how "dot com" appears to non English speakers and its also why certain ccTLDs made so much sense. When you look at the countries where ccTLDs have made an impact, they're a) European b) have generally high internet saturation and c) non English speaking. It only makes sense that over time, as internet saturation increases into more and more non English speaking countries, the role of the ccTLD (or, country-centric gTLD) will be more and more and more and that .coms dominance will decline. I'm pretty much a .com or die kinda guy, but I can see the writing on the wall.

 

[DnEbook]

If i was lucky enough to own the .music extension , how many bands could i lease the extension to ?

Yes it really does seem the days of the cctld are here , i am in australia and to be honest if i own a dot name i would be hesitant to develope it here , because there is a good chance i may not be seen as 'local'

 

[zoogo]

If i was lucky enough to own the .music extension , how many bands could i lease the extension to ?

Well first you mean rich enough.

Second, leasing the rights to the actual extension to more than 1 person would be illegal, so I presume you mean the domains for the extension.

 

[DnEbook]

what about sub domains

 

[DnEbook]

can anyone confirm definate applications and from who ?