The "I hate gTLD's" thread

[McDuke]

Tired of annoying web extensions?

Wish it was a .com only world?

Feeling negative, cynical, grumpy, or you just want to join the fun?

Well here is the place for you.

The I Hate gTLD's Thread​

 

[DomainVP]

99.99% of .Whatevers (gTLDs) are junk.

People that say, "SEE SEE I TOLD YOU" citing obviously excellent gTLDs are just delusional.

Luxury.Estate sold for $50k... really... get out of town!

Do you think the domain Real.Estate might sell for some money too, or possibly the domain Book.Club is worth a few dollars.



As a whole, they are junk because how many relevant names could there be versus the possibility of registrations. Essentially they are domain hacks for highly searched phrases with a better SEO value.

This should really END this conversation... everyone knows this by now.

 

[RogueWriter]

This should really END this conversation... everyone knows this by now.

I would be willing to bet that the number of horrible .whatevers that are registered are easily surpassed by the number of horrible .coms that get registered.

There is a place for decent .whatevers. And, yes, there will be a lot of money wasted on the new extensions, no doubt, but there are opportunities amongst them. But hey, I suppose you can buy businessguru4u.com from the owner if you are dead set on owning a priceless .com. See, I wanted to be a bit of a smarty pants and say, "hey, businessguru4u.com is available, so stick with .com" but that domain was actually registered, which even further validates my point, lol.

 

[garptrader]

Thought for the new TLD fanatics - I just saw a mid $XXXX two-word .COM domain sale. I used to own the equivalent .Net but dropped it as I realized that any potential buyer for that keyword would either want the .COM or if they were going to settle for another TLD would only go for a one-word domain. Apparently the buyer after paying a healthy amount for the .COM hasn't even picked up the .Net for reg fee yet.

 

[forge]

"Once I rose above the noise and confusion,
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion..."

 

[McDuke]

Some say gTLD's are absurd,
Although they are the shortest combo for two words,
Some ignore it like they are deaf,
To the right or is it to the left,
In time i think they'll be preferred.

 

[JB Lions]

Some say gTLD's are absurd,
Although they are the shortest combo for two words,
Some ignore it like they are deaf,
To the right or is it to the left,
In time i think they'll be preferred.

In time, you'll be repeating the thread title yourself.

How many do you have now?

 

[McDuke]

In time, you'll be repeating the thread title yourself.

How many do you have now?

Thanks to you i have saved $, I'm around the 50 mark but will drop a few.

I really like the ones i plan on keeping.

 

[jonnyk]

I am looking forward to .guide, see a lot of potential!

 

[Poldermaffia]

The com makes the price! So that's idd good on the com!
Then the rest have a target price!

 

[scandiman]

"Once I rose above the noise and confusion,
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion..."

"On a stormy sea of moving emotion,
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean,
I set a course for winds of fortune,
But I hear the voices say..."

 

[McDuke]

Oh those pesky gtld's