discuss The new dot everything showcase and discussion

[Keith]

Well it appears as though it's happening. The launch of .land, .bike, .this, and .that is here and many more to come.

Show off your new .whatevers here and discuss why these are or are not good investments. Keep it cool, calm, and productive

I'll start with my new regs... absolutely none!

 

[forge]

To me it seems a matter not of "if", but WHEN a registry is going to have a TLD that it deems no longer profitable.

I'd really like to know just how that event is going to play out.

Assume that no other registry is going to want this "failed" TLD.

 

[scandiman]

For who? Lots of angles to be covered by such a statement.

I'm reminded of early .mobi debates, I'm still a .mobi enthusiast but never understood how some folks were so convinced that com must lose for mobi to gain. I've seen similar flawed thinking in other tld discussions as well and again by new tld zealots yet again. There's a million mobi regs and com regs have probably grown over the same period as well. Not a zero sum game. Facebook, twitter, pinterest, etc grow together, not a zero sum game. Online media and advertising is booming but there's still print, radio and tv media and advertising as well, not a zero sum game. TV was supposed to kill off theaters, didn't happen. The web was supposed to kill off printing, didn't happen. Laptops took a bite out of desktops and tablets and smartphones are also taking their toll on their larger predecessors but there's still desktops and laptops selling, and its common for folks to have multiple devices, not a zero sum game. Yes there will still be some losers along the way who fail to adapt to changing marketplaces, that's normal. Think Borders and maybe Barnes and Noble next, but around here smaller, nimble book stores are popping up filling the void, physical books still sell in spite of ebooks, not a zero sum game. The web space is simply going to continue to grow adding more opportunity along the way.

 

[jmcc]

To me it seems a matter not of "if", but WHEN a registry is going to have a TLD that it deems no longer profitable.

There is also an issue of set up costs and burn rate. The initial registry spends money getting the registry operations established. It also has to make enough money from sales to pay for all these costs (over the space of a few years).

Assume that no other registry is going to want this "failed" TLD.

It depends on how "failed" the TLD is compared to operational costs. An operator providing registry services (the backend) might be the ideal purchaser for such a "failed" registry. The key issue is the number of domains in the TLDs and the numbers of one year and multi-year renewals.

Regards...jmcc

 

[scandiman]

Getting back to the idea of getting familiar with a TLD, it is not as weird as it sounds but if your only experience has been in .COM or gTLDs then it will seem weird. In ccTLDs the idea that people become familiar with their local ccTLD and begin to identify with it. They see it every where and people begin developing sites in the TLD. It is a virtuous circle of awareness -> development -> usage -> awareness.

Regards...jmcc

There is no meaningful awareness without development, development needs to come first.

 

[jmcc]

There is no meaningful awareness without development, development needs to come first.

The old "if you build it, they will come"? Yep. But they have to know where it is first.

Regards...jmcc

 

[scandiman]

The old "if you build it, they will come"? Yep. But they have to know where it is first.

Regards...jmcc

That's back to basics no matter the tld. SEO, organic, social media, paid advertising, few domains outside ultra top keyword coms will come with built in traffic. All businesses need some aspect of marketing

 

[Ms Domainer]

My Company Name

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With great relief, I snagged my company name:

Jennifer.International​

It's not that I believe .international will set the world on fire, but I just couldn't afford to have someone else registering and developing it -- strictly defensive.

I have the .com.

Thank goodness: not a premium.

In some gTLDs, my first name is considered a premium.

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[Jasonn]

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With great relief, I snagged my company name:

Jennifer.International​

It's not that I believe .international will set the world on fire, but I just couldn't afford to have someone else registering and developing it -- strictly defensive.

I have the .com.

Thank goodness: not a premium.

In some gTLDs, my first name is considered a premium.

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i'm sure it wouldn't of hurt you and you wouldn't even of known about .international had you not been a domainer.

 

[DnEbook]

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With great relief, I snagged my company name:

Jennifer.International​

It's not that I believe .international will set the world on fire, but I just couldn't afford to have someone else registering and developing it -- strictly defensive.

I have the .com.

Thank goodness: not a premium.

In some gTLDs, my first name is considered a premium.

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thought you were done regging gtlds ….ummm

 

[mjnels]

i have a theory on this... if you publicly proclaim you're not registering any gTLD and/or make jokes on this forum like "lol yeah when is .junk coming out".... then its a matter of time before you go on a "jusssssst one more" regging spree... with 1,000some out there it wont take long for that jussssssst one more "defensive" reg to become 200 domains.

but run this by JB Lions first he's the authority on domain things and probably knows how this works..

 

[JB Lions]

i have a theory on this... if you publicly proclaim you're not registering any gTLD and/or make jokes on this forum like "lol yeah when is .junk coming out".... then its a matter of time before you go on a "jusssssst one more" regging spree... with 1,000some out there it wont take long for that jussssssst one more "defensive" reg to become 200 domains.

but run this by JB Lions first he's the authority on domain things and probably knows how this works..

We could run it by you and get 2 different answers, depending if you're on a Jekyll day or Hyde day. You could always start a Hippy thread, Sales Don't Matter, I'll stay out of that one. Then you could just post how great they are, while not buying any yourself.

 

[forge]

thought you were done regging gtlds ….ummm

I wanted to suggest that her next reg should be Jennifer.Intervention

ok I just did

 

[mjnels]

We could run it by you and get 2 different answers, depending if you're on a Jekyll day or Hyde day. You could always start a Hippy thread, Sales Don't Matter, I'll stay out of that one. Then you could just post how great they are, while not buying any yourself.

you only think i give 2 answers because you see this gTLD thing like a religion of "believers" and "non-believers"

but its cool.. i respect your religion.

 

[Cool.Ventures]

That's back to basics no matter the tld. SEO, organic, social media, paid advertising, few domains outside ultra top keyword coms will come with built in traffic. All businesses need some aspect of marketing

alcatraz.mobi looks good, but your contact page is broken.

 

[DnEbook]

I wanted to suggest that her next reg should be Jennifer.Intervention

ok I just did

If Jen can claim it as business expense i guess there is some sound reasoning behind it, i was just commenting on her previous statement that her limit had been reached, each to their own i guess. Please Jen dont reg a .rich !!!! LOL

 

[scandiman]

alcatraz.mobi looks good, but your contact page is broken.

Weather page also, dang data feeds keep changing. Add it to the todo list.

 

[Ms Domainer]

A DEFENSIVE Registration

thought you were done regging gtlds ….ummm

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I thought I was.

However, as soon as I found out about .international gTLD, I knew I would be going after my company name; obviously, I didn't want to announce that fact on a forum beforehand.

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Jennifer.International was a defensive registration; I don't "love" this gTLD, but it forms part of my name, and I would have been foolish not to invest $150 (EAP) /$25.00 renewal on protecting my exact company name.

There are a few future gTLDs I MIGHT pick up, but, then again, I might not. I don't see any on the near horizon that appeal to me or that I feel will have any chance of succeeding.

I'm keeping my eyes and options open. For example, the more the registries pull back premium names, the more likely they will fail miserably, and I want no part of that.

If I do, it will be for a specific purpose, not for resale, and I would have to decide if the gTLD is worth the bother and expense.

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[RU]

.email VS .mail

Which is the best TLD? What do you think?

 

[scandiman]

Which is the best TLD? What do you think?

I think this question reminds me of a movie clip....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHCfndib0Q

 

[DnEbook]

Which is the best TLD? What do you think?

i asked about .email the other day only to be told it's an outdated term? i guess .mail is assumed to be email