The Next Big Internet Market?

[sashas]

I know that .cn and .in have taken off

.mobi is looking good too

.info seems to be growing stronger also

but what would you say is the next big TLD?

I'm gonna put Europe and North America out of the picture. They've already happened.
Africa will take 25 years to even become 10% of North America.

So that leaves us pretty much with Asia and South America

India, China and Japan are three obvious markets. But other than this, and seeing the population and Internet usage trends, Phillpines, Pakistan and Malaysia look good (All have approx. 14 million users. Not a lot, but still decent - and bound to go up only)

I'm actually surprised to see the lack of interest in South American domains. Brazil has as many internet users as India, and Argentina has 14 million+ users too. Even though the the penetration of english is pretty low in both the countries, Spanish and Portugese are pretty common.

I haven't seen much Australian names either, even though Australia has roughly the same number of internet users as Philipines (14mil) and an english speaking population coupled with 70% internet penetration.


So what would you pick as next big internet market? Not now, but perhaps 5 years from now (so that I have a small fortune by the time I graduate!).

 

[DnEbook]

Of course any smart company would like to go world wide , but if your in australia , and you see a .com.au address as the internet address ..... you know they are local , it's good business to be identfied as 'reachable' .... just a cheap phone call away perhaps ..... also consider that some .com equal may not be available , i feel most people associate .com with america , but having said that yes hacks and .tv i hope are the next big thing , i have one name registered in .com.au, .com, .eu,.co.uk, .mobi and .tv ........... i am waiting until feb to do the .asia , so i do agree good have a world wide presence , ....... but only if your business is aimed that way

 

[GreenGambler]

but having said that yes hacks and .tv i hope are the next big thing ,

I agree with .tv becoming very popular in the coming years.. Just because everyone associates it with television.

But I don't really think hacked domains are going to be the "next big thing". IMO most non-domainers or lightweight net surfers get confused by those names. I tested a freind of mine the other day. I told her to go to delicious and she went to delicious.com.. LOL I said nope.. Go to del.icio.us. LOL, she typed del.icio.us.com.. LMAO Seriously, those types of name are confusing for people in my neck of the woods. Plus how do you relay it to others for word-of-mouth traffic? Do you say "Go to Delicious", or do you say "Go to del-dot-icio-dot-us.. Kinda hard to remember a few hours later if you ask me. Even the shorter hacks are going to loose traffic to the .com version of the full word.

I think .com's are the past, present and future. Then .tv's , .info's and .mobi's.

 

[Pred]

I agree with .tv becoming very popular in the coming years.. Just because everyone associates it with television.

But I don't really think hacked domains are going to be the "next big thing". IMO most non-domainers or lightweight net surfers get confused by those names. I tested a freind of mine the other day. I told her to go to delicious and she went to delicious.com.. LOL I said nope.. Go to del.icio.us. LOL, she typed del.icio.us.com.. LMAO Seriously, those types of name are confusing for people in my neck of the woods. Plus how do you relay it to others for word-of-mouth traffic? Do you say "Go to Delicious", or do you say "Go to del-dot-icio-dot-us.. Kinda hard to remember a few hours later if you ask me. Even the shorter hacks are going to loose traffic to the .com version of the full word.

I think .com's are the past, present and future. Then .tv's , .info's and .mobi's.

yep, agree fully. although i think out of the other hundreds of extensions, the brightest futures are for mobi, info & tv.
mobi the brightest, although i agree .tv could be huge and potential is there for all to se.
i only own 2 .tv, but they are quality

 

[xman]

I agree some domain hacks can get confusing for non-net savvy nor non-domainer when you ask them to visit del.icio.us..hey I even get confuse typing in deli.cio.us but when I ask a non-domainers to visit blo.gs as BLO dot GS normally the question they ask were NO dot COM? and of course I said no dot com.

I've seen so many comments about .TV and other ccTLDs and most of the comments were like non-domainers won't remember those extensions. These responds somewhat surprise me..why?.....We live in an information age and we get bombarded with millions of information from television, magazines, and online for that matter but we tend to remember what we see or hear unless of course our IQ is way low and cannot comprehend.

I agree that .COM becomes a second nature when typing in but human nature always like new things and like learning new things.

 

[SKG]

.tv!

 

[800ml]

i agree that the next big thing is .com
and everyday it's amazing to see how the best names are still not Regged

 

[DnEbook]

Of all of the hack names del.icio.us is the most confusing !!!!!!!
my hack ... worldne.ws is easy as far as i am concerned , as for remembering a name , true word of mouth is good ..... but most that see my hack remember it , and that's without any real advertising , i still think .tv will be the next big thing with some hacks finding fans ..... my 2 cents

 

[JAugusto]

Idn.idn

 

[Fka200]

I was thinking about IDN's today, and thought about the following scenario, let's say you develop a popular IDN domain website let's call it XYZ.com in a non-english language X in country X.
You travel to US on a business trip, and want to access it but the keyboards don't have the necessary foreign letters, how are you going to access it? One way is to cut and paste letters you found via google but that is so tedious. Doesn't this create a new type of mapping portals opportunity here, have i discovered america?

I lug my laptop around. It has foreign keyboards pre-installed. Most versions of windows require a couple clicks to get those keyboards on there also. It's not a big a problem as you think it is. The most important thing is for me is: can everyone else access my site who the site is targeting? If yes, who cares (some will, but I don't). I've also memorized the punycode for some of my sites (LOL... looser)... so that works as well.

I'd get into stats about IDNs to back things up and stuff, but I'm not here to argue or try to convince anyone these are worth investing it. There's already to much competition.

Also I forgot to mention this:

http://www.Gate2Home.com

Was hard at first for me to understand the value of IDNs when I first started. To be honest, my first IDNs were words I just liked in a particular language. When I saw the traffic (even though minimal) right after I reg'd them, I was like wow. Maybe I should get these on Sedo like my other ASCII... and then when I saw money/clicks coming in, that's when I just started buying more. Wasted some cash in the beginning, but you live and learn. Now I know what to buy and what to stay away from.

 

[bricio]

.com.br has reg fee of 350 bucks!

thats a lotta money...no wonder most aren't interested in Australian and Brazilian names

hey sahsas,
i dont know what registrar has this price, but in registro.br it costs R$30,00 (it is about US$15 per year)... the problem is that the site is in portuguese

if anybody need a help and want to reg .com.br just PM me

 

[800ml]

I lug my laptop around. It has foreign keyboards pre-installed. Most versions of windows require a couple clicks to get those keyboards on there also. It's not a big a problem as you think it is. The most important thing is for me is: can everyone else access my site who the site is targeting? If yes, who cares (some will, but I don't). I've also memorized the punycode for some of my sites (LOL... looser)... so that works as well.

I'd get into stats about IDNs to back things up and stuff, but I'm not here to argue or try to convince anyone these are worth investing it. There's already to much competition.

Also I forgot to mention this:

http://www.Gate2Home.com

Was hard at first for me to understand the value of IDNs when I first started. To be honest, my first IDNs were words I just liked in a particular language. When I saw the traffic (even though minimal) right after I reg'd them, I was like wow. Maybe I should get these on Sedo like my other ASCII... and then when I saw money/clicks coming in, that's when I just started buying more. Wasted some cash in the beginning, but you live and learn. Now I know what to buy and what to stay away from.

Hi Ashouri thanks for the post, which site would you recommend to buy IDNs from , im interested in polish IDNs, i like www.Gate2Home.com
I should learn more about changing keyboards in windows, thanks

 

[Fka200]

I usually use http://www.dynadot.com/domain/search2.html (referral 838D8W8ma6A8p6L) cause of the ability to delete domains in case you mess up.

If you're not a native, be careful. Do a bit of research with all the available tools online. You should manage to pick up some good ones if you look hard enough... and when I say hard, I really mean it. In the last month I probably spent ~20 hours trying to find bits and scraps of whats left out there in IDN world, and have come up with only 10 IDNs that are really worth while (I stopped buying names that I just 'thought' are good). 4 of those IDNs have already received ~300 uniques... remember: browser support isn't here yet worldwide. The rest of the world is still using IE6 -> Once IE7 update comes (or Firefox takes over), things should be a LOT different. Traffic has increased exponentially since last year.

Check your PM box. I hope you find that helpful.

 

[c2o2b]

Though I am a bit of a newbie, I'm learning quickly and have been thinking about his for a while now.

Will there ever be a time that people are allowed to register there own unique TLD, extension. Like I will be able to register .cecil and be able to create my own DNs. like Party.cecil and Home.cecil and Office.cecil for my various uses. The web is infinite.

 

[Fka200]

Though I am a bit of a newbie, I'm learning quickly and have been thinking about his for a while now.

Will there ever be a time that people are allowed to register there own unique TLD, extension. Like I will be able to register .cecil and be able to create my own DNs. like Party.cecil and Home.cecil and Office.cecil for my various uses. The web is infinite.

That would be awesome. I'm sure anyone can create their own TLD... if they have the money to pay up!

 

[gorilla_bob]

The next big thing is .COM domains reaching the $xxx,xxx,xxx mark. Can't wait for that to happen.

Woohoo!!

Also I like .INFO domains, especially when you can register them for $1.99 at www.nuggetnames.com !


- Bob

 

[moped]

When the internet conquers TV, that will be big for domaining, I can see generic domains becoming web channels just like TV but interactive.

 

[Gerrit]

I'm gonna put Europe and North America out of the picture. They've already happened.
Africa will take 25 years to even become 10% of North America.

So that leaves us pretty much with Asia and South America

You ask for future markets, as in markets not well developped yet but with potential to grow. So I don't see why Africa should not be put at the same level as Asia and S.America then? The African internet market may take a bit longer to develop but it will happen just as well in the end, so it is worth looking at Africa as well when discussing future markets. Especially countries like South Africa, Namibia, Tunesia, Morocco, maybe Congo ...

 

[GijsZePa]

You ask for future markets, as in markets not well developped yet but with potential to grow. So I don't see why Africa should not be put at the same level as Asia and S.America then? The African internet market may take a bit longer to develop but it will happen just as well in the end, so it is worth looking at Africa as well when discussing future markets. Especially countries like South Africa, Namibia, Tunesia, Morocco, maybe Congo ...

You forgot probably the most important country...nigeria...

Martin

 

[Xymox]

Also I like .INFO domains, especially when you can register them for $1.99 at www.nuggetnames.com !


- Bob

What are these "non-domain" extras you have to buy to get this price?

 

[gorilla_bob]

All .INFO on www.nuggetnames.com are $1.99 for a limited time only. You don't have to purchase anything else to get this sale price...and you don't need a promo code.

You don't have to buy any NON-domain extras to get the $1.99 for .INFO domains. The NON-domain extras are to get $1.99 for other extensions.

Also, if you reg 5 or more .INFO domains, you will also get free private registrations.

Hope this helps.

- Bob