The official .mobi, .asia, .IDN sucks thread

[soggyindo]

The official .mobi/ .asia/ .me/ .TV sucks thread

It seems every good thread these days gets filled with .mobi/ .asia/ .IDN/ .TV/ .us, debates. So here's a thread we can have at it! We can also refer people here if things get heated.



I'll start with a neutral statement:

WTF is the point of .mobi?

 

[michaeldotcom]

Asian countries don't consider themselves Asian!!

Completely agreed.

The .asia extension doesn't make sense except in very very few specific cases like my example of travel.asia just above, and that would possibly be for an enduser which would be located OUTSIDE Asia (Australia in my example).

 

[martina2061]

Let's face it, us Australians are not the major target audience for .asia so it doesn't matter whether you consider yourself Australian, Australasian, Asian or whatever. It is when .asia is fully adopted by the Chinese and Indian markets that progress will be made. The American economy is declining and those are the emerging power players in the immediate future. Whether we Australians consider ourselves Asian is irrelevant.

 

[Sufyan]

It seems every good thread these days gets filled with .mobi/ .asia/ .IDN/ .TV/ .us, debates. So here's a thread we can have at it! We can also refer people here if things get heated.



I'll start with a neutral statement:

WTF is the point of .mobi?

I will answer your question after you answer my question which is:

WTF is the point of any extension except .com?

 

[michaeldotcom]

It is when .asia is fully adopted by the Chinese and Indian markets that progress will be made.

But these companies in Asia will much rather use their own ccTLDs (.jp, .kr, .in, etc.) rather than .asia which means nothing to them.

If they want to think globally, they will either use global TLDs (.com etc.) or possibly ccTLDs of the markets they're targeting (.co.uk etc).

 

[raredn.com]

Let's face it, us Australians are not the major target audience for .asia so it doesn't matter whether you consider yourself Australian, Australasian, Asian or whatever. It is when .asia is fully adopted by the Chinese and Indian markets that progress will be made. The American economy is declining and those are the emerging power players in the immediate future. Whether we Australians consider ourselves Asian is irrelevant.

Indian markets???? .IN will have to take of before .asia gets a look in

China???? Chinese people are not even allowed to look at the majority of websites produced by countries outside of China itself, plus they have their own .cn that big brother can let their own people use, so long as they tow the line

 

[mjnels]

honestly, if an extension named .thisTLDwillBEaSUCESS came out tomorrow there would still be the same price bubbles, debate over worthlessness, and investors that register horrible keywords.

i didnt touch .asia not because there isnt money to be made (there is) but with the auctions being mandatory for any names that got more than 1 registration request, this makes pure speculation a lot harder and competition a lot more fierce.

.mobi was fun because the auctions were NOT required depending on what Registrar you used... and to think about the future and things that will eventually be commonplace to do on mobile devices.... and then look up those single word, mobile related domains and have em be available for registration. GOOD TIMES DANIELSONS, GOOD TIMES.

 

[-REECE-]

To enrichen ICANN and feed the dreams of noob domainers? :cy:

I will answer your question after you answer my question which is:

WTF is the point of any extension except .com?

 

[martina2061]

In the climate of free-trade agreements between Asian countries, it is logical that major companies selling internationally would like to be represented by a regional extension rather than their national extension. They may also shy away from .com because it is U.S. dominated.

 

[michaeldotcom]

WTF is the point of any extension except .com?

Many extensions do make sense especially for great keywords, generics and geos.

- .org does make sense for non-profit organizations
- big ccTLDs like .co.uk or .de make sense for local companies or global companies targeting local markets
- .tv does make sense for videocentric sites
. .info does make sense for informational sites
etc.

Obviously some TLDs are meaningless, but it's nonsense to think that there's nothing meaningful except .com. The market has already shown that some alternatives to .com are very meaningful to lots of people and companies (I'm talking real companies with developed sites, not speculation).

 

[raredn.com]

In the climate of free-trade agreements between Asian countries, it is logical that major companies selling internationally would like to be represented by a regional extension rather than their national extension. They may also shy away from .com because it is U.S. dominated.

Oh yeah, thanks for pointing that out, point taken, a regional extension, just like .eu

.eu was a roaring success, some people may even call it the best kept secret on the web :tu:

 

[martina2061]

Oh yeah, thanks for pointing that out, point taken, a regional extension, just like .eu

.eu was a roaring success, some people may even call it the best kept secret on the web :tu:

Do you treat all regional extensions as the same thing. How about national extensions?

 

[michaeldotcom]

Oh yeah, thanks for pointing that out, point taken, a regional extension, just like .eu
.eu was a roaring success, some people may even call it the best kept secret on the web :tu:

The .eu extension has been so far a failure indeed (which is what you meant). But I would think that it would still make slightly more sense than .asia.

There's nothing like a European Union in Asia. European countries aren't fighting against each other anymore while several Asian countries are still at war with each other. Many European people are living and working in different European countries, there's a lot of travel inside Europe (just like inside the US). This simply doesn't exist in Asia now.

And despite all that, the .eu extension is still very much a failure. So I would think that .asia could only do even worse than .eu in the future.

 

[martina2061]

Very, very early to write anything off.

 

[raredn.com]

Do you treat all regional extensions as the same thing. How about national extensions?

Hey I am just toying around regarding .asia

National extensions like .de and com.au are extremely popular (well com.au is here anyway), some National extensions are not as popular depending on country

 

[michaeldotcom]

Very, very early to write anything off.

ccTLDs are based on the fact that some human beings see themselves as being part of the same country/culture. For example, Japanese people/companies see themselves as being part of Japan and the Japanese culture. This explains the success of the meaningful .jp TLD in Japan.

The .asia extension could work if and only if Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, etc. people saw themselves as being all part of a same Asian country/culture.

Is this the case ?

 

[-REECE-]

Good advice for new domainers and .asia hopefuls in this thread: http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/475391-what-not-do-if-you-sign.html

 

[Sufyan]

Any extension beside .com is there to strengthen and popularize .com!

A site developed under any unfamiliar extension and being promoted and marketed is just strengthening and popularizing its .com version! imho

 

[martina2061]

The .asia extension could work if and only if Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, etc. people saw themselves as being all part of a same Asian country/culture.

Is this the case ?

.Asia will be a success if only a fraction of the population in the above countries adopt it. If these countries adopted it like the US adopted .com and their internet access was the same than .asia would be massive.

 

[-REECE-]

.eu, .us... New domainers need a history lesson :imho:

.Asia will be a success if only a fraction of the population in the above countries adopt it. If these countries adopted it like the US adopted .com and their internet access was the same than .asia would be massive.

 

[raredn.com]

Any extension beside .com is there to strengthen and popularize .com!

A site developed under any unfamiliar extension and being promoted and marketed is just strengthening and popularizing its .com version! imho

Well in that case, I hope that people get .asia versions of all my .coms and hold onto them for dear life, not just 'copout' and let them drop in a years time