The ranking/value of less used tld-s?

[competentdomains]

How do you rate the value of tld-s like .ws, org.uk, .be, .in, .nl, .at and many others? Can you (each reader who wants to,) share how you rank tld-s?
Like com, org, net, info, us, mobi, co.uk or whatever is your view.

Many of these other tld-s can be found as cheap as the traditional tld-s to register and since it is easier this way to find certain domain names available the question is, does it matter which tld you take. If some tld-s look better, if they are pronouncable ie not dual consonant tld.

 

[Sam]

Its insulting to put .be and .nl and .at in the ranks of .us :lol: . Those are on par with .com in their respective countries in terms of TLD awareness.

 

[competentdomains]

Its insulting to put .be and .nl and .at in the ranks of .us :lol: . Those are on par with .com in their respective countries in terms of TLD awareness.

I did not!

I put them separately. I wrote us among the top ones, "com, org, net, info, us, mobi," and this is a quite fair us order, at least for me as a european. Also considering that .us is a country tld just like .nl and.be.

But if you want a certain word only, you know you have to take any tld available. So back to the question, how do you rank tl-d that come after the KingCom, WannabeeCom-Net, org, info, mobi and these more talked about-tld-s. Among these small ones, how do you rate them? How do you rate the .in tld?

 

[accent]

It really is apples and oranges.

.co.uk, .de and a few others have large followings in their countries.

.in and .cn are huge countries but English is not their language (it is important in India, but not number one) and IDNs are in play. Also the purchasing power of the people is quite low and companies there do not like to buy premium names.

Small country names have little or no internal market, but wide availability of keywords, valuable for SEO.

There are probably opportuntities in every extension, except those with overpriced registrations or strict requirements.