Thoughts on (cityname).org

[Jaco]

OK, so typical pure (cityname).com's are out of range for most people.
So are (cityname).nets, which I consider to be the boobie-prize TLD anyway.

To me, (cityname).org makes a lot of sense, not just because they sell at a massive discount over the eponymous .com, but for a number of different reasons, inherent to the org extension. No, they don't get anywhere in the same universe of typeins as the com (many get virtually none), but for development, they scream with potential IMO.

Anyone have any thoughts on pure (cityname).org geo?

Say, Sacramento.org or Roanoke.org, etc, etc.

 

[bmugford]

I like Geo.org since they seem to fit well, and the cost to acquire them is reasonable. I bought my City.org from IREIT a few months back, and the price was actually very reasonable. Sooner or later I will get a site up.

Brad

OK, so typical pure (cityname).com's are out of range for most people.
So are (cityname).nets, which I consider to be the boobie-prize TLD anyway.

To me, (cityname).org makes a lot of sense, not just because they sell at a massive discount over the eponymous .com, but for a number of different reasons, inherent to the org extension. No, they don't get anywhere in the same universe of typeins as the com (many get virtually none), but for development, they scream with potential IMO.

Anyone have any thoughts on pure (cityname).org geo?

Say, Sacramento.org or Roanoke.org, etc, etc.

 

[JamesDavid]

IMO I would prefer the .org over the .net. Why you ask, Becuase the .org to me seems to seem more natural than the .net. T omost people I meet and talk to they feel .org represent non profits, towns, libraries, etc... I actually own the .org to a decent size town 20K people by me and it gets a good amount of traffic, probably beucase I own cityname.org and the village website is villageofcityname.org......

But to answer your question .org seems like the next logical extension for a city development to me after the dotCOM. I am actually undergoing my very first true web development which is a local city site for the county I live it.

would love to hear more opinions, good topic OP.

 

[Jaco]

But to answer your question .org seems like the next logical extension for a city development to me after the dotCOM. I am actually undergoing my very first true web development which is a local city site for the county I live it.

Owners of cityname.org's should probably get together and share strategies, kinda like Associated Cities does for geo .com owners (of pure cityname.com's). Since Associated Cities membership is strictly limited to .com owners, we're kinda out of luck with them, unless they open up another tier of membership for orgs.

It isn't like there's marketshare competition since every city is unique and there's only one associated .org domain. I'm sure we all have ideas that could raise the bar of our web properties. With .org, we're working with a different toolkit than the .com owners and I haven't seen these dynamics discussed in detail. Maybe we can get a few cityname.org owners to post in this thread and talk about it.

 

[RevenueDomains]

i like the idea very much, i own a few geo .orgs, and would love to join a network of sister cities

there is an older post somewhere on elliotsblog.com that talks about geo .org's ...., if you have pure cityname.org for a city of considerable size or importance, its just as valuable as a .com, .org stands for organization, and there are many potential end-users and uses,

a network of geo .org domains just makes alot of sense, that surely would increase value for everyone involved

As far as value of type-ins is concerned, that topic is obsolete, as even .com's don't generate enough type-ins to sustain any kind of significant value, just take a look at numbers and you will see what i mean.

all the value lies in branding, easy of use, memorability,..
that is only achieved once the domain is developed


if you own a geo .org, .net, or .com, in case you haven't figured it out, you are already a millionaire
you just need to unleash and realize the inherent potential

can developed geo .net, .org, .com's co-exist?
ofcourse they can, there is room in the marketplace for 3 city centric sites, they don't have to be competitors, they can complement one another in many ways and be stronger together as a result. If you are worried about traffic bleed, you need to kill the control freak inside of you that is tormenting you and preventing you from succeeding, just let it go! And develop your .org, one day at a time.

 

[cartoonz]

I once owned SanDiego.org a long time ago... got a call from the San Diego Chamber of Commerce saying they wanted to see if they could buy it.

I was waaay too nice. $xxx

 

[RevenueDomains]

Cartoonz, that was very nice of you indeed

 

[Jaco]

We could do it if we wanted to...

We could devise a strategies/discussion group that is targeted towards cityname.org/net and maybe even relevant cityname.ccTLD owners. If you own (germancity).de or (uscity).us, you're in too. Have some sort of standards as far as name purity while still being a big tent group. If we could get a few people to volunteer as group admins for membership vetting, we could probably use free web resources to keep costs so low that membership for qualified owners would be free. Hell, we might even reach out to Namepros admins and see if they'd host a forum for us! There wouldn't be a lot of us and activity would be minimal, but I bet the content quality put out by such an owners group would be through the roof.


Thoughts on the group idea?
What type of name-ownership standards should apply?
Should we have development standards like Associated Cities?

IMO, we should follow the Associated Cities general theme of vetting members for name purity- (cityname).tld only- but without keeping the barriers to entry so ridiculously high that only a handful can get in, as it is with cityname.com. Maybe we can even be affiliates with them- I'm sure all of those guys own .orgs and .ccTLD city names too and would be interested in hearing/sharing strategies that apply uniquely to those names

 

[netearner]

Hi,

I love this thread, some good ideas and views. Have always thought a country code can be as good as a .com and yes .orgs can be just as good, it's all abaout branding, I guess.

But, you know what I like the most, .info!!

If I am going to a new city or country, what am I looking for? information!! I think the .info fits geo names perfect and of course they are very cheap at the moment, not that there are good ones left!

Richie

 

[siga]

If anyone is setting up a strategies/discussion group I would be interested in joining and pitching in, please contact me via pm. I currently own a UK city in .net and am looking to develop it at some stage.

There seems quite a few scripts/ templates out there but most seem like they require alot more work on them in order to make them satisfactory and into a site that people would like to visit over and over again. It would be good to analyse what would actually work, as alot of geo landing pages on these templates/scripts look very cluttered to me.

RevenueDomains I am unsure of your statement that .net/org geo owners are millionaires already but I can definately see potential for a viable project. I'd imagine it would take a considerable amount of time/ marketing to ensure it is long lasting and successful.