ccTLD Top 10 ccTLDs -> 2012

[Edward Smeu]

Hi guys.

I've been wondering what are the top (let's say) 10 ccTLDs out there, if we can make some standings and also, what are your bets for 2012?

I will start. Top 3 are without doubt for me:

1. co.uk
2. de
3. co

not mandatory in this worder.

4. in is coming strongly.
5. us

For the rest I can just mention, too hard to rate each one, i will let the pros do it.

So:

.es .mx .ca .cc .ws .ch .fr are fighting in my head for the rest of 5 spots.

I think that this year we will see big sales on new rising extensions as the .com is not going up anymore due too saturation and the tendencies are more into ccTLDs with great kewyords, we can see that comparing 2011'sales with 2010's.

The main reason of this thread is too see how are we thinking this business and to create a top. I don't know if top 10 is the most appropriate but let's see!

GO!:kickass:

 

[bmugford]

It depends what you mean by top ccTLD. Do you mean for their intended use, or ones that have been rebranded (CO, TV, ME, etc)?

.DE and .CO.UK are far and away the most popular ccTLD for the intended usage.

Brad

 

[Edward Smeu]

Everything Brad.

Looks like I forgot mentioning .tv and .me but they are not that popular anymore.

Andrei.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Read: http://sedo.com/fileadmin/documents/pressdownload/Domainstudy_Q3_2011.pdf

 

[Kate]

Define 'top'.
In terms of penetration rates .nl & .ch would be on top of the list.
In terms of sales the ranking would be different.

.ws is dead in my book and .us is not very popular.
.co: will always be an alt TLD (like .biz).

I don't think that growth in .com is over.
I think that both .com and ccTLDs will continue to increase in value. Of course, not all ccTLDs, only those that are mature.

 

[Edward Smeu]

Thanks for contributing.
I repeat, by top I mean everything you know. I want this thread as a starting point for any namepros user.

 

[mwzd]

Local Market
.de
.co.uk
.ca
.com.au
.in
.fr
.es
.nl
etc

Global market
.tv
.in
.co

In that order, at least imho.