*.us.com now being sold by Network solutions

[quality]

Yes I know there are many sceptics on this board who think these domains are rubbish worthless crap. But network solutions is a pretty big name in the domain name field and this will further add to the credibility and visibility of these domains in the future............

 

[monchat]

So what's the deal with us.com ? Still in centranic's hands ?

Could it ever become a TLD?

 

[Gerrit]

No. It would be totally against ICANN rules and logics. US.COM is just a domain where you can get subdomains from, ICANN will never grant it ccTLD status.

But again, nothing against subdomain sales, especially CentralNIC seems to be well lead and very stable. Just the prices are irrational, a subdomain should never cost more than 3 or 4 euro a year.

CentralNIC aren't the only ones though overpricing subdomains:
.IE.NU = 60 euro per year
.CO.NI = 60 GBP per year (!)

At least some do it right: a .NL.NU subdomain costs only 1 euro and no renewal fees. That is the way it should be: subdomains for a price lower than real domains.

 

[monchat]

Yeah, I like that idea (lower priced subdomains). I noticed that there a lot of companies buying CentralNIC's subdomains (.us.com, and .uk.com especially). Have branded companies done this with other subdomains in the past?

It just strikes me as strange that Networksolutions would be offering subdomains if what most people here are saying about subdomains is true.

 

[italiandragon]

in the moment someone else gets his hands on
US.COM

your subdomains may simply disappear...

 

[sashas]

But network solutions is a pretty big name in the domain name field and this will further add to the credibility and visibility of these domains in the future............

Don't believe that for one second. NetSol WAS big. Now its a defunct registrar that no one gives two hoots about.

 

[monchat]

Sashas, some very strong words. I'm curious to know how one comes to the conclusion that a registrar is defunct and that 'no one' gives two hoots about it.. I'm not saying you are wrong.. I just need to know how one comes to this conclusion -- i.e. how to assess the credibility of a registrar...

 

[deleted984054565403]

Don't believe that for one second. NetSol WAS big. Now its a defunct registrar that no one gives two hoots about.

I disagree... just because domainers like outselves don't use NetSol for regular transactions doesn't mean businesses and large corporations don't. They've been around for a long time and have a lot of credibility.

 

[gazzip]

I disagree... just because domainers like outselves don't use NetSol for regular transactions doesn't mean businesses and large corporations don't. They've been around for a long time and have a lot of credibility.

I agree, they are BIG but their prices are too steep for domainers compared to most others places.

They are No3 when it comes to the amount of domains they have according to this > http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/top-registrars/global/


1) Godaddy 22.479% of market - 21,163,142 domains
(my guess is 70% + are domainers :hehe: )

2) Enom 8.503% of market - 8,005,075 domains

3) 7.097% of market - 6,681,165 domains


Oh......and a bump for quality to answer my question !


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[sashas]

guys, my opinion was completely biased after struggling with their customer support for hours, trying to transfer a name

And I do believe that their market share owes a lot to the fact that they were the only registrar for a long time. Thats why they have so many high value names regged to them.

 

[gazzip]

guys, my opinion was completely biased after struggling with their customer support for hours, trying to transfer a name

And I do believe that their market share owes a lot to the fact that they were the only registrar for a long time. Thats why they have so many high value names regged to them.

Very True


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[monchat]

also, what are the other measures of registrar credibility besides market share?