.us Success?

[happy]

I was wondering. Has any members developed a .us and had any kind of success?

 

[Name Trader]

I would add, its not just the restrictions which have hurt .US. It'd the fact that US citizens have ignored it most of all. It's a shame really because it's a really nice extension for US citizens to have adopted.

 

[Name Trader]

I just bought fifteen.us here on NP for $1. That is way worse than even .BIZ, which appears to be having a mini resurgence, due to the CHIPS. Agree, that limiting it to people who are US citizens or have a business in US, has hurt this extension. Almost into extinction. Makes my firstname.us look expensive too.

 

[Ms Domainer]

For .us, I recommend top one-word domains; these can still be picked up at Go Daddy auctions, often for BIN prices.

The best time to start looking for these is about the third week in May -- this is when massive expired sales occur on Go Daddy.

For topnotch one-word keywords, you will pay low to mid $XXX for expired auctions at Go Daddy.

3D? Not so much, but it depends on the term itself.

 

[TRY]

When it comes to trust, not perception but reality, .us has it. Spammers and scammers are more than discouraged from using this .cctld because of its restrictions and whois privacy not allowed. I see that as a plus for endusers. Some People say America is .com only, I say open your eyes dot com is going global as we obviously see from the Chinese taking names we will never see again. A couple years from now you may find yourself regretting your decision not investing in .us because people say it's garbage for blah blah blah reasons. When everyone says it's a good investment then it's probably too late for you to really capitalize on it. I use my own judgement on why I chose to invest in .us. if you want a one word or lll for close to reg prices this is your last chance. As with anything get the best first. Disclaimer: I value names for what benefits it can offer the enduser not for what I can immediately sell it for, And if need be something I can develop myself. I also don't invest more than I can afford to lose. imo

 

[Recons.Com]

I have couple of hundred .us, including

1000, arms, activate, presents, poor, nights, tabloid, supports, returns, manual, auditors, gizmo, leagues, faculty, legislation, earnings, inks, enews, duke etc., plus some LLL, L-L, Geo etc.

 

[domainica]

I drive past a Zoom.us billboard on the highway daily. Seems premature to despair over .us.

I used to own Zoom.us. Sold it about 4 years ago.

 

[Wannabean]

US just needs some new (better) owners. Did wonders for .co.

 

[lotk]

I 100% agree with you Wannabean. .US has always been dead. I believe that they need to remove the U.S. restriction and open up the tld for anyone to register. Until then I will hold onto the 25 or so I own including Costumes, Contests, Bikers, Adults, Fight, Reward, Rap, Realty, ...

 

[johnn]

Take advantage on the market. I own almost a thousand LLL.us.Bought them very cheap and sold them retail for $xxx-$1,000 each.

 

[mhdoc]

I have a few and think that over time, as more and more non dot com sites are developed, the extension will matter less. However, whenever I get serious about actually putting some work into a site I go looking for an acceptable dot com

 

[lotk]

That happens at this time every year. Most are domains registered when .us went live April 24, 2002. And most are renewed every year after the auctions end so no transaction actually takes place.

 

[Silentptnr]

Read this article. Things could get interesting for .us. We will see how this goes...

ICA Oks Proposed .US 1&2 Character Domains and Privacy Service

Source: http://www.internetcommerce.org/ica-comments-on-dot-us/

 

[Ms Domainer]

Unfortunately, the strict restrictions on .us have held it back. Because of that, it is not likely to enter CHIP (Chinese Premium) territory.

Also, U.S. citizens tend not to use their own country code.

I HAVE sold some .us, but they had to do with voting, which fits the .us space nicely.

 

[happy]

Thank you. I was just wondering if any members had any success in development . I see many .us names selling for close to a grand but my guess is that they were developed.

 

[Ms Domainer]

like 3dtv or smarttv in dot us

From what I can gather, 3d hasn't fared that well, even in .com. I have a few 3d .coms, and I have yet gotten a bite.

The technology is great, but some people get sick on the stomach if they watch 3d on the screen.

 

[TRY]

I have couple of hundred .us, including

1000, arms, activate, presents, poor, nights, tabloid, supports, returns, manual, auditors, gizmo, leagues, faculty, legislation, earnings, inks, enews, duke etc., plus some LLL, L-L, Geo etc.

Me too except for the L-L

I have couple of hundred .us, including

1000, arms, activate, presents, poor, nights, tabloid, supports, returns, manual, auditors, gizmo, leagues, faculty, legislation, earnings, inks, enews, duke etc., plus some LLL, L-L, Geo etc.

Returns.us for tax returns, nice

 

[TRY]

I got only one .us ......SmartTV dot us....i like .us for domain hacks.....but most good ones are gone

Thank you everyone for putting lots of great opinions into this thread! I love .us names for the wonderful relevancy it has in geo targeting. I see people on here get really bummed because they haven't been able to sell there super cool single word .us domains. I agree .us is very limited in the reseller market. Also in my opinion I don't believe product.us domains fit the extension very well (I don't know why I feel this way but I do lol). I believe the absolute best usage (imo) of a .us domain is geo specific targeting. It has always been a dream of mine to own an awesome (and I mean awesome ) American geo targeted website! So a not so long while back ago I began taking the first steps for my dream and collected a handfull of available .us geo names. The name had to be personal to me and I live in Colorado and love hanging out downtown Denver. So I chose LoDo.us (lodo is the short term for lower downtown denver, the historical districts with a million stores) . There is some competition to this though, someone built a very nice site utilizing the .org extension for this term, so I will have to get VERY creative lol. Maybe because I'm an American I have some kind of subconscious bias , but I feel .us makes more sense for geo targeting than .org does. I think you get better points with the serps somehow to (could be wrong, and most likely am lol). Anyways, this will be my first attempt at a successful .us name developement. Please feel free to cut my ideas to pieces (I'm always down for that )

P.s - my definitions of a "successful" site developement is as follows:

1.) I enjoyed myself (I was happy ).
2.) The site created enough money to cover name reg fee and hosting. (No money lost)

My only geo TampaBay.us

 

[Jon B]

I drive past a Zoom.us billboard on the highway daily. Seems premature to despair over .us.

 

[mad409]

Been seeing lots of ads on TV for TENA.us lately.

 

[TRY]

Been seeing lots of ads on TV for TENA.us lately.

They're also spending money advertising on google.

 

[Wannabean]

When you consider how patriotic most Americans are, the failure of .us is actually quite miraculous.

 

[Silentptnr]

I just think the restriction is the only thing holding it back. I think .us could be amazing globally. Just need to remove the restriction.

 

[WGS_Thunder]

Yes, I only have a handful of LLL.us that could be profitable. I plan to hold them, but hopefully .us domains will become more valuable in time.

I'm holding some and believe they will be more valuable. They almost never drop and the ones that do aren't good letter combinations

 

[johnn]

Park them with for sale option.
List them everywhere you can: Sedo, Afternic, etc...
Do not use privacy so end users can find you.

 

[Recons.Com]

I have some nice .US names. They certainly don't sell themselves most of the time, but will work on promoting to end users.

Some of my favorites:

1000.us
A-D.us
A-V.us
AAAE.us
Accessory.us
Activate.us
Arms.us
Auditors.us
Avondale.us (city)
Billions.us
Bulls.us
Cabinetry.us
CarFinance.us
Castles.us
Classify.us
CWC.us
Decatur.us (city)
Detector.us
Done.us
Dispute.us
Earnings.us
eNews.us
Experiment.us
Faculty.us
Fixer.us
Gizmo.us
Handymen.us
HomeJobs.us
Inks.us
Instruction.us
Instrument.us
Islands.us
JWL.us (jewel?)
Manual.us
Module.us
Nights.us
Novels.us
Observe.us
Paints.us
Pals.us
Pepperoni.us
Pointer.us
Poor.us
Premises.us
Presents.us
Profession.us
Ranking.us
Recorders.us
Returns.us
Roofer.us
Routes.us
Safford.us (city)
Sections.us
Sensitive.us
Shipyard.us
Sink.us
Slogan.us
Tabloid.us
Texarkana.us (city)
Thoughts.us
Tazer.us
Upside.us
Valid.us
Voyager.us
Worker.us

All in all, have over 230 .us names.