.US vs .IN

[googlebonn]

Which do you think is better to be traded on the domain name market?

 

[carlox101]

i will go with .us domain. From my personal experience, You can rank a keyword rich .us domain on the first page of google with little work and flip the site. IN domain will be very hard to rank on google.com

 

[Name Trader]

.US because Americans have more money.

 

[bmugford]

Apples and Oranges really.

As a reseller, I would rather own .US in general. The US is far more connected, and there is just more money available.

Brad

 

[Wargy]

I would have put my money on .IN given the potential... Now that soon 7 IDN's are going tobe released for India i think the locals never go for .IN but go for the IDN one. I will hangon to the few i got. Renewals gotten cheaper this month anyways.

 

[Sam]

.IN since .co.in is ACTUALLY used in the indian market compared to .us

 

[rmg]

Apples and Oranges really.
Brad

x2 :zzz:

 

[Alan Glennon]

Recent sales on sedo and similar marketplaces show the volume of .us sales to be approximately twice that of .in. Prices are about the same.

 

[Michael R.]

I would have put my money on .IN given the potential... Now that soon 7 IDN's are going tobe released for India i think the locals never go for .IN but go for the IDN one. I will hangon to the few i got. Renewals gotten cheaper this month anyways.

In fact, English is one of the main official languages in India. Moreover, you can't do business without English in India.

On this subject, you can read for instance: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12355740

So yes, indian IDNs are good news for locals and Indian culture, but I think English is and will stay the official language of business, IT, etc...



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Recent sales on sedo and similar marketplaces show the volume of .us sales to be approximately twice that of .in. Prices are about the same.

Do you have any source for this info?

If confirmed, it looks like very promising for .IN, considering the growth of Indian internet users, and Indian economy.

 

[Alan Glennon]

Do you have any source for this info?

Namebio.com and dnsaleprice.com are useful for such assessments.

 

[catchnames]

Well, Americans only know .com.Indians comparatively know more about .in and .co.in.
.us would have been my choice it were popular in USA.Alexa 1 million shows 3216 sites ending in .us where as 6233 sites ending in .in .in count is increasing every month.
Also, us is generally limited to Americans while .in website got adopted by Japanese,Iranian,Germans besides Indian.
So I will say,if you are planning to invest,.in may be better choice than .us.However, if you are looking for SEO perspective for American market .us targeting will be easier than .in

 

[the_poet]

For national use, obviously .US is better. But remember .IN has a worlwide scale potential market, since it has no restrictions unlike .US

 

[DomainAvalanche]

I would personally go for the .us but I have been able to find .in and .co.in domain names for cheaper registration prices, so I have a few of each.

 

[Alan Glennon]

That's a good point, when doing the comparison, to remember that .us is restricted to United States entities, while .in is available to anyone.

It makes me wonder how .us would look if it were unrestricted.

For national use, obviously .US is better. But remember .IN has a worlwide scale potential market, since it has no restrictions unlike .US