discuss What after .COM?

[Arpit131]

Which extension do you think is the next big hit after .COM and .ORG?

Name an extension that you really really believe in!

For me, it is .CO

 

[Mister Liquid]

.io has been equally as good to me as .com so that would be mine.

 

[HotKey]

Which extension do you think is the next big hit after .COM and .ORG?

Name an extension that you really really believe in!

Next big hits, after com and org, I agree with Hawkes, don't know that there ever will be. At least not in the same way we're used to. Hits come and go now, like what's the flavour of the month? Whereas established, credible extensions like the orgs have earned their keep, they are no longer a hit, they are a mainstay.

So if we manage to have some hits that turn into popular adoptions, none of them will be in the same scale that we've had in the past, with just the one or two at the helm of the ship. It'll be a combination of TLDs, as Bob said "distributed growth" likely we'll see a rise and then a leveling out of some new gTLDs that seem to fit best with what people want.

I wouldn't be surprised if there was rise at some point of tlds like .site or .online, they could make a hit and then become a mainstay, just because they seemingly as neutral with many names left of the dot as .com is.

An extension I really believe in and vested in is .one.

 

[Joe N]

I'm going with .net, even though it's not as fun and trendy as .co, .io, or .ai.

I've made consistent lower priced sales of my two-word .net names in the past couple years, and solid single words in .net continue to hold value.

It's old. It's trusted. And people recognize it. Believe in .net!

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

We will not see any big hits...
Aftermarket in terms of average prices is trending down from year to year... regardless of TLD.

 

[soe]

.co for me.

.org is limited.
.io is limited.

 

[DpakH]

I think .co.
As most of the start up comps is not only software firms which may use .io extension
Just my opinion
Thanks
DpakH

 

[Al Marri]

Simple , who give the .com value = companies .

So it will be .company , You can get good profit from the end user .

 

[Namesolve]

To me .com .net .xyz then .org

 

[bmugford]

My order is .COM, then .ORG (if the term fits), then .NET.
I have also had good success with .US.

Brad

 

[Name Trader]

My order is .COM, then .ORG (if the term fits), then .NET.
I have also had good success with .US.

Brad

Is there anything that you can point to about your success with .US? A particular niche, or something else? How and where do you sell them? My personal experience with .US has been absolutely appauling, mostly with dictionary or common terms. I'd like to learn from a master

 

[NonHipster]

.Best will eventually catch on.
Lame extensions .io .gg and all the other trendy extensions that only domainer's like.

 

[Daniel Owens]

.DE has been the best for me

The residency requirements hurt .DE but since there is so many people in that region I think it's the 4th most popular extension. But, for people in USA it will never be used. However, on the plus side .de is 100X more popular in DE then .us

 

[tomcarl]

After .COM and .ORG? .Net

 

[ken.colvin]

I can't pick just one. The new gTLDs will own the internet. The paradigm shift is inevitable and new ventures with vision will be demanding not only immense branding potential but a multiplicity of alternatives to identify with their markets. Aggressiveness will be the name of the game and enterprises will develop multiple websites with unique and masterful methods of utilizing the new extensions to connect with ultimate consumers. Believe it, its coming. And when it does .com .net .org .co will all be irrelevant. Their potential is spent for developing market ownership with new upstarts wanting to dominate and disrupt the emerging tides and wealth ownership. Future is spelled ngTLDs. It's .hot!

 

[otismo]

ICU is happening right now in real time

and not just over promotion, either

big factor is renewal rates :

fun top ANYTHING

less than com

the com bubble implosion will be a rolling implosion and even if it imploded by half

com will STILL be KING - too many investors to let great names go begging

online will be the com challenger, in the distant future, unless us or usa

tv will be the next bubble

 

[Grego85]

I go with any extension that can mix with the keyword to make either a brand, an exact match term, or (rarely) some other form of relevance.

It's not about any one extension, it's about all of them, and what they can be relevantly used for. It doesn't matter to me if an extension only has 15 good names or 15000000 good names, as long as I can get THOSE names.

 

[MapleDots]

What after .COM?

The death of the internet

 

[BoGoKing]

Which extension do you think is the next big hit after .COM and .ORG?

Name an extension that you really really believe in!

For me, it is .CO

It's .CO for me too. I find that many really good two word domains that are taken are available in .co, and if you choose an industry like finance, real estate or building you have a much better of selling your name for a reasonable return. I only own about a dozen .co's, but I would use them for my startup in a heartbeat if the .com was taken.

 

[iAdam]

I see that domainers usually comment based on their portfolio i.e if they invested in .io they try to push .io and so on. This thread is not going to change the way things are going.
Byte.co was released this week and it's another example that .co is doing the job for startups.

 

[MapleDots]

Byte.co was released this week and it's another example that .co is doing the job for startups.

And if we tell ourselves that long enough then we may just begin to believe it.

FACT: startups pick the .co because the .com is taken

FACT: a lot of startups try to buy the .com when they become profitable

FACT: the .co will always sell at a fraction of the price of the .com

FACT: a lot of people still don't feel comfortable with .co because it TOO CLOSELY resembles the .com

FACT: most facts are not based on facts and are actually made up