What is the value of other TLD's

[jamaltq]

Hi guys
If you want to arrange the following TLD's according to it's value, how it will be ?
.info , .mobi , .biz , .us , .cc , .ws
I know the top three TLD's : .com , .net , .org but I wonder about the others.
Any ideas with thanks.

 

[Gerrit]

1) .info
2) .biz
3) .mobi
4) .us
5) .cc
6) .ws

Sidenote 1: all pretty much no value IMO except for .info, which I'd rate even higher than .org. The others in your list are all waste of cash IMO except when you live in the USA (in that case .us becomes interesting)

Sidenote 2: put .us in second place behind .info in case you are living in the States. It's a valuable extention, although location-bound, here in Europe we hardly ever see websites using .us. So if you're in the US this extention is worth investing in, otherwise it's just a waste much like .ws

Sidenote3: if you insist on venturing in other domains but the big three gTLDs, why not .de, .co.uk, .tv? IMO these would all be much more interesting than any of the extentions you named except for the very underrated .info

 

[accent]

Info
Mobi
Biz
US
CC
WS

None of these is worth registering loose domains unless you find that rare jewel in a drop or a domain on a topic that you have specialized knowledge about. Info has a lot of regs but little development. Mobi has some development for a new extension and may still have potential. Biz is showing signs of life after being laughed about for years. US is rarely used in the USA, it could eventually catch on, but there is no sign of it and "eventually" for domains is expensive. CC and WS are rarely used. TV has a little development but the high registration prices keep me away. DE is great if you speak the language. I do not know if CO.UK is open to non-residents, regardless I would be concerned about the eventual opening of .UK without the CO.

Another concern is the impending release of many more extensions that will pull in money that would normally go to these extensions. This sector is about to be flooded.

 

[theo]

I think that .us is become more popular. Hope some day to be like .co.uk

For example if you have FurnitureStore my first choice will be .com, .net and after .us.

 

[Jeff]

Hi guys
If you want to arrange the following TLD's according to it's value, how it will be ?
.info , .mobi , .biz , .us , .cc , .ws

:hi:

None of the above, IMHO ... stick with .COM / .NET / .ORG :yell:
PS. The long & awkward "dot Mobey" (and mTLD) was a sham and has proven to be a colossal failure (as most experienced, professional domainers here on our very own #1 Namepros predicted early on)! :imho:

All the best,
Jeff

 

[SiberForum]

Info
ws
biz
mobi
cc
us

FYI: us, cc, ws are not TLD, they are ccTLD

 

[michaelmast]

I'm newbie

Obviously .coms are the most desired and probably always will be, but what about other TLDs, particularly newer ones - e.g. .name? Is it worth investing in domains with the newer TLDs, or should I stick to trying to find decent .com names to snap up?
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[bmugford]

Well .COM is obviously the most valuable reseller wise.

.NET and .ORG are in a 2nd place tie IMO. It depends on the term. Some terms just fit better in .NET than .ORG and vice versa.

I prefer .INFO over .BIZ although both have their place. Sometimes commercial related products or services are a better fit in .BIZ than .INFO, but in general .INFO is preferred.

I think .US is one of the most undervalued extensions, but it is a ccTLD.

Brad

 

[accent]

New investors in particular should concentrate on .Com. At least 80% should be Com, and 95% would probably be better unless you are into .DE or .Co.UK. The reason is that Com is where the buyers are, and that is not going to change any time soon. There are tempting domains in Info, Mobi, Biz, and US, (some would add TV) but the odds are better in Com.

Later in this year, or next year, many new extensions will be released. This could push .Name .Pro .Travel and some others even further back. I think the new extensions could dilute every extension except Com - including, in particular, Net, which seems to have as it's principal value the fact that it is, with Org, the only other extension that the international public is aware of. Org is for non-profits in people's minds, good for the extension, but it seems to me that is not a high dollar market.

 

[netfleet]

:hi:

None of the above, IMHO ... stick with .COM / .NET / .ORG :yell:
PS. The long & awkward "dot Mobey" (and mTLD) was a sham and has proven to be a colossal failure (as most experienced, professional domainers here on our very own #1 Namepros predicted early on)! :imho:

All the best,
Jeff

Stay away from .com.

When will you guys realise. Look at the average values of com over the last few years:

From SEDO:

2007 the average .com sale on Sedo was $5,016
2008 the average .com sale on Sedo was $2,512
2009 the average .com sale on Sedo was $1,829

From DNJournal (median value of top 100 com sales)

2006 the median value of top 100 .com sales was $125K
2007 the median value of top 100 .com sales was $200K
2008 the median value of top 100 .com sales was $188K
2009 the median value of top 100 .com sales was $141K

Down, down and down....

Mind you not saying the other gTLD's will fare much better. ccTLDs is all you need to know

 

[akcampbell]

This could push .Name .Pro .Travel and some others even further back.

I don't think you can compare .name and .travel to .pro. No business has ever branded themselves "Keyword Name" but there are about 16,000 US trademarks with Pro in. .Travel is logical for travel sites but that is one business sector, it's difficult for any extension that focuses on one sector to grow because it's only going to work with a narrow range keywords.

Most blockbuster keywords don't work with .travel but they are very brandable in .pro, e.g. Poker.pro, Blackjack.pro, Loan.pro, Mortgage.pro, Debt.pro, Business.pro, Money.pro. My view is that the raft of new gTLD's will open people's minds to new extensions and existing extensions like .tv, .me and .pro will do well because in a market saturated with extensions, people will focus on ageing, branding and keyword appeal breadth. Restrictions hold .pro back, when they were slightly relaxed, registrations rose eightfold. If they are removed altogether, registrations will rise by the same multiple again.

I sold Switch.pro for $2,000 in Nov 09 to a Japanese lighting engineer, Booking.pro to Booking.com for $7,500 in the same month, and Touch.pro for $1,500 to an established .com business TouchWindow.com this month. I hand regged Switch.pro and Touch.pro for $99 in late 07 and bought Booking.pro for $2,000 on NP at the end of 07. From my experience, greater knowledge of more extensions is improving my .pro sales not holding them back.

I hold some fantastic .infos, for example Prices.info, Rates.info, Savings.info, Coupons.info but I have never received one offer for more than I paid, and I've only ever sold one .info, FamilyTree.info, and that was at cost. The average domainer's perception of pecking order doesn't always match the bottom line. New gTLDs will make a smaller and smaller splash until people stop speculating altogether because it won't be worth while even for top keywords. I don't think the new ones will push the old ones back, the new ones will become irrelevant because just about anything regged up until now will be more aged and rank better.

I agree that top .coms will be unaffected by the raft on new gTLD's, I added my first LLL.com at the end of 09 based on this logic, but second and third tier .coms will be hit. If you can buy something brandable and memorable like Touch.pro for a relatively modest sum, fewer people are going to buy close substitute key phrases like TouchWindow.com (in this case a substitute for TouchScreen) on the aftermarket.

 

[Gerrit]

Info
Mobi
Biz
US
CC
WS

None of these is worth registering loose domains unless you find that rare jewel in a drop or a domain on a topic that you have specialized knowledge about. Info has a lot of regs but little development. Mobi has some development for a new extension and may still have potential. Biz is showing signs of life after being laughed about for years. US is rarely used in the USA, it could eventually catch on, but there is no sign of it and "eventually" for domains is expensive. CC and WS are rarely used. TV has a little development but the high registration prices keep me away. DE is great if you speak the language. I do not know if CO.UK is open to non-residents, regardless I would be concerned about the eventual opening of .UK without the CO.

Another concern is the impending release of many more extensions that will pull in money that would normally go to these extensions. This sector is about to be flooded.

.CO.UK is open to anyone wishing to register, no British ID or address needed. The prices, when using the right registrar (use a UK based one for low prices) tend to be quite low and Nominet is one of the better organised registries.

On top of that, .CO.UK ranks amongst the 5 most widely used ccTLDs in the world and is quite famous outside of the UK as well due to the number of famous artists, shows, sports teams etc from Britain who have support all over the world. A great ccTLD if you ask me.

.UK will not likely become available without the .CO ; the Britons are used so much to .CO.UK that using just .UK would be alienating to them. .CO.UK is there to stay. Don't waste your time on .org.uk or .me.uk though as they are rarely used, .CO.UK is the king within the UK.

 

[namewaiter]

can someone remind me again how to put someone on an ignore list?

 

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