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Share your newly registered new gTLD domains.
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Share your newly registered new gTLD domains.
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why numerics ?
010: district tel code,stands for Beijing.
020: stands for Guangzhou.
Chinese people understand it.
Sure, from a business perspective it is always better to play it safe and go with what's "tried and true", but the ones who take risks are the ones who will likely be at the forefront, leading and becoming part of the change, while the rest of us are left behind playing catch up.
i thought the same thing with mobi...oh the mobile web..its going to be huge, etc. i spent 10k on mobi domains that are now completely and utterly worthless. so much for taking a risk and being at the forefront. same goes for those who invested in biz, tel, asia, pw, ws...etcThere can only be two outcomes in varunsash's case. He could very well be wrong and most of those gtlds never take off and his investment ends up in a failure. The worst that can happen is he lost a couple hundreds (or thousands if he goes further). Or he may be right after all and these early registrations become sought after in a few years.
I'm just going to say I welcome these gtlds and his way of thinking. It's a nice change and broadens the scope of things and opportunities to end-users and small businesses. People can't be that shortsighted expecting things will always be the way they are in the present time. Things are always evolving and you never know what will come next.
Sure, from a business perspective it is always better to play it safe and go with what's "tried and true", but the ones who take risks are the ones who will likely be at the forefront, leading and becoming part of the change, while the rest of us are left behind playing catch up.
Just my opinion. I myself have registered a few of them, but not that many (like 5 or 6). I will register more as they come along if they're too good to pass on and some I plan to develop. I'll still be on the lookout for some good .com's as always, though. That won't change.
i thought the same thing with mobi...oh the mobile web..its going to be huge, etc. i spent 10k on mobi domains that are now completely and utterly worthless. so much for taking a risk and being at the forefront. same goes for those who invested in biz, tel, asia, pw, ws...etc
lets be real and stop kidding ourselves though. there is nothing new or innovative about words seperated by a dot. thats all these domains are. don't fall for the marketing BS hype. they aren't going to bring anything new to the internet. domain hacks have been around for 15 years or more. at the end of the day i only care about how the general public will see them. if they do take off, sure i want some but i am not going to fool myself into thinking these domains are any different than any else that hasn't already been done.
You mirrored what I had just said in the "I Hate gTLDs" thread, for what it's worth.i thought the same thing with mobi...oh the mobile web..its going to be huge, etc. i spent 10k on mobi domains that are now completely and utterly worthless. so much for taking a risk and being at the forefront. same goes for those who invested in biz, tel, asia, pw, ws...etc
lets be real and stop kidding ourselves though. there is nothing new or innovative about words seperated by a dot. thats all these domains are. don't fall for the marketing BS hype. they aren't going to bring anything new to the internet. domain hacks have been around for 15 years or more. at the end of the day i only care about how the general public will see them. if they do take off, sure i want some but i am not going to fool myself into thinking these domains are any different than any else that hasn't already been done.
Okay, they are real words. Doesn't mean they are much better, or that people will take you seriously :lala:domain hacks like THIS in EVERY category have not been around 15 years.
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what "full word" domain hacks have been around 15 years?
my point is they're just words seperated by a dot. there is no technological advancement. they offer more choices, that's it.domain hacks like THIS in EVERY category have not been around 15 years.
full words with actual meaning? beyond .travel, .pro, .name and .asia im not sure what you're referring to.. this is all very new... the sheer numbers and options in every category is new. what "full word" domain hacks have been around 15 years?
domain hacks like THIS in EVERY category have not been around 15 years.
full words with actual meaning? beyond .travel, .pro, .name and .asia im not sure what you're referring to.. this is all very new... the sheer numbers and options in every category is new. what "full word" domain hacks have been around 15 years?
NET is a dictionary word and has been around since day 1
bah.. so we got .net, .travel, .pro, .asia and .name
the sudden influx of 1,000some real word TLD's gives the registrars more incentive than ever before to sell these things front and center. they didnt have that same incentive sharing registrations from .mobi, .biz, .name and 10 others throughout 10 years...
people that are claiming you wont be taken seriously if you use one of these new gTLD are oversimplifying things.. they said the same thing when people started using facebook pages for their business.. people do it all the time now. its not the life or death of a business and is nowhere near as absolute as dont-mainers pretend it is... if your website/business fails simply because of the domain then you were probably doing 12 other things wrong or not up to par.. it probably wasnt just the domain.
You want control over your business. You should always have your own site.
its not always true. i've been operating for 11 years without "my own website."
i use other platforms and a .US domain for my direct email...before that i used .info.. if i wanted to use a .solutions or .computer domain for my email or a shortcut URL that links to my ebay/amazon selling page that'd work too. why wouldnt it?
bah.. so we got .net, .travel, .pro, .asia and .name
the sudden influx of 1,000some real word TLD's gives the registrars more incentive than ever before to sell these things front and center. they didnt have that same incentive sharing registrations from .mobi, .biz, .name and 10 others throughout 10 years...
people that are claiming you wont be taken seriously if you use one of these new gTLD are oversimplifying things.. they said the same thing when people started using facebook pages for their business.. people do it all the time now. its not the life or death of a business and is nowhere near as absolute as dont-mainers pretend it is... if your website/business fails simply because of the domain then you were probably doing 12 other things wrong or not up to par.. it probably wasnt just the domain.
I was talking about a real business, had something bigger in mind. Plus, if you're a domainer, it's not selling something like physical products, where carts come into play, product catalog etc. Your mentioning businesses just using FB for business, is also an argument against them needing any domain, including the new ones.
I was talking about a real business, had something bigger in mind. Plus, if you're a domainer, it's not selling something like physical products, where carts come into play, product catalog etc.
Your mentioning businesses just using FB for business, is also an argument against them needing any domain, including the new ones.
Business is about profits, what's un-real about mjnels profits? These suposed distinctions are increasingly becoming bogus.
i am a real business. cash is generated, i sell and ship physical products and i've been doing this 11 years. i dont sell domains for a living.
its not always true. i've been operating for 11 years without "my own website."
i use other platforms and a .US domain for my direct email...before that i used .info.. if i wanted to use a .solutions or .computer domain for my email or a shortcut URL that links to my ebay/amazon selling page that'd work too. why wouldnt it?
As far as Facebook, it's fine as an addition to your site, for extra reach, traffic etc. But if that's the sole foundation of your business, you are stupid. Because pages get shut down from time to time, there are sometimes restrictions etc. You want control over your business. You should always have your own site.
and if they started showing competing ads on the top, bottom or side of your page, there is little you could do about it. thats the problem with using things like facebook, twitter, etc.
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or what? you'll fail?
i sell on ebay/amazon.. never had my own website. its 11 years later and im still making it work. my point here is you're trying too hard to oversimplify everything with statements like "if you sell physical products you need your own website... you're stupid if you dont"
its as dumb and uninformed as making statements like "if you use a gTLD you wont be credible"
theres more to it than that. other circumstances to consider.. like the creativity and actual IDEA behind the person doing it. dumb it down as much as you like but its not going to make it true.
they already do and have been for years, in fact right below, above and the side of my listings there are hundreds of other sellers. there are different ways to compete is my point.
I didn't say you would fail. We were talking about new gtlds and if you're a business, yes, I think you go with what works, is the most flexible. And yes, while you can make a living on other platforms, I'm always going to think it's better having your own site, control, when selling products. Usually the businesses that buy domains are thinking more than just url forwarding. Usually businesses when asked, where are you located, can tell me. You would give me an ebay url?
In the context of new gtlds or any gtlds, they are usually bought by end users to build on.