What will be the biggest flop in '08?

[jacal1]

By the way, this IS an "official" thread - in case you were wondering :hehe: .

My guesses for biggest flops:

dictionary words with no commercial connection

.us

.tv

"brandable" nonsense words

LLLLs in anything but .com

all but the 4-5 biggest silent auctions (or was that '07?)

.biz (or was that '06?)

 

[evilopinions]

LLLL.com will be the biggest flops. Even if they do sell out I see many investors holding on to bulk llll.com domains. I just dont see an end user using a domain like wpsr.com or 6Yu8.com or 9IXZ.com. These have to be the biggest flop.

Its like the Shares. The resellers keep on buying the LLLL.com and keep on talking about it so that there is a abuzz about and prices tend to go up but at the end of the day when the truth is out it seems and is the biggest scam ever on earth.

Thats just my 2 cents.

 

[nrmillions]

In the first place, having a 4 lettered TLD for people to type on a mobile platform is almost begging for typos and frustrating searches.

Which is longer with more letters and dots and has a higher chance of a typo and will take longer to type in your phone?

mobile.domainname.com

domainname.mobi

I think .mobi will be far from being a flop in '08.

As for autodetection what if you want to view the full .com on your phone and not a mobile version and you dont want it to autodetect? Its also a pain to use full .com sites on an iPhone when you have to zoom and scroll. You will always have to zoom and scroll on phones because a phone screen is not going to be the same size as a computer screen. Sometimes you just want relevant info quickly when you are on your phone and dont want to go through a whole site. Also .mobi can coexist with .com. One company can sell ringtones on ringtones.com and make a mobile version of it and another company can sell their ringtones on ringtones.mobi. If a site is developed properly with funding then the extension doesnt really matter such as last.fm, and .mobi will still show up in mobile search engines.

 

[texasgamer]

.Tel
nuff said :_

 

[whitebark]

I see a lot of people saying .us will flop - doesn't a domain ext have to take off first before it can flop? Don't get me wrong I like .us - but the question has to be asked - will Americans EVER come around to liking AND using their cctld like other industrialized nations?

If idn's come in like they should many English domains on cctlds will probably sink in price.

 

[skylineleong]

.aero ?

 

[poker_bears]

LLLL.com will be the biggest flops.

I'm saving this comment for laughs. Gonna be fun to point people to this comment for years down the line.

 

[htmlindex]

.asia
.name
.aero
.coop
.tel

i agree- .tv.

it would be great if everyone just let their names drop, or maybe sell them for a buck or two- i might be able to find someone to take this extension off your hands real cheap. if you have .tv's, might be best to get out now while you can still make a buck- by all means, pm me and i would be happy to make the sacrifice, and take them off your hands.

thanks!

Or better still, if you have any decent .tv names, I'll take them off your hands for $2, before they all become worthless.

You guys really think .TV is going to flop hard? I surely hope not, but I guess within a year not much is going to change...

Yep, I'm buying .tv names for $2, better sell them quick.

 

[ssamriga]

LLLL.com will be the biggest flops. Even if they do sell out I see many investors holding on to bulk llll.com domains. I just dont see an end user using a domain like wpsr.com or 6Yu8.com or 9IXZ.com. These have to be the biggest flop. Thats just my 2 cents.

I don't get it? "even if they do sell out"? didn't they just sell out already? And how can you compare 6yu8.com to any LLLL.com?

Although I have to agree that the poorest quality LLLLs might not sell and some people who invested too much in these, not thinking about their renewal capacity can let many drop, too many for others to pick up, and that can lead to overall decrease in value of poor quality LLLLs, but never the good ones. Good LLLLs are surely not going to "flop" and continue to grow like LLLs.

As for the biggest flop of 2008 I think it could be .mobi, because people just have been paying unreasonably high amounts for these lately...

 

[Charley]

The expectations with .asia are not that high anyway... at least we don't get the constant overhype it's refreshing :]

There aren't many keywords to play with as mostly all have sunk into the pioneer program.

 

[accent]

Premium generic traffic domains will be the biggest flops.

(Well, everyone was slamming everyone else's collection, and that one was missed, except for the parking aspect.)

To out-perform any market you have to take risks, to try things that others believe will fail. Sometimes the others are right, sometimes you are right and the others will then say that they knew it all along.

::::sigh::::

 

[pergamon]

Definitely LLLLcom, it will be a blood bath. Don't think it will happen right away in 2008 but rather well into 2008. Prices need to rise first a bit further so stupid money buys in.

 

[Andrei P.]

the biggest flop IMO will be LLL.mobi if not in 08 then it will be the biggest flop in 09. because it will become obsolete extension.
1. There are almost no developed mobi sites. At least I haven't seen anyone!
2. Mobile devices are becoming better and better and you can view normal sites with them instead of feature-lacking mobile versions.
3. Even bid companies don't care about mobile versions. What then about small companies. The never needed LLL.infos!
4. If you want to make mobile version of site - do it at .com with autodetection of mobile browser and offering to choose between normal version and mobile.
4. LLL.infos are even now so hugely overpriced that I'm really mad But I will never buy even a single .mobi unless generic commercial one word.
5. .tel will be cheaper alternative to .mobi (if anyone ever needed .mobi that I'm very doubt of) and those companies who wanted .mobi will regfee .tel because telephones are the only devices that need mobile versions of sites.

 

[smashfactory]

.asia
.name
.aero
.coop
.tel



Or better still, if you have any decent .tv names, I'll take them off your hands for $2, before they all become worthless.



Yep, I'm buying .tv names for $2, better sell them quick.

aw man, i was gonna buy them nice article in forbes today on .tv. yep, its goin down the tubes! sell! sell!

 

[thetruman]

Premium generic traffic domains will be the biggest flops.

(Well, everyone was slamming everyone else's collection, and that one was missed, except for the parking aspect.)



::::sigh::::

Lol well said,I will slam some myself : two words (and over) composite domain name as search engines will be used more an more, then some minor countries with less then 50 millions inhab ext such as .pl, .ro etc

 

[Alex]

I just dont see an end user using a domain like wpsr.com or 6Yu8.com or 9IXZ.com.

Did you take a look at wpsr.com actually? It is developed by WPS REsources Corporation (now Integrys Energy Group).

As regards the flops, I think .mobi will be one to decrease in value though it will not totally flop in 08.

.biz was never in demand and won't be.

Regarding .com, I think L-ll.com 's and LL-L.com's will not keep value due to the limited demand.

Exotic cctld's will continue to not perform well, limited numbers of sales will occur with these. On the other hand strong cctld's will continue to grow in value.

 

[PowerUp]

Premium generic traffic domains will be the biggest flops.

(Well, everyone was slamming everyone else's collection, and that one was missed, except for the parking aspect.)

To out-perform any market you have to take risks, to try things that others believe will fail. Sometimes the others are right, sometimes you are right and the others will then say that they knew it all along.

::::sigh::::

Can you or someone explain? I don't understand what accentnepal said. I thought premium generic with typein traffic is the jewel of the crown.

 

[thetruman]

of course they are, he was just kidding :hehe: (and me too).
The fact is that this thread just tries to point out some negative connotations and sometime hurting portfolios with "thrown there" sentences

 

[Deaol]

The Namepros aftermarket... there seems to be quite a few new registered memebers who are very uneducated that ruin sale threads, and the trend seems that it will only become a bigger issue in 08.

Anyways,

.tv, .mobi, asia, .name all will fail coming this new year.

 

[Jeff]

What will be the biggest flop in '08?

.MOBI hands down! :red: :imho:

.mobi will continue to be a disappointment to all the investors. There will be a huge lack of development, and new technology cell phones and pdas will make the need for a mobile site, just about obsolete.

Hammer. Head. Nail. :bingo:

Additionally, I believe there will be further exposure and shake-out from the H.Y.P.E. and hysteria that we saw in '07 in the .MOBI extension / mTLD / Usual Suspects™ "premium auctions", IMHO. The demise began (and greed intensified) when mTLD abandoned the RFP process!

Happy New Year '08! :santa:
-Jeff

 

[xman]

LLLL.com will be the biggest flops. Even if they do sell out I see many investors holding on to bulk llll.com domains. I just dont see an end user using a domain like wpsr.com or 6Yu8.com or 9IXZ.com. These have to be the biggest flop.

Its like the Shares. The resellers keep on buying the LLLL.com and keep on talking about it so that there is a abuzz about and prices tend to go up but at the end of the day when the truth is out it seems and is the biggest scam ever on earth.

Thats just my 2 cents.

FYI: 6Yu8.com and 9IXZ.com aren't LLLL.com but CCCC.com

Take your 2 cents back