Whats the next hottest CCTLD?

[startupsold]

Hi, what do you think would be the next big CCTLD? .cn is gaining some ground, what else? Are CCTLDs valuations based on a country's economic growth? what are some other attributes considered to valuate these domains?

 

[domainpundit]

I personally believe next hot extension is .IN and i cant see any close competitor to .IN for fundamental reasons.

Branding :

• .IN short and easy to use and remember , also a english dictironary word
• Great potential to brand like . INsurance , .INfo, .INvestment , .INc, .INternatinal, .INstrument, .INk.. like many similar branding opportunities
• A great domain hack potential too like Kev.in , berl.in ..etc
• Open registration for all , so anyone can use

Usage Scope:

• Its a country code for the 1.3 billion population, by 2022 the worlds largest populated country will be India
• Many new tech start ups are coming in Under Make In INdia Initiative and many of them are getting started using .IN
• Number of internet users are around 400 million and more and more internet users will be coming in future

Pricing:

• Registration cost for first year is 3 USD and renewals are avaialble as low as 6.5 USD, holding a name for 3 years only cost 16 USD , so very attractive on pricing end

Reseller market:
There is a nice reseller market but no one can see it until they enter inside that.. many sales happened at INF , as the dedicated forum for .IN domainers. So the reseller activity at namepros is little..

In terms of Indians , awareness is very little.. so the reseller prices are much lower than any other popular extenstion and makes it more attractive to focus..


Availability for hand registrations:
below are unavailable
3N.in, 4N.in , 5N.in chips , many 6N.in patterns are unavailable too
3L.in , CVCV.in , AAAB.in or BAAA.in patterns
Most of keywords are registered too

At the same time the total number of registrations reported around September 2015 are 1.7 million names, very likely it could have crossed 2 million ( not announced officially , so cant be accurate ).. which makes attractive to find many nice gems with little hardwork.

with all the above reasons i would like to stay with .IN and i cant see any other extension is offering close enough advantages..

 

[SuperDomains.com]

Hi, what do you think would be the next big CCTLD? .cn is gaining some ground, what else? Are CCTLDs valuations based on a country's economic growth? what are some other attributes considered to valuate these domains?

I think .com will be king. Even in China, most people prefer to register .com domains so that they can give the illusion of being an American company which allows them to export their goods easier. Americans would buy from a .com domain and have products delivered from anywhere rather than make a purchase from a .cn domain.

This is not to say that country code domains aren't valuable. They are...just not nearly as valuable as the .com sld.

 

[Tushar Batra]

I think .com will be king. Even in China, most people prefer to register .com domains so that they can give the illusion of being an American company which allows them to export their goods easier. Americans would buy from a .com domain and have products delivered from anywhere rather than make a purchase from a .cn domain.

This is not to say that country code domains aren't valuable. They are...just not nearly as valuable as the .com sld.

.Com is King and everyone knows it when you are targeting globally. But country code domains are very valuable too.

For Example, Amazon using .com for there global site but uses .IN to represent India , .co.uk to represent UK , .ca to represent Canada

In my Opinion .IN and .co.in will be next hottest cctld. As @domainpundit wrote earlier there is huge opportunity , low cost , huge market to target , great potential for usability and overall unlike many cctld its open for all.

 

[TRY]

It sounds ironic to suggest .tv and .us are the next bubble because everyone knows they are already dead extensions. What evidence can you share that anything in these 2 extensions shows any sign of life. Or is it because they have no life that you

It sounds ironic to suggest .tv and .us are the next bubble because everyone knows they are already dead extensions. What evidence can you share that anything in these 2 extensions shows any sign of life. Or is it because they have no life that you are specuating these will become bubbles next?

For .us and .tv I believe 1 word generics not any word but those that are relevant, 3l's, 3n's,..

It sounds ironic to suggest .tv and .us are the next bubble because everyone knows they are already dead extensions. What evidence can you share that anything in these 2 extensions shows any sign of life.
Or is it because they have no life that you are specuating these will become bubbles next?

It sounds ironic to suggest .tv and .us are the next bubble because everyone knows they are already dead extensions. What evidence can you share that anything in these 2 extensions shows any sign of life. Or is it because they have no life that you are specuating these will become bubbles next?

,....us value is apparent regardless of aftermarket acceptance, what you choose to the left of the dot is just as important though. if your looking to flip I'd look at 3 and 4l.org's chips and premium letters and patterns. Seems the natural progression for chinese investments, I myself acquired a few chip .orgs and expect activity to start within couple months, just my personal opinion.

 

[domainpundit]

.Com is King and everyone knows it when you are targeting globally. But country code domains are very valuable too.

For Example, Amazon using .com for there global site but uses .IN to represent India , .co.uk to represent UK , .ca to represent Canada

In my Opinion .IN and .co.in will be next hottest cctld. As @domainpundit wrote earlier there is huge opportunity , low cost , huge market to target , great potential for usability and overall unlike many cctld its open for all.

Well said Tushar.. 100% agree, .COM is the king .. where its comes to next CCTLD its .IN.. India has almost 18.5% of the world population and .IN is open for all.. these two are good enough to increase the value for .IN names compare to any other CCTLDs , Its also has the second largest english spoken language in the world and very soon it will be number one on that aspect too.. English is the common business language In India , so any multinationals can enter with ease.. in terms of the prices .IN names are still undervalued compare to the strengths it has Per example still people can buy LLL.in names below 200 ( offcourse very few ) , where as .COM lowest price is close to 16 to 20K USD.. without much doubts i can invest into .IN names as I strongly believe the future hot extension is .IN.

 

[dezinerite]

I like .cc and .co

Can anyone please share what .io is an abbreviation for, what it's used for? I don't quite get it.

I think for obvious reasons .me and .in also appeals to many. I'm not quite into them though.

 

[koskov]

I like .cc and .co

Can anyone please share what .io is an abbreviation for, what it's used for? I don't quite get it.

I think for obvious reasons .me and .in also appeals to many. I'm not quite into them though.

.IO stands for Indian Ocean. However many tech startups like this TLD, since it sounds like an abbreviation to Input/Output

 

[namerav]

One of the top ccTLDs .ME crossed 1 million domain name registrations.

 

[Name Trader]

Using my binoculars, I quite like .it But somehow doubt it will attract much Chinese investment.

 

[domaindia]

.in is on fire...

LLL floor (any combinations - we don't discriminate) has crossed $200+ from $65 in November
NNNN have also doubled in price since July - scattered will find one or two in the low $$$ range
NNN are almost as rare as the Kohinoor - no ones selling any for less than $,$$$
Keywords getting double the inquiries from a year ago - (lots of lowball offers, nevertheless showing increase in interest level)

.in for internet, international, incorporate

 

[domainpundit]

.in is on fire...

LLL floor (any combinations - we don't discriminate) has crossed $200+ from $65 in November
NNNN have also doubled in price since July - scattered will find one or two in the low $$$ range
NNN are almost as rare as the Kohinoor - no ones selling any for less than $,$$$
Keywords getting double the inquiries from a year ago - (lots of lowball offers, nevertheless showing increase in interest level)

.in for internet, international, incorporate

.IN is the next hot extension despite of who agree or disagreee. fundamentals speaks for it.. I am agressively buying lll.in, nnn.in and keyword.in names. i wouldnt mind invest more into .IN i can see my investments are multiplied by few times.. .IN is definitely next hot extension

 

[TRY]

Why is it that I can find scan results of new gtlds, various cctlds, but not one person scanned .us. or did I miss a post somewhere?

 

[Name Trader]

Why is it that I can find scan results of new gtlds, various cctlds, but not one person scanned .us. or did I miss a post somewhere?

Because none of the speculators expect .us to take off any time soon. Maybe

 

[kemjika11]

.IN...fundamentals speaks for it..

NUFF SAID!!!!!!!! domaining = usually about fundamentals.