discuss Where .com is Not King

[ixex]

Where in the world is .com not king?

Where that other extensions are more popular, accepted, etc.?

Any other heavy rival extensions in the world regions, demographics, other than ccltds?

 

[SirDrago]

If and when India catches up (1.3 billion population), .in will be in top 3.

I agree whole heartily
.in is where the next eCom bubble will be. IMO

 

[Bob Hawkes]

This is how CENTR report state in Europe in their most recent summary report ( late fall 2019)

"Across the continent, country market share for local ccTLDs is 54% on average, based on registrants based in the country. For almost all countries, the local ccTLD is the largest by local registrations, followed generally by .com or .eu."​

 

[abdou01]

There's also the possibility that the asking price from HugeDomains for the .com was out of reach for the buyer.

No my asking price was higher than HugeDomains's,

 

[manpreet]

.in in India after the .com

 

[topdom]

I think in Italy and Turkey .net is comparable to .com but I'm not sure.

In UK, if people don't prefer .com, then they should drop .co in their .co.uk, but they don't. It is like Germans preferring .co.de to .de. Very strange.

In Russia, I suspect .biz and .pro are more popular compared to other countries.

Can .biz replace .com after corona?

 

[donnied79]

In quite every country of the world, except USA, .com is NOT the king.
King is the local ccTLD.
In Italy you have most of the famous website on .it, same in Spain for .es, Germany for .de, France for .fr etc.
And in countries where it's not yet, like India with .in, it will be in the future.
.com is the King globally but locally it's not even a competition.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

And I started a one man revolution for .IE .....that's because I'm Kook.ie

You either did an amazing solo job or got some help along the way @Reddstagg, as CENTR in their last report single it, and a couple others, out.

"The Irish ccTLD (.ie) has performed particularly well, having recorded high growth and an increased global Cisco rank. It has done this without compromising its renewal ratio which is above the European average, and also by keeping deletions low."​

Best wishes to all investing in .ie.
Bob

 

[ixex]

One more thing - the language. For English words/phrases .com makes sense. For some languages like Spanish, that are used across many countries, makes some sense as well. But for languages that are spoken mainly in one or two countries, ccTLDs will perform an order of magnitude better. .com will be seen as inferior in lots of cases. Secondary choice at best.

Interesting point.

 

[ixex]

I think in Italy and Turkey .net is comparable to .com but I'm not sure.

In UK, if people don't prefer .com, then they should drop .co in their .co.uk, but they don't. It is like Germans preferring .co.de to .de. Very strange.

In Russia, I suspect .biz and .pro are more popular compared to other countries.

Can .biz replace .com after corona?

"In Russia, I suspect .biz and .pro are more popular compared to other countries."

Interesting

 

[Reddstagg]

You either did an amazing solo job or got some help along the way @Reddstagg, as CENTR in their last report single it, and a couple others, out.

"The Irish ccTLD (.ie) has performed particularly well, having recorded high growth and an increased global Cisco rank. It has done this without compromising its renewal ratio which is above the European average, and also by keeping deletions low."​

Best wishes to all investing in .ie.
Bob

Good afternoon Bob,

I have 31 .IE domains now so I guess a few other people have registered some too.

Viva la revolution.ie

Regards,

Redd

 

[Furquan]

Don't know where but for me .com is not king.

Here is the last 28 days performance of my autopilot website which I build on .pw domain. Yeah you read it clearly. It's a .PW domain beating many of its .com competitors in Google search.

Ps:- I am domainer too, so I always tell my customer .com is king

 

[Bob Hawkes]

What is a king?
I mean that somewhat seriously. When we say domain is king, do we mean by registrations, impact, respect, website use, aftermarket sales, etc.
Also, this is obvious, but .com can be king overall, without necessarily being king many places outside the us on a regional basis.
Another question I have is, do you think .com is more king, less king, or about the same as say a decade ago?
Thanks for all the interesting replies already in this thread.
Bob

 

[topdom]

.com is more king than before, and I think .net suffered most from new tlds. For example I had recovered from being a poor student 10-15 years ago and became almost a businessman, and I was not interested in paying more than 5K for a 3 letter .com (something like ANR.com), and what would be the asking price for such a domain today, start with 1M counteroffer and eventually sell for 150K. On the other hand during landrushes I was willing to pay 5K (5 times my salary) for some .info's: how stupid.

 

[ixex]

Don't know where but for me .com is not king.

Here is the last 28 days performance of my autopilot website which I build on .pw domain. Yeah you read it clearly. It's a .PW domain beating many of its .com competitors in Google search.
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Ps:- I am domainer too, so I always tell my customer .com is king

LOL Wow!

 

[Ostrados]

the OP said excluding ccTLDs and the thread turned to be exclusively about ccTLDs discussion lol

If we exclude ccTLDs then .com will almost always be king except in some few situations like:

• .org for non-profit & NGOs is much better than .com
• .edu for educational institutions
• .gov for governmental institutions
• clever domain hacks like these ending with ly
• url shortners

 

[ixex]

the OP said excluding ccTLDs and the thread turned to be exclusively about ccTLDs discussion lol

If we exclude ccTLDs then .com will almost always be king except in some few situations like:

• .org for non-profit & NGOs is much better than .com
• .edu for educational institutions
• .gov for governmental institutions
• clever domain hacks like these ending with ly
• url shortners

Thanks, but thats ok..it never came to me, the extent of detail of education and information about ccTLDs would come out of this for these types of domain extensions rivaling (versus) the .com LOL

Also thanks for your list. This list references USA activity more specifically correct?

 

[Ostrados]

Thanks, but thats ok..it never came to me, the extent of detail of education and information about ccTLDs would come out of this for these types of domain extensions rivaling (versus) the .com LOL

Also thanks for your list. This list references USA activity more specifically correct?

.edu & .gov I think in US only
.org is globally used

 

[ixex]

So @koolishman stated earlier in the thread that .com ranks top at about 40% globally, so from the heavy discussion regarding rival ccTLDs. ccTLDs cover around 50% if not more, as top extensions at the global level, minus the U.S.

From what I am also understanding is that .com rules in the USA. But outside of the U.S., its status can scale down quickly depending on any specific world region.

Thank you

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I apologize for, like many others, not picking up on the except country code reference in OP. But anyway, we have a nice discussion of country code going now .

In @jmcc recent book he makes the point that it is the large number of adoptions and use by small businesses that really drive a TLD to succeed (hopefully paraphrasing that accurately). I think in a fair chunk of the Earth, we see that if you look at the majority of active websites, like real authentic ones, the country code has a slight lead, but if we look at say the top 100 or something, then .com will dominate. I would say that is true in Canada, and from what I read seems so in much of Europe. So who is king kind of depends on definition of king. A TLD like .de can be very strong in Germany, but in global impact, since most of use in Germany and a few other countries, not so much. But in Germany, it may well be king.

As a global presence, I can't see in near future anyone coming close to .com. However, particularly if politics continues to fracture globalization, it is possible that in many parts of the world country codes will become even stronger.

I don't see .org or .net in a position to challenge .com, nor do i see .co, .io etc. They will continue to probably grow use, but nowhere near to .com.

Most of the new extensions are meant to be niche players. That does not mean that they can't be successful in those niches, just that only a few (like .xyz) are general purpose like .com is (and those few don't seem destined for dominance). I think it is possible, but unlikely, that an extension like .news might become a challenge in the news sector, and others in other niches, so collectively they might dent the .com dominance a bit, but we are nowhere near actually seeing that yet.

I see, unlike some or many probably, that the dominance of .com will slowly weaken, but it will still be #1 for a long time. Probably much longer than my horizon in domain names.

Bob

 

[ixex]

I apologize for, like many others, not picking up on the except country code reference in OP. But anyway, we have a nice discussion of country code going now .

In @jmcc recent book he makes the point that it is the large number of adoptions and use by small businesses that really drive a TLD to succeed (hopefully paraphrasing that accurately). I think in a fair chunk of the Earth, we see that if you look at the majority of active websites, like real authentic ones, the country code has a slight lead, but if we look at say the top 100 or something, then .com will dominate. I would say that is true in Canada, and from what I read seems so in much of Europe. So who is king kind of depends on definition of king. A TLD like .de can be very strong in Germany, but in global impact, since most of use in Germany and a few other countries, not so much. But in Germany, it may well be king.

As a global presence, I can't see in near future anyone coming close to .com. However, particularly if politics continues to fracture globalization, it is possible that in many parts of the world country codes will become even stronger.

I don't see .org or .net in a position to challenge .com, nor do i see .co, .io etc. They will continue to probably grow use, but nowhere near to .com.

Most of the new extensions are meant to be niche players. That does not mean that they can't be successful in those niches, just that only a few (like .xyz) are general purpose like .com is (and those few don't seem destined for dominance). I think it is possible, but unlikely, that an extension like .news might become a challenge in the news sector, and others in other niches, so collectively they might dent the .com dominance a bit, but we are nowhere near actually seeing that yet.

I see, unlike some or many probably, that the dominance of .com will slowly weaken, but it will still be #1 for a long time. Probably much longer than my horizon in domain names.

Bob

I apologize for, like many others, not picking up on the except country code reference in OP. But anyway, we have a nice discussion of country code going now .

No worries Bob!, if I knew it was going to be this informative and nice, I would not have written that in to begin with LOL