opinion Which suffix do you think will be the next .COM and why ？

[jim h]

After decades of development,.Com domain name has been basically saturated, and there is no good investment opportunity in the existing market like before.So..

Which suffix do you think will be the next .com and why ？（Or close to its height）
Or
Do you think the domain name system will be replaced gradually ？By what?（Within ten years）

Welcome to leave your opinion.

 

[jim h]

I had an exactly same idea in mind but due to it must be a country tld so I think it’s lack of international image. Another reason is that China restrict using other cctld as legit domain name except.co so it’s gonna lose 1.3 billion potential end users.

so I tend to invest .xyz it’s 3D axes in animation engines and I think it make sense for vr.

You're right about the truth.

 

[CraigD]

This news is really strange.

Hi Jim.
Why do you say strange?
Don't forget that is an historical 2011 criticism before it went ahead.

I forgot to post the link to that page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain

 

[jim h]

you

Hi Jim.
Why do you say strange?
Don't forget that is an historical 2011 criticism before it went ahead.

I forgot to post the link to that page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain

Thank you.

 

[alcy]

.none

 

[FolioTeam]

None

 

[manpreet]

After decades of development,.Com domain name has been basically saturated, and there is no good investment opportunity in the existing market like before.So..

Which suffix do you think will be the next .com and why ？（Or close to its height）
Or
Do you think the domain name system will be replaced gradually ？By what?（Within ten years）

Welcome to leave your opinion.

I am not commenting about the ccTLDs but .io seems to be pretty strong lately.

 

[Jimmysun]

If there is Louis Vuitton there must be eg. Prada, Gucci, Polo around(different design different styles and different clients), much same in the domain world.(different extensions different meaning and different areas)
From 1946-1964 there was baby boom that’s made today real estate flourish, in other hand, in past 20 years was internet boom that will make next 50 years domain industry flourish.

 

[jim h]

Hard to replace the .com

Probably won’t ever happen, but I do agree that the .vr domain has a lot of potential especially with everything being in Virtual Reality in the future.

. com is indeed hard to replace, but I think with the emergence of new technologies, there will be new words generated and converted into domain names, such as new biotechnology, aerospace technology, blockchain technology, VR / AR and so on. These words will continue to grow.com.

 

[Daniel Owens]

Which suffix do you think will be the next .com and why ？（Or close to its height）
ecom is expected to replace .com the instant .ecom becomes available.
Do you think the domain name system will be replaced gradually ？By what?（Within ten years）In less than 10 years domains will be replaced by apps.

 

[CraigD]

In less than 10 years domains will be replaced by apps

Daniel,
I'm not sure how an address can be replaced with an app.
It would still need users to be identified to a registration system or email or something tangible.
Could you explain please?

PS: I've never heard of .ecom.
Edit:
OK found it: https://icannwiki.org/.ecom

Still, I disagee.

 

[CraigD]

.ecom is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The applicant is Ecommerce Inc.[1]

I heard it for the first time. Some kind of interesting

Yes first time I have heard of it also.
From the ICAAN link I posted it appears this extension was first proposed in 2012? and I can find nothing to confirm it went ahead, so I'm not sure how the OP considers that "ecom is expected to replace .com the instant .ecom becomes available" - that's a really really really big call in my opinion.
Nothing NEW replaces something tried and true, instantly.

 

[Pazu]

OP's premise is a little off. There will be no extension to be the next .com as it has already held up over the test of time and is universal and in the mass psyche, while other extensions only have niche interest. Also, I don't believe it's valid to say there is no good investment opportunity in .com.

I like seeing the optimism for VR taking over as the next platform, but actually, I think .XR would make a lot more sense than .VR. I anticipate both will eventually come to be in the next 10 - 20 years as WebXR becomes widely used. But from a recent experiment, I can tell you all that people aren't ready for WebXR quite yet.

 

[jim h]

Definitely .cyou

It has just the right combination of meaninglessness and forgetablity to really give .COM a run for its money.

Not...

I don't believe that there ever will be a new king unless there's a need for it. It might not be the Internet as we know it, but there will need to be some kind of unforseen evolution to knock it off the top spot.

Some people thought that would be mobile apps, but it didn't happen.

You are right. There may be an unpredictable future.

 

[jim h]

If you are talking about next .com it should be using it in general and worldwide international purpose, I would say is .xyz, of course .com seemed the most branding choice due to its solid means Commercial , Company or Community, etc.
The reason I say is .xyz because naturally it has rebellious potentials in looking it’s very bold and easily stand out of other extensions, I believe especially designers like it, the other clue is when I walk down the streets young people are looking more and more personalized and ego in their dressing, it’s obvious the whole world is getting neutral the color getting purple and the homos are rising up, also women leaders and presidents coming out.
2. In natural I think most American don’t like words X and Y and Z (except tech industries) Because I see a clue that there are merely has those words in states, Texas is only one has X for example.
3. There are many countries are developing out of US such as Africa, Asia, Middle Asia, South Asia etc. they are new internet populations in next 10years, they don’t have the same emotion that how the way American see .com, it’s like you knew “A-li-A-Do” in Japanese means “Thank you” but you don’t have any feeling per se, instead they like words X,Y,Z etc.
4. The world is going more digital including digital currencies, VR, 3D, 5G, if next 10 years people consider their 2nd world is in virtual reality, I think .xyz will become next trends in domain world, I think it’s reasonable because .xyz the first adoption functioning as digital wallet, think of that if you play games in VR and you earn BTC and ETH in the game and cash out in Exchange, that would be definitely the 2nd real world and I definitely think it will happen in the future, right now the 2D games with crypto currency in online page is just a transitional period.
5. Any domains want to mimic .com I think will fail eventually I don’t see why we need .co, just like I said before it’s fake Rolex, fake Rolex has good market in the world definitely.
6. People say no matter what .xyz is meaningless it’s nothing whatsoever angrily, that the other reason I investing it, it’s too obvious why they hate it, because their heart can feel it.
Above are the reasons I invest it not pig headed it.

XYZ is really a strong growth one, CO is a fake Rolex metaphor is very vivid.

 

[Recons.Com]

The number of startups in general have increased over the years up until 2019. The chart below shows around 250,000 business startups per quarter in the US. So right around 1,000,000 per year. That is big.

There will always be a percentage of the population that are business owners.

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In March, at the start of the pandemic, I had my highest sales month in my 17 years of domain investing at over $40k. Once things get back on track, I don't see anything as declining.

What matters is the delta and it is only 20-30 thousand × 4 per year per chart. And that is not just startups in tech meaning, but also mom and pop shops, landscapers etc who often work without a website or rely on an awful domain for business.

 

[Recons.Com]

I'm not following. Why would the delta matter if the number of new businesses keep rising?

I only posted that chart because the OP was saying "The demand for domain names is shrinking. After all, there are not so many new start-ups every year, and the demand is limited.". The chart shows they are not declining in any way whatsoever. There is a limited population here, businesses can't double each year (also shown in the chart).

That chart is only births and deaths. We aren't selling to businesses going under anyway, right? If an old business drops a name, the incoming one still likely needs to buy their name. I realize many businesses don't have one, but even my landscaper has one.

The demand is not shrinking, but also not growing by 250k a quarter, as there are also businesses dying and names get released back. The demand for investment grade names may be shrinking because there is so much trashy name choices, as well as mediocre name choices

 

[Jimmysun]

In next 10-15 years more people will work individually as freelancer based on new tech, some of domain values will have been scattered.

 

[jim h]

In next 10-15 years more people will work individually as freelancer based on new tech, some of domain values will have been scattered.

So the use of domain names will increase.

 

[Jimmysun]

Even though an app essentially need a domain name like house numbers, internet users and domain need will increase, but the bad news is the domain’s value will decrease a lot, Finally the winner is registries and registrars, the brokers and investors will be diminishing, famous companies still will prefer to have a good domain.

 

[namealbum.com]

I can't compare .com with any TLDs but I think .app and .ai is good for future. Thanks.

 

[jim h]

I think the domain name system will be OK, but the number of CN may be close to COM.

 

[jim h]

hmmm interesting question.

I've always been partial to the idea that someone should buy a cheap island somewhere in third world country.

Call it Victoria Royal or Rainbow or Raven or even Virtual Reality.

And then apply for .vr domain extension

plenty of companies using the "suffix" of VR to make .vr valuable.

very forward-looking point of view， thank you.

 

[jim h]

I mean just look at .to and .io

Also, I remember watching a tv show once where some native fishing village were processing clams and shells for food and just dumping them in the middle of the ocean that at some point there was so many shells that it created an island.

Don't know what the rules are as far as getting a status of your own island country but this would work. lol

.io is a good one .

 

[jim h]

A lot of people told me that some of them have no customers. I think it's a market problem. The demand for domain names is shrinking. After all, there are not so many new start-ups every year, and the demand is limited. The trading between middlemen is also an important part of the domain name market. Therefore, it is less likely that the domain name system will be replaced in a short time. After all, the number of existing users is huge.