discuss Why new gtld's exist?

[kite26]

My question is simple.Why all these new gtld's like .beer or .top?In other words why to say company.top when you have topcompany.com?Finally, i am the one who hates all these tld's?

 

[wwwweb]

I'll provide you with some of my favorites that I have registered, along with yearly renewal cost...

Domain Name, Premium?, Yearly Renewal

academic.work No $ 3.90
adult.click No $ 4.47
adult.guide Premium $ 72.60
adventure.guide Premium $ 108.90
alt.directory Premium $ 22.00
aqua.farm Premium $ 36.30
autoinsurance.exchange Premium $ 36.30
bartender.guide Premium $ 36.30
beacon.network No $ 15.90
beauty.deals Premium $ 36.30
beers.world No $ 23.90
big.guide Premium $ 36.30
boat.exchange Premium $ 72.60
bridal.guide Premium $ 36.30
business.click No $ 4.47
business.exchange Premium $ 72.60
campus.exchange Premium $ 36.30
cannabis.cards Premium $ 108.90
cannabis.help No $ 12.92
cannabis.pub No $ 23.90
cannabis.university Premium $ 72.60
car.exchange Premium $ 220.00
carinsurance.exchange Premium $ 36.30
casino.cash Premium $ 440.00
casino.click No $ 4.47
cgi.actor No $ 31.90
charity.click No $ 4.47
chocolate.direct Premium $ 108.90
chocolates.direct No $ 23.90
cigar.exchange No $ 23.90
cigar.market No $ 23.90
cms.hosting No $ 19.42
coffee.exchange Premium $ 72.60
connect.work No $ 3.90
convention.guide No $ 23.90
cosplay.world No $ 23.90
coupon.exchange Premium $ 72.60
coupon.network Premium $ 36.30
cowork.space No $ 8.70
crowd.work No $ 3.90
custom.work No $ 3.90
cyber.click No $ 4.47
cyber.help No $ 12.92
cyber.hosting No $ 19.42
cyber.work No $ 3.90
daily.work No $ 3.90
deepfried.pizza No $ 39.90
digi.help No $ 12.92
digi.work No $ 3.90
digital.actor Premium $ 33.00
digital.delivery No $ 39.90
domainer.wiki No $ 26.30
domainname.auction Premium $ 66.00
dream.property No $ 19.42
ecofriendly.tips No $ 15.90
electronic.money Premium $ 36.30
enjoy.work No $ 3.90
enterprise.hosting No $ 19.42
exoskeleton.rentals No $ 23.90
extra.work No $ 3.90
fantasy.world Premium $ 220.00
farm.direct Premium $ 36.30
farm.exchange Premium $ 36.30
farmer.exchange No $ 23.90
farmers.exchange Premium $ 36.30
field.guide Premium $ 108.90
fleet.cards Premium $ 36.30
franchise.exchange Premium $ 36.30
free.auction No $ 23.90
frozen.city No $ 15.90
future.world Premium $ 36.30
geek.gifts Premium $ 72.60
geek.guide No $ 23.90
geek.life No $ 23.90
general.work No $ 3.90
gift.guide Premium $ 108.90
greendragon.vodka No $ 23.90
gun.exchange Premium $ 36.30
hackers.guide No $ 23.90
hair.direct No $ 23.90
handi.work No $ 3.90
handy.work No $ 3.90
healthplan.exchange Premium $ 36.30
hemp.consulting No $ 23.90
hemp.exchange No $ 23.90
hemp.haus No $ 23.90
hemp.supply Premium $ 108.90
hidden.space No $ 8.70
ideal.work No $ 3.90
industrial.exchange Premium $ 36.30
insiders.guide Premium $ 72.60
internetofthings.guide No $ 23.90
intimate.toys Premium $ 72.60
iron.work No $ 3.90
knowledge.work No $ 3.90
koifish.farm No $ 23.90
land.exchange Premium $ 36.30
leather.work No $ 3.90
lifestyle.business Premium $ 36.30
lobster.direct No $ 23.90
lobsters.direct No $ 23.90
local.work No $ 3.90
lost.world Premium $ 36.30
mailbox.rentals Premium $ 72.60
managed.care Premium $ 36.30
marijuana.supplies Premium $ 36.30
marijuana.supply Premium $ 36.30
marijuana.university Premium $ 72.60
medi.diet No $ 12.92
medi.help No $ 12.92
medical.guide Premium $ 36.30
mens.work No $ 3.90
metal.work No $ 3.90
micro.work No $ 3.90
military.exchange Premium $ 36.30
military.gifts Premium $ 36.30
modular.parts No $ 23.90
modular.space No $ 8.70
nature.direct No $ 23.90
online.work No $ 3.90
open.business Premium $ 36.30
open.world No $ 23.90
other.world Premium $ 36.30
pearls.direct No $ 23.90
pet.life Premium $ 72.60
pet.memorial Premium $ 108.90
pets.life Premium $ 36.30
poker.click No $ 4.47
pole.fitness Premium $ 108.90
popup.space No $ 8.70
prepaid.legal Premium $ 108.90
privatehealth.exchange Premium $ 36.30
product.exchange Premium $ 36.30
ranch.supply Premium $ 36.30
realestate.exchange Premium $ 36.30
remote.work No $ 3.90
road.work No $ 3.90
safe.click No $ 4.47
second.world No $ 23.90
seed.exchange Premium $ 36.30
selfstorage.space No $ 8.70
sharedoffice.space No $ 8.70
silver.exchange Premium $ 72.60
simple.work No $ 3.90
ski.exchange Premium $ 36.30
ski.guide Premium $ 36.30
slimming.tips No $ 15.90
small.solutions No $ 15.90
smallbusiness.exchange Premium $ 36.30
snipe.auction No $ 23.90
solar.cooking No $ 23.90
specialty.care Premium $ 36.30
sport.exchange Premium $ 72.60
startup.exchange Premium $ 72.60
street.work No $ 3.90
strictly.business No $ 15.90
student.work No $ 3.90
studio.exchange Premium $ 72.60
studio.work No $ 3.90
tech.exchange Premium $ 36.30
tennis.exchange Premium $ 36.30
think.work No $ 3.90
timeshare.exchange Premium $ 72.60
tiny.community No $ 23.90
tiny.construction No $ 23.90
tiny.consulting No $ 23.90
tiny.contractors No $ 23.90
tiny.directory No $ 15.90
tiny.exchange No $ 23.90
tiny.guide No $ 23.90
tiny.works No $ 23.90
tinyhouse.exchange No $ 23.90
tinyhouse.wiki No $ 26.30
toy.exchange Premium $ 72.60
tradecraft.guide No $ 23.90
travelers.guide Premium $ 108.90
tutor.exchange Premium $ 36.30
underwater.city No $ 15.90
usda.mortgage No $ 35.90
vet.direct No $ 23.90
vet.exchange Premium $ 36.30
vip.deals No $ 23.90
virtual.actor Premium $ 33.00
virtual.business Premium $ 108.90
virtual.coach Premium $ 72.60
virtual.life Premium $ 220.00
virtual.supply No $ 15.90
virtual.work No $ 3.90
virtual.world Premium $ 440.00
virtualoffice.space No $ 8.70
virtualreality.bar No $ 71.90
virtualreality.pub No $ 23.90
virtualreality.space No $ 8.70
virtualreality.world No $ 23.90
virtualrealty.agency No $ 15.90
visitor.guide Premium $ 440.00
visual.work No $ 3.90
volunteer.work No $ 3.90
wall.farm No $ 23.90
waterproof.cards No $ 23.90
wedding.exchange Premium $ 36.30
weekend.cruises Premium $ 220.00
weird.world Premium $ 36.30
wellness.exchange Premium $ 36.30
windjammer.cruises Premium $ 220.00
womens.work No $ 3.90
workout.world No $ 23.90

This is a well thought out use of the GTLD's, but with an annual cost of renewals reaching $9,000 for approx 200 domains, not including what you paid in EAP, you are about $20,000 invested into these above terms after Year 2 renewal.

Say you sell at a 3% sell thru rate on this portfolio you will need to sell 6 domains at $1,500 each just to break even each year. You really need to hit a home run with one, otherwise you are just diluting your quality names, until you are left with a lower tier with a lower sell thru rate. Take into consideration a 3% sell thru rate on a portfolio is very high for GTLD's at this point in the game with the better launches still to come.

This is a very calculated investment.

 

[Burberry]

You would have to be an absolute FOOL to think any of these new tlds will be worth anything.

 

[McDuke]

You would have to be an absolute FOOL to think any of these new tlds will be worth anything.

Wow, that's like in the 1980's when people were saying computers will NEVER be every home.

 

[Burberry]

Wow, that's like in the 1980's when people were saying computers will NEVER be every home.

Good luck to you, then. How did .mobi, .biz, .info, .name etc do?

 

[ChubbyDfat]

Good luck to you, then. How did .mobi, .biz, .info, .name etc do?

Just tossing this out there... but as I recall, some people made some pretty good $$$ off of sales of domain names with those extensions.
Granted, they are worth far less now (info has been seeing a bit of a hot streak of late) than before and on the flip side... some people spent some good $$$ to buy those same domain names.
So there are winner and losers.

I am willing to bet the ROI when those extensions first came out where pretty good.

Just a thought.

Cheers

 

[wcpthree]

At the rate the internet is taking over with it "manifest destiny, ninja, guerilla warfare", style, some will be huge. For example, I would never buy my girlfriends birth control from toothpaste.attorney, but in 20 years, it might be the wal-mart of BC due to scarcity.

 

[brandnow]

I was neutral on .top when it first launched. But I am extremely disappointed by the direction this registry has taken with regards to possibly illegal, or at least extremely annoying marketing.. and the fact that the few developed .top web sites actually not parked seem to primarily being used for counterfeit goods being sold from China. Plus, realizing the extremely high renewal fees of .top (almost $30).. so my stance is extremely bearish on this one. You guys are much better to invest in .club, and .work to name a few ngtlds.

Just my final 2 cents on this topic of the bad bad .topp or maybe better to say .flop. They only got a lot of regs because of .50 cents 1st year only registrations in China and the .99 101domain sale for first year only.

 

[McDuke]

Good luck to you, then. How did .mobi, .biz, .info, .name etc do?

I think you are behind the times, so much so that you're a year+ late posting this argument. :D

I guess you have not seen the 100$-5,000$ flips people are doing. Heck I even had x,xxx offers on a couple of my gtlds a week after i reg'd them...

 

[mad409]

My question is simple.Why all these new gtld's like .beer or .top?

Getting to the root of your question this article is a good read IMO.

http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column...-to-the-internet-what-cable-was-to-television

 

[marillion9]

A random opinion about new gTLDs

I find it a battle for our customers to remember our company's name, now image if they had to remember our name + TLD.... That would be double the marketing effort....

And the what happens if a competitor snaps up our .COM ? And we are stuck with a .me, .paris or whatever....

Doesn't make any business sense...

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

As a Rothschild says:
If you want to make Money than go and sell buckets in the valley of the golddiggers.

It is not a secret that the most money in domainbiz are made by the registries.

But as a 'golddigger' and not as a bucket seller I believe in some of the new gTLDs.
Everyone who have the nerves and the will to dig for gold should do it - at least for the experience.
Its never to late to learn something.
Just try to understand mankind.
Trying to achieve something is part of our existence. We allway try to climb a(ny kind of a) hill.
So use your skill, chill and climb the hill.
Than there will be gold on the way and you just have to pick it up.
But allways move smart.

Internet is growing, Smartphonemarket is exploding, websitebuilders are spreading...
...so many will need websites = domains in future.
I mean not tomorrow, I mean the next generations.
So those New GTLDs make absolute sense.

.com is the biggest tree, for sure. But those new gTLDs are many small trees.

Which new gTLD will be the top next tree?
I have my thoughts...