poll Will any tld ever surpass .COM registration?

[abstractdomainer]

Do you think there is ever going to be any extension that will surpass .COM, even at a price like $0.01 or something?
Clearly, .COM has the appeal and the first mover advantage, so my answer would be No.

Your thoughts and reasoning?

 

[Jimmysun]

I considered domain is part of technology so anything could happen, but it won’t die like Kodak.
The worst case it became pencil and paper’s position while Microsoft published Microsoft Words.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Anything can happen.

 

[Chacha Wixard]

What if ICANN goes to non-extension domains? Google can have just Google resolve to their website. Microsoft can resolve to the Microsoft website. Etc

 

[poweredbyme]

What if ICANN goes to non-extension domains? Google can have just Google resolve to their website. Microsoft can resolve to the Microsoft website. Etc

It would be a limited number of domains for the current DNS system, say, less than 1,000, probably less than 100. A few non-extension domains wouldn't affect .com.

"non-extension domain" is named root domain in DNS, in fact "non-extension domain" is an extension like com, net when you remove "example" from "example.com", "com" becomes a "non-extension domain". After a possible "non-extension domains" flow we would have max 1,000 extra extensions without domain name, I don't think more than 1,000. Additionally those extensions would likely not open for public registrations as they are also TM. It would have no effect.

 

[passini]

I wonder how many of these .tk domains are really in use. I guess a very small part. I think it is almost five years I don't visit a .tk domain. Years ago sometimes happened. I may be wrong as they may still be widely used in other parts of the world...

 

[jim h]

haha nope

 

[jim h]

I wonder how many of these .tk domains are really in use. I guess a very small part. I think it is almost five years I don't visit a .tk domain. Years ago sometimes happened. I may be wrong as they may still be widely used in other parts of the world...

No one's using .tx.