poll Will .com (dot com) be King in 2017?

[Michael Ehrhardt]

I don,t think so...

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

 

[mad409]

I admit 2016 hasn't been a great year for me at least with new g sales but I'll continue on my current path as I'm a believer in them.

Legacy domains will continue to rule in 2017, .com etc. but we have seen the adoption of many new sites launched this year using new g's and other extensions rather the com. Not as fast as I'd like to see though.

Will the new g's ever break out big time? This is something no one really knows the answer to and this can't be compared to the old days as there's a new generation of domainers/end users coming online daily and things have been known to change quickly.

From what I've noticed, I've been guilty of this too, pricing is playing a big role in lack of new g sales. I've seen some outrageous asking prices for newly hand registered g domains lately. In 2017 I'm going to be a bit more flexible with pricing and I'll probably have a few more sales under my belt.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

yes, until the registries start promoting these extensions, normal people will not realize that .xyz .gnd .lbgt even exist.
They have definitely created a dillema with high pricing or low pricing
Like building a new car, naming it .auto,not telling anyone, then trying to sell it to car salesmen at a higher price point than a ford.
More g's will fail than succeed. Ok, most g's will fail
https://namestat.org/clinic .clinic is averaging 1 reg a day
How long will it take to even catch .biz? 365 names per year X 10,000 years = 3.65 million
There are some nice extensions, not enough to touch the king this year

 

[RegBoss]

All these new extensions are going to be a nightmare because of noobs registering names that are trade marked more often now. I think we had enough extensions before.

For example I did research on trademarks before purchasing NFSpeed(dot)com
"Need for Speed" is trademarked where nfspeed is not.

 

[b2betrade]

King is always King

 

[ZapNano]

.com will stick around; but in terms of popularity it wouldn't be the same as you compared it back 20+years ago. Old generation VS new generation, will simplify it for you; new generation startup co. always find improvements and unique ideas. New generation inquiry mind always want to know; and you can not stop them

 

[RegBoss]

.com will stick around; but in terms of popularity it wouldn't be the same as you compared it back 20+years ago. Old generation VS new generation, will simplify it for you; new generation startup co. always find improvements and unique ideas. New generation inquiry mind always want to know; and you can not stop them

Basically it all depends how much money they have to pay to keep their new extensions alive. They need to sell a boat load to pay for the domain extension registration. Who is buddy with who. You can find thousands of not bad .coms that have been dropped available for reg. I sure would not be holding too many new extensions. Some names do fit I agree but my core will stay .com

 

[Rick Ace]

The king is alive and well. He shall continue to rule with his iron fist.

 

[RU]

The domaining era is over.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

The domaining era is over.

I know

 

[nicedomains]

Lol

 

[Rick Ace]

The domaining era is over.

I think this concern would be better placed on issues like global warming.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

King is always King

Nope...

Life is changing

 

[Dream Big]

In 2017 I'm going to be a bit more flexible with pricing and I'll probably have a few more sales under my belt.

That's my plan too.

 

[Dream Big]

The domaining era is over.

Why do you say so?

 

[RU]

Why do you say so?

cuz its true

 

[RU]

there are tons of new gTLDs available..

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

it's changing, but not in 2017

 

[Dream Big]

there are tons of new gTLDs available..

Buying and selling GTLD is domaining too.