Will .Com ever die?

[Atomic Domains]

I am a strong believer that ".Com" will always be King, but when I talk to a lot of other domainers, they suggest that ".Com" will die within the next few years.

Just wanted to here some opinions on this.

 

[lalita bisht]

I don't think so. As long as people want to go to the .com domain names. It cannot die.

 

[BigBoyDog]

com's will never die just increase in value!

 

[dna]

com's are already dieing.
But most domainers will be the last to recognize this.
They are too emotionally tied to their awkward dot com names.
They are like the Amish with their horse and buggies.
Jazz is dead...get over it.
Some people just cant adapt to change.

 

[DU]

2 MB of RAM is plenty
Why would I want more than 4 channels?
Cars not powered by gasoline?
A phone with pictures?
Free wireless?
Pre-cut salads in a bag?
CDs? Lower quality than albums!
MP3s? Lower quality than CDs!
Streaming? Too poor quality.
Digital photos? 1MB? 8MP? 12MP?
24 hrs of music on TV?
24 hrs of Sport on TV?
Why does a 24 hr music channel have reality tv?
Videos will kill the radio!
Books? Always and forever!
Online stores? I don't think so.. I want to "see" what I buy.

etc. etc. etc. etc.

Limit it to just internet?
Why would I need an email?
Why would I need a personal email?
Why would I need 5GB of storage?
Why would I need multiple emails?
Why would I need to tie my emails to my personal wallet?
I have a 56KB modem, I rule!
I have a ISDN, I rule!
I have 1 MB Cable, I rule!



blah blah blah blah blah..


BUT .COM? Here forever. Here to stay because some things are just constant and the internet? One of the most stable constant things there is. I mean .. it's built for scalability.. we'll never ever run out of IP addresses with IPv4 - are you kidding? That's ridiculous.

 

[hawkeye]

com's are already dieing. ..

And your insightful reasoning behind this is...?

 

[DU]

And your insightful reasoning behind this is...?

Interesting that you didn't ask for insightful reasoning behind:

com's will never die just increase in value!

Then again, maybe not.

 

[BrandonG]

2 MB of RAM is plenty
Why would I want more than 4 channels?
Cars not powered by gasoline?
A phone with pictures?
Free wireless?
Pre-cut salads in a bag?
CDs? Lower quality than albums!
MP3s? Lower quality than CDs!
Streaming? Too poor quality.
Digital photos? 1MB? 8MP? 12MP?
24 hrs of music on TV?
24 hrs of Sport on TV?
Why does a 24 hr music channel have reality tv?
Videos will kill the radio!
Books? Always and forever!
Online stores? I don't think so.. I want to "see" what I buy.

etc. etc. etc. etc.

Limit it to just internet?
Why would I need an email?
Why would I need a personal email?
Why would I need 5GB of storage?
Why would I need multiple emails?
Why would I need to tie my emails to my personal wallet?
I have a 56KB modem, I rule!
I have a ISDN, I rule!
I have 1 MB Cable, I rule!



blah blah blah blah blah..


BUT .COM? Here forever. Here to stay because some things are just constant and the internet? One of the most stable constant things there is. I mean .. it's built for scalability.. we'll never ever run out of IP addresses with IPv4 - are you kidding? That's ridiculous.

The difference between .COMs dying and your examples are that your examples are upgrades of previous technology. This is just a different name of the same technology, I suppose just more allowing of user-customization.

My personal opinion is that .COMs will always remain the true, main extension of the world however they will slowly become less prominent throughout the years as these gTLDs take over. I personally would rather have "BransSurf.shop" over "BransSurfShopMiami.Com" any day. I've become less interested and jaded by valuable .coms nowadays though. :zzz:

 

[kristiws]

I must say if and only if .com pulls through with the release of thousands of extensions in the next couple years then for sure NOTHING I mean nothing can destroy it and you will see .com prices going through the roof.

At the present people with .com are either selling them quickly cheaper or sitting on them taking a wait and see attitude to see what will happen with the new extensions.

Till then we really don't know if .com will die.

 

[DU]

This is just a different name of the same technology

Well then if it's something as complicated as that, nothing will ever supplant .com.

The difference between .COMs dying and your examples are that your examples are upgrades of previous technology.

And you don't believe that there will be any advances or innovations that will change the way you access the internet?

I don't know ANY of my friends phone numbers. None. I do know what I list them as.

I know plenty of apps that use the internet but have no idea what IPs they use.

I don't use YellowPages anymore because I have a new way of FINDING that information.

But, as you say, it's just a name so none of that matters.

 

[zoomactive.com]

com's are already dieing.

Not yet they aren't, check here: http://www.dailychanges.com/

 

[GoKaizen]

Yes, when the Internet dies!

 

[sky]

.WEB :lol:



More like, "mom, why didn't you buy quality .com back in the day, instead of those .MEs and .WEBs? We could've been living the life right now"

I bet you say the same thing about lottery tickets.

At what point will there be enough alternatives that the mystique of COM wears off, at least to the point where they won't go up in price anymore? Is it possible that it will get so watered down and people so used to domains being dot <anything> that they can't justify paying an exorbitant fee for a .COM?

 

[JB Lions]

"that they can't justify paying an exorbitant fee for a .COM?"

That's kind of a myth that keeps getting perpetuated on domain forums and such. If you're talking something like one word generics, yeah, it'll cost you. And I've posted about this before, this from a few days ago - http://domainnamewire.com/2012/08/29/end-user-sales-8-29/

End users are getting .coms for low x,xxx (and higher) all day long or you can simply get creative, make up a word and get one for $8.

 

[sky]

"that they can't justify paying an exorbitant fee for a .COM?"

That's kind of a myth that keeps getting perpetuated on domain forums and such. If you're talking something like one word generics, yeah, it'll cost you. And I've posted about this before, this from a few days ago - http://domainnamewire.com/2012/08/29/end-user-sales-8-29/

End users are getting .coms for low x,xxx (and higher) all day long or you can simply get creative, make up a word and get one for $8.

Gee, a 'creative' brandable 1 non-word .COM for $8, or $x,xxx for a two word .COM or $15 for a keyword .PRO, for my own business.... Guess I'll go for the .PRO. Google won't treat it any differently than .COM. I think Fniggles.com is still available. Got eight bucks?

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Old .COMs never die, they just get outbred.

 

[infmoney]

Google may not(I'm no seo expert), but your customers will search the .com version instead and you'll be helping the .com owner unless its a non-generic domain. You will also look less professional as everyone knows .com is king. Just watch tv and you'll see priceline, hotwire, godaddy, hotels and others all advertising with their .com.

Gee, a 'creative' brandable 1 non-word .COM for $8, or $x,xxx for a two word .COM or $15 for a keyword .PRO, for my own business.... Guess I'll go for the .PRO. Google won't treat it any differently than .COM. I think Fniggles.com is still available. Got eight bucks?

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Old .COMs never die, they just get outbred.

 

[hawkeye]

I bet you say the same thing about lottery tickets.

At what point will there be enough alternatives that the mystique of COM wears off, at least to the point where they won't go up in price anymore? Is it possible that it will get so watered down and people so used to domains being dot <anything> that they can't justify paying an exorbitant fee for a .COM?

Sure, anything is 'possible'. But as corporations, businesses, etc etc, have been pouring and spending multi-billions of dollars into advertising and promoting their internet addresses with .com to the world's masses for 'years', it's kinda easy to see that they are not going to spend new multi-billions of dollars remarketing themselves with a new tld 'just because they'll be available'. Many may use other tld's down the road, but .com will always be their main go-to tld. By the time .com gets so 'watered down' to be irrelevant as 'the tld', it will be a 'long, long' time down the road and when probably no extension will be needed.

 

[JB Lions]

Gee, a 'creative' brandable 1 non-word .COM for $8, or $x,xxx for a two word .COM or $15 for a keyword .PRO, for my own business.... Guess I'll go for the .PRO. Google won't treat it any differently than .COM. I think Fniggles.com is still available. Got eight bucks?

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Old .COMs never die, they just get outbred.

Right, and you've seen how many successful businesses go your route? And most businesses don't think little, just search engines. They understand all the other marketing out there and why it's better and easier with a .com.

 

[snowbird]

Alright everyone. Im about to place a completely different perspective on things here. Everyone here is asking what the next KING domain extension is going to be. Where in reality, why does there have to be an extension at all? Im predicting at some point down the road, the extension will become the domain itself for many companies. Think about it. For security purposes banks are already talking about getting their own extension. .boa (bank of america) .bbt (BB&T). How much longer will it be before netflix says hey, we can have .netflix for our videos. familyguy.netflix. csi.netflix. Sure the old extensions will still exist just because they are there. They still make good domains for personal websites, non profits, etc. But if Verisign really wants to turn major profit from businesses, they can make tons of money by making extensions the new domain and charging a little extra for them. Why get a .com when you can get .whatever for $50 or $100/yr. just by showing legal proof of owning that business name. Its so much shorter.

 

[NPer]

I bet you say the same thing about lottery tickets.

Buy one for me, then if it wins, hand the money over. If it loses, don't come running to me for payment. How many times did you win the lottery? :talk:

Buy crap at your own risk...

 

[JB Lions]

"Everyone here is asking what the next KING domain extension is going to be."

There is no next King, that battle has already been fought and won. The battle is more for, who's going to be the best alternative extension.

"How much longer will it be before netflix says hey, we can have .netflix for our videos. familyguy.netflix. csi.netflix."

Never, they already have netflix.com. It works just fine. You have to understand, a lot of these big companies know a little something about marketing, something that seems to get lost on a lot of people. There is no need for a change, no need to confuse their customers, there is no benefit at all to do such a thing.