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.

 

[mjnels]

In practice, credibility means being where your competition is - not in the ghetto.
imho...

Bingo!...In a nutshell

depends what your business is.. there is some thriving restaurants in ghetto's that would not work next to a ritz carlton. dont let the thought of getting shot deter you from them chicken and waffles.

 

[mdomain]

Will .com ever die?

Man I can't get that song out of my head now Ed u ca tionnnn ...... Leave the kids alone.

We don't need no .edu cation
We don't need no another gTLD's
Hey teacher leave them Tld's alone!

.com mercial .new .er .di .es .in .my .opinion !!!

 

[surprise]

.app

 

[Kate]

depends what your business is.. there is some thriving restaurants in ghetto's that would not work next to a ritz carlton. dont let the thought of getting shot deter you from them chicken and waffles.

Yes, but those are not domain buyers

 

[Archangel]

lol I'm not that old, really. That song used to play on the radio here a lot in the 90s, back when I had hearing

I can immediately tell you are much older than me. lol

 

[mjnels]

Yes, but those are not domain buyers

ha, alright good point. hundreds of new tld applicants are counting on gentrification though at 185K per neighborhood..

 

[Federer]

Speculating if .COM will die is comparable to speculating if telephone numbers or street addresses will die anytime soon.

You are asking the wrong question. The question is not about the death of a multi-billion dollar extension - .COM will remain n°1 for as long as the internet remains active. Period.
The right question is how many new extensions will fail - the answer is probably 98% for at least a million obvious reasons.

 

[Archangel]

And God has spoken!

Speculating if .COM will die is comparable to speculating if telephone numbers or street addresses will die anytime soon.

You are asking the wrong question. The question is not about the death of a multi-billion dollar extension - .COM will remain n°1 for as long as the internet remains active. Period.
The right question is how many new extensions will fail - the answer is probably 98% for at least a million obvious reasons.

 

[Acroplex]

Will this funny thread ever die?

 

[DU]

Will this funny thread ever die?

Old threads never die they just string us along... and slowly unravel

 

[surprise]

Speculating if .COM will die is comparable to speculating if telephone numbers or street addresses will die anytime soon.

You are asking the wrong question. The question is not about the death of a multi-billion dollar extension - .COM will remain n°1 for as long as the internet remains active. Period.
The right question is how many new extensions will fail - the answer is probably 98% for at least a million obvious reasons.

ofcourse you would say that because u r a domainer , you cant compare .com to street addresses and names , we didn't say web addresses will disappear , but rather the extra useless meaningless word we type after a web address ( not anymore ofcourse ) . Apps somewhat killed the .com because you don't need to type but rather to touch , one touch and u r in , google and search engines killed it as well , but that still didn't kill it completely it still needs time , it will not happen overnight , you need a trend and i see trends not a trend , that's a fact of life guys everything changes , you just have to adapt period .

 

[DU]

And God has spoken!

I doubt God is a domainer - if he was he needs to clean up his half ass development effort and work on his SEO so them aliens can find us.

 

[alien51]

he needs to clean up his half ass development effort and work on his SEO so them aliens can find us.

And you're telling me that the sign of being an intelligent species, is by engaging in Domaining, selling .PRO and .MOBI, right?

You humans.

 

[Archangel]

Looks like an alien found us, after all. Way to go, God!

 

[mjnels]

i just bought a single word .pro from somebody for high xxx - not for domainer/speculation purposes either. although considering the $100/year renewals they paid in earlier days they probably didnt make much money.

 

[NameMatters]

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Good point.
In practice, credibility means being where your competition is - not in the ghetto.
imho...

Makes total sense.

 

[DnEbook]

.com is a brand that has been applied for in different language scripts, to me this suggests growth

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I doubt God is a domainer - if he was he needs to clean up his half ass development effort and work on his SEO so them aliens can find us.

maybe they dont have google ........spooky

 

[alien51]

Maybe we should REVERSE the question:

What should be done to make the new TLDs successful and widely accepted and trusted by society, and make .COM irrelevant ??

 

[trelgor]

Will the internet change?

And will the way we use it? Sure it will and fast at that. In what way? If you know, give me a holler and I'll give you a dollar.

Type ins are waning. Apps are taking shares of browsing. Usage evolves. Browsers have the search function in the adress field. People don't know where they are going online most of the time, they just know what they need. This will most likely damage established ventures more, like all things Internet once did. Elephants turn slowly.

Dotcom will still be a massive stamp of credibility, but as the need to type it in wanes, and the extensions in usage multiply, the extension itself (any extension) will be less and less visible and important.

Google and Godaddy will have a field day. Domainers not so much.

 

[Sam]

Maybe we should REVERSE the question:

What should be done to make the new TLDs successful and widely accepted and trusted by society, and make .COM irrelevant ??

Make the internet obsolete.

.COM is irreplaceable like the street address / phone number. It wont happen in our lifetime.

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And will the way we use it? Sure it will and fast at that. In what way? If you know, give me a holler and I'll give you a dollar.

Type ins are waning. Apps are taking shares of browsing. Usage evolves. Browsers have the search function in the adress field. People don't know where they are going online most of the time, they just know what they need. This will most likely damage established ventures more, like all things Internet once did. Elephants turn slowly.

Dotcom will still be a massive stamp of credibility, but as the need to type it in wanes, and the extensions in usage multiply, the extension itself (any extension) will be less and less visible and important.

Google and Godaddy will have a field day. Domainers not so much.

Nah, maybe in the US market. But good luck trying to get a user in most of Asia / Africa to use the most "advance technology".

Hell some of the computers are still running IE4 / IE5.

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ofcourse you would say that because u r a domainer , you cant compare .com to street addresses and names , we didn't say web addresses will disappear , but rather the extra useless meaningless word we type after a web address ( not anymore ofcourse ) . Apps somewhat killed the .com because you don't need to type but rather to touch , one touch and u r in , google and search engines killed it as well , but that still didn't kill it completely it still needs time , it will not happen overnight , you need a trend and i see trends not a trend , that's a fact of life guys everything changes , you just have to adapt period .

Apps killing domain names :yell::yell::yell: Come on now.

Most people in the world don't even have a smart phone. Sometimes we need to get out of the tech bubble we live in and have a more global perspective.

75% of the 2011 mobile shipments were dumb phones.

http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a#phone-shipments

So yes domains will be relevant for at least a couple of decades IMO.