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Originally Posted by stocktrader23
And I have a feeling that .xxx with be the kleenex of porn. There are going to be a lot of traffic diversions come December 6th when everyone can polish off their new brand and .xxx awareness will be unlike any other secondary TLD before it. Skinnygirls.com = domain squatter and not clear on the subject. All you can expect from skinnygirls.xxx is XXX RATED material of skinny ass girls.
We shall see, but I would wager on those with your thought process being very upset in the near future.
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I hope not, but it certainly isn't an impossibility. I won't argue your logic though as it is sound.
My thought process is this, just an FYI as I like to hear myself type.
I reserved the .xxx of my top domains 8 months ago or whatever. I won't lie I wanted to think it over a bit. FYI, all my high value domains are 95% type-in and search engine traffic.
So I started thinking, take Yanks.com for instance. I don't own the trademark on it and can't, the NY Yankees and America trumps me there. So if I bought it would I roll the dice and start re-branding towards that TLD or just sit on it?
If I sat on it and .xxx never took off I wasted my money and supported a shitty cause. If I own it and don't re-brand my efforts towards it fully and the SE or governments make .xxx mandatory I am screwed anyway as my SE traffic is 15 years old in some cases and not something I think I can rebuild in this enviroment.
I also sell high quality niche content, therefore no squatter is going to snag yanks.xxx and "replace" the brand. They could be an affiliate and push traffic I suppose. But in that case I get choose whether to allow that and if push came to shove I would work out a much "fairer" deal for myself then standard affiliate rates. More of a licensing agreement.
So in the end I thought the bet I was making was on an additional channel of which others like it have historically failed.
Lastly, I also think TLDs will go crazy, .porn, .sex, etc. etc. No doubt .xxx is probably the best, however do you buy them all, just in case.
So while your thoughts are sound in the case of many brands, I think buying .xxx for my brand is a waste of money and a selling of my soul and I am out.