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Of all the useless TLDs
With all the tens of dozens of useless TLDs, why is it you think nothing ever became mainstream outside of the .com?
I realize that the obvious .org, .net, .gov have their places and some countries have managed to have localized site become popular like .de , co.uk and so on, but overall not much success has come from TLD's outside of the .com for general usage. Any thoughts on why no other TLD has been able to get on a level playing field with the .com? I mean not even .net is anywhere close and it's been around forever and was used by many ISP's for example in the early days of the internet but still nothing has ever even made a dent in the .com TLD status as top dog. |
.io has something going in IT industry
.be is very mainstream in Belgium .nl for The Netherlands etc. |
I think .XYZ is the one to beat them all. :1orglaugh
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.nl is like .de just a regional success, but nothing really but a blip o the radar compared to .com |
If anything I think that eventually dot anything is going away. Let's face it. You type in a word with no dot extension and you get the .com at the top of the listing in most cases with most search engines.
The average JOE only knows .com and is in the habit of typing .com without even thinking about it when putting in a url. That's why they are more valuable and also why .xxx failed. |
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The whole concept is based on buyers thinking they can get more traffic with a good name but there are no more good .com names.
"Good names" means "type-in traffic" to these buyers. So they think! But the good names on .xyz never gets the type-ins so the fantasy is always a bust. I don't want to buy xyz.net if someone already established xyz.com because I think I'm just confusing my own brand. |
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its pure business ./
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Why the fuss?
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Of course it's business ... When awarded, these new registries must provide registry services, https://www.icann.org/resources/page...-2014-01-29-en DNSSEC schemas, protection of the DNS, and of course marketing to registrars and the public at large -- bottom line the startup costs are $2 million +. So, there is a substantial investment here. The are also financial responsibilities considered by ICANN. |
You can make something out of anything. I'd personally like a .con extension or .not and so on but I'm a dreamer.
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It's going to be the same shit show with all these other new TLDs. Now they are pounding the table about huge potential opportunities and in a few years, you're going to hear crickets. |
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The point is once .com became the standard that was it. Now, as you said .org and .net have their place. But if you take a .net and build a site on it, approximately 15% of your traffic in the long haul will be lost to people who forget your extension - because when they do, by default they will always assume its .com In China .cn In India .in (in time will replace .co.in) In UK .uk (in time will replace .co.uk) But wherever your locality is, it is essential to have the dot com FIRST. In the above three, people always go for dot com first and country code extension second. If you dont have the .com you're building your house on shaky foundations. And when the thing comes tumbling down, there's a shack up the street full of labourers who are waiting for the job youre gonna hand them. They'll also be happy to empty your pockets. And thats why you always build on dot com - if not dont, someone else is eating your lunch. |
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Don't buy in then -- you can laugh at all of us in 3 years ( or lament ) ... No skin in the game no loss or gain ... |
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Or Trademark your name. We own our name in many of the old gTLDs and many ccTLDs -- now our trademarks prevent just what you imply -- no one can register our name in the new gTLDS. |
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