CcTLD's are the future of domaining!!!

[WhiteLight]

I think ccTLD's are the future of domaining!!! Everybody likes a premium one word name that I know. Why wouldn't they? I have been dealing successfully in ccTLD's for years.

What do you guys think? Are they (meaning the majority) purposely trying to promote dot com's to prevent the feasibility of the inevitable? Why do they ask at domain festivals if they think the dot com's will always be on top? Do I depict a note of insecurity?

I see the big boys are buying up ccTLD's as quickly as they are telling us the dot com's are the only way. Perhaps a bubble is coming!

Do web developers really care? They can make any ccTLD work well if they have the right name and do the proper advertising, I was lead to believe. Is the bottom line that we really don't have to own the dot com version of the domain to do reasonably well as a website. Are they (big business) brainwashing the sheeples again?


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[INFORG]

One word ccTLD's are a viable place to speculate, but high reg fees can be a bit prohibitive. You're right, for someone wanting that one word domain, it's the only affordable option.

For a network of sites I am developing, I just picked up my one word in several cc's for the cost of reg fees, and one I picked up at auction for a bit more. I had tried to purchase the .US and even the .PRO from domainers, but they want ridiculous (IMHO) prices for them.

In the short term, the scarcity of .com will push prices up, but as ccTLD's gain users and acceptance, they will rise and .com prices should level or even fall.

 

[katherine]

ccTLDs will continue to grow, that does not mean growth will take place at the expense of .com.
There is room for both.
Yes, ccTLDs are the future. I'm not talking about .cc or .tk, I'm talking about ccTLDs that have a local market of some importance.

As an investor, you will buy keywords that actually match the TLD and language, not because you're looking for some keyword that is taken in all major extensions .
It would be pointless to register names like paydayloan.fr for example

 

[bwhhisc]

Might want to also consider idn.cctld (currently available to register in many languages) and idn.idn (idn.idn coming later this year in Russian and other languages 2010 and beyond).

Fact is...80% of the world population does not speak or read English.

 

[draggar]

Fact is...80% of the world population does not speak or read English.

90% of all statistics are made up - the other 10% come from someone's blog.

There is no ccTLD discrimination or conspiracy. We have separate discussion and sales forums for many ccTLDs. I've noticed a lot of people do not browse the forums (hope from subforum to subforum) - from the complaints / concerns from the latest upgrade people were saying that iSpy wasn't working and some were concerned about the unread posts feature.

People who use these features don't typically hop from section to section.

Also, I do agree, ccTLDs are gaining in popularity, just look at the recent DNJournal reports. .de is coming up quickly in price and appearing more and more frequently. Personally, I"ve been looking into some .de and .be domains.

 

[Luke]

.PL is very strong.
"Country Code Top 20 Highest Reported ccTLD Sales: April 13, 2009 - Sun. April 19, 2009
1. Telefony.pl "
http://dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

 

[dominator]

I think ccTLD's are the future of domaining

no

ccTLDs is the domaining

.com is de facto the ccTLD of the usa
people do not realize that

.de has in germany at least 10 times higher value than the identical (german) .com's
most of other nations also prefer their own ccTLDs

the only exception are the countries where their own TLD is very expensive
or restricted
or not working yet

 

[Luke]

Perfectly written dominator

 

[netfleet]

no

ccTLDs is the domaining

.com is de facto the ccTLD of the usa
people do not realize that

.de has in germany at least 10 times higher value than the identical (german) .com's
most of other nations also prefer their own ccTLDs

the only exception are the countries where their own TLD is very expensive
or restricted
or not working yet

Well said.

The thing with cc-TLD's is that people still remember the end-user. Investors are correctly chasing premium keywords and high search terms matched with a cc-TLD extension whereas with .COM it's too late for that and people are wasting money on fads and/or 4th rate names.

 

[kevmacmeh]

Cctld sales recently have been really encouraging.

Most of my portfolio now is keyword and one letter cctlds.

 

[dominator]

Cctld sales recently have been really encouraging.

maybe for you

but nothing really changed recently
(if not in the opposite direction)

you just do not know about private sales
and "non-international" sales (that are not published in the dnjournal)

 

[simon johnson]

.com is de facto the ccTLD of the usa

I'd actually go as far to say that .com is the standard for the majority of English speaking countries.

Investors are correctly chasing premium keywords and high search terms matched with a cc-TLD extension

Completely agree with Netfleet. In fact I'm sure I was bidding against you in a certain .au auction yesterday.

 

[DomainsInc]

cctlds are too often used inappropriately. would i want bird.hu just because i can't get the .com? Personally, no. If i were selling birds in canada, would i want bird.ca, of course but using cctld just because .com is taken is lame in my opinion and invalidates the whole purpose of cctlds.

 

[snicksnack]

ccTLDs are popular in many countries like Germany, Spain, France, China...

The cost of registering ccTLDs is sometimes even lower than the registration fees of a .com.

 

[Rebel.com]

Most print and TV adds within Canada make use of the .CA domain, it is far more common to see this ccTLD used than it is to see the .COM used. Even major corporations such as Coca Cola choose to use the .CA version for their advertising within Canada instead of the .COM which they also own.

 

[DomainLobe]

As has been pointed out recently, with the retrenchment nationalism and protectionism ccTLDs may have a very strong future.

I am astonished daily at the use of generic and brand .CA domains in everyday media in Canada.

 

[Arrogance]

I am astonished daily at the use of generic and brand .CA domains in everyday media in Canada.

If only .us was advertised as effectively in the states

 

[mediawizard]

Ironically, I've been saying ccTLDs are the way to go for over two years now. No one listened.

Its only now that the big boys are touting ccTLDs as the next big thing that people are waking up to their potential. Newsflash: all the good domains in the cctlds that matter are gone already. You may be able to handreg a gem here or there, but it isn't easy. Why people are asking for what might seem like 'ridiculous' amounts till you try and find a replacement.

Basically its like news, by the time you read about it in mainstream media, its already old news.

 

[nicedomains]

Let me pose this question. Does anyone see geo gTLD extensions that will be coming out next year and beyond as a threat to the ccTLD market?

 

[dominator]

Does anyone see geo gTLD extensions that will be coming out next year and beyond as a threat to the ccTLD market?

there is no threat to ccTLD market

cc is #1 (including .com for u.s.)