Is 2006 going to be a good year for domainers?

[mole]

Has 2005 been good to you? What about 2006?

 

[labrocca]

2005 has been great...the last 6 months have been even better..I expect 2006 to be a $xxx,xxx year for me in domaining.

 

[Beachie]

2005 was excellent, 2006 will be better Finally feels like the internet has matured.

 

[mole]

The instealthmode guy predicts that the 'little guy' is dead :charming: http://www.domainnews.com/

I believe the little guy will get squeezed out overnight. Unless the little guys can find a partner with a substantial bankroll (or their own personal funding) it'll be hard to compete on a level-playing field buying domains in the aftermarket & domain drop auctions, etc.

 

[dodo1]

I believe the little guy will get squeezed out overnight. Unless the little guys can find a partner with a substantial bankroll (or their own personal funding) it'll be hard to compete on a level-playing field buying domains in the aftermarket & domain drop auctions, etc.

This is wrong, in my opinion. It is, however, harder to get into the domain market if you don't own a domain portfolio yet. I think sales prices for domains will go higher in 2006 - especially for .com, of course, but also for .info, .de, .us and .cn. 2005 has been great for my company and me personally, so I am really looking forward to the domaining year 2006!

 

[jaik]

2005 has been great...the last 6 months have been even better..I expect 2006 to be a $xxx,xxx year for me in domaining.

i am new to this domain industry.learning by mistakes and hope to make a good year in 2006 like you guys did in 2005
wish me success

thanks,
jaik

 

[dodo1]

wish me success

I wish you success. :-D

 

[Jonathan]

I'm really optimistic about this next year. Nov and Dec have been my best two months ever. Dec was twice as good as Nov.

I think people can get into the domain game at any time, although it will get harder.

 

[britishbulldog]

will we see .biz finally come to age ? or will it be .info ? or none ?

 

[stuff]

2005 was and still is very good year for me too.
From small time PPC guy to PPC specialist
Next year PPC specialist to PPC GURU

Never thought it can go so Big, make already more money in month (from PPC) then my friend`s with normal work in one year

 

[Beachie]

will we see .biz finally come to age ? or will it be .info ? or none ?

none i'm guessing.

 

[mole]

will we see .biz finally come to age ? or will it be .info ? or none ?

.BIZ and .INFO have already come to age, but not in the way old school domain speculators can easily understand nor appreciate.

I see 2006 as another good year for new namespace. .EU will be launching to the public in April, .XXX will finally get off the blocks, .MOBI will get a swing in by the mobile companies...

With increasing awareness and appreciation for why new namespace exists, people will increasingly look at .COM as that old school, last year extension that ain't going anywhere.

 

[Beachie]

.BIZ and .INFO have already come to age, but not in the way old school domain speculators can easily understand nor appreciate.

I see 2006 as another good year for new namespace. .EU will be launching to the public in April, .XXX will finally get off the blocks, .MOBI will get a swing in by the mobile companies...

With increasing awareness and appreciation for why new namespace exists, people will increasingly look at .COM as that old school, last year extension that ain't going anywhere.

I appreciate your enthusiasm for new namespace, mole, however, it always feels like you know some amazing secret that no-one else has figured out yet. As though you're taunting us because you're the only one who's realised that .BIZ domains instantly get PR8.

Sure, the value of .INFO and .BIZ sales will increase over the next year, but it will be driven by the lack of good .COM's (which will increase in value more), not by their own merits.

To me, .BIZ is tacky. I would never put my legitimate bizniz on a .BIZ, fo shizzle. funerals.biz? doctor.biz? I don't think so. Maybe funeralz.biz; if Snoop Dogg gets killed in 2006.

.INFO is better, but it doesn't have the public exposure and I still think that's another 5 years out (and who knows where we'll be then).

My prediction is .COM all the way. Followed by .ORG and the stronger CCTLD's (.co.uk, .cn etc). I might be proven wrong, but I doubt it.

Never thought it can go so Big, make already more money in month (from PPC) then my friend`s with normal work in one year

It's good to hear some success stories, stuff! Congrats!

 

[Focus]

.com all the way for sure...and traffic and revenue domains being sought after more by the day with venture capital companies coming in a throwing around ALOT of cash for good ports...just my wooden nickel..

Chris Williams

 

[GT Web]

This will be a horrible year and we will all go bankrupt :dead:

 

[mole]

To me, .BIZ is tacky. I would never put my legitimate bizniz on a .BIZ, fo shizzle. funerals.biz? doctor.biz? I don't think so. Maybe funeralz.biz; if Snoop Dogg gets killed in 2006.

You need to think beyond B2C, beach. I am not taunting anyone, just calling out the reality of the situation, i.e., speculators in general think very B2C, and therefore value names accordingly.

Good example of a B2B is http://www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[Beachie]

You need to think beyond B2C, beach. I am not taunting anyone, just calling out the reality of the situation, i.e., speculators in general think very B2C, and therefore value names accordingly.

Good example of a B2B is http://www.gamesindustry.biz

Maybe. There will always be exceptions to the rule - sites that are popular irrespective of the domain (if they even have a domain). Some sites would be popular if they were only accessible by IP address. I presume that site gets a fair amount of advertising in print media?

Somehow though, I expect you'll be posting the same "new namespace is coming of age" stuff in the "Is 2007 going to be a good year?" thread, like we saw in the 2003 thru 2005 threads..

http://www.dnforum.com/f31/domain-predictions-2005-a-thread-77590.html
http://www.dnforum.com/f77/izopods-2003-predictions-domain-industry-thread-16347.html

 

[mole]

Somehow though, I expect you'll be posting the same "new namespace is coming of age" stuff in the "Is 2007 going to be a good year?" thread, like we saw in the 2003 thru 2005 threads..

Yeah:cheeky: I'm consistent.

 

[Shaggy]

Never thought it can go so Big, make already more money in month (from PPC) then my friend`s with normal work in one year

So I take it your friends don't make much a year then. :laugh: Just kidding stuff, congrats on the good year!

 

[labrocca]

Sure, the value of .INFO and .BIZ sales will increase over the next year, but it will be driven by the lack of good .COM's (which will increase in value more), not by their own merits.

Exactly...by your own words you say they will increase in value. I could really care less about the reason as long as the end result is that I make more money. Not everyone can afford the .com version of a name. Also I think PPC kills dot com often. Imagine you want to buy doctor.com (example) but of course it's parked at a PPC site and you send an offer...they want $xxx,xxx (of course)...well instead you find .info or the biz for $xx,xxx and since the .com isn't really an active site it almost makes more sense. I like it when the .com version of my domain is parked...it just gives me more value and avoids a competing situation. Think about that.

.com is king of course but those are really expensive to purchase so only those holding good names stand to make money. The .info, .biz, and .us imho are the new frontier where solid gains are available. You can even get some good names at reg fee still on those extensions.

I think .net and .org are the extensions that will be hurt the most. Basically if you don't have .com then just about any other extension will work. However I think if you have .net or .org then your monetarily competing with cheaper .info, .biz, and .us. So this imho may drag the price of these extensions down or at least stabilize them and prevent solid growth.

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