short ccTLDs are the next buzz

[jandy519]

congrats jandy!

 

[kjlfed]

I have URL.to and plan to run a site like bit.ly .

 

[dominator]

I have URL.to and plan to run a site like cn .

as a charity, or how will you earn money?
(and finance the site itself)

 

[kjlfed]

as a charity, or how will you earn money?
(and finance the site itself)

maybe could advertising~~~

 

[incka]

My attempts to sell U.BB et al this month have not met with much interest so I don't think short ccTLDs are the real next buzz when I've reduced the price so much but hardly any interest (down to only $1995 for u.bb plus 8 one numbers and four two letter .bb domains).

 

[katherine]

I think it's very simple: short domains are valuable in mature extensions.
For example if you've got L.de & LL.de you have gold in your hands.

But exotic extensions remain exotic, because the local market isn't there and they are best for vanity.
Those domains are not valuable just because they are short.

 

[merien]

http://goo.gl/



Facebook is also shortening now with own .me if I am not mistaking

 

[dominator]

computer used for moon landing had only several kilobytes
now we have megabytes, gigabytes (and terabytes)

so it is ridiculous that we do not have enough space for an url

 

[kjlfed]

Thanks for giving me some advice: http://www.dnforum.com/f4/url-me-too-y-thread-400317.html

 

[valeria]

Everything that is not in .com .net .org .de and is not a domain hack is a junk.

 

[Domainate.com]

Everything that is not in .com .net .org .de and is not a domain hack is a junk.

Funny, I sold a domain for $60,000 that falls into your "junk" category. You're making far too sweeping a generalization there.

 

[fenomeno]

Sorry, but i dont agree. For example .co.uk is a very good extension, and market for them is good. Also, i would be very happy to have for example poker.fr, casino.fr, poker.it, or some other top keyword in some other not mentioned ccTLDs.

But i agree that is not the same to have for example service (very premium keyword) in .com and in .st extension, and i agree that in .st, or in some excotic extension service keyword would be a junk.

For me is 7j3(dot)com (sorry if someone here has it) junk. But that domain has its value because it is very liquid type of domain as any other ccc.com......but 7j3.ccTLD would be total junk in any other exotic extension with zero value.

Also, if you have a.ccTLD that domain definately have some value, but its value is because of domainers who like that type of domains, as i doubt that someone from Pictairn Islands would struggle to get a.pn for himself.

Of course that the same short name in .de or .co.uk cant be even compared with its version is .pn or some other exotic ccTLD.

But sometimes you can hit jackpot even with some short name in exotic ccTLD. For example, if you have 321 .la, and there is some company name 321 in Los Angeles, maybe they will pay you for it more than you would get for 321.de if you wont be able to find some 321 company in Germany

So, i belive short ccTLD names have their value. One letters definately, and some longer sometimes also could be very good.

 

[myst woman]

shorti names generic and cc is hot right now.

 

[CanSpace]

To be honest I think often times a ccTLD is BETTER for a business than a generic .com or .net. For example if I'm looking for a carpenter and do a google search, and I see carpenter.ca and carpenter.com, I'm much more likely to click the .ca since I know it's local to me.

 

[ftaylor]

I think the best short names are domain hacks. Everyone is getting in on the short url market aswell. Youtube just launched youtu.be (which is hardly even a shorter url but anyway...).

 

[brian1234]

Talking of domain 'hacks'... it appears that the DotMP
registry are now getting in on the act, as evidenced by
their current eBay auction sales.

They are listing several, that include ro.mp for $35,000.
But rest easy, the $35K does include registration for 3
whole years!.. lol.

Frankly, I can't see them getting a tenth of that, even
on their best day. But my own 'take' on the short domain
debate is that single letter/number + TLD will always be
sought after, and that also goes for excellent short 'hacks'...

Where the power becomes diluted a hundred-fold, however,
is where we get in to the territory of, e.g. bit.ly.. a name
that means nothing, has no natural type in, and fairly poor
branding potential.

Is bit.ly the exception?.. There will always be exceptions!

I'd be interested to hear what other think about this 'though.

 

[dominator]

url shorteners?

nobody needs them

6 big services get 6 of them
and the rest is useless

 

[lzy]

Agreed. Everyone with a L.cctld or LL.cctld starting their own "shortest URL shortening" service.

I think less than 1% of every single URL shortening service out there gain any traction and god knows if anyone of them are making a profit.

 

[myst woman]

hence my newest $1 domain, freeccpages.com

 

[kevmacmeh]

Everything that is not in .com .net .org .de and is not a domain hack is a junk.

you seem to be deeply misguided about the value of alternative extensions. i think you should do your homework :undecided: