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discussion What do you register after .com is taken?

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What do you register after .com?

  • Longer .com

    Votes: 5 45.5%
  • .net

    Votes: 3 27.3%
  • .org

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • ccTLD for your country

    Votes: 1 9.1%
  • New gTLD

    Votes: 1 9.1%
  • Nothing

    Votes: 1 9.1%

  • Total voters
    11
  • Poll closed .

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People don't want to be educated on new Gs.

They want .com or ccTLD. I know @jmcc research would agree.
Yep. The new gTLDs are struggling at a country level. Some of the geo new gTLDs are OK in terms of renewal but even .COM struggles in the country markets where there is a strong ccTLD. The new registration volume per month for the ccTLDs in those markets is generally over twice that of .COM. This because most business is local and the local ccTLD is about as local as one can get (apart from a city/regional geo gTLD).

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What countries are these?

Yep. The new gTLDs are struggling at a country level. Some of the geo new gTLDs are OK in terms of renewal but even .COM struggles in the country markets where there is a strong ccTLD. The new registration volume per month for the ccTLDs in those markets is generally over twice that of .COM.

Yes, most people don't understand how much local business and search matters.

I ran to the small local hardware store to get copies of keys made. Can't do that online. 🔑🗝️

This because most business is local and the local ccTLD is about as local as one can get (apart from a city/regional geo gTLD).

Regards...jmcc
 

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What countries are these?



Yes, most people don't understand how much local business and search matters.

I ran to the small local hardware store to get copies of keys made. Can't do that online. 🔑🗝️
The Irish market, the UK market and most of the other EU ccTLD markets. The .COM is lucky because it is the de facto US ccTLD (the .US is the official one).

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I find ccTLDs with their meaningful counterparts in English as abbreviated terms quite interesting, like:

.cc ( to CC' someone)
.ai (artificial intelligence)
.ie (id est, to clarify a meaning)
.io (input/output)

and likely some more out there. Actually maybe a lot more since ccTLDs are always two characters and so many terms have abbreviated forms nowadays. VC as "venture capitalist" grew on me though never invested into it.
 

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Don't care, .com is king. 👑

I find ccTLDs with their meaningful counterparts in English as abbreviated terms quite interesting, like:

.cc ( to CC' someone)
.ai (artificial intelligence)
.ie (id est, to clarify a meaning)
.io (input/output)

and likely some more out there. Actually maybe a lot more since ccTLDs are always two characters and so many terms have abbreviated forms nowadays. VC as "venture capitalist" grew on me though never invested into it.
 

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So the thread died because .com is king? If so, what was the point?

And how did I forget about .TV.. there's a powerhouse ccTLD if there ever was one.
 

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So the thread died because .com is king? If so, what was the point?

And how did I forget about .TV.. there's a powerhouse ccTLD if there ever was one.

Yes because .com is king.
 

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If the .com isn't available and I want that exact word (no prefix or suffix) I'll go for .io ,now depending on the purpose or niche of this name ,if .io isn't available then .org/.net
 

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nothing says it better than .Online....ask any educated consumer.
You aren't serious..?? I'm not dissing .online, but any "educated consumer" immediately rolls to .com. Anyhow, your fallback is dot-online, very good. I know tons of sites that use "wordonline".com where I think shortening it to the new G' makes far more sense.
 

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Depending on if I am buying a domain for me or some client that we are working for. If it's possible it is also a good idea to buy a local domain if .com is occupied. But if you are operating globally, the .net isn't that bad as well.
 

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Depending on if I am buying a domain for me or some client that we are working for. If it's possible it is also a good idea to buy a local domain if .com is occupied. But if you are operating globally, the .net isn't that bad as well.

I've used .net for several websites.
 

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It just depends on what the domain is, for instant, LearnReligion would go better with .org than .io, but Web3Dev would go better with .io rather than .org

Also, .xyz is looking real good right now, and are only $1 for the first year, if the sales don't look good by the end of this year, list them on sav, then liquidate via forum if need be.
 

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I look at what normal people use.

They use;

.com
ccTLDs
.net
.org
 

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Interested to know what domain extensions people register if the .com they want is taken?

I have my own preferences but I'm interested to hear others thoughts.
There are other good choices as well, sometimes even better than .com, like .net. .edu, .org, or some that are more closely related to some specific GEO, if that's where you will run your site as if you for example run a site in Canada, the extensions.ca may be more valuable than simple.com which can be used anywhere in the world.
 

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Sometimes I register domains even before the dot-com. Whaaat??
 

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