Wholesale Value of Premium 3-Letter .US

[Sharpy]

It's this simple:
.us will rule in 5 years. Why?
Because the United States is a country full of inovators and consumers. When registering a .us you never have to ask the question, does the extension fit the purpose. If it is sold/made/used/drank/eaten/rubbed on/produced/manufactued/laughed at/cried over etc. etc. etc. you can be sure it is all of the above, in the USA.

I only whish I could reg .us

 

[Duke]

Sharpy, it's amazing, you have a better insight into this extension than most Americans do.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by biggedon
When Bush came on television and made the speech relating to the .us extension for kids.us. It was big news for .us speculators, and it added to the tld's registration numbers.
It seems contrary to make the statement that he has nothing to do with the acceptance of .us.

You are confusing the messenger with the message Big.
.US regs went up that day because of what the kids.us message meant in terms of rapid recognition of the extension. It made no difference who delivered the message. They could have had a White House page announce the bill had been signed and it would have had the same impact.

It's like saying Americans who oppose Bush might quit buying American cars. One has nothing to do with the other. I know when I register .US names, whoever the president is has ZERO impact on my decision. I doubt it has any impact on anyone's decision when they buy ANY domain.

 

[URLtrader]

You wrote that x is an undesirable letter. What do you think of the following three letter word with an x :--
sex.us

 

[DNS Kidd]

Duke - Three letter combinations are VERY much a TM issue. Anything that identifies a brand or product to the public can indicate TM.

A three letter has LESS protection than a generic, since the generic was in use long before Sun and Mobile and others took them as TM.

The three letter became well known only after the company branded and marketed IBM, BMW, GMC and all the others.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by URLtrader
You wrote that x is an undesirable letter. What do you think of the following three letter word with an x :--
sex.us

Have you ever heard the old axiom "There are exceptions to every rule?". This one is a rather obvious exception. Aside from rare exceptions like this domains with q x y z are the last ones taken. You can see it right now in both .us and .info and you can see it in resale values of .com .net and .org. I would think it is fairly common knowledge.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by DNS Kidd
Duke - Three letter combinations are VERY much a TM issue. Anything that identifies a brand or product to the public can indicate TM.

A three letter has LESS protection than a generic, since the generic was in use long before Sun and Mobile and others took them as TM.

The three letter became well known only after the company branded and marketed IBM, BMW, GMC and all the others.

Like all legal matters I'm sure it would depend on the circumstances. If my name were Isaac B. Martin and I registered IBM.us for a personal site, I'm not sure that a panel would take that name away and give it to the IBM Corporation. As long as it was clear my site was not purposely trying to create confusion with IBM's products and brand I think I would have the right to use it. Might be an intesting hypothetical for the Legal Issues section.

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

Duke wrote:

Didn't know you could see into the future DCC (you have certainly NEVER demonstrated that capability before). Interesting you would say this when you were on here touting your .MD names a few months ago . Did you ever get the five figures you tried to convince people those were worth? Haven't seen you talk much about them since you were laughed out of the forum and returned to your preoccupation with porn names.

DUKE, MY DOT MD DOMAINS ARE *SINGLE CHARACTER* DOMAINS. THEY ARE AMONG THE RAREST OF DOMAINS. ONLY A FEW HUNDRED SINGLE CHARACTER DOMAINS WERE EVER AVAILABLE, IN ANY EXTENSION!!! IF YOU EVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A SINGLE CHARACTER DOMAIN NAME --EVEN IN A CRAPPY EXTENSION SUCH AS DOT MD OR DOT US --BUY IT!

I don't see how anyone with an ounce of intelligence and the ability to read the news about this extension can fail to see what is coming - but you have already amply demonstrated your lack of wisdom with respect to domains. I thought I asked for comments from .US fans (I already know what people with their heads stuck in the sand think) - obviously you failed to read that too, so no surprise to me that you are so poorly informed.

I HAVE MY HEAD STUCK IN THE SAND? I AM MISINFORMED? LOL.

FIRST, I OWN 1600 DOMAINS.

SECOND, I AM THE DOTCOM COWBOY!

THIRD, INFORMATION AT NIC.US SAYS THAT DOT US IS MOSTLY USED BY CONSUMERS, NOT BUSINESSES. DOT US HAS LIMITED COMMERCIAL VALUE. IT IS AN ALSO RAN, AT BEST.

LAST, DOT COM HAS 25,000,000 REGISTRATIONS; DOT US HAS ONLY 500,000. THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE..

DOT COM IS KING!!!

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

How much would you value REX.us then?
++++++

If it were un-registered, I would not even bother registering it. That's how I would value it. It has virtually no value, especially as a pure speculative play.

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

You know what .DE means.. it is a pointing signature for German markets .. the same will apply(does apply) for .US..
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That argument is erroneous.

The United States uses DOT COM as its default domain of preferrance.

DOT US is for people who were late to the party, and who perhaps run a business or other concern in the United States, however, it is certainly not the extension of choice.

The DOT COM analogue to the chosen DOT US domain will siphon off alot of its traffic. That is why DOT US has virtually no value in the market. Certainly as a speculation move, it is a loser investment.

The only obvious exception is a handful of truly outstanding generic domains such as TRAVEL.US, etc.. which would have value in any language/ form/ extension/ level.

 

[DryHeat]

Originally posted by DotComCowboy
How much would you value REX.us then?
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If it were un-registered, I would not even bother registering it. That's how I would value it. It has virtually no value, especially as a pure speculative play.

Then you say you don't have your head stuck in the sand....Don't you know that names like these are already being sold for few hundred $$ a piece...

 

[bidawinner]

You havent a clue ..

Here's one for you..



CDW.US
KellyServices.US
WashingtonPost.US
WesternDigital.US
Revlon.US
DeanFoods.US
ELpaso.US
GoodYear.US
Eastman.US
UnionPacific.US
EMC.US

Originally posted by DotComCowboy
You know what .DE means.. it is a pointing signature for German markets .. the same will apply(does apply) for .US..
+++++++

That argument is erroneous.

The United States uses DOT COM as its default domain of preferrance.

DOT US is for people who were late to the party, and who perhaps run a business or other concern in the United States, however, it is certainly not the extension of choice.

The DOT COM analogue to the chosen DOT US domain will siphon off alot of its traffic. That is why DOT US has virtually no value in the market. Certainly as a speculation move, it is a loser investment.

The only obvious exception is a handful of truly outstanding generic domains such as TRAVEL.US, etc.. which would have value in any language/ form/ extension/ level.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by DotComCowboy

I HAVE MY HEAD STUCK IN THE SAND? I AM MISINFORMED? LOL.

FIRST, I OWN 1600 DOMAINS.

SECOND, I AM THE DOTCOM COWBOY!

How does owning 1600 bad domains make you knowledgeable about anything except how to run up a big credit card bill?

The nickname IS kind of cool, though the DotCom Doofus would be more appropriate. None the less, I like having you around. You are always good for a few laughs. I get a kick out of people who are absolutely clueless about everything going on around them - it really is amusing.

Originally posted by DotComCowboy
LAST, DOT COM HAS 25,000,000 REGISTRATIONS; DOT US HAS ONLY 500,000. THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE..

Here is a concept that may be a little difficult for you to grasp. Since .com had a head start of nearly a decade it just might stand to reason that it would have a few more registrations than .us which started 9 months ago, don't you think? (Oh that's right, I forgot....you don't think)

 

[Shaggy]

Duke...are j's bad to have on these 3 letter names?

 

[DNS Kidd]

Duke - Funny stuff, class act dude!

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by Shaggy
Duke...are j's bad to have on these 3 letter names?

Well Shaggy, since my last name starts with J, I hate to admit that it is not one of the best letters, though its not what I would call bad. When we say a letter is good or bad we are referring to how many word possibilities there are for each letter. The best letters are like A, C, E, I, O, and S because they have thousands of strong word possibilities and are commonly used in company names.

Also excellent are strong consonants like B, D, F, M, N, P, R, T. In order of popularity after that (based on the letters I see remaining in the .US and .info pools) would come G and H, followed by J, K, U, V, W with the least popular being Q, X, Y. Z (you will find hundreds of names still available with those latter 4, and quite a few with J K U V).

There are exceptions to every rule of course, like Sex to name the most popular example. Of course if the letters match an acronym you really want to use, it becomes immaterial. As I am into media names, I buy a lot of J's for Journal (also great for Jewelry sites). Though a lot of W's get left on the board it is one of my favorite letters. It has a load of great words but for some reason is not as widely popular as the consonants.

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

DotComDoof.US

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by DotComCowboy
DotComDoof.US

Now you're talking DCC! I knew we could get you to come around to our side!

 

[.com.net.org]

I think APS.US is very nice for $50 - $75 price.

Gratz Duke. You're DotUsCowboy.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by .com.net.org
You're DotUsCowboy.

Cool....DotUSCowboy!! I can dig that. Wonder if I will run into any TM issues with DotComCowboy though?!