Originally posted by mole
I really don't know, pod. When .ws first came out 4 years ago and I bought 3 or 4 of those Samoan domains, it was sold as World Site, then Web Site, now you say its Web Services, what will it be 2 years down the road for you, Won't Sell? 
.ws can be anything you want it to mean within reason. This is the beauty of the domain, it's versatility. Wheras, the marketing of .TV is pretty much limited to television.
FYI: With regard to .ws meaning "Web Services", I came up with that one because it's potential and relevance. It could also mean "Work Shop", if that is what you needed the name for.
Example: You are hosting a work shop in Toronto next year. The bulk of the work shop has to do with retirement. Instead of having the URL address for this event as "www.yourcompanyname.com/retirment_workshop.htm" you could have simply purchased "www.retirement.ws" The .ws at the end "makes sense". In marketing it is referred to as "using all your angles".
But what if you are not into work shops, but "web services"...
Ah yes, the future of the internet points towards "Web services"... Maybe you want to dump your YellowBellyServices.com name for something that will catch your client's eyes. You want your client's to know you are in "web services" without really telling them in your URL address... We've all seen those company names... YellowBellyWebServices.com... Duh? Why not "indirectly" hit them with the "Web Services" in your URL address without making it too obvious... "www.yellow.ws" Yellow Web Servicesââ¢
I think the point here is that we are all going to have to market our names one way or the other. If you have a generic.com, then your job becomes much easier, unless it's a longer .com and/or not a popular word/phrase. Any edge you can gain by the name you have will help your marketing plan. With .biz, it works with certain names, with .info it can be a plus, with .us it can help you market in the states, with .ws it's the (2) letters that can stand for a variety of "web" related functions... if you get a "relevant" short keyword all the better.
One thing I hope everyone isn't doing is wondering what the "next" guy is going to do. Blaze your own trail. Listen to what others say, but certainly don't buy into the notion that only a certain name, and a certain ending will guarantee success. Some of the best deals are those which "people" haven't seen yet. That's another way to make money in this business. Sift through other people's "trash" and find something you can turn into gold. The threshold to do so is very low, and the risks are even lower. Christ for a little less than $50 I've picked "clean" some very good "trash" I think.
