I've observed all the major sites featuring new gtlds over .com
*does fresh page loads*
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Sedo homepage
- 'showcase domains' 3/8 ngtlds
- 'featured domains' 10/10 ngtlds
- .store banner
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godaddy homepage
under search box in prime position - 2/4 ntlds (in order, .info, .life, .club, .co) -- no .com!
run a search query with input text: hello
https://www.godaddy.com/dpp/find?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domainToCheck=hello
sure -- hello.com is taken but do we see many .com suggestions with hello?
20 results are shown, as follows:
11 ntlds*
2 x .org hand reg idea
1 x .com aftermarket option
1 x .info hand reg idea
2 x .co hand reg ideas
2 x .net hand reg ideas
the first 6 results are ngtlds, then a .org suggestion.
* 11/11 are aftermarket recommendations ranging from $69.99 per year (hello.fishing) to $19,999.99 one time (14.99/yr thereafter) or you could do $6499.99 per year indefinitely for hello.one and hello.site with 1/2 price discount on yr1 for the latter. 6/11 with annual renewals over >$3999.99.
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uniregistry homepage
under search box in prime position - 4/6 ngtlds (in order, .city, .xyz, .world, .store, .asia. .info) -- no .com!
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This is HUGE wind for ngtlds. These companies are obfuscating .com in major ways.
Now I'll pivot to being subjective and offer my own thoughts:
- .com domains are so well subscribed to that it probably is difficult to make viable suggestions to end users. Difficult but not impossible.
- these companies stand to gain much more (profit margins), by being able to sell these ngtlds. I don't know the math as I'm not an insider but if they make say $3 per .com hand reg but can make thousands for a single ngtld then what are they gonna try and pump?
- in spite of all of this wind, the ngtld boat has awful sails and a hole too. The water is coming in.
- premium .com domains are an absolute bargain compared to 'premium' ngtlds
- only a few fall in love with a premium ngtld. Registrars are like dating sites trying to make that happen these days with these pigs wearing lipstick on the center stage.
For example, hello.store for $6499.99 per year with $3299.99 upfront.
- most know what they are doing and will build on a .com.
- the registrars are giving a false sense that the market for these ngtld's is bigger than it really is
- .com is so established, so engrained in people's minds and churned out in marketing messages that people see thousands/ millions times a second around the world on various medias that it couldn't care less what registrars do.
*does fresh page loads*
++++++++++++++
Sedo homepage
- 'showcase domains' 3/8 ngtlds
- 'featured domains' 10/10 ngtlds
- .store banner
++++++++++++++
godaddy homepage
under search box in prime position - 2/4 ntlds (in order, .info, .life, .club, .co) -- no .com!
run a search query with input text: hello
https://www.godaddy.com/dpp/find?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domainToCheck=hello
sure -- hello.com is taken but do we see many .com suggestions with hello?
20 results are shown, as follows:
11 ntlds*
2 x .org hand reg idea
1 x .com aftermarket option
1 x .info hand reg idea
2 x .co hand reg ideas
2 x .net hand reg ideas
the first 6 results are ngtlds, then a .org suggestion.
* 11/11 are aftermarket recommendations ranging from $69.99 per year (hello.fishing) to $19,999.99 one time (14.99/yr thereafter) or you could do $6499.99 per year indefinitely for hello.one and hello.site with 1/2 price discount on yr1 for the latter. 6/11 with annual renewals over >$3999.99.
++++++++++++++
uniregistry homepage
under search box in prime position - 4/6 ngtlds (in order, .city, .xyz, .world, .store, .asia. .info) -- no .com!
++++++++++++++
This is HUGE wind for ngtlds. These companies are obfuscating .com in major ways.
Now I'll pivot to being subjective and offer my own thoughts:
- .com domains are so well subscribed to that it probably is difficult to make viable suggestions to end users. Difficult but not impossible.
- these companies stand to gain much more (profit margins), by being able to sell these ngtlds. I don't know the math as I'm not an insider but if they make say $3 per .com hand reg but can make thousands for a single ngtld then what are they gonna try and pump?
- in spite of all of this wind, the ngtld boat has awful sails and a hole too. The water is coming in.
- premium .com domains are an absolute bargain compared to 'premium' ngtlds
- only a few fall in love with a premium ngtld. Registrars are like dating sites trying to make that happen these days with these pigs wearing lipstick on the center stage.
For example, hello.store for $6499.99 per year with $3299.99 upfront.
- most know what they are doing and will build on a .com.
- the registrars are giving a false sense that the market for these ngtld's is bigger than it really is
- .com is so established, so engrained in people's minds and churned out in marketing messages that people see thousands/ millions times a second around the world on various medias that it couldn't care less what registrars do.
