question Why .onl not popular

[Dr. Aftab]

Why .onl not as popular as other new gTLDs like .xyz ? Although it's short and catchy

 

[ecalc]

The 20:1 initial price disadvantage can't be helping ...

 

[DrJacoby]

Why .onl not as popular as other new gTLDs like .xyz ? Although it's short and catchy

Short [X]
Catchy [ ]
Pronounceable [ ]

 

[HotKey]

Beats me. It should be toppling the charts. Oh well. Theres always .gdn, not only is it as short and catchy as .onl, it has the added bonus of being as useless as blowing smoke up someone's arse to cure flatulance.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

OK I own zero xyz or onl,but if I was investing in one I would favour xyz even if it did not have aggressive pricing since:
(a) There is at least one super important company (Alphabet/Goggle) using it. Also with almost 2000 actual sites with xyz in the Alexa top 1M there is some momentum there.
(b) xyz is logical for sites that claim to offer comprehensive information (all the way to the end of the alphabet)
(c) To me at least xyz feels more modern and more easily memorable even though not pronounceable
(d) I dislike the onl/online potential confusion just like I dislike that there are loan and loans, site website and web, etc.
(e) Although onl is arguably pronounceable, as others have mentioned, perhaps in a negative connotation way.

But the difference in numbers is, as others have said, due to price levels and promotion, or lack thereof.

I would personally only consider onl if there was a great word that was available only in that extension, especially if the onl could somehow make sense in a domain hack way.

A great enough word I would consider in xyz, but have not found any yet.

 

[Chris Hydrick]

I thought it's short for ONLINE, thanks for the update.

Well, for me, Google thought I was looking for .only domains when I searched .onl domains...

Though, nic.onl seems to think, ".onl is the quick way to say you're online!"

 

[urljunky]

There is a .onl extension?

 

[urlurl]

yup, stands for Orange 'and' Lemons

 

[nomen]

Not that great extension. Reminds me of .ARCHI which is probably the worst TLD in excistence.

 

[blockchain]

.onl sounds like .anal for me...

 

[Fancy.domains]

Both are in a league of their own. The only difference is that .xyz has a more active marketing campaign. That is not to say that it will be more successful. I struggle to understand why anyone would even consider either. Money would have probably better spent on establishing a gTLD like .iom or .kom if they haven't already been set up.

I have sold 15-20 .xyz names for $xxx - $xxxx / each. That is a reason for me, being a domainer. If I like the extension, or not, is a totally different thing.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

The shorter TLD is not always the better TLD.
The TLD ".online" has 6 letters and sounds = performs better than the abbreviation - TLD ".onl(ine)" which has only 3 letters.

 

[Fancy.domains]

The shorter TLD is not always the better TLD.
The TLD ".online" has 6 letters and sounds = performs better than the abbrevation - TLD ".onl(ine)" which has only 3 letters.

Yes!

Just because one new gTLD is "bad" (or doing bad), it doesn't mean all are "bad" (or doing bad).

 

[Fancy.domains]

In some cases .xyz makes sense, looks nice, could have commercial value imho.

The problem is, & it is a big one, most high value (one word, letter, number) .xyz have outrageous renewal rates.

Am sure some companies wouldn't mind it, but individuals? I would never pay $1,200 for renewal.

Just saw a (.Rent) domain that renews at $64,999.99, oh, nothing to say.

I assume its the same with .onl? crazy renewals?

Cheers

I totally agree. I really dislike premium renewals. And not only because I am a domainer. Personally, I would prefer that the registry would set up auctions for the very best names instead, but keep regular renewal fees.

Still, I understand that their agenda is to make money. Just as any company.

 

[disaac81]

.onl looks terrible and sounds not much better... why on worth would anyone choose to brand on it.

 

[urlurl]

Why .onl not as popular as other new gTLDs like .xyz ? Although it's short and catchy

Never heard of personally, so i guess that answers your question

and to me, it has nothing going for it

 

[DomainRecap]

Not that great extension. Reminds me of .ARCHI which is probably the worst TLD in excistence.

Yeah, all we need now is .VERONICA. .BETTY and .JUGHEAD.

 

[BRANDERX]

In some cases .xyz makes sense, looks nice, could have commercial value imho.

The problem is, & it is a big one, most high value (one word, letter, number) .xyz have outrageous renewal rates.

Am sure some companies wouldn't mind it, but individuals? I would never pay $1,200 for renewal.

Just saw a (.Rent) domain that renews at $64,999.99, oh, nothing to say.

I assume its the same with .onl? crazy renewals?

Cheers

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Of course nothing is clearly obvious in the world of ngTLDs, and an extension with low registration numbers can have a major sale! There are more .onl registrations than .loans registrations (place 286 vs 313 on the nTLD list as of today). We all know that home(.)loans sold for $500,000 this year. Another extension with limited total registrations but is doing well this year in major sale is ventures. I think the difference though is that the big sale will be two full words that make perfect sense, and onl does not cut it for me.

 

[Fancy.domains]

And how many new gTLDs with less regs.

Seems to about as many (in General Availability). Still, 5200 registered names in more than 1000 days is not a great result. I am pretty sure that they had expected much more.

 

[namerav]

Short form of online

 

[TestCase]

Huh!?!?!

Until this thread I had no idea this extension existed. Once aware of it, I couldn't figure out what it might stand for or suggest. (Thanks urlurl & namerav for some suggested meanings. )

Yes it's short, but there are plenty of other short ones as well and I see nothing "catchy" about it. Also, in my eyes, it is "visually unappealing" as part of a domain name. Add to all this that it's pretty pricey extension and I really see no use or need for it.

Buuuuuut.... Beauty is in the eye of the holder! If it floats your boat and you like it, then I wish you the best of luck with this extension!

 

[DomainRecap]

.xyz looks even worse but still got millions of registrations.

Sure, at 99-cents (or as low as a penny) a pop.

 

[HotKey]

^ Anything that's cheap will cloud peoples judgement, no matter how terrible. Not sure what .onl's game plan is though, since the release in 2014 or 15 they have moved a ton of names to registry-reserved.

Moot point anyways, I don't see this extension gaining traction- unless they hire the same marketing gurus as .xyz and offer the same promos etc..but it won't ever be taken seriously.

 

[Fancy.domains]

.xyz looks even worse but still got millions of registrations.

Much, much better, intense and wider marketing!