.com is going to die! Just thought

The OP, I believe, is trying to make the point that if domainers tie up the best .coms then the world will move to other alternatives.

I believe that is happening in two ways, although more from the expanding internet than from domainers. One is the increased use of other TLD's - a trickle that is becoming a stream, but more commonly there is the increased popularity of longer and longer .com names. I see big corporations going for reg fee names with three or four words rather than pay $$$$ for shorter names. To some extent this seems to be wrong-headed to me, but listen and look at the names you hear advertised and you will see it.

Marcvs said:

which new rule(s) are you refering to??

Don't forget, .COM has already been around for 20 years and I don't see any indication that it's going anywhere. In fact it seems to be quite the opposite.

Each new extension that comes out only solidifies the position of .COM as the market leader as the "Global Contender" TLDs are left to fight amongst themselves for the rest of the market and public mindshare.

IMHO, it would be very smart to secure a premium .COM at this time in history with the intent to keep it for 20 years.

-RJ- said:

I concur 100%

accentnepal said:

Most of these types of domains are purchased as disposable domains meant only to serve for a specific ad campaign and then they are retired to the corporate graveyard.

-RJ- said:

I fully agree also.
I think that the other ext. will increase in use, and that other ones will become available. These ext. will become more valuable, by quite a bit, but the .com I think will always rise in value in line with their increses.
DD

.COM is going nowhere, the original post is like saying that land on Manhattan is going to be worthless because it is too overcrowded and everyone will just move out. It is overcrowded for a reason - people want to be there, same with .COM.

I do think that the more global use of .COM will eventually result in more attention for .US from Americans who can no longer assume that when they visit a .COM they're probably on a US site, but it is going to take time. If only Neustar weren't so passive about the whole thing, it would only take a few well placed ads to get the whole thing rolling nicely.

the supply is limited for .com, thus the value should not depreciate.

However if there are some break through on the technology, people would no longer
visit website based on names (i.e., instead they always visit website based on the keyword ranks etc), then it may no longer hold the value

Zilla,

Your comments help support the case for investing in alternate tld's and cctld's, however, in my opinion, they also strenghten the case for investing in .com's.

It's simple supply vs demand. When supply goes down, demand and price always go up.

Can someone offer an example where this isn't the case.

eh? Who gives there 7 year a domain for his birthday :O

:hehe:

Joseph said:

When my daughter turned 11, I gave her a domain... we built a site up and she uses it as a MB for her friends and stuff... it was fun.... but now she moved onto myspace and daddy's gift was laid by the wayside

DNQuest.com said:

mayspace sucks.... I really hate it actully. Seeing my friends making crappy sites at myspace, or invisionfree, or blogger,.... Then they say: Look what a great site i have build, all on my own! But they havent, they just add some content uding some WYSIWYG (or however its called) editor...

-RJ- said:

100% agree with ya on this! :tu:

-RJ- said:

This gives me a bit more confidence in my newly acquired worldcup2026.com, not sure about worldcup2074.com or worldcup2078.com, if you want a piece of the action the next available world cup year is worldcup2154.com

Barring the sky falling, I agree that .com will continue to rise.

But (knew that was coming) that is not really the important issue.

Folks - it is all about percentage yield. Say I look in my crystal ball and see the following prices in 5 years:

LLL.com - now $3000, in 5 years $12000
LLL.net - now $1000, in 5 years $5000
LLL.info - now $150, in 5 years $2000

I would say, if these numbers were correct, that the LLL.info is by far the better buy. Even adding in the renewal fees the percentage is much higher. (This is for example, we can argue about the prices later. Remember, my crystal ball has been broken since I threw it across the room when the Seahawks lost the Superbowl).

RJ said:

I am comforted to see your optimism. There are so many variables in this game.

I think .com will strenthen, because it will always be the top dog. HOWEVER, I think selected other tlds will appreciate greatly--ones that do not feel regional. My pick is .cc. No one associates it with the CoCo Islands--it "feels" universial, it sounds cool, and as I've been buying up my now 400 of them, I can tell you that they are getting grabbed quickly now, with SOLD prices as high as in the low xx,xxx range. I'm getting great offers on my cc names now.

And when a tld is universal it obviously will expand the markete. .US will only work for an audience of 300,000, but .cc will work for 6-7 billion.

bigturnip said:

I won't depress you with my thoughts about "current event domains" then.

accentnepal said:

That's an excellent point. Buy smart!