The Biggest Change to the Web in Internet History

by willN

Posted: 13 years ago 19 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Forget .com how about .jobs .cool .money .man etc

So in 99 days ICANN will be accepting applications for new gTLDs. For those of you that do not know, a TLD or Top Level Domain is .com .net .org .ws .info etc. There are less than 2 dozen gTLDs (the g stands for Generic). Generic TLDs are available for anyone to use for any purpose. Like .com .net etc. Restriced TLDs are those like .gov and .edu

So now you have a quick run down on what I am talking about, I would love to be in on one of these new gTLD like the ones listed in my title. I have a feeling this is going to be alot like the .com boom except people will be buying domains and TLDs. One of the biggest I think will be .wiki and if google jumps in I imagine .ggl or .google will be huge too.

It is funny, less than 100 days untill the biggest change in the internet since it was developed will be happening. Anyone have any plans for registering or any ideas on what you will do once this happens?

#cool #forget #jobs #man #money

willN 13 years ago

One of my buddies suggested things like .sports .porn .games. This is going to be alot bigger than I thought.
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Ryan David 13 years ago

Whenever I read posts/comments about how something huge is happening in the world of domains, I think of this.

THE DOMAIN GOLD RUSH IS BACK ON!
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Chris The Traffic Blogger 13 years ago

Yeah what a great opportunity to buy trash and sell it as treasure.

.clickbank
.aweber
.money
.finance

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John Romaine 13 years ago

.credit .loans .insurance

theres the money right there
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Dan C. Rinnert

13 years ago

Originally Posted by willN

Forget .com how about .jobs .cool .money .man etc

Why would I want any of those if I have the .com?

The .com will continue to be dominant. People are used to it. Over time, they may get used to other TLDs, but that same argument was used for previously new TLDs, such as .biz. For most people, .com still dominates over .biz. For that matter, .com still trumps .net, even though both are nearly as old. If you tell someone your site is at domain.net, odds are good they might end up trying to visit domainnet.com.

It might be good if you can afford your own TLD, then you never need worry about availability.

But, few people (here at least) can afford the $185,000 application fee.

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John Romaine

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

But, few people (here at least) can afford the $185,000 application fee.

I wonder how this statement will stack up in 10 years

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Dan C. Rinnert 13 years ago

Originally Posted by ramone_johnny

I wonder how this statement will stack up in 10 years

Well, .biz was introduced ten years ago and many of the same arguments were made then, yet here we are ten years later and .com is still more dominant.
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- John Romaine 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert
  
  Well, .biz was introduced ten years ago and many of the same arguments were made then, yet here we are ten years later and .com is still more dominant.
  
  Hmm, wait, you're one second into the future, so you could be right.
  
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- JSProjects 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert
  
  Well, .biz was introduced ten years ago and many of the same arguments were made then, yet here we are ten years later and .com is still more dominant.
  
  Yeah, .com will always be #1.
  
  But I'm getting to the point of hardly being able to find any good .com's. I know they're out there. But it's getting harder and harder to find them.
  
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  Dan C. Rinnert 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by JSProjects
  
  Yeah, .com will always be #1.
  
  I wouldn't say "always."
  
  But I'm getting to the point of hardly being able to find any good .com's. I know they're out there. But it's getting harder and harder to find them.
  
  I find them all the time. I have too many, in fact. LOL.
  
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Ram 13 years ago

Originally Posted by ramone_johnny

I wonder how this statement will stack up in 10 years

I think it will be just as true 10 years from now. 100 years? Who knows what we will be using to communicate. But .com is ingrained and easy to remember. It has a cultural identity of its own that .net, .tv or any other doesn't.
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- Thomas Michal 13 years ago
  
  Ummm I don't know if any of you have check it out but unless you want to fork out huge cash you won't be getting your hands on these... these domains aren't going to be $9.99
  
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hgy 13 years ago

.com is allways better, but .net is cheaper and pretty much the same
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HotDamnShortSales 13 years ago

I worked in the music industry for 20 years, I remember our high level executive meeting with the "suits" where they would say "ohhh, everyone relax, this downloading stuff, mp3 stuff is just a hot topic fad right now, people will ALWAYS want to hold a cd in their hand and read the lyrics, look at the artwork, so dont worry" or "this whole myspace and youtube thing is just a fad.." so, my point is, things change, .com might become the OLD way of doing things, you ever think of that? having gambling.sports or target.shop could be the new. what I would do is buy up all the domain names for those .xxxxx when they come out.
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willN 13 years ago

.com is more prevelan right now. But I can see amazon buying one and havine like books.amzn or printers.amzn. And if you have "thenewnewnewhowtomakemoneyonlinesite.com" and I have "make.money" I win.
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atvking 13 years ago

Remember .tel and .mobi and .co and .tv and all the other hype extensions? None of them did very well. These new .hype extensions have no value simply because surfers remember the name of the domain and most often not the extension.

Or look at it from this angle: how many successful .tel or .mobi or .tv domains do you know?

Also most .com-s are not developed but are being squatted on. You have a realistic choice of dishing out the extra$$ to the squatter or losing cash simply because people take .com-s more seriously than any other extension. If you don't have the .com you WILL lose money no way around this.
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- Jon Patrick 13 years ago
  
  Read the fine print before you get all excited, guys. None of us will be buying these domains unless we have a couple hundred thousand dollars to spare (as Dan mentioned, the application fee is $185,000.) And even if you wish to purchase one for that price, it's not first-come-first-serve like normal domain names. With these new ones, if more than one person wants the same thing, ICANN is going to choose who gets to buy it and who doesn't.
  
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Michael Oksa 13 years ago

www.post.hyperbole could redirect to the subject of this thread.

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- Dan C. Rinnert 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Michael Oksa
  
  www.post.hyperbole could redirect to the subject of this thread.
  
  I don't even know how many of the biggest changes to the web in Internet history I've seen in my time online.
  
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