Non .com TLDs
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I'm curious to learn folks' opinions of businesses that use non .com TLDs.
I know that the original intent of the .net TLD was for ISPs or people providing some kind of networking services, but if I see a non-ISP use .net, I don't think negatively about them. The birth of eddiejennings.net came from me finding wilwheaton.net years ago, thinking it was cool, and registering my own version.
I know that .biz often is associated with fraud and scam sites. How do you folks feel about .ltd, .pro, and some of the other generic TLDs. I've seen that .llc is possibly going to be available in the future.
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I think it depends on who you are catering your site/services to.
Generally, I feel .com is the gold standard for business and enterprise. For personal stuff, it doesn't matter. Like your site, eddiejennings.net, perfectly fine.
Maybe for younger people, one of the newer hundreds of weird TLDs seems like a good idea, but I still feel like .com and .net are the only ones I would ever consider. (except for country-specific TLDs like .se, .it, etc - those are fine if it makes sense)
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I agree it probably depends on your audience. If they aren't technical people, sticking with a .com or .net would probably be your best bet. I have a .technology site, but it's a technical blog that I don't expect anyone outside of my line of work to even care about.
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All those weird ones, I think that they are basically useless. Fine for goofy sites, but avoid them for businesses. People can't even figure out that they are domain names.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
All those weird ones, I think that they are basically useless. Fine for goofy sites, but avoid them for businesses. People can't even figure out that they are domain names.
As if people even know what domain names are.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
All those weird ones, I think that they are basically useless. Fine for goofy sites, but avoid them for businesses. People can't even figure out that they are domain names.
Except for .co of course, right?
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@aaronstuder said in Non .com TLDs:
@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
All those weird ones, I think that they are basically useless. Fine for goofy sites, but avoid them for businesses. People can't even figure out that they are domain names.
Except for .co of course, right?
That's not a weird one, that's a standard country TLD. The ones that have been around basically since day one, which includes all the country codes, com, net, org, gov, mil, etc. are fine. It's the weird, later, different meaning ones that are strange and no one understands. .biz, .technical, .hairsalon, .brothel, .carwash or whatever.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
@aaronstuder said in Non .com TLDs:
@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
All those weird ones, I think that they are basically useless. Fine for goofy sites, but avoid them for businesses. People can't even figure out that they are domain names.
Except for .co of course, right?
That's not a weird one, that's a standard country TLD. The ones that have been around basically since day one, which includes all the country codes, com, net, org, gov, mil, etc. are fine. It's the weird, later, different meaning ones that are strange and no one understands. .biz, .technical, .hairsalon, .brothel, .carwash or whatever.
.tokyo
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https://www.key-systems.net/en/blog/city-domain-extensions
How does NYC and Miami get them but not Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Philly, or LA?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
@aaronstuder said in Non .com TLDs:
@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
All those weird ones, I think that they are basically useless. Fine for goofy sites, but avoid them for businesses. People can't even figure out that they are domain names.
Except for .co of course, right?
That's not a weird one, that's a standard country TLD. The ones that have been around basically since day one, which includes all the country codes, com, net, org, gov, mil, etc. are fine. It's the weird, later, different meaning ones that are strange and no one understands. .biz, .technical, .hairsalon, .brothel, .carwash or whatever.
I think I will register my business and my church with new TLDs. Both will end in .brothel Might bring church attendance up....
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@penguinwrangler said in Non .com TLDs:
@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
@aaronstuder said in Non .com TLDs:
@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
All those weird ones, I think that they are basically useless. Fine for goofy sites, but avoid them for businesses. People can't even figure out that they are domain names.
Except for .co of course, right?
That's not a weird one, that's a standard country TLD. The ones that have been around basically since day one, which includes all the country codes, com, net, org, gov, mil, etc. are fine. It's the weird, later, different meaning ones that are strange and no one understands. .biz, .technical, .hairsalon, .brothel, .carwash or whatever.
I think I will register my business and my church with new TLDs. Both will end in .brothel Might bring church attendance up....
see if "churchofthe" is taken....
churchofthe.brothel
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@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
https://www.key-systems.net/en/blog/city-domain-extensions
How does NYC and Miami get them but not Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Philly, or LA?
Because someone has to pay a shit ton of money for a custom TLD, annually.
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The original cost was $185,000 to submit for one and then $6,250 quarterly.
This is what the 2012 news stuff said. I have not kept up with it if the costs have changed.
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@jaredbusch said in Non .com TLDs:
The original cost was $185,000 to submit for one and then $6,250 quarterly.
This is what the 2012 news stuff said. I have not kept up with it if the costs have changed.
Oh wow, that's just a bunch of crap then.
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I did a little digging on .llc. Doesn't look like that will become a thing. .ltd exists though.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
@jaredbusch said in Non .com TLDs:
The original cost was $185,000 to submit for one and then $6,250 quarterly.
This is what the 2012 news stuff said. I have not kept up with it if the costs have changed.
Oh wow, that's just a bunch of crap then.
All applications are reviewed and may not be approved either.
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@jaredbusch said in Non .com TLDs:
@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
@jaredbusch said in Non .com TLDs:
The original cost was $185,000 to submit for one and then $6,250 quarterly.
This is what the 2012 news stuff said. I have not kept up with it if the costs have changed.
Oh wow, that's just a bunch of crap then.
All applications are reviewed and may not be approved either.
It would be kinda cool to have a .dfw
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@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
@jaredbusch said in Non .com TLDs:
@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
@jaredbusch said in Non .com TLDs:
The original cost was $185,000 to submit for one and then $6,250 quarterly.
This is what the 2012 news stuff said. I have not kept up with it if the costs have changed.
Oh wow, that's just a bunch of crap then.
All applications are reviewed and may not be approved either.
It would be kinda cool to have a .dfw
The custom TLD can certainly be cool for marketing purposes in a business. For personal, yeah there are a lot of good reasons.
A custom TLD needs quite a few registrations to make it all worth it though. Here are some sample numbers pulled out of my ass.
Description Cost 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year Total Sales Needed Setup $185,000 $185,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $185,000 Quarterly $6,250 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $125,000 Total $210,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $310,000 Yearly Cost Per Domain $20 $20 $20 $20 $20 $20 $100 3100 Per Domain $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $250 1240 Per Domain $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $500 620 -
So assuming a $20 per year registration fee as Google charges for a typical .com, you can see they would need to have 3,100 domains sold for 5 years to just make costs.
Down to 620 is you charge $100 per year.
