.info Gains Momentum

[DomainEngineer]

I have NOT registered even "one" more .info domain even though my broker is also giving 25 free .INFOs

I only registered few many months ago or bough few also.

Frankly, I don't think there is much value in .info any way unless is one of the few great key words.

I have absolutely no intention of getting any free .info

Btw, just wait one more year and all those freely registered .INFOs will be dropping like few thousand a day because many people who registered these free 25 each will not renew them. It will actually make the .INFO look like a loser.

Just my opinion.

Thanks,

[Banned: DNnic]

Originally Posted by rickkumar

just wait one more year and all those freely registered .INFOs will be dropping like few thousand a day because many people who registered these free 25 each will not renew them. It will actually make the .INFO look like a loser.

Probably you are right, "most" of these free .info's owner won't renew their .info ~ as 80 ~ 90% of these free .info are rubbish.

I've got some free .info domains, but I'll renew 5 ~ 10 of them at least...

[clemzonguy]

I am sure Afilias will come up with another game plan and has already thought this out with multiple senarios. If they are crooked enough to look the other way with false trademark registrations they will stoop to any level to further their causes.

[mole]

Ah, a very old thread uncovered.

Speculators continue to bemoan that .INFO isn't fetching them the dream money they thought they could get.

Meantime, global warming continues to wreck increasing havoc with the weather and Google continues to find .INFO web sites sprouting like the acorns in spring.

[MediaHound]

... meantime, Mole's snapping them up like dirt candy...

[chatcher]

In my opinion, any increase in the number of .info names registered because of the "free .info" promotion is negated by the fact that they were giving them away. Undoubtedly they had a reason to need to increase the numbers of registered .info names, but because of the way they did it I for one will be skeptical of the numbers.

On the brighter side, I just visited www.webhosting.info and it is a real asset to the .info community. Directi has put together a very useful resource and is using a .info name to deliver it.

[Talal]

I never thought one day to register a .info domain. but now, after getting 25 domains registered, I have like 5 domains which I will renew later on.

If each customer renew 5 or even 3 or 1. They will benefiting from the free domains promotion by 3 years maximum.

In my opinion I see that its a great Marketing move.

[Banned: DNnic]

Originally Posted by Talal

I never thought one day to register a .info domain. but now, after getting 25 domains registered, I have like 5 domains which I will renew later on.

If each customer renew 5 or even 3 or 1. They will benefiting from the free domains promotion by 3 years maximum.

In my opinion I see that its a great Marketing move.

It really was ! and I'm glad to see...

[RareIQ]

:smartass:

[seeker]

For many of us that regged info as far back as 2001/2002 and waited all this time, the free info del has been a disaster.
Just when the info market was picking up, when the prices were getting better and sales improving (look at dnjournal), this was a blow to us.
Now, we have to wait at least another 2 years to reach the statusof 2 months ago.
It's a shame.

[adoptabledomains]

Originally Posted by seeker

Now, we have to wait at least another 2 years to reach the statusof 2 months ago.
It's a shame.

I don't agree. Outside the domain community in these forums, I don't think the public has a clue it ever happened. If you typically sell wholesale to other reasellers, maybe...but I don't think it matters to a typical end user.

I think if anything, it creates a bigger scarcity of available names to register which in many case increases the value of names already out there. If you have the .com/net/org of a name, having the info now taken is a real plus since it makes it look even more popular in the second level. Even better if you didn't have to buy the other versions yourself to make it scarce. I would say it even helps .biz in a small way if that's now the only gTLD left available with the .infos now taken.