baseball.us

[Developper]

Hi folks,

I am the owner of baseball.us (Bill holds it for me, its NOT parked, but there is a miniportal), and I always wondered, why that TLD ".us" does not lift off.

I had offers up to 45,000 US Dollars, but I would be a fool to sell. I once also had football.us, and sold it years ago, I could kill myself.

Now, why does the average inhabitant of the United States of America has a Star and Stripes Flag in his front yard, claims to buy "American", is as proud as possible about his great Nation but does not even know his own TLD? Instead he is sharing his TLD with all nations in the world, thus giving away large portions of the potential USA namespace.

The answer is easy: The typical American does, what all his fellow Americans do. And since the registration rules for .us had been slightly complicated until its liberation, everyone took the "workaround" .com back in the early days, and then simply everyone followed that unwritten rule.

While staying in the US (5 to 6 times a year) I always ask everone (Ttaxidriver, waitress) about .us. And I have the impression, the knowledge about .us grows.

[stevo]

The answer is easy: The typical American does, what all his fellow Americans do. And since the registration rules for .us had been slightly complicated until its liberation, everyone took the "workaround" .com back in the early days, and then simply everyone followed that unwritten rule.

While staying in the US (5 to 6 times a year) I always ask everone (Ttaxidriver, waitress) about .us. And I have the impression, the knowledge about .us grows.

"in the early days" there was only .com or .net with a restricted.org thrown in. The .us name space came to be in 2002. The .Com by then was so ingrained in American minds, they still don't realize there are others out there. This includes .us. Every reference in the media was dot Com. The dot com boom, the dot com bust, etc...
Definitely hold onto your Baseball.us. I still believe it is a matter of time before the .us gets the respect it deserves. I also believe that many of the better names are being held and not developed, thus less exposure. This will change. Good luck with your name. What did you sell football.us for?

[Developper]

"in the early days" there was only .com or .net with a restricted.org thrown in. The .us name space came to be in 2002.

Hello,

no thats not entirely the truth. Of course you could register .us domainnames, but the system in place was too enhanced for normal people. You had to register something like domain.orange.fl.us if you lived in the County of Orange in Florida. No one wanted that complicated URL, so people took the workaround, the .com. Correct me, if I remember it wrong.

Football.us: You want to turn the knife in my wound, right? Sold it in Jan 2006 for only 17,000 US Dollars. I had been young, and needed the money. Now I am 42, and can wait. Baseball is the National Shrine, and maybe one of the best .us Domains existing. I think it should be worth 6-figures.

[radioz]

I am holding on Art.US and a couple of others too. My top offer for 'Art' was $14,000 a couple of months back. Like you, I am holding on that one.

While Football.US may well be worth more later, you likely didn't make a really bad mistake though. Very, very few .US names have sold in the XX,XXX range and I am unaware of any above that. The 2007 sale of Video.US at $75K was the highest sale that I am aware of. The fool that bought that then let it expire and Pool (or SnapNames) got to sell it for $7,800 (appx) earlier this year. Now do you feel bad about 'Football'?! (HAHA)

Music.US sold for $5K about three years ago. Sure wish I'd had the money to spend or known that I should have made the offer!

[Developper]

The fool that bought that then let it expire and Pool (or SnapNames) got to sell it for $7,800 (appx) earlier this year. Now do you feel bad about 'Football'?! (HAHA)

Music.US sold for $5K about three years ago. Sure wish I'd had the money to spend or known that I should have made the offer!

Well, I am sometimes a fool, but not THAT foolish

I sold football.us for 17.000 US Dollars. Today however, I wouldnt let it go for anything below 6-figures. Better to built it out a little, and wait.

[radioz]

I sold football.us for 17.000 US Dollars. Today however, I wouldnt let it go for anything below 6-figures. Better to built it out a little, and wait.

Still NONE have sold for 6 figures yet. Your mostly right though.

[jasdon11]

Hi folks,

I am the owner of baseball.us (Bill holds it for me, its NOT parked, but there is a miniportal), and I always wondered, why that TLD ".us" does not lift off.

I had offers up to 45,000 US Dollars, but I would be a fool to sell. I once also had football.us, and sold it years ago, I could kill myself.

Now, why does the average inhabitant of the United States of America has a Star and Stripes Flag in his front yard, claims to buy "American", is as proud as possible about his great Nation but does not even know his own TLD? Instead he is sharing his TLD with all nations in the world, thus giving away large portions of the potential USA namespace.

The answer is easy: The typical American does, what all his fellow Americans do. And since the registration rules for .us had been slightly complicated until its liberation, everyone took the "workaround" .com back in the early days, and then simply everyone followed that unwritten rule.

While staying in the US (5 to 6 times a year) I always ask everone (Ttaxidriver, waitress) about .us. And I have the impression, the knowledge about .us grows.

SOLD - $25k - congrats!

[DomainName]

SOLD - $25k - congrats!

Why is this a congrats?? The owner said he turned down an offer of $45k. That's a $20k difference...and the difference isn't on the upside.

[jasdon11]

Because it is a good price. Most offers don't translate into sales.

The $20k...is an imaginary loss. If he'd paid $45k for it, and sold it for $25, then I wouldn't have said congrats.