Coming Out Party for Country Code Domains: ccTLDs Get Their Turn on Center Stage

[Duke]

The new June Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. It is a detailed account of the biggest coming out party ever held for country code domains (ccTLDs). It happened just over a week ago when RickLatona.com (under a special licensing arrangement) staged the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever held in Europe – one devoted entirely to ccTLDs. In a business dominated by .coms, a lot of people thought Latona took a wrong turn when he started buying up and heavily promoting ccTLD domains 18 months ago (he has more than 30,000 of them now). But after his show in Amsterdam it looks more like he took a short cut that has put him ahead of the pack. You can read all about it here: Coming Out Party for ccTLDs: http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/june.htm

[south]

Nice writeup as always. Thanks!

[dominator]

there is nothing new about cc's
maybe Latone discovered them recently
(or wants uninformed domainers to buy his)
they have always been #1 in their respective countries

[mediawizard]

Great article as usual Ron, very nice coverage.

I'm particular excited by:

Mathias provided some interesting stats noting the market shares for various ccTLDs extension on the Sedo sales platform. .de dominates, accounting for 60% of sales. co.uk comes next with a 13% share at Sedo, followed by .in at 9%. He said the company is also seeing solid growth in .es and .fr.

Good times ahead! Being 3rd behind .de and .co.uk can only be a good sign.

[dominator]

Originally Posted by mediawizard

I'm particular excited by...

you have to take into consideration also the population of the country

and also:
sedo fees for some TLDs are prohibitive

if the sales price is 300 euros, the fee is 150 euros, what is insane!
so no reasonable person would use sedo for sale´s below 800 euros (for these TLDs)

[DomainFatigue]

Originally Posted by dominator

they have always been #1 in their respective countries

I'm certainly not doubting it, but do have to say that after just returning from a cruise and visiting parts of Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Greece and Turkey on excursions, I did see a lot of ads, signs, etc., in these countries with the .com ext. More than I would have thought. Still, that probably just because many of the areas are heavily visited by U.S. tourists...

[Seraphim]

"Coming Out Party For ccTLDs"....

Are you sure this hasn't happened already?

[mediawizard]

Originally Posted by dominator

you have to take into consideration also the population of the country

Hmmm, not all cctlds are sold on basis on local population, otherwise .tv and .ws would never sell.

Also, as far as the top 3 are concerned, the only extension without a nexus requirement is .in - you need to satisfy nexus for .de and .co.uk - plus both have a 'name transfer fee' built into the domain, unlike .in

So from an investment perspective, unless you're based in the country of the cctld, its pretty obvious which has the most growth potential.

[dominator]

Originally Posted by mediawizard

Hmmm, not all cctlds are sold on basis on local population, otherwise .tv and .ws would never sell.

.tv and .ws is an old story
used as pseudo-gTLDs, not ccTLDs

Originally Posted by mediawizard

Also, as far as the top 3 are concerned, the only extension without a nexus requirement is .in - you need to satisfy nexus for .de and .co.uk - plus both have a 'name transfer fee' built into the domain, unlike .in

i do not know about any restrictions for .uk

[mediawizard]

You have to have a local presence or so I'm told.

http://www.nominet.org.uk/registrant...innames/rules/

Plus every complete whois change requires a payment of a transfer fee of 10gbp to nominet - http://www.nominet.org.uk/registrant...tain/transfer/

[dominator]

Originally Posted by mediawizard

You have to have a local presence or so I'm told.

http://www.nominet.org.uk/registrant...innames/rules/

rule number?

[broe-foe]

Another slobbering love affair with some of the bottom-feeders who've gotten rich in part due to typo-squatting and whipping up frenzies at over-hyped auctions. These hucksters remind me of the ShamWow guy and Billy Mays on TV commercials.

Need another tissue Ron?

[Onward]

Originally Posted by broe-foe

These hucksters remind me of the ShamWow guy and Billy Mays on TV commercials.

Need another tissue Ron?

Have you tried the Sham Wow? It is pretty good.

[mediawizard]

Originally Posted by dominator

rule number?

Try to register a .co.uk w/o a UK address, you'll know what i mean.

[dominator]

Originally Posted by mediawizard

www.nominet.org.uk/registrants/aboutdomainnames/rules/

i still believe there is no restriction