What will it take for .MX names to take off?

[Vjizzle]

For those that are investing in this TLD, what do you think needs to happen before these domain names take off? Any recent news about .MX domains? Has anyone seen any cool .MX websites that aren't cheesy?

[katherine]

Time.

[James Jean]

For those that are investing in this TLD, what do you think needs to happen before these domain names take off? Any recent news about .MX domains? Has anyone seen any cool .MX websites that aren't cheesy?

relax... .mx isn't a vanity extension like .me or .travel. It's a solid cctld like .de or .co.uk of an economically and politically "stable" country. It doesn't need a "take off" period. It simply will have and enjoy its time in the sun. It's already taken off with premium names purchased at $800 from day 1. "Taking off" is not a bunch of nickle and dimers flooding the forums with .mx domains in the For Sale section of the forum.

[cadillac880]

I agree with the below but something else needs to happen as well that will take time.

Mexicans need to get used to the extension. Most Mexicians aren't aware it even exists. After more than a decade of using .com.mx getting used to simply .mx is going to take time.

Take for example AOL - AOL registered aol.mx but rather than redirecting AOL.com.mx to AOL.mx - AOL chose to redirect AOL.mx to AOL.com.mx (I have been following this and there are many other examples of this.)

Why? Because the everyday internet user is not familiar with .mx alone they are used to .com.mx so until this changes and .mx becomes as familiar to the everyday user as .com.mx the extension cannot really take off.

I give this a couple of years or so before marketing kicks in and .mx is advertised rather than .com.mx

relax... .mx isn't a vanity extension like .me or .travel. It's a solid cctld like .de or .co.uk of an economically and politically "stable" country. It doesn't need a "take off" period. It simply will have and enjoy its time in the sun. It's already taken off with premium names purchased at $800 from day 1. "Taking off" is not a bunch of nickle and dimers flooding the forums with .mx domains in the For Sale section of the forum.

[hugegrowth]

Kind of like India with .co.in and .in.

Personally, if we had .co.ca or .com.ca in Canada for years, I couldn't wait to start using a .ca if they were released later like this.

[.tv]

Kind of like India with .co.in and .in.

In India, many commercial firms still prefer .co.in instead of .in.

.in was introduced on early 2005, but Google still redirects Google.in to Google.co.in

It would take at least 2 - 5 years for .MX to take off, IMO.

[bigboydog_0]

not a lot of people in mexico have wifi access also the mexican people are real big with the .com , so in my opinion .mx is going to be a slow slow process. i see it in 5 to 10 years before it takes off.

[Tenkk]

well one thing to note is south korea, the most wired country, primarily only uses co.kr even though they have .kr

some places it will never take off.. we ll see in mexico

[Dale Hubbard]

Malaysia, Singapore and The Philippines are other examples where the .com.xx is preferred.

[Coward]

It'd be nice if Google started using Google.mx
Right now they aren't even redirecting it.

[HomerJ]

a quick update to this conversation, in reply to the previous 7 comments, a recent study on .mx uptake compared to .com.mx

http://www.sales.mx/mexico-embraces-...s-study-finds/

Also, an interview just published with the CEO of NIC Mexico (.mx registry) discussing end-user market potential

http://www.sales.mx/interview-ceo-of...n-aftermarket/

[James Jean]

Just sold Get.mx at a more then acceptable ROI... (private sell)... I believe in the .mx extension and invested in accordance with that confidence from the very beginning and have not been disappointed.

[HomerJ]

Just sold Get.mx at a more then acceptable ROI... (private sell)... I believe in the .mx extension and invested in accordance with that confidence from the very beginning and have not been disappointed.

nice. in the past few weeks i've gotten offers on one of mine at sedo and a private inquiry on another one. not closed a sale on either though (yet)