What's the next Domain rush?

[dnol]

CNNIC reports year by year and my experience on CDN

[memmst]

Originally Posted by dnol

CNNIC reports year by year and my experience on CDN

山东.com is ready

[dnol]

3000 Euro for reseller price

[domaino]

Originally Posted by Doc Com

ditto

it will follow the hype and lead of .eu. If the europeans aren't using it then why would anyone think that .asia is going to be any better.

Taking a continent and trying to combine all the ccTLD's into one big domain as if everyone is going to dump the .cn, .jp, etc.

Plus, many feel this is stereotyping a region.

.eu is a different baby, IMO.

There are a number of free trade agreements between Asian countries but nothing of the magnitude found in the EU. The EU is a political Union and actually exists in many forums as a political entity. The Commission takes on greater responsibility with every passing year. As for the constitution it appears to be a matter of when, not if.

For all these reasons and more, I can see the .eu extension really taking off in the next few years. It's the eighth most popular extension available with over 2.8 million registrations. Germany has taken to the .eu like a duck to water, accounting for some 31% of all .eu registrations. This in itself is vital considering Germany's notoriety as a domainer's market (.de being the second most popular domain extension in the world). The Dutch, despite accounting for only 3.4% of the European population, account for almost 14% of all registrations.

In sum, Europeans ARE using it, just not quite all of them. Don't let British scepticism distract you from the potential of this extension.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by domaino

.eu is a different baby, IMO.

(.de being the second most popular domain extension in the world).

Third

[domaino]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

Third

Am I missing something here?

http://www.verisign.com/static/043379.pdf

ANOTHER source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.de

[incka]

.cn took over .de if I remember correctly.

[fab]

I am definitely seeing a clear future with IDN's. Getting steady traffic, and a few offers here and there.

[domaino]

Originally Posted by incka

.cn took over .de if I remember correctly.

Yes you are correct, my glaring mistake. Currently ahead by something like 100,000 domains.

Not sure it justified hysterical laughter mind you.

[ordersomething]

What's the next domain rush?
.me, of course.

However, I'm terribly biassed.

[Gregcyber]

ccTLD Registered Country
.de 11,946,166 Germany
.uk 6,739,198 UK
.nl 2,840,405 Netherlands
.eu 2,830,096 Euro Union
.it 1,507,790 Italy
.ch 1,119,012 Swiss
.fr 1,096,948 France
.pl 945,482 Poland
.es 907,821 Spain
.dk 893,387 Denmark
.be 769,056 Belgium
.at 743,245 Austria
.se 715,179 Sweden
.cz 406,394 Czech
.no 377,538 Norway
.pt 204,797 Portugal
.fi 174,821 Finland
.cn 11,095,572 China
.us 1,405,787 United States
.br 1,256,141 Brazil
.jp 1,012,199 Japan

[fab]

Wow, great stats, thanks for posting. Where is the source?

[tractor]

co.za 421 284 South Africa (after yesterdays drop of about 2000)

co.za July 2007 328 264

It has really picked up in the last year

[nathanr]

To be honest I think that the rush will be as follows: (and is already on)

DoubleKeyword.com's
Major DoubleKeyword.net's and .org's (mainly fuelled by godaddy's net/org price hike + the fact a good name, is a good name)
Foreign Keyword IDN .com's
The last of the generic keyword .tv's and .us's
the last of the .de/.ru/.pl/.eu/.co.uk/.it domains
then primary and double keyword ccTlds

what else is worth buying? this current trend of domainers domains like quad premium 4L's has to stop soon; they just get passed from domainer to domainer and really have no use.. your a big astronomy society, would you rather have tasl.com or AstronomySociety.com

I fear I'm ranting and going ot

note: tried googling site:.tld/ recentely to get domain index stats? [eg: site:.com/] ?

[incka]

Based on those figures of CCTLDs I'd suggest LLL.ch. I think ABJ.ch is available (or was a few months ago when I last checked).

[bgmv]

Originally Posted by incka

Based on those figures of CCTLDs I'd suggest LLL.ch. I think ABJ.ch is available (or was a few months ago when I last checked).

It appears to be reg'd. Where is the best place to reg .ch anyway? Do you need to be a resident?

[Carter]

The next big investment in domains is...Premium Generics .com and LLL.com like always

[aZooZa]

.uk makes money not sentiment. Very buoyant market.

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by fab

I am definitely seeing a clear future with IDN's. Getting steady traffic, and a few offers here and there.

A huge use for IDNs will be for websites on mobile phones in China, India and elsewhere.

If you have any Russian IDNs you no doubt see the big upswing in traffic over the last 6 months. What languages are you seeing other traffic in?

[Gregcyber]

Originally Posted by fab

Wow, great stats, thanks for posting. Where is the source?

http://www.europeregistry.com/

Glad to help out.

I would guess .net will be next and then .web when is available.