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Originally Posted by staffjam  What are your thoughts on L-L.net and L-L.org?
The L-L.coms have had a massive move in recent years - could it be the turn of the other extensions now? |
I've never really liked L-L.com domains, and personally I wouldn't invest in L-L.net/.org.
The problem with L-L, in my opinion, is that there are very few potential corporate buyers and that demand is largely driven by domain speculators, just as has been the case in the LLLL market in 2007. Even if a company could use the L-L as an acronym for its company name (e.g. Morgan Stanley = MS), it would also desperately need the LL.com domain, because otherwise it would send tons of typo traffic to that domain instead of its inferior hyphenated L-L domain name.
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Originally Posted by Rubber Duck Not really sure what you mean by opportunity. With over 12 Million dot De registered already, it would seem to me that most of the major opportunities are long gone. It would seem to me that dot DE will provide good investment opportunities in the secondary market, much better than dot Com, as the prices are not yet highly inflated. |
Yes, I was referring to opportunities in the secondary market. High-quality .DE domains are much cheaper than comparable .com domains, and I expect them to increase in value rather quickly in the near future. In addition, the economic slowdown hasn't hit Europe as hard as the United States yet, so local buyers currently seem more willing to invest within the EU.
You're right about IDNs. They have become relatively popular in Germany and I don't see any reason why they couldn't replace their uncommon non-IDN versions in the future [e.g. Bücher.de (=books in English) could replace or complement Buecher.de].