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Hi all,

I'm curious to know what you think about second level domain like blabla.us.com. Do you think there is a market for them? Thank you in advance!
 
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no market, unless they get type-in traffic
 

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Technically, that would be a 3rd level domain.

You'd want to make sure the contract is pretty sound, because if the 2nd level domain owner decided to stop the service, you could end up wasting time and money.

There must be someone that has made a 3rd level domain market from their 2nd level domain(s). Would be an interesting topic to research. Could be a goldmine :)
 

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There must be someone that has made a 3rd level domain market from their 2nd level domain(s). Would be an interesting topic to research. Could be a goldmine :)




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Yes, there is a market. To suckers.
 

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Good example, thanks Biggie! Must be like a money printing press :) Assuming people are buying 3rd levels. That company has some nice ones for sure.

Are there any reported sales of 3rd level domains? I wonder if auction sites would even list them...

I guess it might not even be allowed from the 3rd level provider. A "you can buy, but you can't resell" policy.
 

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Good example, thanks Biggie! Must be like a money printing press :) Assuming people are buying 3rd levels. That company has some nice ones for sure.

Are there any reported sales of 3rd level domains? I wonder if auction sites would even list them...

I guess it might not even be allowed from the 3rd level provider. A "you can buy, but you can't resell" policy.

i have sold a couple of "us.com" domains in the past, but they had type-in traffic
additionally, there is "paperwork" involved in the transfer process for ".us.com", so that can be a barrier to quick flips
 

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A third level domain registration is not the same as a private subdomain, even though technically they are nearly the same.

Examples of valid third level TLDs: .com.mx, .co.uk, .org.uk, .co.nz, .com.au
Examples of private subdomains marketed as fully-fledged extensions (Centralnic in particular): .uk.com, gb.com, .de.com

The relationship is completely different.
.co.uk is not considered a subdomain of .uk, but an extension of its own and you are dealing with Nominet.
On the other hand if you buy a .uk.com then the ultimate owner is the owner of uk.com. Of course there are legal implications if things go wrong (and they have).

The biggest problem is probably confusion, if you are in Brazil and you use a br.com, people will think it's a typo of .com.br so you risk losing a lot of traffic.
 

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I was wondering this too. Seems like Centralnic is the only winner.
 
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