BECOME AWARE! the .info BOOM is NEAR!

[Andrew Shaw]

Within the past year, others as well as myself have been feasting on .info domain names. The market is "young" compaired to that of the .com.

With so many people chasing .com, .net and .org names, your chances of coming across a premium .info for a good price is not unlikely.

The way I look at it... The internet is filled with information. Chances are, if you go to a random website, that website will be based on information, and not sales.

I'd like to get opinions...

We are already seeing an increase in value... What time frame are we looking at in terms of a significant increase in value.

Some may be die-hard anti .info, I'd like to get your opinions as well. Just make sure you can back yourself up

Any opinions on this topic are welcome. Feel free to post recent purchases as well as sales.

 

[dcristo]

When I look at my crystal ball it tells me that in 2-3 years you will see the true potential of .info

 

[VirtualT]

The thing that hurts info the most at the moment in my opinion is the under-development.

Theres a good chance if you go to an info domain it will be parked more often than not.

 

[BobDiGiTaL]

I, too, would like to see more dot info's developed.
I have a few if any webmasters are interested in building a mini site.
receivers.info , sodas.info , wait.info

 

[dcristo]

My info site is on the first page of Google for all the dot info haters to see :lol:

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

Interesting, I invested in a few premium .info a while back, sold 2 ( boxing.info and fight.info ) found them very hard to move in comparison with .org/.net . The dot com is still in another league.

So I did a little looking up of premium .info prices when first released and discover that while there are good buys to see and obviously there will be exceptions to the rule, most investors grossly over paid for these offerings at the time. Some may easily recoup their investment now plus plus but over all what a poor initial investment, imo. Go to Domainstate search .info and find a price list of premium names auctioned 5 years ago when offered. All $XXXX-$XXXXX, their ROI today after 5 years is minimal to sad. And yes exceptions to the rule I know but over all it is undeniable .

As for developement helping value, I just dont know honestly, initial prices paid have set the bar far too high even in todays market imo. If after 4 years plus it isnt there what does it say about other extensions beside com/net/org ?

DATE: 2002

hawaii.info $35010
porn.info $25110
adult.info $22010
adoption.info $20200
games.info $18110
film.info $15010
law.info $14500
drugs.info $14010
asia.info $12030
europe.info $11020
book.info $10010
texas.info $8909
tokyo.info $8130
basketball.info $8015
patent.info $7710
advertising.info $7510
atlanta.info $7070
blackjack.info $7070
lifeinsurance.info $7070
lawyers.info $7016
drug.info $6642
adults.info $6220
healthinsurance.info $6010
financialaid.info $5151
scholarships.info $5151
homes.info $5136
women.info $5070
apartment.info $5025
airlines.info $5020
africa.info 21 $5010
dating.info $5010
education.info $5010
food.info $5010
lawyer.info $4515
escort.info $4510
organic.info $4500
video.info $4454
studentloans.info $4266
computers.info $4220
chicago.info $4110
hockey.info $4070
security.info $4020
christmas.info $4010
domains.info $4010
pizza.info $4010
trade.info $4005
meditation.info $4000
musician.info $4000
vegan.info $4000

 

[EM @MAJ.com]

I have many .info names, I only get traffic from geo and keywords .info, everything else are just trash.

I think .info will not go far with existence of .com .net .org

 

[Rockefeller]

The thing that hurts info the most at the moment in my opinion is the under-development.

Theres a good chance if you go to an info domain it will be parked more often than not.

As of March 2007 there were over 4 million .info domain names registered, of that, over 1.6 million are developed, not parked, but active, dedicated websites.

I dont think that all .infos are valuable. I've sold .infos from $5-$20,000, as with any domain name, it all depends on the term. Andy is right, while everyone is focusing on .coms, i've been snatching up .infos for $1-2k and selling for 5-10k. People are so convinced that .com is the only money maker that they will register and try to selling BS .coms, and the sad part is that people actually buy them. Its a sad, vicious cycle really.

 

[Andrew Shaw]

hawaii.info $35010
porn.info $25110
adult.info $22010
adoption.info $20200
games.info $18110
film.info $15010
law.info $14500
drugs.info $14010
asia.info $12030
europe.info $11020
book.info $10010
texas.info $8909
tokyo.info $8130
basketball.info $8015
patent.info $7710
advertising.info $7510
atlanta.info $7070
blackjack.info $7070
lifeinsurance.info $7070
lawyers.info $7016
drug.info $6642
adults.info $6220
healthinsurance.info $6010
financialaid.info $5151
scholarships.info $5151
homes.info $5136
women.info $5070
apartment.info $5025
airlines.info $5020
africa.info 21 $5010
dating.info $5010
education.info $5010
food.info $5010
lawyer.info $4515
escort.info $4510
organic.info $4500
video.info $4454
studentloans.info $4266
computers.info $4220
chicago.info $4110
hockey.info $4070
security.info $4020
christmas.info $4010
domains.info $4010
pizza.info $4010
trade.info $4005
meditation.info $4000
musician.info $4000
vegan.info $4000

Looking at some of those prices in 2002... I'd say that MOST of them could fetch double if not more today. Security.info $4,000! As much demand as the .com has; In many cases, the .info would just make more sense. The bar has been set high for those particular domain names... Regarding those that have yet to sell for x,xxx - xx,xxx; or have yet to be offered for sale at all... The list of completed sales just on record only sets the bar even higher.

 

[actnow]

I have a few if any webmasters are interested in building a mini site.
receivers.info , sodas.info , wait.info

Nice domains.

I believe the biggest problem with .info is the lack of knowledge that it exist by the average internet user.

I have a few .infos and I continue to register more.

 

[Andrew Shaw]

Kind of far fetched... But is there anyway to better educate the average person? To make the .info better known, and to let everyone know that there is more to the internet then .com's

 

[Theo]

Welcome to the wonderful world of ....

...we're launching a new TLD so that the usual suspects can grab the high-paying keywords while the rest of the lemmings register every useless combo under the sun!

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Didn't this extension kick off with a lot of corporates adopting it and sticking up an 'information' site to run alongside their .com? My take on it, based on a lot of comment here over the past few months, is that you're better off just saving your money and buying decent .com and .net domains. Thinking about it, even I haven't registered any speculative garbage outside of com/net/co.uk for a long while. That's unusual for me

 

[godolphin]

I have seen some generic .info domains undeveloped and surprisingly they seem to have TMs when i checked their WHOIS.

 

[fleshas]

I am selling my .info such good like a .com's ... Value increase and more eyes on them...

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

Ashaw, I agree most could fetch double or more today but keep in mind, this has taken 5 years ! Not a long time if you are a run of the mill investor but in the domain market 5 years and double is bad imo. Not saying doubling your money in 5 yrs is bad at all just when you look at the bigger picture.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

I have seen some generic .info domains undeveloped and surprisingly they seem to have TMs when i checked their WHOIS.

I think the big boys got sucked into the 'sunrise' back then.

 

[gpmgroup]

.info varies around the world

http://www.chart.info/world-map-info-04-2007.htm

 

[Varchar]

Looking forward for it as I have spent a lot buying good .infos (more like a bet).

 

[Beachie]

They might go up in value at the same rate as other extensions, but I don't think you're going to see an INFO "boom". INFO launched five and a half years ago - if it hasn't happened yet it's not gonna happen.