Dang! Just how many real estate gTLDs are there?

[Theo]

More than fingers and toes combined!

 

[urlurl]

hard to build a successful business if there are too many alternative extensions in the same industry... best to just stick with .com

 

[Gerry]

Very true also of the .photography, .camera, .photo, .pics and so on. Did different registrars honestly think it was going to be profitable to create a new tld from a variant of the root word?

.web, .net, .website, and so on.

Suddenly the internet is nothing but overcrowded real estate.

 

[urlurl]

true, and some of these extensions are so long they just become a nuisance.

 

[katherine]

Do we really need so many TLDs, especially overlapping TLDs ?
Let's be serious, is this meant to be a beauty contest ? I feel sorry for the registrants.

 

[NameYourself]

I'm holding out for .realestaterealtyhomepropertiesforsale
Its got all 5 top keywords in one, so will be 5X better!

 

[Theo]

Do we really need so many TLDs, especially overlapping TLDs ?
Let's be serious, is this meant to be a beauty contest ? I feel sorry for the registrants.

The reasoning behind these, is that when faced with competition about a gTLD application, some applicants decide to opt for another string altogether instead of fighting it or going through an auction process. In other cases, the market is large enough to sustain a larger number of gTLDs.

 

[DomainsInc]

there are simply so many options that end users won't need to buy from domainers anymore.

 

[amplify]

Seems like they just used a multilingual thesaurus, which some will regret not taking the auction route because even at a higher price the BP is achievable for very few of the alternate forms. Look at Donuts, Inc. counting application fees only, they made a nice ROI so far.

 

[Galxie]

.com is KING ! I will not be investing in anything other than .com . I might consider .net or .org but with so many new extensions I see the value of .net and .org slowly going down the drain. Just my opinion.

 

[amplify]

there are simply so many options that end users won't need to buy from domainers anymore.

I go back to a statement I previously made: good salespeople can sell a hamburger to a vegetarian. This can go both ways, but creating a nice infographic on dot com and the authority it holds can help sell the cream of the crop (com) to end users. Sell at wholesale now to free up assets and collect cash for all these wonderful sunrises.

I'm just holding out for com's to plummet, snatch them up cheap and double it.

 

[amplify]

BTW, who's bidding up to 200k on flowers.house? :lol:

(I know it's been debunked, but fits better than .mobi at least)

 

[Gerry]

I'm holding out for .realestaterealtyhomepropertiesforsale
Its got all 5 top keywords in one, so will be 5X better!

I think someone should have held out for .sugardaddy based on this name (and site): sugardaddyforme.singles/‎

 

[urlurl]

there are simply so many options that end users won't need to buy from domainers anymore.

there are so many extensions that people will gravitate more towards the dot com - it is known and less confusing for the public... unfortunately I think the other existing gtld's (info, net, org) may suffer a bit.

the new extensions will be picked up by speculators, scammers, TM holders and small mom & pop sites.

 

[katherine]

there are simply so many options that end users won't need to buy from domainers anymore.

End users already had plenty of alternatives. Somebody who doesn't want to pay more than regfee for a domain will always find a way, a longer domain, a creative domain, or an alt extension, or a rebranded ccTLD.
New extensions are not the answer to the scarcity of good domains. Why ? Because good domains are domains in desirable extensions. The new extensions are not even second choice. A few may take off, but the shortage of serious development in alt TLDs is going to remain the dominant pattern.

Keep watching the reported sales. That's all you need to know.

 

[manyagem]

I'll leave the speculating to you youngsters, I'm going on a nostalgia trip to peyton.place and bleak.house.