Dot US Mania

the 5% fall is masked by the number of additions too - so there could (for example) have been a 15% deletions and 10% additions giving the net 5% dropoff.

but overall, this correction has to be a good thing - no registry can sustain mass worthless registrations, not even .com

 

[firstPerson]

I completely second Tee on hos views. No doubt looking at all those surveys conducted across a breadth of American public. dot US definitely is gonna HIT a big way. Take my word on it.

Consider the American pride that goes while saying www.NYstate.US rather than www.NYstate.com

It's definitely much more than that. Count me on this.

-firstPerson
http://www.firstPerson.US
http://www.WeddingLinks.US

Originally posted by Tee
I think .us might be bigger than many people who view it as just a redundant cc extension think it will be.

The reasons I do is

1). There is a good and wealthy registry behind it in neustar/neulevel. They have actually communicated with members at the icann forum, listening to concerns and acting on them especially in .biz matters, but also with a few .us issues. This is unheard of in this business. They are also advertising the extension.

2). Whether we like it or not, the us and us products are very in demand. The economic and cultural impact of the us on the world could hardly ever be overestimated. The US by far has the richest economy in the world. .US represents this. And the restrictions in a way feeds the flame, making it look exclusive. In reality, the nexus requirements can really easily be met and you are given a great chance at meeting them even if you are challenged.

3). The internet and .com has roots as a us phenomenon. Now that country comes out with a cc specific for it? It is little wonder it is being registered at a blisteringly blindingly fast rate. Possibly faster than all other tlds combined for the same period?

The whole us patriotism thing probably doesn't hurt either.

The make or break point for any tld is use. It has to be advertised. It seems the registry itself is ready to do it ven if business is not quite ready.


I think all in all, the prospects look good.

Personally though, i like .info. Its a shame neustar doesn't have that one.

 

firstperson, I'm not sure that a lot was said about exactly who was surveyed and what kind of sample sized they used, so I'd take it with a grain of salt.

 

[firstPerson]

That's also true snoopy. But believe me American pride does not go in waste. It's been hardly 2 weeks into play. There still is a long way to go and lot's of things to see and realize.

So keep guessing

-firstPerson
http://www.BIDDINGS.us
http://www.BridesandGrooms.US

 

[firstPerson]

"It took dot-com FIVE or SIX years to get to a million registrations. And they (dot-biz and dot-info) got there in a few months," he said. -WiredNews

But American Pride is close to proving that Dot US will emerge the fastest and the best one ever.

http://www.thestandard.com.au/idg2.nsf/All/5485100B296A8316CA256BAC00797059!OpenDocument&n=Section&c=Marketing+and+Media
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52274,00.html

-firstPerson
http://www.WEDDINGlinks.US
http://www.USbrand.US

 

don't fall into the trap of comparing new rollout registrations with .com - the landscape has changed dramatically since those early days.

the real driving force behing initial reges on all new tld's will be speculators, its only the end user adoption that makes them valuable (think.cc, .ws etc).

if you want to compare anything, compare adoption rate vs speculation rate and you'll find that .com had a much healthier percentage in favor of actual usage compared to the new rollouts.

 

[Tee]

Yeah, but thats not a good or really accurate way to compare either. There was very little choice back then. .Com was the standard. If .com wasnt developed the internet wouldn't have been beyond what it was before it. And .com was never released the way .info, biz and.us is with all the speculation hoopla and ease of registration.

My point being is that .com has a huge advantage over the new tlds for actual use. There basically was little else. Having more else, especially with general make sense tlds and the actual creator of .coms own personal little extension, even with the speculation, may change the landscape dramatically in the 12-24 months.

In spite of that, .com was very heavily speculated on and most .coms are parking pages, or have for sale signs or are irrelevant porn sites or are dropping.

I think actual registrations is a good way to measure. You can't compare directly with .com but I think you can compare with other new extensions and it can give you a feel.

Use will be the end determiner.

 

[mole]

There was little choice back then

 

yeah comparing .us with .info and .biz would make sense as they were all released into the world post speculation awareness.

end use will always be the determiner, as will continued "real" sales and success stories.

if you come across any .info/.biz/.us successes then please share so we can incorporate them into our thoughts about tld's.

 

[Tee]

Besides, .com took a while to be developed and used. These new extensions are brand new. It might be possible to argue that they are being used more than .com was in the same period but its really difficult to compare. Its totally different environments.

I bet we will see .us sites however. Neustar will see to it. They got their stuff together.

 

[Tee]

I think mta.info is a stunning example of a successful use of a new tld. Yes it replaced a long one but the numbers are too fantastic for that to account for the incredible success alone. Most people just bookmarked that thing. It showed info can work and be remembered and typed in. Thats not a real business use but I think it shows the branding potential and ease of remembering of the extension.

I predict by the end of the year we will see some big .info sites, be it new businesses deftly exploiting the potential of or established business taking advantage of the friendliness and inherent neutrality sound of the .info.

We'll see.

 

[firstPerson]

Yea, I sure am confident that with time there would be lot of DOT US successes. Success is what drives peoples minds. In the sense, when there were "other" new TLD's there was some interest but not to the extent that is being shown in dotUS's.

Why? Because the world knows that US RULES & dotUS's definitely will rock . It's a well proven fact that anything with a US Brand is a hot cake, atleast in the rest of the world if not US

So FOLKS , let time pass by and you will see that USers favor US.

-firstPerson
http://www.firstPerson.US
http://www.Rentus.US

 

and the .us gives folks the opp't to snag 'worthy' prefix's (single word & double) in which the .com/net/info/biz are taken.

 

[firstPerson]

"The dead(read dot coms) are all living all around us, watching with eager anticipation how we will handle the OPPORTUNITIES they left in our hands when they died!"

- saying

Be"hold" the possibilities

-firstPerson
http://www.prettyOne.US
http://www.exploreUS.us

Originally posted by WandaMay
and the .us gives folks the opp't to snag 'worthy' prefix's (single word & double) in which the .com/net/info/biz are taken.

 

[micro]

Somtimes i think that maybe most .us domains will be offline and ppl just waiting for the big money?

Will this not hurt the .us hard?

 

[Anion]

I think that .us will follow .net. While .us will be partially developed, don't expect it to rival .com. I think people will use it only when all preferable .com names are unavailable.

 

[mike]

Be cautious. I'm a bit skeptical about the .US tld! I think the better .US does, the more likely .USA will be on its way...diluting .US values. You have to admit stranger things have happened!

 

.us is the ISO code for america, so there is zero chance of .usa being launched as an official ICANN cctld. Its already in some obscure alt root somewhere, but that doesn't really mean much.

 

Right on the money. There is absolutely zero chance that .usa will be a TLD in our lifetimes.

-t