Has .info failed?

[carlton]

Has .info failed? Come on now. Let's not get silly. :lol:

 

[Gerry]

Bizarre thread. I can only hope people have think it has failed.

I have picked up some humdingers in the dropped and expired side of things.

Doubtful anyone would have wanted ACED.INFO or EMPIRES.INFO or MUMMYS.INFO or anything else like that.

Sorry, no sites (yet). Traffic? Well, you wouldn't believe me anyways.

So lets call it a dismal failure second to .mobi.

 

[BGray]

You people are smoking crack if you think it hasn't.

.info is the extension on choice for spammers and I know a lot of large network webmasters that flat out block an incoming email from a .info extension. The low reg prices killed them as a viable option and I don't see any coming back. Have regs gone up? sure! They are cheap, so spammers can just grab another one when they get banned. That is why regs are up.

Yes there are exceptions but as a whole the extension has a black eye that is not going away.

Sorry to bust out with a little reality but that is where we are. I wish it wasn't the case but it is.

The average joe internet user sees .info in their spam mail more than any other place.

 

[dcristo]

I think 2007 was the best year for .info and it's only up and up from here.

I predict more 6 figure sales will be reported in 2008!

 

[thevirtual]

.info failed? I will repeat what I posted in the last thread. .info domains will become more popular and continue to grow in value. There have been some very strong sales, I have seen more sales for .info on forums than other extensions.

I have had some good sales for .info on the forums/Sedo. Especially Geo infos which are a great investment. Recently sold a Geo .info on Sedo for $X,XXX and received offer on another just yesterday.

In many ways .info is the most focused Generic extension. In the future there is a huge potential for .info more than any other extension. .info will be recognised to represent Information which is the most important thing on the web. More web users will be surfing .info sites and developers will see the advantages of .info.

You people are smoking crack if you think it hasn't.

.info is the extension on choice for spammers and I know a lot of large network webmasters that flat out block an incoming email from a .info extension. The low reg prices killed them as a viable option and I don't see any coming back. Have regs gone up? sure! They are cheap, so spammers can just grab another one when they get banned. That is why regs are up.

Yes there are exceptions but as a whole the extension has a black eye that is not going away.

Sorry to bust out with a little reality but that is where we are. I wish it wasn't the case but it is.

The average joe internet user sees .info in their spam mail more than any other place.

The same thing can be said of .cn. Due to cheap reg fees... This will disappear after reg fees go up and they will pick the next cheap tld to exploit.

I also see the .info value rising after reg fee goes up.

 

[VirtualT]

.info failed? I will repeat what I posted in the last thread. .info domains will become more popular and continue to grow in value. There have been some very strong sales, I have seen more sales for .info on forums than other extensions.

I have had some good sales for .info on the forums/Sedo. Especially Geo infos which can be a great investment. Recently sold a Geo .info on Sedo for $X,XXX and received offer on another just yesterday.

In many ways .info is the most focused Generic extension. In the future there is a huge potential for .info more than any other extension. .info will be recognised to represent Information which is the most important thing on the web. More web users will be surfing .info sites and developers will see the advantages of .info.



The same thing can be said of .cn. This is only due to cheap reg fees. This will disappear after reg fees go up and they will pick the next cheap tld to exploit.

I also see the .info value rising after reg fee goes up.

"in future"
"will be"
"huge potential"
"will become"

How long has the extension being going for now?

 

[dcristo]

"in future"
"will be"
"huge potential"
"will become"

How long has the extension being going for now?

I hope there's a lot more domainers with the same mentality that .com is king and no other extension will kick off, makes it easier for the rest of us

My developed .info sold for $5K this year which isn't too shabby. Granted it didn't get any type-in traffic, but it's amazing what development can do to assist traffic growth :lol:

 

[denny007]

.infos that have been dropping lately show an expiration date of 2007. Does anyone know why?

Imho those are domains deleted by registrar for spam reasons, not only .info, also lot of .com's

 

[Gerry]

Imho those are domains deleted by registrar for spam reasons, not only .info, also lot of .com's

This is getting funnier by the minute.

Here is part of todays drops. Thousands registered in 2007.

Anyone ever heard of tasting?

15reds.com
2007
24952kitcarsonroad.c
2007
2639murray.com
2007
3d4.org
2007
40inchass.net
2007
4teenshop.com
2007
6014greenbushave.com
2007
64ad.net
2007
7elo3ana.com
2007
9surferpro.com
2007
aboutmalesexuality.c
2007
abravanellhall.com
2007
academiecaninemp.com
2007
acccuratecredit.com
2007
adamantiumcomputers.
2007
aftermathx.org
2007
aguascape.com
2007
aikido-malang.com
2007
aimlifestylespa.com
2007
aktaforum.com
2007
albertagoldproductio
2007
alhot.org
2007
alifebook.com
2007
alsharkmanual.com
2007
americangtmarketing.
2007
amuninne.com
2007
andrampsi.com
2007
anglersuppy.com
2007
angry0alien.com
2007
anyrealestateinvestm
2007
anytimevarietymall.c
2007
arabchrch.com
2007
arcadeheros.com
2007
archerytlak.com
2007
arlenstudios.com
2007
arthru.com
2007
asetiadha.com
2007
askarkristal.com
2007
asthmasummit.org
2007
athosclub.net
2007
avtomotive-tuning.co
2007
babalubistro.com
2007
bacardiedition.net
2007
badboyhouse.com
2007
basicobrazil.com
2007
bbalefish.com
2007
bdsm-verden.com
2007
beaversblogjam.com
2007
benyardmeakinsfamily
2007
bestonlinefinancing.
2007
bewatchingwhen.com
2007
bigbootyblkdiva.com
2007
bilginteknikservis.c
2007
billiondollarshomepa
2007
bkigger.com
2007
blackexpoupdate.com
2007
bodofthemods.com
2007
bolkem.com
2007
boronhillsmortgage.c
2007
bossfiring.com
2007
boutifulbeauty.com
2007
bowsandbubbles.com
2007
boxcoindustry.com
2007
bubgi.com
2007
bulenergy.com
2007
burbbyfilms.com
2007
burnhamrestaging.com
2007
bursafrm.com
2007
buyexubera.org
2007
bytegrime.com
2007
byucrescentjazz.com
2007
caaya.com
2007
cappsoes.com
2007
carbongaming.com
2007
carinsurancelisted.c
2007
carmelmegamall.com
2007
casapestagua.com
2007
casinofees.com
2007
casinoroyale-heineke
2007
celb-cafe.net
2007
championchoicecamps.
2007
charteroakvynilsidin
2007
cheapesttitleloans.c
2007
cheico.com
2007
childrenzplace.com
2007
chocolatematrix.net
2007
chronicleofthewest.c
2007
clark-lana.net
2007
clasificadospuertali
2007
clubcrers.com
2007
compagnie-antares.co
2007
competitveedgegunwor
2007
connectz.net
2007
contess-gallery.com
2007
continental-sky-gall
2007
cosascomicas.com
2007
cosrepro.com
2007
courscom.com
2007
cozforums.com
2007
crecko.com
2007

 

[nametrader]

Yes I do it is Theory of Evolution!

 

[denny007]

Here is part of todays drops. Thousands registered in 2007.
Anyone ever heard of tasting?

Tasted domains does NOT go through delete cycle

 

[italiandragon]

I sold 3 CVCV.info for low 3 figures, all CVCV.info are gone.

It`s a good investment , considering the prices of .com , some endusers like .info

 

[Gerry]

Tasted domains does NOT go through delete cycle

There is one site, someone on DNF listed it, that contains all drops and deletes from nearly every category, extension, and date.

What you will find are domain name registered, tasted and dropped in 4 or 5 days time. This site is exceptionally useful. It will tell you when the name was regged, parked, dropped, picked back up, etc. It has every foreign word, extension, geos, medical, music, length, on and on and on and is the most indepth site I have seen in quite a while.

Some of these 'dropped' or 'deleted' domains are a mere days or couple of weeks old.

I had this site bookmarked but with so many computers I do not know where it is.

Hopefully someone will repost the link after this post. But yes, domains regged, tasted, and dropped are included in most lists.

 

[owntag]

IMO, .info is a failed extension, not a suitable ext to serious development.

 

[nametrader]

IMO, .info is a failed extension, not a suitable ext to serious development.

I just had a look at your signature, I feel blogger.biz is worth reg fee and not more, it is also a TM of Google.

My point is your JUNK is my GOLD or vice versa, It's a matter of choice that you cannot question. Your comment is vague, depressive etc etc.

The chosen ones like dot com TLD and some more have good market value and adaptation and are well known, even .info is same. There are some extns like dot su, ICANN wants to close it, they feel it is less used... but there are people who use .su and have tons of websites on that TLD.

It is not we who decide what is failed and what is success, we just feel it... the ones who decide does that on majority opinion or vote, I am not seeing dot info on the verge of extinction and might never see in my life time

 

[owntag]

I just had a look at your signature, I feel blogger.biz is worth reg fee and not more, it is also a TM of Google.

It is nothing related to my domains and my extensions. To me, .in domain doesn't worth much too, but iam.in is one of my favorite domains.

As for blogger.biz, it makes no sense to .biz extension, and yes, from this point of vies, it worths reg fee so what? Still some people would like to purchase it for $5xx - $7xx, should I call them fools? :lol: I don't like .biz either, but so what? do you mean if I own a crap .biz domain then I lost my rights to discuss .info? :?:

I am just showing my personal opinion on .info extension, not trying to persuade anyone. So please take it easy. Now you can drag your eye sight leaving my signature and move back to topic, thanks

 

[nametrader]

so what? Still some people would like to purchase it for $5xx - $7xx, should I call them fools? :lol: I don't like .biz either, but so what? do you mean if I own a crap .biz domain then I lost my rights to discuss .info? :?:

Exactly there are very few fools here... The ones who invested in .info names are not either, do you know info tops biz? Your hard rock opinion that .info is failed is not wise. You might have said something else. If you still say .info failed. I have to disagree and this is my opinion on yours.

it is a big statement "IMO, .info is a failed extension, not a suitable ext to serious development." if you still have that opinion you have to rethink on it for your own good as a domainer.

In the end whatever our opinions are, it doesn't make a difference after all info is info and is not a failed one.

 

[owntag]

it is a big statement "IMO, .info is a failed extension, not a suitable ext to serious development." if you still have that opinion you have to rethink on it for your own good as a domainer.

The point is, thread like this has been discussed too many times here and there, I have lost interests in writing a long essay. But I always use "IMO" before my statement to make the opinion more personal. Or it could be much shorter - "IMO, .info doesn't worth serious development" This is the result of my serious re-re-re-re-rethinking atm.

I could be wrong though

 

[nametrader]

Ok that is fine with me. If you lost interest in this kind of discussions stay away from such threads.
Again "IMO, .info doesn't worth serious development" this is also not right. Numerous people with lots of experience have told again and again that .info is the best suited extension for informational websites. After all internet is nothing but information.

Coming to your RED letters, don't be MAD and show your frustration discussing a topic you don't like. When you write something others members may support your writing or contradict. It goes like that. As a moderator of this forum, I now request you not to do this again, if you don't like something please do not participate. Otherwise you risk Warnings and Infractions that are unnecessary.

 

[Gerry]

Every extension has life of some sort and purpose. Here we are, again, domainers talking about domains.

I have domains in numerous extensions getting natural traffic. A couple of examples:

xim.biz is getting exceptional traffic on Sedo as a Russian stock exchange domain. Acted.info is getting decent traffic. I get very good traffic on BirthdaySuits.us and have turned down 2 offers the past year on this. Goju.mobi is getting exceptional traffic parked from type in natural traffic with great CTR. Google the name to see why.

There are many who say this extension, that extension is worthless.

I would rather have thousands of mini websites instead of parking. And, in time I think I might be able to achieve this.

So I really am having difficulty grasping the concept of domainers criticizing domain extensions simply because they don't like it. Or because they are not of the country when it comes to ccTLD's.

I see success on many fronts primarily in development and sites.

So I really can't see someone proclaiming the death of a domain simply because they don't like it or don't want to be part of it.