closed Seattle.kids.us

[deepstar]

I am banking on Disney to roll something spectacular out.

Funny, disney.kids.us is still available, possibly they have not seen the value yet although I wouldn't bet anyone knabs it as to register their TM you would need to have huge balls :-D

 

[Jernet]

disney.kids.us is NOT available. It is being developed;

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=http://www.kids.us/

 

[beatz]

As i see it, the ".us" extension itself is a major flop - at least in terms of public/enduser interest and acceptance.
And i'm saying that as someone who owns/sold a few .us names himself.

So, i don't see kids.us in general getting much acceptance or interest in the long run - the public just doesn't care about new extensions.

To be honest, when even seattle.us (just as an example) isn't a set up site i don't see why someone should be interested in a subdomain of kids.us which gets even less recognition than .us
itself.

Just imho.

P.S I won't go for ANY new extension from now on, except for SEO reasons maybe - with the exception of .info getting some public acceptance here in germany they're all major flops.

 

[Kid Kool]

Originally posted by beatz
As i see it, the ".us" extension itself is a major flop - at least in terms of public/enduser interest and acceptance.
And i'm saying that as someone who owns/sold a few .us names himself.

So, i don't see kids.us in general getting much acceptance or interest in the long run - the public just doesn't care about new extensions.

To be honest, when even seattle.us (just as an example) isn't a set up site i don't see why someone should be interested in a subdomain of kids.us which gets even less recognition than .us
itself.

Just imho.

P.S I won't go for ANY new extension from now on, except for SEO reasons maybe - with the exception of .info getting some public acceptance here in germany they're all major flops.

I have to agree. .info seems to be the only new extension that is taking off. No need to bother with the others, let alone an overpriced subdomain of them.

 

[deepstar]

Originally posted by NetProwler
disney.kids.us is NOT available. It is being developed;

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=http://www.kids.us/

Well every whois I have been to shows it available. Plus your link shows me nothing.

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by brandon.com


I have to agree. .info seems to be the only new extension that is taking off.

Maybe in Europe but not the United States. .Com is still king as much as I hate to say it.

As far as the commentary regarding the ".kids.us" space thus far. I think time will tell. One thing significantly different with ".kid.us" as opposed to ".us" is that one was HEAVILY speculated on, so if Seattle.us isn't developed that is no surprise to me. It's not necessarily a bad thing as I do see value in some of the more "generic" dot us space.

Mark my words, ".kids.us" will work because the US gov't is the "point-man" on protecting kids. They have taken the extrodinary step of creating this space for this very reason, so I'm 99.% sure it's going to be used. Corporations will flock to the space, as it will be seen as a "cheap" way to advertise to .kids.

btw: I am drafting a letter to the School Board as we speak in Seattle. You can only guess my "sales" pitch...

Norwest, United, AA, and Continental will be the next recipients of my other letter (i.e Fly.kids.us).

just my .02, on what I think will work out for me. If you don't have the $400 to spend on these names, don't do it.

 

[mole]

Originally posted by beatz
P.S I won't go for ANY new extension from now on, except for SEO reasons maybe - with the exception of .info getting some public acceptance here in germany they're all major flops.

Yes beatz, Although .BIZ is a restricted domain, it has been speculated to death already. Time for real developers to move in.

 

[diverge]

Originally posted by deepstar


Well every whois I have been to shows it available. Plus your link shows me nothing.

deepstar: Whois doesn't work for third level domains. You have to go to the registrar to check availability. The link he sent shows 1% of all traffic to subdomains in the kids.us domain as going to disney.kids.us.

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by brandon.com


I have to agree. .info seems to be the only new extension that is taking off. No need to bother with the others, let alone an overpriced subdomain of them.

http://www.brandchild.com/

 

[zouzas]

Originally posted by NetProwler
My FreeGames.Kids.us is under development. I guess I'm not the only 'loser' wasting my money on the dot kids k:

Good luck with your project Iz.

HI IZOPOD im Back :cheeky: i got about 100 kids.us myself so don;t feel so bad our home base where were starting from should be live this week or next , im looking forward to seeing your freegames.kids.us site in the www.kids.us directory.

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by zouzas



HI IZOPOD im Back :cheeky:

Awesome!!! Glad you're back Zouzas! This is really good news!

Just like old times...

Look forward to seeing your "info.kids.us." page. :-D

 

[Source]

Funny... when we talk about acceptance of extensions other than .com here in the US, I've been seeing far more .TVs lately than ever before.

Will .kids.us and moreover .us take-off? I'm unsure. It is VERY CLEAR the general public is unaware of .us at this time. In fact, if you were to ask Joe Shmoe on the street about alternative tlds, I'm sure he would be clueless as to what you are talking about.

Face it folks, .COM is king. All other extensions are a VERY risky venture. Sure they may sell on the forums, but in the real world, people know .com and only .com.

BTW... I did register one .kids.us; however, I am not very optomistic as to its potential. :-(

As mentioned many times before, time will tell, but in the case of .kids.us, time is money and a lot of it.

Food for thought.

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by Name-Maker
BTW... I did register one .kids.us; however, I am not very optomistic as to its potential. :-(

Are you sure you don't have more than just one NM??? :-D

According to the WHOIS, you have two that I've seen so far...

 

[Domainut]

I have just researched the available names let out there, and there are some very nice names left that could fit into the agenda for kids.us. I wonder how long it'll take before they are gone.

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by Name-Maker

Face it folks, .COM is king. All other extensions are a VERY risky venture. Sure they may sell on the forums, but in the real world, people know .com and only .com.

I agree with you on one thing, .com is king right now, but buying "other" extensions is not necessarily a "risky" venture (if you have a plan). Keyword domains in certain TLDs can be a lucrative thing if you consider you could make a 1000% return on your money.

.Biz names will be dropping soon in earnest. You can bet the farm I will be there picking up those "for sure" type names.

.Kid.us, just came out. A subdomain of ".us" that will get the support of the public. Congress has mandated that ".kids.us" must be advertised. Something Neulevel and Afilias has dropped the ball on.

.WS names---Certain names are as good as gold. Duke, from what I read on another forum sold a .ws for $300. I've sold a lot of .ws names for a decent profit. I now have more "live" .ws sites then I do anything else. That should tell you my faith in getting "keyword" domains in the extension.

Keep in mind. It's going to take time for people to realize there are other extensions. In America, it's been especially difficult to focus on "ecommerce" as we have been through two wars, a recession, and a soft economy. Once things turn around, which economists expect to happen, more companies will buy the extensions available, and promote in earnest. That is how a extension really takes off, is when many people start using the name. .Kids.us believe or not has a good as chance as any for this reason. Very little speculation overall in this space. Which I actually think was a good thing (because I was able to speculate after the initial launch date!! ):-D

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by Domainut
I have just researched the available names let out there, and there are some very nice names left that could fit into the agenda for kids.us. I wonder how long it'll take before they are gone.

My guess is those ".kids.us" names not taken right now will be picked off one by one from people who aren't just speculating. So I think in the intial first year, it will seem like the space is growing very slowly. I think what people will have to check from time to time is the "Kids.us" directory.

One thing that could change the "burn rate" of domains is if the US government mandates that the "Kid.us" site must be the homepage of any computer they own where kids will be in contact with it. Which more than likely WILL happen. Libraries and teachers alike are getting tired of having to send kids home for a week for circumventing the "net nanny" tools.

Single directory of a single name-space, visited by many children and parents would be a corporations dream come true.. (and mine as well :-D )

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by zouzas
im Back :cheeky:

Welcome back Chris! Your presence here is a valuable addition to DNF. Very happy to see you!

 

[izopod]

One last thing about dot com names VS new extensions. Try asking someone off the street if they ever heard of "CreditReview.com" (made that one up).... They probably haven't, is my guess. So although, the "extension" dot com is well known in the states, not every individual dot com name is. Take a step back and think about that for a minute...

To further illustrate my point, what is the difference in "CreditReview.com" and "CreditReview.biz"... if you think about it, not a whole heck of a lot that would make a difference. You still have to promote each site if you want visitors, and you will still have to optimize... And you still have to give the person the entire URL address as we could easily be talking about "CreditReviw.org". Some say the "ending" matters because people only "trust" .com. That may be true, but if you can offer a product or service to someone, and give it to them at a decent price you will have repeat business no matter extension you have.

Now if you are in the "speculation" business, it's clear that you'd have an easier time selling dot com names. Maybe that is all what we are talking about. However if I were in the speculation business, I would make damn sure I had more than one product to sell in my portfolio. You can't keep selling "Twoword" .com's for the prices we were getting a few years ago. Hence my advice to go after some "short" one-word, industry driven .biz/.us/.ws names.


izopodian philosophy: Yes, .com is still "king" but by extension only. Everything else is pretty much what you make of it

 

[zouzas]

Originally posted by Duke


Welcome back Chris! Your presence here is a valuable addition to DNF. Very happy to see you!

thanks Duke:cheeky:




with regards to kids.us one perfect fit for exposure is homepages of states websites which have some of the heavyest traveled sites ,where kids.us is gvt sponsored and states most sites end in .us or .gov its a perfect fit ,,,,,,,,,so i tried a few states and in my email to them i stated if they would place www.kids.us directory on their home page and they are very interested and will they are looking for more sites in the directory first ..

 

[Source]

You're preaching to the choir my friend.

Originally posted by izopod
One last thing about dot com names VS new extensions. Try asking someone off the street if they ever heard of "CreditReview.com" (made that one up).... They probably haven't, is my guess. So although, the "extension" dot com is well known in the states, not every individual dot com name is. Take a step back and think about that for a minute...

To further illustrate my point, what is the difference in "CreditReview.com" and "CreditReview.biz"... if you think about it, not a whole heck of a lot that would make a difference. You still have to promote each site if you want visitors, and you will still have to optimize... And you still have to give the person the entire URL address as we could easily be talking about "CreditReviw.org". Some say the "ending" matters because people only "trust" .com. That may be true, but if you can offer a product or service to someone, and give it to them at a decent price you will have repeat business no matter extension you have.

Now if you are in the "speculation" business, it's clear that you'd have an easier time selling dot com names. Maybe that is all what we are talking about. However if I were in the speculation business, I would make damn sure I had more than one product to sell in my portfolio. You can't keep selling "Twoword" .com's for the prices we were getting a few years ago. Hence my advice to go after some "short" one-word, industry driven .biz/.us/.ws names.


izopodian philosophy: Yes, .com is still "king" but by extension only. Everything else is pretty much what you make of it