.XXX prices drop for the month of May

[Theo]

They now cost as low as $8.99 annually, according to the ICM Registry.

 

[amplify]

Pump and dump.

 

[Theo]

There are actually some pretty sweet deals at that price, considering the lowest price so far had been $60+

 

[DomainsInc]

this is what the price should of been from day one. regardless, i won't be buying any. dead in the water extension.

 

[Theo]

this is what the price should of been from day one. regardless, i won't be buying any. dead in the water extension.

I've sold several .XXX domains, there's opportunity in every TLD.

 

[amplify]

My comment was in reference to a go nowhere TLD "pumping" the market and when ICM's pockets were full/"good" names taking, "dumping" the rest of the crap on speculators in the domaining/adult industry.

Even one of the largest porn networks sees the value of .com by obtaining a 2L brand (rk dot com, NSFW... don't ask how I stumbled across it...)

 

[Theo]

David, not everyone is interested in adult domains. But the current deal can't be beat.

 

[amplify]

Not saying that it can't, I'm sure there's still money to be made even at those prices.

Didn't .info go this route too? High reg fees, then 99 centers? Now the TLD can't even rank well with the exclusion of the Geo Spain.

 

[Theo]

I don't disagree, but .info is a non-specific TLD, while .xxx is adult-specific.

Not that you *have* to use it as such, but it wouldn't make sense, unless you're Conan http://conan.xxx

 

[amplify]

^ I'll click that later, just in case. You got me once already.

You do have a point that it's adult-specific, I just don't see a move being made anytime soon to develop an adult website on when at the current moment you're able to rank .com better. Perhaps if Google changed their search algorithm to favor .xxx for adult content, but that would be a horrific change for some profiting from adult traffic already.

 

[Theo]

There's Search.xxx that has great traction as a search engine for adult domains. Google isn't a panacea and TBH, even Bing is better in finding and sorting adult content.

Alright, enough talking, have a couple of names I want to register at this price One can lock in 10 years as well, as I don't think it applies to renewals.

 

[amplify]

PM what you register