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Posts tagged Registrants
The .Pro Opportunity
Aug 12th
One of the most under registered stlds out there with the maximum brand value is .Pro – only 40k or so names registered. Lots of top keywords available as well as some good geos. Plenty of opportunity there for people to invest in a global top level domain, even if it is sponsored.
Though .Pro is tricky – 1. It has nexus requirements – you need to self certify as a professional. 2. Not all keywords that would work in other tlds will work with .Pro, it requires a bit of linguistic and also a degree of gut feel to register More >
The End of Domain Tasting
Jun 29th
In all this hype and hoopla of new gTLDs being proposed by ICANN one major issue was completely overshadowed – that of domain tasting. ICANN has addressed it in this meeting and measures recommended to prevent it from taking place.
Domain tasting is the practice of registering domain names and ‘tasting’ the traffic before registering or dropping them. This is mostly done by the bigger players in the industry like registrars and drop services though some registrars do allow registrants to take benefit from this policy.
It is estimated that at any given time 20 million domains are being tasted by various More >
The dotAsia Debacle
Apr 17th
Well tbh, I don’t subscribe to TLD bashing. Its a common enough pass time for trolls and others alike on most boards. Some people do it to downplay competition, some coz they want to push something else, some coz its just fashionable to kick something when its down. But a really small percentage do it for educating the sheep (aka followers) who’re being led down the garden path by people with vested interests (not to mention huge holdings) in a particular TLD.
Some of the hype and hoopla on some TLDs really hurts some new domainers and wannabe investors. Its the More >
