Dot.com is still king, but should you invest in other domain names?
Today at TRAFFIC a panel of domain-industry experts came out decidedly in favor of investment in dot-coms, rather than other extensions, when asked where a new investor should put their money. They didn’t dismiss .net or .info or other extensions outright by any means. Following are several comments from the panelists, edited for clarity:
Brian Taff, vice president of corporate development, NameMedia Inc., a buyer and seller of domains: Dot-com “is the lead top-level domain and will always be the lead TLD. There may be some speculation opportunity in others, but the people who do buy the dot-whatever eventually do want the dot-com. Dot-com is really where it’s at. And it’s going to be where it’s at.â€
Ron Jackson, editor, DNJournal.com: If you don’t have deep pockets, a key place to find value may be areas like .us.
Ari Goldberger, domain lawyer and investor, ESQwire.com and SmartName.com: “In a lot of cases, domains are tremendously undervalued,†but in large part, those are dot-coms.
Bob Martin, CEO, Internet REIT, online media company: A key thing in favor of a dot-com focus is that “one of the hardest things to change in the world is patterns of user behavior.â€
-David Kesmodel
don m says
I agree .com will be king for sometime. Though I believe certain names in the .mobi area will do very well. In my opinion, this extension will be the 2nd most sought after in about 6 months. I think people forget that you can still use that extension on your desktop, not just mobile phones. Watch out for hot.mobi, this is going to suprise and shock many investors when the final bell rings..
Don M
Domain Investor
Basicity says
Hey, this is great stuff coming out of TRAFFIC and you guys are just feeding us as it happens. I am really eating this up. Thanks again.