Will .Web Become Best Selling New gTLD Extension?

Elliot Silver
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I’ve been reading all about the .Web domain name extension. Andrew, Kevin, Mike, Konstantinos, and Theo have all shared their thoughts about .Web domain names. I also shared some thoughts about .Web domain names. It seems that the majority of people commenting on blogs and forums believe .Web is going to be very popular.

I am curious if you think .Web will ultimately become the best selling new gTLD extension. At the present time, there are more .XYZ domain names than any other new gTLD extension with about 6.4 million registered domain names. The .XYZ registry achieved this number over two years by offering many inexpensive (or free) domain names. Many people seem to think .Web is the best of the new extensions, and I would be interested in knowing if readers believe .Web will surpass other extensions.

In addition to the new extensions that are currently available for sale, other extensions that are coming on the market in the near future could also be competitive. I think .Blog is bound to be successful with the backing of WordPress, and .Shop may also prove to be a big seller.

In the next few years, do you think .Web is going to surpass other new extensions? Vote in the poll below, but more importantly, please share your thoughts about why or why not in the comment section.

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I Don’t Get .Web Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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Earlier this morning, Andrew Allemann broke the news that the auction for the .Web new gTLD extension “has concluded with a $135 million price.” I really don’t understand why .Web is so appealing that an entity reportedly paid 9 figures for the rights to operate the extension.

In my opinion, Internet-related terms such as “web” and “world wide web” are less widely used today than years ago. Web seems almost passé , in my opinion, although the longer term “website” is still used by pretty much everyone.

I did a Google Trends search of “web,” and the results seem to corroborate my opinion on this. Aside from a slight increase in the last couple of years, there has been a significant downward slope for “web,” as you can see from this screenshot I took:

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data.world Co-Founder Discusses Domain Name & Branding

Elliot Silver
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Matt Laessigdata.world is an Austin based tech startup that aims to be the hub of data sharing and collaboration to solve problems that come with the abundance of data available to scientists, engineers, medical professions, and other data users. You can read more about the company in this Fast Company article.

A week ago, I  wrote about the company’s $14 million round of funding from a large group of venture companies and individual investors.  As far as I know, this is one of the largest funding rounds for a company using a new gTLD domain name.

After learning about the company,  I reached out to data.world COO and Co-Founder Matt Laessig to ask about the company’s  branding and usage of a new domain name extension. With my  my .com-centric background, I had several questions about  choosing a new gTLD extension and using a domain name with a new extension. Matt was kind enough to share details about  how the company decided on data.world, and he discussed other aspects of using a .world domain name.

DomainInvesting.com: Before moving forward with data.world, how much knowledge did you have about the new gTLD domain names?

Matt Laessig: I had some

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Amazon Acquires 3 .Club Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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Amazon has acquired three domain names from the .Club registry, matching generic brands the company operates. Amazon acquired Prime.Club, Alexa.Club, and Fire.Club. All three of these domain names were acquired for an undisclosed amount, and Amazon used its corporate registrar for the purchase.

Today is “Prime Day,” at Amazon. The company is offering special deals to customers who are Prime members at Amazon. Prime.Club is being used by Amazon to forward traffic to the Amazon Prime Day landing page with special Prime Day deals. Alexa.Club currently forwards to the Amazon Alexa landing page, and Fire.Club currently forwards to the Amazon Fire landing page.

.Club Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Sass complemented Amazon on its

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Data.World raises $14 Million in Funding

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Some people might not like the Data.World domain name, but it doesn’t look like having a domain name with a new gTLD extension caused fundraising issues for an Austin-based startup.

According to an article this morning in the Austin Business Journal, “Data.World Inc., a data analytics and collaboration platform maker, has raised a $14 million series A round of funding from a syndicate of more than 24 investors.”

As you can see, the company

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Bill Hartzer’s “SEO and the Not Com Revolution” Presentation

Elliot Silver
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Bill Hartzer is a SEO strategist, and he has been pretty vocal about the new gTLD domain names. I saw a presentation he gave at the 2016 Rocks Digital Marketing Conference held last week at the Addison, Texas Convention Center, and I want to share it with you.

For those of you who have been following developments in the new gTLD space, many of the slides will look familiar. There has been ample discussion had about quite of few of the topics in Bill’s presentation, but there may be some newer topics that you haven’t seen yet.

If you have questions or comments about Bill’s presentation, I am sure he will be willing to answer them.

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