It appears that GoDaddy may be testing out not promoting .com domain names on its GoDaddy.com home page. First spotted in a tweet by George Kirikos yesterday, it appears that GoDaddy is continuing to test not promoting .com domain names, which seems unusual to me considering the vast majority of domain buyers are looking to buy .coms.
Here’s a look at the GoDaddy.com home page that I see:
GoDaddy is a company that is known to
In a tweet a little over a week ago, Christopher Hofman Laursen of the European Domain Centre said, “Domainers don’t understand new gTLDs. Demand for .com relies on scarcity. No one can control the supply of #newgtlds.” He linked to an article he published on LinkedIn, and I think it’s worth a read when you have a moment.
Domainers don’t understand new gTLDs. Demand for .com relies on scarcity. No one can control the supply of #newgtlds http://t.co/c3XlYEvZlv
— Christopher Hofman (@HofmanLaursen) July 4, 2014
For me, I haven’t bought many new gTLD domain names, but it’s not because I don’t understand them. My primary issue is that I don’t see how I can invest in them adequately to get a large enough expected return on my investment. At this point in time, I believe I am better off spending $1,000 or $10,000 on a .com domain name than I would be hand registering the equivalent amount of new gTLD domain names.
With the new gTLD domain names, there is
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) applied to manage the .BBB new gTLD extension. According to an article about the application on the BBB website, the reason the organization applied for this extension is that “A new .bbb domain would create an online community of trusted businesses and charities that would be required to adhere to the highest levels of customer service, security, privacy and transparency.”
I received an email from Rob Sequin, and he let me know about a survey that was apparently sent to members to query them about .BBB domain names. The two question survey asks:
At the Google I/O conference that was held this past week, the company discussed its new Google Domains offering that is currently being beta tested. I want to share the video below featuring three Google employees discussing Google Domains and domain names during general at the event. In addition to speaking about domain names, the employees fielded questions from the audience as well.
Participating in the discussion were the following three people:
The video is on the long side, but I think it’s worth watching to get Google’s perspective on domain names, its Google Domains offering, and the new gTLD domain names.
Very early this morning, Justin Bieber posted something on Twitter that probably made Frank Schilling and his Uniregistry team very happy. I embedded the tweet below, but Bieber said, “My Tumblr is Joker.Tattoo“.
My Tumblr is http://t.co/PBP0ceJXeF â™›
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 27, 2014
As you are probably aware, the .Tattoo new gTLD extension is owned and operated by Uniregistry. The domain name is not directly registered to Bieber, but it appears the domain name is registered to someone whose company is backed by Bieber. The domain name was registered in April.
I reached out to Uniregistry to see if this is a registry promotion, and I was told
I thought you might like to watch this humorous clip from @midnight with Chris Hardwick on Comedy Central. This week’s episode features Deon Cole, Jesse Joyce, and Brendon Walsh, and one of the topics is the new domain names.
In the video, which I embedded below for your convenience, the three comedians play a game called “NewDomainArticles.Game” and come up with funny new gTLD domain names. Perhaps some of their suggestions will be found in the next round of new gTLD applications.
Thanks to Taryn Naidu for the link!
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