Daily Poll: Is Apple’s Use of a .Apple Domain Name a Big Moment?

Apple is using one of its .Apple domain names to market its newest line of iPhones. I am sure some people, especially those with a vested interest in the new gTLD program, will look at this as a big moment in the short history of the new extensions. I am also sure that others will brush it off and say that it doesn’t really matter.

I want to gauge what readers think about this news. Is it a big moment in history, not important at all, or somewhere in the middle? Cast your vote now and feel free to share your rationale:


Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver
About The Author: Elliot Silver is an Internet entrepreneur and publisher of DomainInvesting.com. Elliot is also the founder and President of Top Notch Domains, LLC, a company that has closed eight figures in deals. Please read the DomainInvesting.com Terms of Use page for additional information about the publisher, website comment policy, disclosures, and conflicts of interest. Reach out to Elliot: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

6 COMMENTS

  1. Somewhat. Why?

    It helps increase awareness that new TLD domain names even exist. For example, .us has been publicly available since 2002, but for all intents and purposes the American public still does not even know it even exists. Even among those who do know it exists, some are actually so uninformed they apparently think it means the pronoun “us” instead of what it really is. Yes, some publishers may be using it that way, but to still not know is alarming.

    Eventually if enough people see “Example.Something” and it’s not .com, net or org, they may instantly realize it is generally a domain name and site on the net they can use.

    • And as I said at Rick’s Blog, I think .app also has that advantage, that people are likely to realize it’s something online they can go to. That helps the larger cause of TLD awareness in general.

Leave a Reply

Recent Posts

Hilco Digital Assets Announces $10m Investment in Squadhelp

1
Squadhelp has become a leading brand naming marketplace, connecting business owners and entrepreneurs with domain names listed for sales on its platform. Led by...

Questions Related to Uni —> Afternic Parking Migration

5
If you are a Uniregistry customer, you most likely received an email explaining the upcoming migration of the Uniregistry Market and parking platform to...

Some Uni-Registered New gTLDs Will be Transferred to 1API

2
I received an email from Uni (formerly Uniregistry) that I initially thought was a Whois verification email and almost ignored. It was, in fact,...

Advice and Resources for a Newbie Domain Investor

2
Someone reached out to me on Twitter seeking advice for selling domain names. In a short tweet thread, I shared a few thoughts and...

AI.com Now Forwarding to ChatGPT Website

1
Early this morning, Andy Booth tweeted about AI.com, asking if the domain name was acquired by ChatGPT. Andy presumably asked because the AI.com domain...