new TLD'S "Failing" and drastic price discount

[Data Glasses]

Yeah I know someone who can see them a complete (used) Monorail!

The seller is the same guy who bought the .sydney extension so I can probably put them onto the right people.

LOL

 

[Data Glasses]

A shame premium gtld names don't carry an average premium renewal price, so we can gain a better understanding of 'value', this is a big factor in purchasing imo

That is their downfall, unknown extensions, unrealistic renewals ... no control if the registrar raise the renewals = FAIL

 

[snoopy]

"Not doing that well at auction either it seems ...... https://onlinedomain.com/2017/09/20...ion-nyc-sold-domain-auction-37000-never-paid/"

Sounds like .tv all over again where a lot of bids/offers are fake by people trying to pump an extension. Most of the Chinese auction results (for many different ntld extensions) were in the same boat.

 

[Data Glasses]

Rod.Tv currently redirects to Fred Hollows, unsure of fake bids regarding .Tv I would not argue that the Namepros thread lived on hype for a long time though

 

[Data Glasses]

Sounds like .tv all over again where a lot of bids/offers are fake by people trying to pump an extension. Most of the Chinese auction results (for many different ntld extensions) were in the same boat.

Now I realise what you are referring to, the 365/Tv auction was bid on multiple times by First at Namejet. But here's the thing, First is apparently a conglomerate of chinese investors. They may have been bidding against each other?

 

[snoopy]

Now I realise what you are referring to, the 365/Tv auction was bid on multiple times by First at Namejet. But here's the thing, First is apparently a conglomerate of chinese investors. They may have been bidding against each other?

Wasn't think of that, just .tv generally, e.g. england.tv.

Not sure on 365.tv, it sure is a very odd sale though. Probably fake.

 

[Data Glasses]

Not sure if legitimate but Namebio gives a reported sale ??

 

[Data Glasses]

So no one ever does a false bid with .com ...... ummmm?

 

[snoopy]

So no one ever does a false bid with .com ...... ummmm?

It is far more common with with new and alt tlds because of the poor market in those extensions.

 

[DomainNames]

.EU price has dropped to around $6 AUD now..

 

[snoopy]

First official ntld failure - .wed. ICANN emergency procedures invoked.

.wed, run by a small US outfit named Atgron, has become the first non-brand gTLD to be placed under ICANN’s emergency control, after it lost its back-end provider. DI understands that Atgron’s arrangement with its small New Zealand back-end registry services provider CoCCA expired at the end of November and that there was a “controlled” transition to ICANN’s Emergency Back-End Registry Operator program.

"The key thing keeping registrars and registrants away in droves has been its policy that domains could be registered (for about $50 a year) for a maximum period of two years before a $30,000 renewal fee kicked in."

http://domainincite.com/22372-as-wed-goes-ebero-did-the-first-new-gtld-just-fail

 

[DomainNames]

1300 of them to follow...

 

[snoopy]

First post of the new year?

Another tale of sorrow form new tld land,

"Why I Told My “New gTLD” Project to “Suck It” – Will Rebrand with King of all URLs"

https://www.strategicrevenue.com/wh...rebrand-with-king-of-all-urls/#comment-511077

 

[snoopy]

I thought this article was a classic example of how things go for those using new tlds,

"Blockchain Company Swarm Fund Acquired Swarm.com"

The Swarm.com domain is currently redirecting to Swarm.fund, a domain that was registered by Swarm's co-founder Joel Dietz in 2014. Based on an archived version of the Swarm.fund website, the domain was used in conjunction with the Swarm.co domain. Interestingly, Swarm.co was acquired via Sedo in August 2014 for $5,500 and subsequently sold in 2016 for $2,500.

The Swarm.co domain name is now owned by an insurance company called Swarm, who are operating on the domain Swarm.me.

https://www.namepros.com/blog/blockchain-company-swarm-fund-acquired-swarm-com.1066480/

What an absolute mess, where 2 companies just go through multiple extensions because they are just on the the wrong tld.

One has eventually bought the .com thankfully, but you can see the other company swarm.me/swarm.co has exactly the same issue. Seems to be many cases of companies starting on the wrong tld and buying more wrong tlds to try and fix it.

If swarm.me is ever successful they are probably going to have to rebrand completely with the .com now used by a well funded company.

 

[snoopy]

The breach notices from new tld owners walking away is starting to add up

http://domainincite.com/22945-55-bi...6250-icann-fees/comment-page-1#comment-501395

 

[snoopy]

More new tld forecast slashes for Icann,

In short, even when it was slashing its FY18 expectations in half, it was still over-confident on FY19.

http://domainincite.com/23047-icann...ampaign=Feed:+DomainIncite+(DomainIncite.com)

 

[snoopy]

The sad reality of the new tld market,



https://www.namepros.com/threads/dogworld-com-sold-for-5-100-chauffer-com-for-5-000.1084748/

 

[snoopy]

Letter from Vistaprint to ICANN