The rising popularity of .Com in Australia

[snoopy]

Interesting report just out,

"Growth rates in .com have been steadily increasing since early 2017 with current rates at around 5.2% YOY."

They don't talk about Australia unfortunately but they do look at european cctld's,

Over the past 2 years, ccTLDs in Europe have seen significant stabilisiation of long-term average growth rates (see chart right). Most are growing in the range of 2-4 % annually. This stability is also reflected in annualised add and renewal rates, which average 18.6% and 80.4% respectively. However, the average deletion rate of the top 25 largest ccTLDs has been increasing marginally over the course of 2018.

https://centr.org/library/library/statistics-report/centrstats-global-tld-report-2018-2.html

Australia's 2% growth rate (see DoCA chart a few posts up) is at the low end and may dip down further in my view.

 

[snoopy]

It has been suggested that almost half of the cctld growth is from .tk which doesn't delete expired names, so that would put real growth at around 1.3% overall for cctlds,

ccTLDs saw an increase of 3.5 million names, up 2.4%, to end June at 149.7 million, the DNIB states.

But that’s mainly as a result of free TLD .tk, which never deletes names. Stripping its growth out (Verisign and partner ZookNic evidently have access to .tk data now) total ccTLD growth would only have been 1.9 million names.

http://domainincite.com/23344-new-gtlds-rebound-in-q2

 

[Cherie Quin]

does anyone have any views on .io ? We have quite a few clients using them

 

[snoopy]

does anyone have any views on .io ? We have quite a few clients using them

It is only a "starter" domain. i.e. techcrunch style use it sometimes whilst raising capital. Once there is a business with customers they are going to run into confusion issues.

If they are going to use it they'd need to have a plan of what they are going to do if this business works out. i.e. is the .com buyable? What is the price? Is it best to buy something now instead?

 

[Data Glasses]

All of the acrobats agree that .com is best choice for any startup seeking a worldwide presence!

 

[Scott7]

does anyone have any views on .io ? We have quite a few clients using them

.io is well understood and recognised in the tech space and thus very popular with crypto startups. The problems start when the audience of the business grows beyond the tech crowd and goes mainstream, where most people don't have a clue what .io is.

 

[Data Glasses]

.io is well understood and recognised in the tech space and thus very popular with crypto startups. The problems start when the audience of the business grows beyond the tech crowd and goes mainstream, where most people don't have a clue what .io is.

The shoppers at the shopping centre say you need the .com to avoid confusion

 

[Horshack]

Interestingly I was looking at eway as a payment provider for a new venture and when you click on a country other than Australia it appears to divert to .io addresses such as eway.io/nz , eway.io/uk or eway.io/sg etc. It's the first time that I've seen it.

 

[Cherie Quin]

It is only a "starter" domain. i.e. techcrunch style use it sometimes whilst raising capital. Once there is a business with customers they are going to run into confusion issues.

If they are going to use it they'd need to have a plan of what they are going to do if this business works out. i.e. is the .com buyable? What is the price? Is it best to buy something now instead?

Thanks Snoopy, I will pass onto our clients

 

[Cherie Quin]

.io is well understood and recognised in the tech space and thus very popular with crypto startups. The problems start when the audience of the business grows beyond the tech crowd and goes mainstream, where most people don't have a clue what .io is.

good point!

 

[Data Glasses]

Seventy seven scientists secretly surmised spruiking .com sees you as a significant stand out in your sales sector

 

[Data Glasses]

" I fear only the .com will be left standing ...... https://www.wired.com/story/google-wants-to-kill-the-url/ "

 

[Data Glasses]

" Watching the news and they mentioned Slater and Gordon suing the banks via GetYourSuperBack.Com "

 

[Data Glasses]

Interesting to see VenonTheMovie DOT NET on Tv last night (goes to a facebook page) Where as Venon.Movie goes to the "official site" As for .com .....just a lame website about Grand Theft Auto

 

[Data Glasses]

Namebio shows..... Deposit/Com sold for only $170,000 ....... how much for the .com.au equivalent ?

 

[snoopy]

Latest data shows .com sucking all the air out of the room on a global basis. It is growing much faster than cctlds (many of which are now declining) and new tlds, remarkable given the size that .com was already at.

.au saw a 0.7% increase versus .com 5%. .uk -0.4% (shrinking).

0.7% isn't even be keeping up with population/business growth, .au is in "per capita" decline as its position gradually slips.

https://stats.centr.org/stats/global

 

[Data Glasses]

My cousin is a .com

 

[Data Glasses]

"LOL I just noticed ItStartsWith.Com is at Drop, currently at $275"

 

[snoopy]

"LOL I just noticed ItStartsWith.Com is at Drop, currently at $275"

It start with .com, and it ends with .com. It's a .com world

 

[Data Glasses]

Go global or go home!