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Originally Posted by chrisgoh11
anything except for .com is worthless!!
I should re-word...
anything except for .com/.org and maybe .net is worthless.
I cannot buy .my ...so what the the point!! it is only restricted to your country of origin.
Anyway, I take .com over .org or net any day anytime.
I have 200+ domains and worth pretty good chunk!
one of them is...
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Chris,
Beg to differ. Don't be too quick on your conclusion while showing off your arrogance to others' country. Your point above only applies to you as a domain trader, not average user/registrant.
1. If you cannot get .my, you don't belong in this forum. Or perhaps, you just don't know how. Google, eBay and tons other foreign companies have access to .com.my either directly or thru proxy companies.
2. A considerable portion (more than a quarter) of the top non gTLD domain in the top-100 most visited websites include domains bearing various ccTLD:
LET'S SEE:
- google.co.jp (and google.fr/co.uk and 10+ other ccTLDs and soon to be g.cn as well),
- mail.ru,
- sina.com.cn,
- imageshack.us,
- wretch.cc,
- onet.pl,
- yandex.ru,
- uol.com.br,
- bbc.co.uk,
- free.fr,
- rambler.ru,
- yahoo.com.ca,
- wp.pl,
- terra.com.br,
- fotka.pl and,
- ebay.co.uk
3. Some non-.com domains that pull huge resale value (
US$10 - $99K) in the PAST THREE MONTHS alone include:
- army.org
- poker.in
- medicine.mobi
- Personalberatung.de
- Fund.info
- summer.net
- ScooterInsurance.co.uk
- Answer.net
- Audit.net
- Diet.mobi
- Credit.mobi
- Downloads.mobi
- Audit.net
- DomainNames.mobi
I know this fact very well, because I've sold one ccTLD for a 5-digit worth before -- if the name is good, never minding its TLD extension! (Today, after three years, the name is ranked top-2000 most visited site and is valued at US$-millions).
ie. I don't know about you, but I'd settle with a name bearing ccTLD worth US$1K or more (100x RoI) rather than having to liquidate my worthless dotcoms for US$0.50-US$100 each (at 10x or worse, at a loss just to recuperate).
Be smart like Google (one one-step smarter than Google -- I know you despise these guys, Chris). By fully supporting local TLDs (and language too!), it appeals greatly to the locals (including in Malaysia), beating its competitors like Yahoo and MSN. Combining all Google properties in all TLDs, including many of which are in the top-100 highest-traffic list, it simply is the biggest net property out there far exceeding its closest competitors.
You should consider that
there are now more Internet users in Asia than in North America or Europe, and that number in Asia is growing faster than ever today while growth in US-Euro are stalling (including currency-wise!). Internet users in China already number higher than in the USA this year!
Like other ccTLDs with familiar short words like .us, .tv, .md, .in, the newly made available .my SLD offers a great chance to dominate the next wave of domain name craze (that is MYNIC would take positive steps towards such benefits and bring more cash into the nation).
I'm betting on
.cn, .in and
.mobi however. And stay tuned for another ccTLD soon to take the world by storm....
Lastly, a single good domain can worth more than a thousand bad ones!!