Morning Folks!!
When you have to resort to obvious bullshit, you know these guys are in DEEP trouble. See their expenses are on going for a year now and they are taking in no money other than restless investors. And what is worse, when they open for business, many will still not take in any money. Then the investors will go ape shit.
They could have read my blog and your comments first to save them their dollars, but since they didn't......
Now it is really starting to look silly when these guys have to resort to "Dot com is Dead" and "Dot com is your Father's Extension" and even "We are running out of dot-com". This is such CRAP that nobody reading this should allow them to get away with it. PERIOD! Friend or Foe. Facts are facts and they have no connections with personality. This is a business discussion among serious domain investors looking for REAL answers.
It does not help them, it does not help us. And it sure is pissing a lot of folks I know off. Folks that were going to buy into gTLD's and now are thinking twice because they see the bullshit and the weakness of their false arguments. They see they have little else. They see my points can not be just overlooked and ignored, swept under the rug and there are so many of them and 99% are unanswered because they can't be answered. So what else can they really do?
Look, I am happy to have all the dollars and attention coming to domaining and have said it for a very long time. But if you want to resort to this BULLSHIT, I too can MAKE SHIT UP. And my shit is much better than your shit. Just give me a few days and I will give you an example that you might not like. But since we are going down this road, ALL IS FAIR. RIGHT??
And like I have said before, you all own each other. The missteps will cost all of you not just one of you. Why? Because you have positioned yourselves that way. That is what bad marketing can do. Short term gain traded for long-term loss.
I don't have to go down there because I have facts and history and empirical evidence on my side and the best you guys got is "Dot com is dead" as you try to run your empire on .com ? And then you don't think you look silly? Weak? Ridiculous? Desperate?
Well you do! And while you may all be singing the same tune now, that tune has the power and ability to sink all of you including the top 10. One TITANIC of a mess.
Let me show you how.
I think you should ALL AT VERY LEAST announce the date you plan to ABANDON your DOT COM FRANCHISE and HEADQUARTERS and move them to your own new gTLD. Tell us when in 2014 you will be doing that.
When will that be happening? See I can make you all look like FOOLS when you go down this road. So when will you be doing that? Please announce the date this week. I am sure readers and investors want to know that answer. We all do. When?? I will ask that EACH and EVERY time I EVER hear that bullshit. And each time you will either have to make up more bullshit or risk looking foolish. Again and again and again.
See, you are all full of shit. Sorry. You set your own trap and I just replaced your bait with mine so PLEASE don't be angry with me.
.Horse is dead. .Ceo is dead. .Camera is dead. I may not be able to pick the top 10 yet, but there is no missing a DEAD HORSE in the middle of the industry stinking things up.
I will focus on the DEAD gTLD's from now on. Each time I will pull another extension that is DOA baby! I have enough material for years!!
And when they die on the vine, When they ROT right in front of us, When they get aborted, I will show you just how dead dot-com really is. So maybe try to raise your game guys. I keep telling you this dog won't hunt. You can try to fool the end-user, fool the investor but to try to fool this industry of investors? Each group will figure it out in pretty short order. Selling is about your benefits. When you have to resort to nonsense, that VOIDS your benefits. Drowns it right out. Especially when those benefits are hard to find to begin with.
So now you have a poll. My poll. A poll of one.
Want to be "Polled"?
The comment box is the way we poll this!
And for the gTLD guys, again, don't forget to announce the date you will be moving off your dot-com. Many folks will be asking that until you actually make the move. Probably at every opportunity they get. I am sure you can't wait for the day so we hope to make it sooner! :-) See what it tastes like to swallow your own BS?
WARNING: CLUSTERF*CK IN PROGRESS!! PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
Rick Schwartz
Lennard
it´s alive!
Scott Smith
Rick, you really do need to stop sugar-coating your comments. Come on. Grow a set of cajones/brassballs/TimBits (for us Canucks) and say what you really mean…
Domain Buyer Broker
I think the term “civil war” is appropriate.
Sad but appropriate.
Leonard Britt
.COM has 112 million votes (registrations that people pay for)
.Info will drop below 6 million registrations in the next week or so
Per 1&1 there are only three .whatevers with more than 100k pre-registrations which are not yet paid for – when we see the REAL registration numbers (people who actually pay) after two or three renewal cycles we will get a feel where the interest lies.
Jeff Schneider
Hello Rick,
The .COM bashing is really a technique we call .COM Drafting. Much as a weaker goose drafts behind a stronger lead goose, in a flight pattern formation. The best the gTLDs can hope for is to vicariously identify themselves in the same breath as a .COM. The .COM Brand is a strong draw to bring attention to the weaker gTLD Derivatives. This illusionary mind games overall effect, reinforces the .COM Brands dominant Strategic position.
Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)
Aaron Strong
“Dot Com is Dead”… Here is another contender for a new page on HallofShame’s, “Media” section. It looks like a “Media” section would get lots of content in the months to come.
Steve O'Brien
Premium .com domain names are going no-where but up in value, in my opinion! We see it in our numbers. Every year for the past 16 years, our corporations annual per domain name closed sales price has increased. That is based on thousands of closed domain sales each year. Every year that a new domain extension has rolled out, our premium .com/.net/.org closed domain sales prices and volume have actually increased. Now there has never been a time that this many new extensions have hit the market all at once, but I see this as a opportunity and not a problem at all. If you have good solid keyword and premium domain names, priced right, you are all set. I suggest you just relax and watch the show – Steve
Attila Steven C
Lack of foresight, vision and experience in branding/marketing will make the gtld’s a success for a short period. Which unfortunately a lot of business people are…
Altaf
.Com will never die as it came into being for ever to rule the world.
ccTLD in some country will pave the way-but not that much as .Com.
I will hoard my .com until my last. With best wishes, Altaf
Domenclature.com
@Rick
All the education, and posts, you’ve been doing is starting to pay-off.
Domainers are wiser. Before, they would have gone horseshit crazy!
Kudos!
Robbie
In about 2 years, this fool and his company will most likely be wiped out, and will be selling manure.horse from the back of a pickup truck.
UFO
Can wholly agree on the gTLDs you have pointed out. .horse .ceo .camera is EASY to spot the demand simply by doing the *whatever.com extract and seeing how many .com’s have been registered. If shed loads of .com’s have been registered then this new gTLD as a URL shortner will help. But if people aren’t registering over 100k of domains ending in horse or camera or ceo then YOU KNOW THERE ISN’T THE DEMAND IN THE MARKETPLACE.
I find it incredible that millions have been thrown on the table and there are serious deficits in the level of diligence having been undertaken. We know Domains are a numbers game, we know it’s about keyword value, we know it’s about demand. JUST PUT THE LOGIC TOGETHER.
.shop .web .club have a sporting chance and these are what I’d define as proper applications.
Dan
Love it Rick.
Maybe we should hijack it with:
.COM is D.E.A.D
Definitely Everyone’s Authorative Domain
Patrick Hipskind
The preregistration and registration process of the gTLDs is also going to sink the ship. 1and1 says preregistration is free, and that you can register your .build for $99 a year. Then you give them your credit card and register the domain name, and are then told it is really “preregistered” and you must wait to find out if they can get it for you. Meanwhile, they have my credit card info, I don’t have the domain name, and if they can get it for me I don’t know if it is going to cost me more money than the $99 fee.
I am very hesitant to register the list of .web domains that I have preregistered, and I don’t know how much the annual registration fee will be.
Sales for the gTLDs is going to be slow out of the gate with this screwed up process, and there will be a lot more DOA because of it.
Patrick Hipskind
JewelryCityLasVegas.com just had an ad on TV while I was reading the comments. At least one .com is still breathing
UFO
One issue that is quite a serious one with these new gTLDs is there is no security on future costs of renewals. Does ICANN state that you will never be charged more than your initial renewal rate? Or will you be held hostage and have the living daylights squeezed out of you to retain that premium domain you paid for or all that branding / marketing and effort you assigned to that URL? At least with .com it is controlled and we have big business that will protect its rights to not be exploited on its own .com
To be honest, someone from ICANN should go along to the domainer conferences and explain in detail with Q&A’s (submitted in advance) and cover off all of this along with all this nonsense on UDRPs that seems to happening.
Robbie
End users do not have a clue about .WHATEVER, they are trying to keep their businesses running, and a float of all other daily issues of running a business.
Like we have seen from all major extensions before, it takes the power of domainers to get it off the ground, and slowly expand over time, as these names are slowly sold off. This douche bag just ruined it for his company…. enjoy
Jeff Schneider
Hello Rick,
All the Madison Avenue Ad companies initially missed the .COM Franchise opportunity, and now once again they will miss yet another exponential run up in .COM Franchise values dead ahead. They are destined to repeat the same mistake again. JAS 12/9/13
Joao Mesquita
I see 2 problems here:
– Google: many people say that Google will change this and that to fit these extensions, but i just don’t see a motivational reason. Anyone care to explain what’s their motivation? I only see dead ends.
– Penetration: .com is like Coca Cola and ccTLDs (where they matter) are like Pepsi. When Verisign and the other registries start to defend their own vaults, because they will, how exactly will these extensions get traction? Domainers? They don’t care about Domainers. End users? Who answers to an ad made by pipi cola, when you have the originals next to them?
I honestly believe more in africa.com
Ken Greenwood
I’ve been tracking the domain extension count for years on zfbot. If you look at just 2011 to current day, .com is still alive and well. While other extensions like .info and .tel have had significant drop offs. See this chart I just created based off of my zfbot data (counts are not 100% accurate due to domains not always being in the zone files)
http://www.zfbot.com/zfbot_stats.png
IMHO
In essence, there will be a marked shift in two directions: 1) those that want a more attractive domain left of the dot will seek out new gTLDs to avoid higher priced .com equivalents or unavailable .coms while getting something new and unique; and 2) lesser attractive .coms will diminish in value while premium .coms will ride out the storm, but, will not command prices seen in times past. In other words, more focus will be placed on the characters to the left of the dot and less on those to the right of the dot.
Danny Pryor
I think the challenge to these companies, to give us a “drop dead date” for abandoning .com, is a good challenge. I am also eager to hear the excuses they will provide for NOT doing it. The funny thing is that this is happening as I have been shedding other extensions and staying with just the “big three”, as it were, the .com (95%), the .net and .org (the other 5%). I only have a couple other extensions as defensive registrations for my company. Honestly, why would I want anything else? Perhaps that great video Howard did with the business folks should be highlighted. :)
Zahir Jooma
it’s funny you even commented on this. i guess it’s good though lol.
i just ignore all this gltd talk. i like what you said though, when in 2014 are you going to drop your .com’s and move over to your gltd??? lmao
people are just trying to make a market for those dumb names. when really only the most important words and domain hacks are worth registering. the shortest ones trade for good money, but for what? are they even used? i just want z.zz if it ever comes out, but i’m not gonna pay a high premium because there’s too much corruption in the pre-registering.
Cyborg
The .com gTLD is certainly not ‘dead’ and it isn’t going anywhere until the Internet dies.
This does not mean that .com will always reign supreme though. Every domain bought of a gTLD other than .com will weaken .com’s position so with all these new gTLDs coming out, cheesy as they are, they can only dilute the .com market…weakening it to some degree.
Rick knows this too, and this is why he is upset. New gTLDs wont eliminate .com, but they will to some degree dilute the value of just about all domains…making it tougher for those who have put all their stock in .com.
Personally, I am just fine with new gTLDs being created, even the cheesy ones, because there is one main effect that is going to happen as we all go forward into the availability of so many gTLDs… With every successful website that is not a .com comes the opportunity for the end-user to realize that there is more than just .com out there…and those end-users will become more comfortable using something other than .com which will ultimately benefit those who have had a bit more faith in some of the other gTLDs…like me.
Sooner or later, we will all have our own URL… urld.us & urld.me
Peace and Love!
Rick Schwartz
“so with all these new gTLDs coming out, cheesy as they are, they can only dilute the .com market…weakening it to some degree.
Rick knows this too, and this is why he is upset. New gTLDs wont eliminate .com, but they will to some degree dilute the value of just about all domains…making it tougher for those who have put all their stock in .com.”
Please don’t speak for me. That statement is 100% false. I think exactly opposite that and have stated so many times.
I have entire posts on the subject. So if you go back to my post about new york vs las vegas you will see clear as day.
Cyborg
My statement arose from my having read quite a few of your posts about the new gTLDs, Mr Schwartz. I meant no insult or foul…merely an observation of the many times you’ve vehemently spoken out against them.
Clearly, you dislike the idea of the new gTLDs. Since you’ve based your King-ship upon the wealth you’ve accrued via the .com gTLD and banked primarily on the .coms, your fiscal interest is obviously with .com and you are concerned of potential encroachment.
I am no dummy to this market, my friend. I have sold thousands of domains to others, perhaps more than you… New domains though. Not squatted-on domains. @Godaddy.com
Peace and Love and Merry Xmas and all that.
Ken Greenwood
Cyborg – could you be a little less condescending? You’re coming off as an ass.
Cyborg
Rick Schwartz is the self-professed ‘King of Domains’. A statement condescending to all other domainers.
Certainly, one able to condescend to others can handle it back a little bit?
There are other lions in the jungle…
beholdthelion.com
Rick Schwartz
I get this simply for setting the record straight about my thoughts? Really?
Cyborg
The .com gTLD is more trustworthy and time-tested and true…so naturally, it will always be the strongest type of domain in the trust category.
Hence, http://trustworthydomain.com
I hope you are right about .com, Rick. I have invested in it too.
William
To escape a world of pidgeon-shit.com, we must create a world filled with generic-keyword.pidgeonshit?
I don’t think any of them have much future, especially the ones whose meaning limits it’s logical use. In the old days people used to say “No one gets fired for buying an IBM.” Its the same with coms today. People will continue to want it because it’s already widely accepted. Also, there isn’t any risk in owning and using one.
The intrinsic value of an extension is only high if people are aware that the extension exists AND can reasonably expect to find something of value on a site using the extension. I very rarely click on .biz links because experience has taught me that .biz sites are crap. What if a company builds a brand on a .compare extension and then others come in a trash it? It’s not worth the risk.
So yeah.. I don’t see it either.
Steve
Soon enough, “successful new gTLD” will be an oxymoron.
Pat w
When using the this type of “Advertising as a Selling Point” for an “unproven – unvalidated” unverified sales pitch statement to advertise and promote & Sell a New product’s — idea’s — or domain names:
>>> *** “Dot com is Dead” and *** “Dot com is your Father’s Extension” and even *** “We are running out of dot-com”. <<<
*** This is sounding Very Much Like a Major League Con Job !!!