top level domain shake up

[charlie]

BBC NEWS | Technology | Domain name shake-up

With the possible changes allowing any extensions how do you think this will affect domain values

.fred
.world
etc

and if you were going to set up a registar to manage a new extension of choice - what would it be?

[admin]

What a crazy idea, it's like having a London 020 number and living in France, what's the point?

.ACORN gets my vote

[yesterday]

a) any two letter would be the best investment
b) typos of .com etc like .ccom .come .dotcom etc
c) .web .www .email .game .porn .personal .dot .love .private .secure .chat .blog .search .forum .news .finance .money
I think judging by my click through prices I'd be registrar for .debt !

I think the divide between great domains and average domains will get that much wider.

Great will always be great, average will become below average.

.co.uk will have to differentiate itself somehow - maybe use some of the enormous registrar profits to start promoting it.

yesterday

[charlie]

seems they disagree

BBC NEWS | Technology | Internet overhaul wins approval

"A complete overhaul of the way in which people navigate the internet has been given the go-ahead in Paris."

The new system should come in next year.

"Individuals will be able to register a domain based on their own name, for example, as long as they can show a "business plan and technical capacity".
While companies will be able to secure domain names easily based on their intellectual property, some domain names could become subject to contention and a bidding war. "

[mat]

What aload of crap

[bensd]

Originally Posted by mat

What aload of crap

indeed. I certainly wont be paying to get firstname.surname

From Article:

However, the cost of setting up a domain - at least initially - will be an expensive business.

"We expect that the fee will be in the low six figure dollar amounts," said Dr Twomey.

[Takwa]

Well at least it's national news for domains, didn't we complain there wasn't much news to boost the market before?

[GreyWing]

They are just going to devalue each other, the brands for the .com and .co.uk's are established.

This is going to be a cybersuqaters nightmare. They are going to cybersquat the hell out of each other and devalue all the extensions thinking they have some by the balls until people say, what's the point trying to fight them then never pay up. Google raises the value of .co.uk .com's because there is less chance of cybersquating and hey bingo, people who bought into this have lost their money and .com .co.uk's are worth more.

Should be fun to watch people get their fingers burnt.

[JasonD]

It is being taken VERY seriously by business. I am spending a LOT of time on this and have been for the last 4 months, although obviously this week's Paris announcement has brought more attention to it.

[julian]

someones bound to try and do a .UK or .GB