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Posted by UglyDave on Nov-18-2005 00:13:

will .com ever be replaced?

Hi guys,

I purchased a domain name about a year ago - derry.com

derry = a small city up the road from me (also known as Londonderry - long story + not getting into it).

anyways. it has a population of about 100 thousand. I have no intention of selling this domain for the next 20 years or so.

Due to the lack of availability of .com addresses, is there ever expected to be another domain extension that will become the number one?

Also, if anybody has any idea what a domain name for a town with 100k inhabitants - please give me a rough idea what it may be worth.

Thanks,

Dave

Posted by montana on Nov-18-2005 00:16:

i think there are some other topdomains other than .com , .org , .net. they are just not used as much

Posted by bas on Nov-18-2005 00:17:

Re: will .com ever be replaced?

quote:
Originally posted by UglyDave
Hi guys,

I purchased a domain name about a year ago - derry.com

derry = a small city up the road from me (also known as Londonderry - long story + not getting into it).

anyways. it has a population of about 100 thousand. I have no intention of selling this domain for the next 20 years or so.

Due to the lack of availability of .com addresses, is there ever expected to be another domain extension that will become the number one?

Also, if anybody has any idea what a domain name for a town with 100k inhabitants - please give me a rough idea what it may be worth.

Thanks,

Dave

.org, .net, .co.uk, .co.au, .co.jp, .co.de .co.something else. I've seen a few.

Posted by UglyDave on Nov-18-2005 00:20:

yeah, there are other top level domains, but .com is the first choice. the bees knees. the dogs bollox. the rolls royce of domain names!!

Posted by igottaknow on Nov-18-2005 00:59:

.cum in your eye

Posted by Basstard on Nov-18-2005 01:01:

quote:
Originally posted by UglyDave
yeah, there are other top level domains, but .com is the first choice. the bees knees. the dogs bollox. the rolls royce of domain names!!

you'd probably be best contacting Derry City's Council or the tourism board to see if they are interested in purchasing it. you would be talking a few hundred quid at the least

Posted by igottaknow on Nov-18-2005 01:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Basstard
you'd probably be best contacting Derry City's Council or the tourism board to see if they are interested in purchasing it. you would be talking a few hundred quid at the least

steven king or one of his rich fans might want it. I'd put it on ebay just to see it there is any interest

Posted by Basstard on Nov-18-2005 01:09:

quote:
Originally posted by igottaknow
steven king or one of his rich fans might want it. I'd put it on ebay just to see it there is any interest

another good suggestion. u can sell ANYTHING on ebay

Posted by Mebot on Nov-18-2005 01:17:

Posted by tribu on Nov-18-2005 01:57:

Except for two major exceptions, I only use .net

Posted by Basstard on Nov-18-2005 02:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Mebot

i once had a sinead against that wall!

Posted by Mebot on Nov-18-2005 02:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Basstard
i once had a sinead against that wall!

Posted by Lepanto on Nov-18-2005 03:04:

.com = commercial site. if you're making a commercial site then you use .com, if an education site, .edu. etc

i think that .coms should be broken up into personel sites, bio/band/artists sites, etc.

Posted by Trance Nutter on Nov-18-2005 03:09:

They should start using .po for porn sites, that'd free up about 99% of domain names right there

Posted by sensorium on Nov-18-2005 03:35:

.rly

Posted by tribu on Nov-18-2005 03:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Trance Nutter
They should start using .po for porn sites, that'd free up about 99% of domain names right there

There was a recent (last 2 or 3 years) push to allow registration of *.xxx domains for adult websites.

Posted by Sean Cassidy on Nov-18-2005 09:56:

.biz

as well!

Posted by RickyM on Nov-18-2005 10:07:

Re: will .com ever be replaced?

quote:
Originally posted by UglyDave
Hi guys,

I purchased a domain name about a year ago - derry.com

derry = a small city up the road from me (also known as Londonderry - long story + not getting into it).

anyways. it has a population of about 100 thousand. I have no intention of selling this domain for the next 20 years or so.

Due to the lack of availability of .com addresses, is there ever expected to be another domain extension that will become the number one?

Also, if anybody has any idea what a domain name for a town with 100k inhabitants - please give me a rough idea what it may be worth.

Thanks,

Dave

Damn it!

If it was londonderry.com I might have considered it

You could always sell it to SinnFein....

Posted by DJ Cinos on Nov-18-2005 11:51:

Actually I consider .net to be to toppest of top domains.

Posted by UglyDave on Nov-18-2005 12:13:

Someone earlier suggest i sell it to derry city council for a few hundred..

i paid a friggin fortune for it!!!

and i have 0 intention of selling it anytime within the next 20 years.. long term investment

RickyM - that's the friggin problem.. the real name is Londonderry... Damn u friggin brits!! U oppress us for hundreds of years! now you're decreasing the value of my domain name!!

Posted by Dublin Guy on Nov-18-2005 14:26:

its real name is Derry not Londonderry,that just sounds stupid when people say londonderry,espically Irish people.

Tiocfaidh Ar La - Our Day Will Come

Posted by Clovis on Nov-18-2005 17:19:

WWW.TRANCEADDICT.ORLY

Posted by UglyDave on Nov-18-2005 17:38:

Dublin Guy - The real name of the City is Londonderry.

Unfortunatly, that's the way it is.

And to your Toicfaidh ar la comment, i seriously doubt we'll ever have a united Ireland. Sucks, but i dont see it.

If anything Northern Ireland will become an independant state.

Posted by bas on Nov-18-2005 20:06:

I just rememeberd, IPv6 may play some role in naming conventions. If and when it's implemented.

Posted by Ian on Nov-18-2005 20:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Basstard
you'd probably be best contacting Derry City's Council or the tourism board to see if they are interested in purchasing it. you would be talking a few hundred quid at the least

i wouldn't, i believe they have rights to make a forced purchase if they feel like it, the law will always side with them too

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