keyword+gTLD pairs<\/strong><\/a>, something I’ve talked about extensively in the past.<\/p>\nFor now, I will focus on a recent incident, when a potential buyer inquiring for one of my .com domains, decided to use a new gTLD instead.<\/p>\n
My keyword1+keyword2 .com domain was bypassed, albeit at a savings of $5,000 for the potential buyer, who spent forty bucks for the keyword1.keyword2 equivalent.<\/p>\n
Naturally, the sale fell through and a domain based on a new gTLD was born.<\/p>\n
And despite losing a sale, I’m fine with that.<\/p>\n
I don’t invest heavily in domains where this happens often, but it did happen, and I would like to use it as an example of how times are changing in how domain investing is perceived.<\/p>\n
Consumers no longer have “no alternative options,” they have plenty of good enough options to register domains, instead of paying what some of them consider “outrageous amounts” of money.<\/p>\n
In this case, I wished the new gTLD owner best of luck in their future endeavors, and while I remain confident in the value of my .com, I tip my virtual hat to those who utilize these non-com domains to their benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been a keen supporter of the new gTLD system since its launch two years ago. It is the evolution of an Internet name space that was densely occupied by those that ventured into domain investing early on. While I still invest in and support the original TLD triad, .com, .net and .org, I consider […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[811,1189,737],"class_list":["post-4993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains","tag-domain-investing","tag-domains","tag-gtlds","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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