{"id":5509,"date":"2017-12-21T14:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=5509"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:15:21","slug":"end-users-will-get-whichever-domain-extension-is-most-affordable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/end-users-will-get-whichever-domain-extension-is-most-affordable\/","title":{"rendered":"End users will get whichever domain extension is most affordable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent domain inquiry I received for a two word .com, affirmed one thing: end users will go for the cheaper of two TLDs.<\/p>\n<p>The domain&#8217;s second word is &#8220;graphics,&#8221; and as an aged .com domain asset I value it very close to five figures.<\/p>\n<p>As there are several businesses that use both keywords in various TLDs and ccTLDs, I examined the background of the person inquiring, who had a $40 dollar budget.<\/p>\n<p>For a hard-working artist in the Midwest, forty bucks can go a long way. There was no point in me quoting a price for the .com, and instead of playing Grinch, I pointed him to the matching .Graphics domain &#8211; a new gTLD that can be acquired for about $25 per year.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of days later, our friend registered the domain, put together an one page site with his contact info, and I&#8217;m glad that he was able to get his business going on a shoestring budget.<\/p>\n<p>New gTLDs that match the scope of a business are a perfect fit, and rather affordable to register and renew. They make great alternatives to the .com, are three characters shorter, and quite often, thousands of dollars cheaper. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent domain inquiry I received for a two word .com, affirmed one thing: end users will go for the cheaper of two TLDs. The domain&#8217;s second word is &#8220;graphics,&#8221; and as an aged .com domain asset I value it very close to five figures. 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