Over 1 mill .EU domains - is it overhyped? - GoFuckYourself.com

Rolo · 04-07-2006, 12:35 PM

Total number of active .eu domain names is now 1,038,680 - http://status.eurid.eu/

Are the majority of people and companies wasting ?10-20 per .eu domain or does the .eu tld have a place on the internet?

Personally I think it will fulfill a latent need for companies that wish to create or take advantaged of a pan european identity and consumers/surfers that seek specific european products/services/information.

Ofcourse I could be wrong, and it will only be the owners of the sex.eu, stocks.eu, news.eu etc. that will benefit from the from the TLD. Instead companies will waste ? trying to brand a new TLD, that will have little value for its users.

Is the .eu TLD overhyped?

nyana · 04-07-2006, 12:38 PM

I hope so, some fuck stole my domain!

spacekadet · 04-07-2006, 12:39 PM

stupidquestion.eu

czarina · 04-07-2006, 12:39 PM

I think that it is going to really take off. I already bought 5 very good ones

schwing · 04-07-2006, 02:16 PM

Don't see how they would be valued any more than .cc or .ws was

Goblin · 04-07-2006, 02:58 PM

1,079,020 now!!! )))
about 20 from me )))

KRL · 04-07-2006, 03:00 PM

Risky investing in my opinion.

Why dump dollars into an unknown, when you can have less risk and better upside with the .com's?

Drake · 04-07-2006, 03:06 PM

Anybody here that lives in the EU plan on visiting sites with .eu instead of .com?

Splum · 04-07-2006, 03:10 PM

.com will always be the premium and defacto tld - anything else is a waste of money unless you are creating a brand

04-07-2006, 03:15 PM

yes it is a hype 4 sure, now move on please

Young · 04-07-2006, 03:17 PM

It's going to be just as big of a hit as our .US

[/sarcasm]

Juilan · 04-07-2006, 03:18 PM

Surprisingly, .US domains have sold recently, could be some nice buy and hold .EU investments out there...

Rui · 04-07-2006, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRL

Risky investing in my opinion.

Why dump dollars into an unknown, when you can have less risk and better upside with the .com's?

based on that reasoning we would still be in dark-ages ;)

European Lee · 04-07-2006, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Splum

.com will always be the premium and defacto tld - anything else is a waste of money unless you are creating a brand

Thats crap.

The Japanese use .co.jp
The British use .co.uk
The French use .co.fr

It only stands to reason that Europeans will start branding the .eu domain name for buiness entities within the European Union.

Regards,

Lee

pornguy · 04-07-2006, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRL

Risky investing in my opinion.

Why dump dollars into an unknown, when you can have less risk and better upside with the .com's?

Because it is a risk that if lost, is a tax rightoff. as long as you are not investing the farm, and only grabbing a few that you think you can resell or use, then there is no harm in buying them.

Splum · 04-07-2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by European Lee

Thats crap.
The Japanese use .co.jp
The British use .co.uk
The French use .co.fr
It only stands to reason that Europeans will start branding the .eu domain name for buiness entities within the European Union.
Regards,
Lee

America has its own .us tld too but it dont mean fucking jack shit, the real money is in .com dont be foolish now. Looks like well over 90% of the global top 500 on Alexa are .com
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sit...obal&lang=none

But hey you want to spend your money on shitty .eu domains go for it Im sure you will see a nice ROI.

breaker · 04-07-2006, 03:33 PM

So what it's just 10 Euro per domain if you can get some good ones. If you can't gamble with 10 Euro then your business is in trouble ;)

KRL · 04-07-2006, 03:35 PM

Here's a good article on landing pages.

http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2006/april.htm

European Lee · 04-07-2006, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pornguy

Because it is a risk that if lost, is a tax rightoff. as long as you are not investing the farm, and only grabbing a few that you think you can resell or use, then there is no harm in buying them.

Its not even a risk factor....

Registering .eu domains, primarily for me, is about protecting MY business assets, ive secured a heap of webmaster related domains that i know nobody else is going to be able to use for copetitive practices.

Likewise, i also purchased some domains because i feel they have good resale vaue to them or, they could be used for new projects in the near future.

Domain names are an investment in your long term business strategies, not just for putting sites on or reselling.

By owning the domains that i registered over the last 18 hours im certain that no one can interfere with my business... Easily.

Regards,

Lee

KRL · 04-07-2006, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by European Lee

Its not even a risk factor....

Registering .eu domains, primarily for me, is about protecting MY business assets, ive secured a heap of webmaster related domains that i know nobody else is going to be able to use for copetitive practices.

Likewise, i also purchased some domains because i feel they have good resale vaue to them or, they could be used for new projects in the near future.

Domain names are an investment in your long term business strategies, not just for putting sites on or reselling.

By owning the domains that i registered over the last 18 hours im certain that no one can interfere with my business... Easily.

Regards,

Lee

BlueDesignStudios · 04-07-2006, 04:10 PM

Lee what's going on with the money you owe ???????

Konda · 04-07-2006, 04:25 PM

.eu will never be big

why? Because probably over 90% of the domains registered today were registered by domain traders/investors/hijackers that will do nothing with the domain but hoping it will be worth money later, and in the meantime they just forward it to a simple search/landing/sponsor page.
Probably very few will actually build a website on the primary names, so the chance is very unlikely that someone will type in domain.eu just to see if they have what they are looking for, because they know that almost none of the domains are being used. So I think .eu is nothing more than .ws, .us, .name .info, etc.

Antonio · 04-07-2006, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Konda

So I think .eu is nothing more than .ws, .us, .name .info, etc.

I have two one word .infos, too lazy to see when I regiostered them but lets say I've paid so far 30 bucks each (one reg fee + renewals), I can easily get 300 bucks each straight away, so how was that a bad investment???

the same applies to the .eu IMO, and congrasts to the peeps that got their domains, I know I got ZERO from the 20 I preregistered ;(

KRL · 04-07-2006, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Konda

.eu will never be big

why? Because probably over 90% of the domains registered today were registered by domain traders/investors/hijackers that will do nothing with the domain but hoping it will be worth money later, and in the meantime they just forward it to a simple search/landing/sponsor page.
Probably very few will actually build a website on the primary names, so the chance is very unlikely that someone will type in domain.eu just to see if they have what they are looking for, because they know that almost none of the domains are being used. So I think .eu is nothing more than .ws, .us, .name .info, etc.

Yep. That's a prob.

DaddyHalbucks · 04-07-2006, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRL

Risky investing in my opinion.

Why dump dollars into an unknown, when you can have less risk and better upside with the .com's?

Agreed.

Although risky investments often produce high returns.

I haven't bought any EU domains.

s9ann0 · 04-07-2006, 07:10 PM

in uk no-one realy thinks of themselves as european you would go for .co.uk or .com

I think .EU sounds like a government domain or something

minusonebit · 04-07-2006, 09:44 PM

Yeah, you have to love our FUCKING dot US registry.

In 2002, I registered some polticial .us domains with the word "fuck" in them, the next thing I know NeuStar (the registry) locked them up and removed them from the zone. They have a little censorship policy that says you cant use any of the "heavy seven" in the domain name.

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Casey @ NeuStar, Inc.

Policy Statement by James Casey
Director, Policy and Business Development
April 22, 2002

NeuStar will follow a policy to preserve and enhance the value of the .US Internet address to all users, including, in particular, state and local governments, libraries and K-12 schools. Given the importance of .US as a national public resource, certain guidelines must apply. Therefore, NeuStar will review, for possible deletion by the Registry, all registered second- level domain names that contain, within the characters of the domain name registration, any of the seven words identified in Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726, 98 S. Ct. 3026, 57 L.Ed.2d 1073 (1978), the hahaha8220;Seven Wordshahaha8221;.

I really should get off my ass and sue them over that. I'm sure that there is a free speech arguement to be made there somewhere, being that .us is being overseen by Neustar on behalf of the USDoC and taxpayer dollars are being expended on the project even if not directly. Keep in mind that this is the same registry that smears its logo feces all over the American flag and proports to be the domain that represents what America is all about.

Egomancer · 04-07-2006, 10:37 PM

I got one domain and I will try to develop a site for it. Since it is business related I think and hope that it will bring me some money...

Egomancer

Rolo · 04-08-2006, 07:52 AM

Update : 1,223,089 active .eu domains http://status.eurid.eu/

cem · 04-08-2006, 08:12 AM

I bet within a couple years .EU will be given away like .TK

04-07-2006, 12:35 PM	#1
Rolo Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 555	Over 1 mill .EU domains - is it overhyped? Total number of active .eu domain names is now 1,038,680 - http://status.eurid.eu/ Are the majority of people and companies wasting ?10-20 per .eu domain or does the .eu tld have a place on the internet? Personally I think it will fulfill a latent need for companies that wish to create or take advantaged of a pan european identity and consumers/surfers that seek specific european products/services/information. Ofcourse I could be wrong, and it will only be the owners of the sex.eu, stocks.eu, news.eu etc. that will benefit from the from the TLD. Instead companies will waste ? trying to brand a new TLD, that will have little value for its users. Is the .eu TLD overhyped? __________________ Surfmastering : a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery

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04-07-2006, 12:38 PM	#2
nyana Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 212	I hope so, some fuck stole my domain!

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czarina Webmaster Extraordinaire Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A beautiful beach... Posts: 10,748	I think that it is going to really take off. I already bought 5 very good ones

04-07-2006, 02:16 PM	#5
schwing Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 83	Don't see how they would be valued any more than .cc or .ws was

04-07-2006, 02:58 PM	#6
Goblin Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Europe Posts: 401	1,079,020 now!!! ))) about 20 from me )))

04-07-2006, 03:06 PM	#8
Drake Hello world! Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 12,508	Anybody here that lives in the EU plan on visiting sites with .eu instead of .com?

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Splum Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Location: USA Posts: 6,195	.com will always be the premium and defacto tld - anything else is a waste of money unless you are creating a brand

04-07-2006, 03:15 PM	#10
ThumbLord Guest Posts: n/a	yes it is a hype 4 sure, now move on please

04-07-2006, 03:17 PM	#11
Young Bland for life Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,468	It's going to be just as big of a hit as our .US [/sarcasm]

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KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	Here's a good article on landing pages. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2006/april.htm __________________ If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION! * * * * * * * * * * * * Domains Adult News KRL's Newsletter Biz Tips Just Listed Domains

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Konda ... Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,280	.eu will never be big why? Because probably over 90% of the domains registered today were registered by domain traders/investors/hijackers that will do nothing with the domain but hoping it will be worth money later, and in the meantime they just forward it to a simple search/landing/sponsor page. Probably very few will actually build a website on the primary names, so the chance is very unlikely that someone will type in domain.eu just to see if they have what they are looking for, because they know that almost none of the domains are being used. So I think .eu is nothing more than .ws, .us, .name .info, etc. Last edited by Konda; 04-07-2006 at 04:26 PM..

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s9ann0 Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Boston Posts: 4,873	in uk no-one realy thinks of themselves as european you would go for .co.uk or .com I think .EU sounds like a government domain or something

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Rolo Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 555	Update : 1,223,089 active .eu domains http://status.eurid.eu/ __________________ Surfmastering : a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery

04-08-2006, 08:12 AM	#30
cem Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 415	I bet within a couple years .EU will be given away like .TK