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2009 GeoDomain Expo Discount Ends Today — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:44:40 +0000

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By: M. Menius

M. Menius — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:19:32 +0000

@Frank – “How related is the domain market with the overall economy?”

The domain market is tied to more than just online ad expenditures. Economic slow down will affect ad buys and consequently some domain revenue streams. However, domains in general are business drivers, not just ad portals. As business drivers, they are unique online brands and very much embedded in the daily opration of the internet. And regardless of general economic gyrations, the internet will continue to flourish in a very big way.

So even in slow down, companies will be positioning themselves to go to “the next level” as the economy unwinds again and moves forward. Unless a completely new system of language replaces what we have (never happen) then quality, descriptive domains will remain valuable.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:11:41 +0000

Frank, it’s not just small banks. IndyMac was the second biggest bank to ever fail in the U.S. (granted, big ones are usually stopped from failing).

As for .cn, the only reason it’s bigger than .de is they’re basically giving them away.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:59:57 +0000

How related is the domain market with the overall economy? Which online niches do you guys think will do well if and when a recession hits.

Today there were several newspapers that headlined many small banks will be failing. Also my own market research is showing online ad spending is projected to slow down after several years of growth.

maybe .cn or .in domains? .cn has already overtaken .de in popularity. And the .asia is being marketed well. Lately I’ve been doing better with those than the .com/.net arena.

I’d love to hear what others are experiencing and your thoughts.