Major Dilution to Existing .tld extensions i.e. .net

We have been writing for some time about the massive dilution to the current major domain name extensions which will be caused by the anticipated vast number of new gtld’s expected to be introduced starting in 2012.

As an example of dilution, we will discuss the long-time well known dot-net extension. It’s always played 2nd fiddle to the vastly superior dot-com however .net will soon have lots of competitors competing with it and causing general overall dilution to all extensions and to dot-net in particular.

The initial high Icann cost of $185k to buy your own extension will no doubt result in mostly the top brands or keywords being purchased at this time. However, we are sure the cost will drop a lot and more and more mid-size or non-famous brands and keywords will eventually have their own extension.

Using dot-net direct competition as an example it’s likely extentions such as .met (dating?), .let (EU rentals?), .pet (pets?), .wet (water/pools?), .bet (gambling?), .get (search?), .jet (jet sales?), .vet (veterans?), plus longer ones like .mynet .enet .inet .netgear and the real obvious .network will be taken in the future.

With so many similar potential domain name extensions all competing for Internet traffic and marketing themselves it would seem after a few years the direct dilution just to the old dot-net extension will result in many people saying ‘dot-who’ about dot-net. Therefore, we can predict the already low value .net domains will decline even more in general value.

Ladybugs For Sale, a New Developmental Website

We are at work on a start-up website Ladybugs For Sale which is under development and currently a simple looking 1-page low-content developmental web site. The newly regsitered domain-name has only been online for 2-days, counting today. However, with only one-full-day time spent working on the new site (and the PayPal merchant payment system), folks are quickly able to buy freshly kid-caught live ladybugs on the new site right now instead of waiting for full-site development.

The new website specializes in live ladybugs which are freshly caught in Arizona and The Valley of The Sun. Arizona Ladybugs are perhaps the most beautiful live ladybugs in the nation. Their great beauty may be helped by all the Arizona sunshine what with more than 300 days a year of brilliant sunshine and warm winters. It’s believed our strong Arizona sun helps bring-out the vivid red and black colors of the native live ladybugs.

Kids love ladybugs because of their beauty and nice colors and being real easy to catch. Gardeners and farmers love them because they eat aphids which can damage farm crops and back-yard vegetable gardens. Ladybugs can also reduce or stop the need for harmful pesticides.

Ladybugs make for intresting back-yard additions and are also purchased as cool unique living gifts. Teachers may also be interested in ordering ladybugs for school science and nature projects.