.US TLD. What do you think?

[thewitt]

So what do you think of the .US TLD?

We seem to be getting a high level of pre-registration requests for this one - higher than we expected at any rate - both for trademark holders and regular domains.

Are you planning on purchasing a .US domain in the future?

-t

 

[murat]

its useless
but if they r cheap (15-20$) i will buy one for reselling

 

[thewitt]

Why do you say it's useless?

Do you also believe that .ca useless?

-t

ps Expect to see pricing similar to .com.

 

[remardis]

I could see the .us domain having some value. I think it would be better than .tv, because it wouldn't be "as" focused. It would be acceptable for anyone who has a website based in the US...

Just my .02

Eric

 

[.::DefCon::.]

Are you planning on purchasing a .US domain in the future?

Surely not! What's that all about? I mean, domains like .mail or .mp3... THOSE I like
But .us is just a country top level DN.
That's like .fr or .be Nothing special. I don't think they're worth that much either.

Just my 0.02

 

[nodehost]

still don't think no matter what they come up with, it will take the power of the .com.

Kinda like the 800 number......

 

[ECIS]

I think that the .us TLD is a nice addition. Took them long enough tho

 

[Anjay]

The .us domain extension is nice, I guess.
I wouldn't buy one though.

It's only use I can see if for things in the US, like .fr is for France or .be of for Belgium - like DefCon said.


But I kind of think it is useless. There are so many domain extensions, true a lot of people may pre-register now, but what about a few years down the line?


The .us domain is nothing special, it's like the .ca, .fr, .es, .co.uk, .be, .de and all those others - it's simple a country domain exntension which would most likely only get used if it were something directed only at that.

A lot of Canadian hosts have .ca domains if they only offer their services to Canada, the same will happen with the .us domain though.