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.travel domain name?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by Dassie, Apr 20, 2007.

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    Does anybody know anything about this newly registered domain name?Does anybody own a .travel domain?

    Any feedback on this would be appreciated.

    Thank You
     
    Dassie, Apr 20, 2007 IP
  2. josh_coffman

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    I manage some hotel sites and I registered a .travel domain for one of them.

    cost is $99/yr

    Once you have it registered and authenticated (can be a pain) you can set it up to rank high on search.travel for your searches easily through the admin panel.

    We do not get a significant amount of traffic from it, but since it is a hotel site and a reservation is ~$200/night, it does provide a return.

    search.travel is currently ranked 75,349 on alexa and seems to get a lot of international support (over 55% are from outside US).

    hope this helps some
     
    josh_coffman, Apr 20, 2007 IP
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    The extension's been around for 2 years, BTW; it just never became popular.
     
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    first time i have heard of this extension
     
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    You can find out more at http://www.tralliance.travel/ . Basically, it is not a free for all type TLD and it is only restricted to those in the travel and hospitality business.
     
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    htmlindex Prominent Member

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    I don't think it'll really take off at all. Also got restrictions & a very long extention, imagine having to type in .travel, 6 letters & people said that .mobi was too long!
     
    htmlindex, Apr 20, 2007 IP
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    As far as I know .travel is not at all a domain name but part of a series of subdomain names launched by www.new.net some years ago.

    These subdomains are masked as domain names so in order to make them work people need to download a free browser plugin to make them viewable through the world wide web.

    By the way, at new.net the registration starts at $25.50 and during its initial stage they offered .xxx domains, later discussed by ICANN
     
    Your Content, Apr 21, 2007 IP