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.us - worth it?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by musicguru, Oct 14, 2009.

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What do your think of .us

  1. Good

    2 vote(s)
    20.0%

  2. Bad

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    40.0%

  3. Growing strong

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    30.0%

  4. ...dead & don't bother

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  1. #1
    Are .us DNs strong or weak? Are the growing strong, or done?

    What I would like to see are what other TLD extensions are better/worse than .us?

    Thanks
     
    musicguru, Oct 14, 2009 IP
  2. tobycoke

    tobycoke Peon

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    #2
    They are not great for investing/speculating but there is no reason not to use & develop them for a US based website.
     
    tobycoke, Oct 14, 2009 IP
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    c_n_m Member

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    #3
    There are restrictions related to ownership of .us domains. These domains have not so big potential for investment, but they may be used for U.S. related sites.
     
    c_n_m, Oct 14, 2009 IP
  4. Steve Powers

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    #4
    They used not to be strong and will not strong in the future,I think.People still like to use .com instead.
     
    Steve Powers, Oct 14, 2009 IP
  5. Mmbillionaire

    Mmbillionaire Peon

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    #5
    Yes I agree.

    Although I have seen some .us domain name sold for a hefty amount. They can be good for building us sites, I have also seen some big companies who have a .us website for a different purpose with the .com domain website. I can't recall any yet. But I think .com will always be strong, has been strong and going strong. .com is basically used worldwide. A lot of other countries that have huge websites use .com .
     
    Mmbillionaire, Oct 14, 2009 IP
  6. openmindz

    openmindz Active Member

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    #6
    When the supply is great the value and demand will be low, but once they start running out of .us just watch their value skyrocket.
     
    openmindz, Oct 14, 2009 IP
  7. SiberForum

    SiberForum Banned

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    #7
    If you are resident of the United States why not?
     
    SiberForum, Oct 15, 2009 IP
  8. htmlindex

    htmlindex Prominent Member

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    #8
    The .us extention is a pretty weak extention IMO
     
    htmlindex, Oct 15, 2009 IP
  9. chandan123

    chandan123 Prominent Member

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    #9
    its not a great tld as .us has restriction and no private whois allowed so not much sales too
     
    chandan123, Oct 15, 2009 IP
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    musicguru Guest

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    #10
    Thanks for the input everyone. Ya, I'm looking into some potential dn's for a business i am planning out. So, the big question right now is which TLD route to towards. Now, U.S. would be 'good' because my business will be a non-profit.

    As well, I noticed that some businesses go down the route in which they buy dns specific to countries (.co.uk/.au/etc.)

    Thanks again everyone, this was great input for a future decision.
     
    musicguru, Oct 16, 2009 IP
  11. Ruddo

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    I will never buy a domain if it's not a .com
     
    Ruddo, Oct 16, 2009 IP
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    I agree with everyone above. Just stick with 'coms; they're a lot more versatile and everyone tries them by default.
     
    FutureCPA, Oct 17, 2009 IP
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    I have few keyword rich .us domains. Do you guys have any ideas about its resell value?
     
    HumanVirus, Oct 17, 2009 IP
  14. YugoSlavac

    YugoSlavac Well-Known Member

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    .US domains are great for domain hacks, (find.us), I'm also pretty sure that you could do some SEO work and have the same page rank if you had an .com domain. It's simple, work hard, get results, the domain doesn't matter.
     
    YugoSlavac, Oct 17, 2009 IP