Why .de extension has gained so much popularity?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by rdthewall, May 22, 2010.

  1. #1
    Well, coming straight to the point - I have been observing the domain name sales for last 5-6 months and I am quite surprised with the prices the .de domain names are fetching.
    What makes me curious is that these .de domain names are getting higher prices than even .nets in most of the cases.Even the ones with hyphen are getting good prices at domain marketplaces.

    Here are some examples:
    USATravel.de $5,580
    GoodGrip.de $4,340
    pro-8.de $1,240

    (You can check the sales history at DNJournal.)

    And if you carefully observe, lots of domain names not even worth $xx are getting $x,xxx.


    My question is -
    is this some sort of a hype by the domain name pros?
    OR
    is it that most of the domainers are from Germany (not logical reason at all, but still)?

    Please share your thoughts.
     
    rdthewall, May 22, 2010 IP
  2. asianguy

    asianguy Peon

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    <english words>.de getting such prices?
    Maybe Germans are fed-up with Deutsch. :p

    maybe goodgrip and pro-8 are trade names or trademarks.
    USATravel price is reasonable i guess...

    Now are we trying to create a .de hype?
    Uggh i used all my money to buy those 3D domains :(
     
    asianguy, May 22, 2010 IP
  3. buywiser

    buywiser Peon

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    yeah, I saw the samething about .DE: really lots of sales with this extension.
    Lots of time I check out if the .DE is available...
     
    buywiser, May 22, 2010 IP
  4. rdthewall

    rdthewall Active Member

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    There are 100s of such "surprising" domain sales. You can check on DNJournal.
     
    rdthewall, May 22, 2010 IP
  5. asianguy

    asianguy Peon

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    actually goodgrip.de took me to the Deutsch version of sedo!!! Strange isn't it?
    Why would some one buy a .de name for 4,300$ and redirect it to sedo.de? LOL Its funny and strange

    Yeah, my guess is that this could be a hype by some group maybe(maybe selling and purchasing their own names), don't understand why German ccTLD getting such high prices for English name domains. :O
     
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    asianguy, May 22, 2010 IP
  6. crumblepie

    crumblepie Well-Known Member

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    I just think that this domain extension was in great demand so when it came out people got overexcited. I don't think they'll be paying the same prices after, say, 5 years.
     
    crumblepie, May 27, 2010 IP