David Beaver wrote:
Just a heads up if you have your own domain name registered and run your own website, that a whole lot of new domain name types are now available - not just the .com and .net etc. These include .photography .photos .gallery .pictures for starters with a heap more becoming available in coming months. So if you want to register something like davidbeaver.photography then I suggest you get in now - BTW the name I just mentioned is gone - I just registered it. I did it through whois.com (that's not an advertisement just a statement of fact) for USD$20/year. Check out the list currently available - http://shop.whois.com/domain-registrati … ?view-more

I actually make part time money in the domain industry. I can assure you, these domain names are worthless. You are ---ALWAYS--- better off getting a TLD (Top Level Domain) such as a .com, .net, or .org. The .photographer" domains or the .co, .biz, .info domains are really quite worthless. There are many reasons why you don't want them but you need to understand why suckers often believe they have some value.

When a company such as Godaddy.com (the largest seller of domains in the world) tells you that you need to jump on the .photographer bandwagon, it's not because they are trying to do you some great service. They know damn well that the domain name will have no value to you whatsoever. The reason they are always dying to open up new domain markets is because the existing domain market is finite.

In other words, there is only one "johnsmith.com" domain name, so when John Smith leases it for himself (hint: you never actually own your domain name, you lease it) it is off the market for any of the millions of other people who want it because their name is John Smith too. So the one guy who grabs it in New York took it off the market from the guy who wants it in London so the guy in London gets the .net...another TLD. Now that is off the market for the guy in Miami who wants it, etc. Pretty soon, they are ALL off the market, and companies like Godaddy cannot sell any "JohnSmith" domain names to any of the other millions of John Smiths out there.

AH! But if they were to manufacture other worthless domains such as .biz, .info, .photographer, .plumber, .pilot, .tvrepairman, etc., then they can pitch these to any of the others who missed the boat the first few times around. Get it?

Trust me, you are way better off with a decent .com domain name then you ever will be with a great .photographer one.

Shot By Adam wrote:
I actually make part time money in the domain industry. I can assure you, these domain names are worthless. You are ---ALWAYS--- better off getting a TLD (Top Level Domain) such as a .com, .net, or .org. The .photographer" domains or the .co, .biz, .info domains are really quite worthless. There are many reasons why you don't want them but you need to understand why suckers often believe they have some value.

I agree with you 100%.  Unless and until the world changes, I still look for, good old fashion, ".com's"

Shot By Adam wrote:
I actually make part time money in the domain industry. I can assure you, these domain names are worthless.

I do the same, and I agree with Adam.

J O H N  A L L A N wrote:
If we'd put the cyber-squatters in jail where they belong, top level applicable domains would be available for their intended and legitimate use.

+1000!

Middle men BS! ICANN should have applications for use, much like a business licenses and/or corporations. You don't see anyone buying up every corporation name out there ( and they would if they could!), and reselling them at huge profits.

Domain parkers/auctioneers = Scumbags

If it doesn't end in .net .org or .com, it ain't worth crap period.

Edit: Or .edu, but good luck getting one of those unless you're an accredited institution.

IMHO
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Shot By Adam wrote:

I actually make part time money in the domain industry. I can assure you, these domain names are worthless. You are ---ALWAYS--- better off getting a TLD (Top Level Domain) such as a .com, .net, or .org. The .photographer" domains or the .co, .biz, .info domains are really quite worthless. There are many reasons why you don't want them but you need to understand why suckers often believe they have some value.

When a company such as Godaddy.com (the largest seller of domains in the world) tells you that you need to jump on the .photographer bandwagon, it's not because they are trying to do you some great service. They know damn well that the domain name will have no value to you whatsoever. The reason they are always dying to open up new domain markets is because the existing domain market is finite.

In other words, there is only one "johnsmith.com" domain name, so when John Smith leases it for himself (hint: you never actually own your domain name, you lease it) it is off the market for any of the millions of other people who want it because their name is John Smith too. So the one guy who grabs it in New York took it off the market from the guy who wants it in London so the guy in London gets the .net...another TLD. Now that is off the market for the guy in Miami who wants it, etc. Pretty soon, they are ALL off the market, and companies like Godaddy cannot sell any "JohnSmith" domain names to any of the other millions of John Smiths out there.

AH! But if they were to manufacture other worthless domains such as .biz, .info, .photographer, .plumber, .pilot, .tvrepairman, etc., then they can pitch these to any of the others who missed the boat the first few times around. Get it?

Trust me, you are way better off with a decent .com domain name then you ever will be with a great .photographer one.

+10

To the OP: how many times have you been asked what your dot-com is? Now, watch your reaction when you try selling people on your .photoguy address. And guess what else? You can't mask it as you.*, you.com, etcetera. Watch. .com is the way to go, always. If the addy you want is taken, think of smth creative and original.

Just my advice, OP