Opinions of Cocos Islands TLD

JZ · #1 07-25-2005, 06:00 AM

Just wanted to know what the general opinion was of the Cocos Islands TLD. (.cc). I know these were once marketed as an alternative to .coms and you are hard pressed to find a good .com because of all of the squatters. It seems that there are still pretty many .cc domains available, and I have seen a few of them on television commercials recently.

When people are choosing a domain, would you recommend that someone choose these domains?

- JZ

David · #2 07-25-2005, 07:39 AM

I don't know about everyone else, but I've gotten a ton on spam from cc domains, alone with de, etc. I don't think I'd use one myself. biz are pretty cheap and still available in a lot of cases.

David

markav · #3 07-31-2005, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David

biz are pretty cheap and still available in a lot of cases.

I agree. Same with .us. I can't help but think as more tld's come online, most of the non-.com's will come into more acceptance.

stonecold · #4 08-02-2005, 11:05 AM

I think my only concern with more tlds is that of trying to protect your identity. I dont want some one to think rentinmytown.cc is the same people as rentinmytown.com etc

Whil I only pay 5.99 per domain I still dont want to have to have 35 .whatevers to try and protect my rights.

bagel50 · #5 08-03-2005, 06:42 AM

to original question: I've never really considered the .cc domain to be particularly important - I'd have thought people will think of .com, .net, .org and hyphenated versions in that order before giving up (unless there's a country specific one like .co.uk for me, in which case that'd come after .com). .cc seems a bit, well, secondary.
hth
Olly.