There are millions of .com domains available. Add
to that fact, that recently the length of characters allowed in a domain was extended.
There are even many more .net domains still available, but many .net domains are
being ignored. I urge you to not give in to pressure to make more TLDs. When things
get more confusing, the very people who are pressuring you right now, will among
the ones who will be blaming you for allowing more TLDs into the system. If you think
you are under pressure now, just let a bunch more TLDs into the system, and wait
a few years. But then it will be too late to fix things. Right now, NumberOne.com
has meaning. If there is a NumberOne.web, NumberOne.shop, NumberOne.banc, NumberOne.xxx,
NumberOne.travel. NumberOne.me, NumberOne.you, that will allow 7 more NumberOne domains
into the system. That will not be enough to make everyone happy, because everyone
wants to be NumberOne. There still will be people will be shouting, "Not fair! What
about me? Why don't I get a chance to be NumberOne? We need more TLDs! All the good
ones are taken!" You will need millions of more TLDs to make everyone happy, but
then, NumberOne.anything will become too confusing, and pretty much meaningless.
What a mess we will have. So letting more TLDs into the system will make a small
number of people happy, and most of the possible domains in the new TLDs will go
unused, as everyone tries to get NumberOne.something. The less TLDs we have, the
less confusion we will have as to who is NumberOne. The more TLDs we have, the more
confusion we will have as to who is NumberOne. Plus, the sound of "dotcom" is reaching
critical mass. That is good for the internet. More TLDs will inject confusion for
the people, and general frustration with the internet as a whole, will set in for
the consumer. We are getting to the point where people don't have to be told what
you are talking about when you add the "dot com" sound to a word or phrase. It is
a short, unique, sound that says a lot. If people say they want more TLDs, I encourage
you to set up a place where people can list the type of domain they are looking for.
I am sure it will be seen that a suitable "dot com" could be found for them. They
will just not be able to have NumerOne.com.
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