Will you buy .xxx domains?
 

Just curious how many people will buy - overwhelmingly it seems alot of people won't but curious how this polls. Anonymous poll.

hell no.
.xxx is full of malware and virus.

Also they use tracking software in the age validation page wich they add to every site as well as controlling what you have on your website. No way dude i like to be in control of my stuff myself.

I wont, but i think that a lot of people will buy them then park them. Im guessing that after 2 years of being parked, most will not get renewed at $80 each (OUCH!!).


In 5 years, .xxx will be just like .mobi, .biz and .tv. .Com is the gold standard and hopefully it will stay that way.:1orglaugh

It'll go exactly like this:

1) Webmaster A: "Fuck no, I'm against it and won't give them a single penny, we should unite yadda yadda yadda"
2) The same webmaster A registering .xxx domains hoping nobody notices it
3) when discovered, the same webmaster saying "it was a wise business decision yadda yadda yadda, you should be smart and register pasdjasjhdebdayb.xxx"
4) naive webmasters talking crap about webmaster A
5) Everybody forgetting and forgiving because webmaster A is a "bro"

Did I left out something? :)

But I am pre registering 10000's

$60 for a shitty name (because all good ones are already taken) and for that extension? Nah, thx.

Public and private opinion will often be different but I guess people will fall into 1 of 5 categories.

1. Will boycott "out of principle". Some will be genuinely against it morally, others because they can't afford to backup all of their domains at the expected prices.

2. Will dismiss it as being just another pointless .co, .mobi, or .tv

3. Will quietly protect key domains, but not go on a speculative purchasing spree.

4. Will secretly try to pickup untaken keyword domains that they can piggyback on the dotcom of.

5. Wait for somebody to acquire one of "their" domains, and use lawyers to get it for free.

Number 3 for me.

Now no way.
Maybe later for a new brand if they offer any advantage.

renewals are gonna suck. just think 10 domains is 600 bucks where as .com's are 80...

Fuck no. Dot com rules.

yes , i ll buy only porn.xxx for max 100 bucks,

Nothing wrong with protecting your trademarks or other IP.

Fuck No :)

a good question would have been, if you have a very good .com adult name will you buy the .xxx for it?

If you don't have a good adult .com domain but had a chance to register one like "freeporn.xxx" would you.

I think your results would be a little more accurate then. Fact of the matter is 95% of the people here don't have good .com adult domains and wont be able to register a good .xxx. So with that being the case who is going to spend $60+ to register a crappy .xxx domain ???

hence it's an easy question to answer for most people

[x] no I will not be buying an xxx domain.

Exactly ..
In March they said on a panel that they would be scanning/spider all site.
They also said in PHX that they would not scan/spider site.. this was said by the same ICM rep...

If needed I can dig up the link to the audio (about 20 min long from March)
As well as the 2 hour video from PHX

They also said they would have an optin verified by flag/banner.. where they would cert. the sites that pass...

My take on it is...
1- pointing a .xxx to a .com comes with risks
2- pointing a .xx to a .com can also remove all the possible security they may place
3- They will need to control the billers
4- they will need to control or monitor the content
5- they will need to control the splash page
6- I see no tube site using this *Who would use .xxx for a non legal tube???
7- why would you open a store in a slum? After all this 1 of the ways it will be marketed like it or not.
8- A 2nd way they will market it is as a way for parents to block access. Ok Im all for kids not seeing what they should not.. But how can you market something as easy to block and limit the blocking to kids. *How many of your sales are to people in college in a bible belt.. And how much pressure would be placed by mom and dad to have .xxx access blocked for kids on campus.


This maybe a fucked up example but say little Johnny a 21 year old with a working clean Visa has been told about abc123.xxx or sees the ad.. wait he can't see the site.
1- you paid for the click or the webmaster did and the CPA is now just a little more.
2- frustration on a product that is an impulse .. little Johnny knows that tubes are free and not on a .xxx ... or option 2 say tubes also get blocked .. he will download it for free...
ITS NOT LIKE PEOPLE WILL GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FIND A SITE TO PAY TO SEE...
3- Ok say Im wrong and little Johnny or anyone at all .. does go to abc123.xxx via a webmaster ad
and .xxx is blocked... He then changes the .xxx to .com and get to your site..

If little Johnny that likes to spank it to porn clicks on a link:
abc123.xxx/?nats_id=afasdfasdfasdf
do you think he will type
abc123.com/?nats_id=afasdfasdfasdf
NO
will that even work
NO... as the sites in NATs are not the same they use a dif NATs webmaster ID..

Will his cookie follow him from .xxx to .com NO *their is no cookie the page did not load*

Now on to billers.. I'm not naming names *nor do I know them*
But do you really think that company QW@R LTD that is doing shaddy cross sells and reselling/repushing user data, will not just hide the cross sale if told they can't do them from ICM and still just push the data anyways via the backend..

"Welcome to [email protected]
thanks for joining
*much lower in the welcome email /// if at all*
btw you are now also a member of asdf.com for free for 3 day rebilling at nine thousand euro a month..."

How many people have contacted your host let alone godaddy, moniker, names.com, etc to bitch about your sites or anyones cross-sales .. my guess nobody EVER..

AS for CP.. does anyone here have CP (NO) will anyone with CP buy a .XXX NO!
do they need to NO!!!!... They will keep doing what they do now.. Why would they change what they do now. What reason do they have ... NONE...

What gain will the fight on CP on line have from this .. NONE..

Ok I can keep going on and on and on on this
Are there some upsides... Yes I did not list any because the rule are not out yet and we have not tried it .. will I buy .. not for at least 12 month most likely never...

We all buy shit online.. anyone type:
abc.mobi into your phone..?
buy any trip from a .travel..?
anyone use a .job to hire anyone or even get a job?
search google for "Military" let me know what page the first .mil is on.. * stopped on page 6 because what user would go past page 6 let alone page 2.. And they have been out for how many years...

Spend your $60+ a URL.. even if it works out I may miss the bus on sex.xxx etc..
maybe in a year or 2 ... 5,000,000 urls will be taken, there will still be a few good ones..


I am left with the same question I had years ago ..
sTDL names cost more but where exactly is the money going.. $$$ in ads to tell people Hey you can block this.. Oh and btw there is 0% CP...

and..

would google change it's algo to block .xxx... hummm
well would they change it to push it to the top.. they didn't with any other sTDL
It's easier to block then to increase its value..

.xxx nofollow..
or
.xxx = adult flag unsafe.. *ya I know that is not real code*
But you have to admit it's easer to write then to change the algo to what would be needed to push .xxx up based on adult keywords.
When you think Google will not make a dime more for doing a big ass aglo change for .xxx
But the PR from adding extra function to it's safe search that takes a couple lines of code will be a nice pat on the back..

Can I have xxxSu.xxx? :1orglaugh

I think that's about right and history shows it to be right. Bro's have big Tube sites, buy and sell tube traffic, advertise on Tubes they know have pirated content on. People will lick the ass clean of a shitty scammer to make a buck in this business. "It was all I could of done."

After listening to the guy behind the .xxx company on a few forums, I don't see what it offers. 3rd world countries will ban it, some parents will block it on their computers to safeguard kids a little, (not that it will stop them 100%) which will save a few dollars on BW, so maybe the FHGs can go on a .xxx TLD.

The Malware scanning is optional so no protection there. Everything else they said they were doing was not challenged properly.

The clowns who put this together must of thought they were going to make a mint. I doubt if they will and might even lose money. Unless ass lickers use the excuse "What else could I of done?" and buy in massive numbers hoping to kick out the rest.

What for is they will be blocked almost everywhere?

yes, #3 is the logical choice in the matter. As much as I am against the whole thing, you have to face certain realities:2 cents:

I have this same feeling about the .xxx
Not going to buy any unless they throw them at me for a buck or two.

Interesting replies so far.

.xxx, a tld that offers no advantages over using a .com....

I won't even consider it.......:2 cents:

Hmmmm 42 to 7 .....

countries are already planning to block. xxx domains will be the .info of porn.

Fuck No :2 cents:

Nevar!!!

I have to agree with earlier posters. .xxx will be banned and monitored heavily. Easier/cheaper to go with a .com and stay safe, play with the content you want and not have to mess with it.

.xxx will be like vanity plates.. basically useless, a bit of a heat score and only for show.

It would be insane to invest in a site on a .xxx tld because any country could put restrictions on .xxx tomorrow

I bet the people involved in .xxx are right now doing the leg work to get porn pushed to .xxx

No doubt. It is their ultimate goal, otherwise they won't make any money.

Yes i will, for sure...

As long as this extension is NOT mandatory, you would have to be a fool to buy into this meaningless (and soon to be blocked) nonsense.

Bump for more votes....

no :(:(:(

yeah, tld that everyone going to block

No fucking way. If it ain't .COM it ain't worth having. :2 cents:

No - speaking as an affiliate.

If it gets to the stage where all porn has to be on .xxx, and filtered, databased, monitored, search engine penalised etc.etc, then it's time to make money from other things.

And .xxx is worthless until porn is removed from .com (which may never even happen).

i guess i will

No fucking way in hell.

No, if i dont have