Not sure.
@xn--v4h.com -- where art thou?
what the $#^! is the point of creating a discussion thread and your opening statement is just a link?
Is this really a question?
If so, there are many reasons:
(1) Drive continual traffic to his site through a link.
(2) Why rewrite or reformat what was already written.
(3) You can view their domains for sale.
(4) more.
Please, do elaborate why we should only be after .TO?
He explains why in the link. Yet, he contracts his headline by revealing an exception.
There are a few exceptions that apply to the country's locality such as [maple leaf emoji].ca and the rare connection such as [peach emoji].ga or [robot emoji].ai.
Granted, his exception includes the discontinued emoji ccTLD [.AI] and includes a ccTLD [.CA] that doesn't accept emoji domain registration, he does break his assertion with what he calls, a rare exception, within the Gabon ccTLD.
I have some myself, but don't see any advantage over .WS
IF, a domain is going to be used simply as a redirect, or an ad campaign, does it really need to be branded on a .website? Or, would .to be a better fit?
I think emojis that can be perceived as action words (or verbs) are suited for .TO. Take the plane emoji for example. What do you like more: ✈.ws or ✈.to?
I like .to, because you fly to a destination, you don't fly ws your destination. However, if you were to copy the URL, and right click for redirection, you will see one too many to's.
VS
If you were to pitch an emoji domain with an emphasis of it being a redirect, I assume .TO would be easier for a prospective buyer to grasp, then the .WS extension. As these buyers, will put these emoji domains in front of their customer saying go
to [example emoji].[ccTLD]
to visit their domain. But if the brand is telling their customers to visit their new [example emoji].[ccTLD]
web
site, then the sales pitch friction may be reversed.
The yearly renewals completely suck in the .to
Yeah they do. And buyer beware, when going on a reg spree this late in the game, before buying, ask yourself what use that domain could
actually be used for. Even if it has novelty value, to whom, and in what capacity. As not every domain name has a use, and some ccTLDs are better fit for certain domains, while other ccTLDs may not be as fitting. For example...
.ws --- looks great for a soccer website.
.to --- looks great for a redirect. Pass the .to me.
And mind you, it's not all
& with .WS renewals either. I assume the reg price to renewal price disparity, will yield much more drops (by percentage and volume) for emoji.ws domains compared to emoji.TO domains. I mean, $34.99 renewal at GoDaddy, or $21.99 with domain discount club (without WHOIS privacy) is about 4+ times more expensive than reg fee. Right now, you can basically register nine emoji.WS domains for ever one emoji.TO domain. However, those nine emoji.ws domain will carry at least a $200 annual renewal liability. So essentially, one could register four emoji .TO per nine emoji .WS domains when considering annual renewals, if holding.
when your agenda is merely to link to your own site rather than collaborating right here, I'm no longer interested.
I don't think that was his sole agenda. The article isn't a bad read. I just think his headline is inaccurate, and some of his positions, are inaccurate.
Why can't emoji domainers be friends?