Why .info Domains Are a Good Investment

When I first saw the .info domain names being offered, I thought "no way, too many characters. Too UNinternet sounding. Not cool enough. Who needs another TLD anyway?" Boy was I wrong.

In the last year Newyork.info went for $22,000 on Sedo.com Casino.info, over $20,000. At one point it was silly how easy these names were to acquire too! Not much competition, seen as 2nd class citizens in the online world. But the phenomenom of the .info TLD is distinct: they are most valuable in subjects where the .info ending is an EXTENSION of the name. To the user, the difference between Newyork.com and Newyork.info, is that the 1st looks like it would be a portal trying to sell you stuff & give you streaming video; the 2nd looks like legitimate INFO.

.info is also multilingual. Information, información, informazione, etc. Even better.

I've snapped up a few, Elanguages.info probably being the best. They don't offer these in IDNs yet, or I'd have more! I've found that the pickings are already a bit slim in the areas I'm interested in. But I plan to keep scouting, and so should you. Just keep in mind that the .info part needs to read like an extension of the name, or the name isn't nearly as valuable.