[governance] ccTLDs - potential source of income for developing countries?

[Peter Dambier]

Hi Kwasi,

it very much depends:

Normal bussiness wants .com and rarely is satisfied with .biz
.net is almost useless except for networking people or companies.

.org is mostly for non profit oraganisations.

.aero is too difficult and too expensive to obtain.

.eu is only (mostly) populated by namesquatters.

Rest the ccTLDs.

.de is cheap to have - but you have to be german to get and keep it.

.su is looking into its sunset but still very popular.
.ru is not the same. Many of the .su people cannot get .ru that is
why they probably will try to get .com

.tv is special. They can sell because people want it
.fm is just the same. They are lucky.
.ag happens to mean "plc" in german. they are lucky.

.ca too complicated. Who can remember me.com.qc.ca?
that is why quebecois prefer .tk

You can always sell to the .uk and .ca people. Their ccTLD is
bad to remember. As long as your name is shorter and the price
is reasonable you can sell.

If you have an interesting name you can always sell.

Kind regards
Peter and Karin Dambier

kwasi boakye-akyeampong wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I hope I'll be able to ask my question clear enough to get the right 
> answers.
> 
> Are there any direct benefits of ccTLDs to:
> 
>    1. countries, and
>    2. businesses
> 
> since a business in say, Ghana can buy a domain name with a .co.uk 
> extension?
> 
> I'd appreciate any response.
> 
> Regards,
> Kwasi
> 
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