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Web.com: Fresh TLDs are not moving the needle

Contribution from fresh top level domain names isn’t significant, CEO states.

Web.com CEO David Brown was asked regarding fresh top level domain names on yesterday’s investor conference call. Brown stated the firm isn’t doing “back flips” over the results, and states it’s not moving the needle for the firm. He suspects fresh domains aren’t moving the needle for competitors, as well. Here’s what he stated:

So in the gTLD space, that continues to be positive, but we’re not doing back flips here. It’s not that positive. We think it’s good for the market, good for consumers and businesses to have more choices. But it’s not – they’re not flying off the table. .Com and .net and the original extensions still are the force in the marketplace. But as we see more gLTDs and as the market understands them and sees the opportunity, we continue to believe that this will be a positive trend. But at this point, it’s not moving the needle in our business or likely in anyone’s business.

If fresh TLDs are moving the needle for anyone, I suspect it’s smaller registrars that focus on .com alternatives.

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