The New Dot Com Boom

It was an interesting period of time to live in – the few years before Y2K. Remember that? Just like this Hurricane Sandy and the media coverage. The difference is that the countdown to the year 2000 was global.

In 1999, people started to get agitated about the future; especially the last half. Some thought that everything will come to a stand-still. Commerce will become primitive because all satellite dependent systems will stop. The media did their part to keep most people in a state of panic. The financially savvy ones made untold fortunes from that episode.

Y2K coincided with the dotcom bubble. That was the period between 1996 and 2000, when internet ventures ran wild. Here are the main players of that era

Victims:

• Pets.com
• eToys.com
• MVP.com
• GovWorks.com
• Kozmo.com

These companies shined like comets and fizzled by the dawn of 2001. On the other hand, there are companies that started about the same time, and endured the test of time. Those who got in on that action are doing financially well today. Here are the main victors:

• Amazon.com
• eBbay.com
• Priceline.com
• Coupons.com
• Shutterfly.com

The search engine giant google.com joined the fray in 2004 when it made its first public offering. Today there is a new wave brewing. And you can get in on the action.

Imagine almost any domain you can think of. Now try to make it “.com”…like Somename.com. Chances are that it is taken. The dot com field is saturated. That leads to a new frontier – an international domain name field that is virtually untouched. Don’t get me wrong, people have started looking in this direction, but compared to the dot com field, this is close to virgin.

Web Site or ws is the new internet boom. As dot com fills up to the brim, businesses, corporations, and individuals who want their own unique brands are looking to “.ws”. That’s right. If you took that same name Somename.com, and make it Somename.ws, you may find out that it is still available. Unless someone reading this went to grab it.

The new wave of domain name explosion is underway now. Where would you be when it is all over? What stories would you tell? There is a company that specializes in selling ws domains. What is more fantastic about this kind of domain name is that it can be in almost any character. So those who type in Amharic or Punjabi could register domains in their own language. This means that the possibilities of .ws domains are exponentially greater than .com domains which are limited to roman letters alone.

The train of dot ws domains has already started on its journey around the world. Now it has stopped at your city. Seize the day now. Find how you can join this train here. Give yourself the chance to tell tales of how you too made something from this new wave. Y2K, Mayan Calendar and 2012 will be among the stories you tell with a knowing wink.