The Real Ryan J. Parker

Does anyone use .biz for a legitimate commercial service?

After much interruption, I’ve finally added the .biz TLD to my WordPress blacklist. This shouldn’t affect any real commentators, as it seems no one uses this TLD for legitimate purposes.

I guess the point of this post is to see if anyone has heard of anyone using the .biz TLD for a legit business. I haven’t, but there has to be someone out there, right? I mean, that’s what it was created for, right?

Or, more likely, .biz is simply another way for domain registrars to try and sell you yet another domain you don’t need.

To prove the point, just look at a recent post from Guy Kawasaki on how much it cost to build Truemors:

I spent $1,115.05 registering domains. I could have used GoDaddy and done it a lot cheaper, but I was too stupid and lazy.

I registered 55 domains (for example, truemors.net, .de, .biz, truemours, etc, etc). I had no idea that one had to buy so many domains to truly “surround” the one you use. Yes, I could have registered fewer and spent less, but who cares about saving a few hundred bucks compared to the cost of legal action to get a domain away from a squatter if Truemors is successful?

Let’s assume the website becomes a smashing success. Is it really worth buying these domains even though that domain isn’t really worth anything? These squatters aren’t impacting your bottom line very much, are they? Gotta respect Guy, but I don’t follow this logic.

Lastly, have you ever or do you ever plan on buying a .biz? I hope not–you’re blacklisted.

Tags: .biz, spam