Comments on: Costa Rica: High Price of a .cr Domain http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/14/costa-rica-high-price-of-a-cr-domain/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:49:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: fusildechispas » La estafa de los $100 por un “.cr” blog | costa rica http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/14/costa-rica-high-price-of-a-cr-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-1418687 fusildechispas » La estafa de los $100 por un “.cr” blog | costa rica Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:15:33 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/14/costa-rica-high-price-of-a-cr-domain/#comment-1418687 [...] dijimos aquí hace dos meses, y varios otros indignados enlazaron la crítica aquí, aquí y aquí. Este fin de semana -más tarde imposible- la Cámara de Tecnologías de Información y [...] [...] dijimos aquí hace dos meses, y varios otros indignados enlazaron la crítica aquí, aquí y aquí. Este fin de semana -más tarde imposible- la Cámara de Tecnologías de Información y [...]

]]> By: Lasse Heindorff http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/14/costa-rica-high-price-of-a-cr-domain/comment-page-1/#comment-1388695 Lasse Heindorff Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:58:13 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/14/costa-rica-high-price-of-a-cr-domain/#comment-1388695 No wonder! I wonder what kind of "logic" is behind that price. A CCTLD like .CR should be the most used domain for local purposes in a country. The US is different because they took on .COM instead. Do to seemingly bad planning and execution, Costa Ricas CCTLD's haven't grown popular. Most online businesses sadly use crazy .COM names with their company name and "CR" appended to it, although it 1) gains less value in regards to search engines 2) are less likely to show up in local searches 3) are horrible to remember Try a search for inurl:"co.cr" on Google and see the evidence: http://tinyurl.com/3cy9ek Costa Rica has a large number of highly educated computer scientist, but still it seems very few decision-makers know anything about online marketing and search engines. NIC.CR made a terrific move, when they decided to open .CR to the public, but if the goal is for .CR to gain momentum, customers and recognition, a price above $40 per domain will completely ruin their plans. For a Top Level Domain to gain the value as it should, the demand and usage has to be high. The keyword here is "quantity". Someone at NIC.CR clearly misunderstood the concept of supply and demand. NIC.CR: Wake up and smell the (lovely Costa Rican) coffee! Lasse No wonder!

I wonder what kind of “logic” is behind that price.

A CCTLD like .CR should be the most used domain for local purposes in a country. The US is different because they took on .COM instead. Do to seemingly bad planning and execution, Costa Ricas CCTLD’s haven’t grown popular.

Most online businesses sadly use crazy .COM names with their company name and “CR” appended to it, although it

1) gains less value in regards to search engines
2) are less likely to show up in local searches
3) are horrible to remember

Try a search for inurl:”co.cr” on Google and see the evidence:

http://tinyurl.com/3cy9ek

Costa Rica has a large number of highly educated computer scientist, but still it seems very few decision-makers know anything about online marketing and search engines.

NIC.CR made a terrific move, when they decided to open .CR to the public, but if the goal is for .CR to gain momentum, customers and recognition, a price above $40 per domain will completely ruin their plans.

For a Top Level Domain to gain the value as it should, the demand and usage has to be high. The keyword here is “quantity”. Someone at NIC.CR clearly misunderstood the concept of supply and demand.

NIC.CR: Wake up and smell the (lovely Costa Rican) coffee!

Lasse

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