Complete released its April 2013 monthly fast mover rankings for the top 10 websites in the United States. There is a strong case to own the .com domain name in your industry according to the chart below.
9 out of 10 of the top movers are .com. This chart will be useful to you if you talk to a buyer who doesn’t understand how valuable the .com is. Many people argue that .net or .org domains are just as good, but the stats don’t lie. You are missing out on viral traffic and word of mouth buzz by failing to own the .com.
Twitter bought Vine.co in January so that explains the huge jump in traffic growth. However, Vine.com is operated by a large natural green living online store. It will be interesting in the future to see the impact of Twitter not owning the .com version of Vine. How much traffic do you think Twitter is leaking every month?