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I've seen several "new TLD's" do this pricing scheme. Typically they come up with some kind of pricing algorithm for "premium" domains by seeing if the word is

I've seen several "new TLD's" do this pricing scheme. Typically they come up with some kind of pricing algorithm for "premium" domains by seeing if the word is in the dictionary and how often it's used in everyday language. Things like "business.blog" will fetch a price that'll likely be in the 4 or 5 figures a year for the registrant.

chinathrow 10y ago
I hate that this is even allowed by ICANN rules.
- hsod 10y ago
  Why, out of curiosity? Is first-come-first-served really any better?
  - bitJericho 10y ago
    Yeah. One you pay a million bucks for a domain, it's around 10/year after that.
  - stanmancan 10y ago
    At least it's fair. Part of what makes the Internet amazing is the typical cliche that anyone can come out of nowhere to disrupt huge business. This seems like a slippery slope where you have to be able to pay to play.
    - staticelf 10y ago
      I kind of disagree, since I am young I would never have the change to register a nice, generic domain name.
      - stanmancan 10y ago
        I'm in my late 20's and I've never had that opportunity myself either; not with the original TLD's at least. However, with these new TLD's coming out, you do have that chance, as long as the pricing is fair. If .blog is announced and it's $10 per domain, you have the same chance anyone else does to snag "gaming.blog". However, if that domain is considered "premium" and costs $10,000 to register, well... that really limits potential buyers to those that have deep enough pockets to afford it.
  - chinathrow 10y ago
    No - which I didn't proclaim it is. But it seems somehow a bit fairer thant prime-pricing.
qyv 10y ago
This makes sense to me. Some domain names are worth more than others. gaming.blog will probably have a lot of value, while ilikegrasshoppers.blog is not worth very much. I see no reason why these things should be assigned the same arbitrary value when it is clear their values are not equal.
- deleted 10y ago
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- dingaling 10y ago
  > gaming.blog will probably have a lot of value I'm not sure about that; many everyday users I know are now wary of 'general' domain names and see them as spammy or suspicious. In the UK B&Q has to remind us that diy.com is actually their retail website and not some ad-ridden "answer aggregator"
  - jkarneges 10y ago
    Elan is a credit card provider in the US, and the domain name for their web panel is "myaccountaccess.com". This is not as cool as they think.
ddorian43 10y ago
That's fucked up. At least with normal domains you pay 10$/year after buying it for whatever amount.
elahd 10y ago
Aside from download.com and weather.com, I can't think of too many generic domain names that have picked up any traction. They actually come off as sketchy to me and many seem to be held by speculators looking to sell. I don't see the value.
- MichaelApproved 10y ago
  pizza.com and sex.com. Two things the human race cares a lot about. Pizza.com was sold for millions http://www.cnet.com/news/pizza-com-domain-name-fetches-millions/ http://www.cnet.com/news/pizza-com-domain-name-fetches-milli... So was sex.com http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-most-expensive-domain-names-2012-12?op=1 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-most-expensive-domain-...
  - nostalgiac 10y ago
    He wasn't commenting on the price. He was commenting on the actual traction that the website's have generated. As in, how many 'generic' domains are actually being used to their potential? Has anyone ever ordered from Pizza.com? (Or manually put that in their address bar other than right now?). I think you'd be surprised how low that number is.
    - MichaelApproved 10y ago
      That's a good point. I'd guess that sex.com is doing fine but pizza.com website seems like one of those ad only squatter domains. I googled Pizza and they were nowhere to be found in the search results. I wonder how they're doing.
- DavidBachmann 10y ago
  I use domain.com regularly.
sbov 10y ago
This just screams for these new TLD buyers to extort customers. Imagine if that happened with .com. Nice domain you have there, Facebook. What is facebook.com worth to you on a yearly basis?
- bitJericho 10y ago
  Don't buy domains whose TLDs are run by private corporations.

chinathrow 10y ago

I hate that this is even allowed by ICANN rules.

hsod 10y ago
Why, out of curiosity? Is first-come-first-served really any better?
- bitJericho 10y ago
  Yeah. One you pay a million bucks for a domain, it's around 10/year after that.
- stanmancan 10y ago
  At least it's fair. Part of what makes the Internet amazing is the typical cliche that anyone can come out of nowhere to disrupt huge business. This seems like a slippery slope where you have to be able to pay to play.
  - staticelf 10y ago
    I kind of disagree, since I am young I would never have the change to register a nice, generic domain name.
    - stanmancan 10y ago
      I'm in my late 20's and I've never had that opportunity myself either; not with the original TLD's at least. However, with these new TLD's coming out, you do have that chance, as long as the pricing is fair. If .blog is announced and it's $10 per domain, you have the same chance anyone else does to snag "gaming.blog". However, if that domain is considered "premium" and costs $10,000 to register, well... that really limits potential buyers to those that have deep enough pockets to afford it.
- chinathrow 10y ago
  No - which I didn't proclaim it is. But it seems somehow a bit fairer thant prime-pricing.

qyv 10y ago

This makes sense to me. Some domain names are worth more than others. gaming.blog will probably have a lot of value, while ilikegrasshoppers.blog is not worth very much. I see no reason why these things should be assigned the same arbitrary value when it is clear their values are not equal.

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dingaling 10y ago
> gaming.blog will probably have a lot of value I'm not sure about that; many everyday users I know are now wary of 'general' domain names and see them as spammy or suspicious. In the UK B&Q has to remind us that diy.com is actually their retail website and not some ad-ridden "answer aggregator"
- jkarneges 10y ago
  Elan is a credit card provider in the US, and the domain name for their web panel is "myaccountaccess.com". This is not as cool as they think.

ddorian43 10y ago

That's fucked up. At least with normal domains you pay 10$/year after buying it for whatever amount.

elahd 10y ago

Aside from download.com and weather.com, I can't think of too many generic domain names that have picked up any traction. They actually come off as sketchy to me and many seem to be held by speculators looking to sell. I don't see the value.

MichaelApproved 10y ago
pizza.com and sex.com. Two things the human race cares a lot about. Pizza.com was sold for millions http://www.cnet.com/news/pizza-com-domain-name-fetches-millions/ http://www.cnet.com/news/pizza-com-domain-name-fetches-milli... So was sex.com http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-most-expensive-domain-names-2012-12?op=1 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-most-expensive-domain-...
- nostalgiac 10y ago
  He wasn't commenting on the price. He was commenting on the actual traction that the website's have generated. As in, how many 'generic' domains are actually being used to their potential? Has anyone ever ordered from Pizza.com? (Or manually put that in their address bar other than right now?). I think you'd be surprised how low that number is.
  - MichaelApproved 10y ago
    That's a good point. I'd guess that sex.com is doing fine but pizza.com website seems like one of those ad only squatter domains. I googled Pizza and they were nowhere to be found in the search results. I wonder how they're doing.
DavidBachmann 10y ago
I use domain.com regularly.

sbov 10y ago

This just screams for these new TLD buyers to extort customers. Imagine if that happened with .com. Nice domain you have there, Facebook. What is facebook.com worth to you on a yearly basis?

bitJericho 10y ago
Don't buy domains whose TLDs are run by private corporations.