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It's hard for me to understand how a domain can really be worth large sums of money, when slight variations on spelling or word choice can be just a dozen dolla
by mushufasa 7y ago
It's hard for me to understand how a domain can really be worth large sums of money, when slight variations on spelling or word choice can be just a dozen dollars/year. Maybe in the 90s people would search by domain (e.g. pets.com), but now people find things through search engines.
Can anyone point to examples where a specific domain name measurably paid off?
- davidweatherall 7y agoI would say its become a new way to brand your business by being <commonWord>.com - aka booking.com, reputation.com - In the same way '1-800-GOT-JUNK' is both the brand and the way to access the service.
- Trias11 7y agoRarity. Like paintings. No one monetized painting by selling tickets to watch it. Yet price goes up. For some - they’re locked in vaults never to be seen. And price goes up
- tobr 7y agoSince they’re starting some kind of email service, I think it makes a lot of sense to invest in a short and simple domain name. I wouldn’t switch to an email that required me to have a long or hard to explain address.