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It's a catch-22. "Cool" domains are expensive because they are scarce. They are scarce because having an expensive domain name signals to potential customers a
by NetBeck 6y ago
It's a catch-22.
"Cool" domains are expensive because they are scarce. They are scarce because having an expensive domain name signals to potential customers a more legitimate service/product.
If "cool" domains were abundant, there would be no demand to pay above market price for one.
- tzfld 6y agoThere is almost no [commonword].com domain pointing to the most legitimate service/product. In many cases they are even worse, being spam source. So what is a cool domain after all ...
- sliken 6y agoNo, the problem is domain parkers pay nearly zero so they can horde millions and profit if they just sell a few. Normal people end up paying $20 or so per year, MUCH more than the domain parkers, and enough that people tend not to horde them without a planned use. Make the domain parkers pay the same as normal folks and things would get MUCH better.
- NetBeck 6y agoHow are domain parkers acquiring domains at a discount? Doesn't ICANN charge the same fee for everyone and registrars profit from the margin?