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Having a dotcom is a signal of the organization's wealth. If your company is worth $3B, and your cash position is good, spending 0.01% of your valuation on a d

by htag 4y ago

Having a dotcom is a signal of the organization's wealth. If your company is worth $3B, and your cash position is good, spending 0.01% of your valuation on a dotcom ($300k) is a no brainer. It might add to your legitimacy and prestige (even if marginally) and it's an asset that will most likely increase in value over time.

diceduckmonk 4y ago
> an asset that will most likely increase in value over time. This is actually a myth. See the changing of hands of sex.com. Also, Domain names are being less important as users stay within apps / content platforms like FB, Instagram and TikTok. Also Google Search and soon ChatGPT.
- Salgat 4y ago
  Reminds me of nissan.com, which is now nearly worthless because Nissan Motors doesn't care anymore.
  - HideousKojima 4y ago
    Or steam.com
  - davchana 4y ago
    I thought that was what Nissan (the domain owner,not the motor company) wanted, that motor company leaves him alone, & don't bother him while he uses his lastname domain.
    - Salgat 4y ago
      If I remember right he owned a computer company he used the domain for, but he pretty much devoted his domain to his anti-nissan campaign until he passed away.
- htag 4y ago
  The future value of domain names aren't certain, but I think they are a fairly safe bet. They are viewed in to email addresses, search results, web address bars, and hyperlinks. I don't think a platform is going to usurp these. Walled gardens have been attempting to do this since AOL keywords.
  - shanebellone 4y ago
    The domain name system predates the Internet. Just food for thought.
- vlunkr 4y ago
  Makes sense. Nobody just blindly navigates to a domain name. You either know it for sure or you search.
gregsadetsky 4y ago
Speaking of (and confirming your point), ai.com redirects to chatgpt as of ~1 week ago...! https://mashable.com/article/chatgpt-ai-dot-com-domain-name-openai https://mashable.com/article/chatgpt-ai-dot-com-domain-name-...
missingdays 4y ago
Why would having .com domain add any prestige?
- unglaublich 4y ago
  Because there's only one. It's like a bunch of Chinese restaurants fighting over the name 'CN Wall', but there's only one that'll be able to hold 'cnwall.com'. (~$5k).
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klabb3 4y ago
> Having a dotcom is a signal of the organization's wealth. The pricing of .com domains is extremely uneven, depending on your name. It could be $20. > legitimacy and prestige Since it’s semantically equivalent to other TLDs, it lies entirely in the eye of the beholder. This non-.com ickiness seems to be an outdated US-centric perspective, never heard of it elsewhere. The rest of the world are used to other TLDs, and some (say ai, io, app) indicate other positive business values. > If your company is worth $3B, and your cash position is good, spending 0.01% of your valuation on a dotcom ($300k) is a no brainer. So an established company should switch domain name and you’re not factoring in the cost of that? Or they should just have the .com on the side (but then how will the majority of your customers know about your state of the art .com domain)? Or should startups buy a $300k domain upfront?
- verst 4y ago
  > This non-.com ickiness seems to be an outdated US-centric perspective, never heard of it elsewhere. Not exactly true, for example for most German users not having a .de is odd. .com and .net already feel like a stretch for many. Beyond that other TLDs/gTLDs are not really trusted by most from what I can tell.
slyall 4y ago
If my company is every worth $3b then I'll think about buying the .com for $300k. However right now $300k is much better spent on staff, hosting and other business things.
another-dave 4y ago
Moreso if you're a $3bn company, you certainly don't want _someone else_ owning the .com for the same reason — it lends legitimacy. Even if they don't use the .com as their primary domain, they'll still buy it and redirect so that no-one else squats on it / phishes from it.

by htag 4y ago

diceduckmonk 4y ago

> an asset that will most likely increase in value over time. This is actually a myth. See the changing of hands of sex.com. Also, Domain names are being less important as users stay within apps / content platforms like FB, Instagram and TikTok. Also Google Search and soon ChatGPT.

Salgat 4y ago
Reminds me of nissan.com, which is now nearly worthless because Nissan Motors doesn't care anymore.
- HideousKojima 4y ago
  Or steam.com
- davchana 4y ago
  I thought that was what Nissan (the domain owner,not the motor company) wanted, that motor company leaves him alone, & don't bother him while he uses his lastname domain.
  - Salgat 4y ago
    If I remember right he owned a computer company he used the domain for, but he pretty much devoted his domain to his anti-nissan campaign until he passed away.
htag 4y ago
The future value of domain names aren't certain, but I think they are a fairly safe bet. They are viewed in to email addresses, search results, web address bars, and hyperlinks. I don't think a platform is going to usurp these. Walled gardens have been attempting to do this since AOL keywords.
- shanebellone 4y ago
  The domain name system predates the Internet. Just food for thought.
vlunkr 4y ago
Makes sense. Nobody just blindly navigates to a domain name. You either know it for sure or you search.

gregsadetsky 4y ago

Speaking of (and confirming your point), ai.com redirects to chatgpt as of ~1 week ago...! https://mashable.com/article/chatgpt-ai-dot-com-domain-name-openai https://mashable.com/article/chatgpt-ai-dot-com-domain-name-...

missingdays 4y ago

Why would having .com domain add any prestige?

unglaublich 4y ago
Because there's only one. It's like a bunch of Chinese restaurants fighting over the name 'CN Wall', but there's only one that'll be able to hold 'cnwall.com'. (~$5k).

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klabb3 4y ago

> Having a dotcom is a signal of the organization's wealth. The pricing of .com domains is extremely uneven, depending on your name. It could be $20. > legitimacy and prestige Since it’s semantically equivalent to other TLDs, it lies entirely in the eye of the beholder. This non-.com ickiness seems to be an outdated US-centric perspective, never heard of it elsewhere. The rest of the world are used to other TLDs, and some (say ai, io, app) indicate other positive business values. > If your company is worth $3B, and your cash position is good, spending 0.01% of your valuation on a dotcom ($300k) is a no brainer. So an established company should switch domain name and you’re not factoring in the cost of that? Or they should just have the .com on the side (but then how will the majority of your customers know about your state of the art .com domain)? Or should startups buy a $300k domain upfront?

verst 4y ago
> This non-.com ickiness seems to be an outdated US-centric perspective, never heard of it elsewhere. Not exactly true, for example for most German users not having a .de is odd. .com and .net already feel like a stretch for many. Beyond that other TLDs/gTLDs are not really trusted by most from what I can tell.

slyall 4y ago

If my company is every worth $3b then I'll think about buying the .com for $300k. However right now $300k is much better spent on staff, hosting and other business things.

another-dave 4y ago

Moreso if you're a $3bn company, you certainly don't want _someone else_ owning the .com for the same reason — it lends legitimacy. Even if they don't use the .com as their primary domain, they'll still buy it and redirect so that no-one else squats on it / phishes from it.