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Bsky has a revenue model?

pfraze 2y ago
Actually we do have a pilot program going for registering domains via account.bsky.app if that gives you some sense of where our head’s at
- xelamonster 2y ago
  You're becoming a domain registrar? Well I'm not sure that'll solve revenue but it's certainly interesting, I'd like to read more about the reasoning behind this if you have any posts or articles on it yet. Would also love to check out the code for a bsky-style registrar backend if that's open source :)
  - jazzyjackson 2y ago
    Registrar is namecheap @ a $5 premium. I think its not a bad price for users who don't want to muck about with DNS TXT records. https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-namecheap https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-namecheap https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-business-plan https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-business-plan
    - xelamonster 2y ago
      Thanks! Well I love mucking about with DNS TXT records so it's not for me then :). But Namecheap is my go-to registrar so I'm sure it'll be solid enough, hope it works out!
    - xelamonster 2y ago
      Could totally beat Namecheap on search and provide good value there, I like theirs better than most but most are awful and theirs isn't amazing still, let me find name options I wouldn't find on other registrar searches and I'd happily pay a $5 premium.
- xelamonster 2y ago
  Oh and obviously this is super early and you'd probably fix this on your own anyways but a quick note since I checked out the interface: you should disable autocorrect/autocomplete on the search form input. When I type a domain on my phone it inserts a space after the period and the search fails.
wpietri 2y ago
Not sure why people are downvoting this. I think it's a good question for any startup, but especially one with millions of users that are going to be real sad if it turns out to be unsustainable.
- jazzyjackson 2y ago
  I get it, my phrasing is pointed, but I rather ask directly and get a discussion than be polite and not get an answer (to pfraze's credit he would have answered honestly whether my phrasing was rude or not) IMO reselling domains is not going to do it, but not a bad start to selling services Personally I'd pay $5 a month if I was able to use my PDS as a backup for all my photos and media, like a Dropbox or OneDrive. That's a pretty commoditized service but it would be nice to serve content without having to worry about the embed disappearing. I remember another Twitter clone getting traction had trouble on boarding musicians because they would try and embed YouTube links of their own music but their label disabled embeds! Did I see something about bsky dipping their toes in bandcamp's market? I think that's all a lot of artists want, a host for their media that actually distributes posts to followers (unlike Facebook, who holds your own fans ransom and doesn't show posts to all of them unless you pay to "boost" it)

Actually we do have a pilot program going for registering domains via account.bsky.app if that gives you some sense of where our head’s at

xelamonster 2y ago
You're becoming a domain registrar? Well I'm not sure that'll solve revenue but it's certainly interesting, I'd like to read more about the reasoning behind this if you have any posts or articles on it yet. Would also love to check out the code for a bsky-style registrar backend if that's open source :)
- jazzyjackson 2y ago
  Registrar is namecheap @ a $5 premium. I think its not a bad price for users who don't want to muck about with DNS TXT records. https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-namecheap https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-namecheap https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-business-plan https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-05-2023-business-plan
  - xelamonster 2y ago
    Thanks! Well I love mucking about with DNS TXT records so it's not for me then :). But Namecheap is my go-to registrar so I'm sure it'll be solid enough, hope it works out!
  - xelamonster 2y ago
    Could totally beat Namecheap on search and provide good value there, I like theirs better than most but most are awful and theirs isn't amazing still, let me find name options I wouldn't find on other registrar searches and I'd happily pay a $5 premium.
xelamonster 2y ago
Oh and obviously this is super early and you'd probably fix this on your own anyways but a quick note since I checked out the interface: you should disable autocorrect/autocomplete on the search form input. When I type a domain on my phone it inserts a space after the period and the search fails.

wpietri 2y ago

Not sure why people are downvoting this. I think it's a good question for any startup, but especially one with millions of users that are going to be real sad if it turns out to be unsustainable.

jazzyjackson 2y ago
I get it, my phrasing is pointed, but I rather ask directly and get a discussion than be polite and not get an answer (to pfraze's credit he would have answered honestly whether my phrasing was rude or not) IMO reselling domains is not going to do it, but not a bad start to selling services Personally I'd pay $5 a month if I was able to use my PDS as a backup for all my photos and media, like a Dropbox or OneDrive. That's a pretty commoditized service but it would be nice to serve content without having to worry about the embed disappearing. I remember another Twitter clone getting traction had trouble on boarding musicians because they would try and embed YouTube links of their own music but their label disabled embeds! Did I see something about bsky dipping their toes in bandcamp's market? I think that's all a lot of artists want, a host for their media that actually distributes posts to followers (unlike Facebook, who holds your own fans ransom and doesn't show posts to all of them unless you pay to "boost" it)