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> I buy domain names I regularly read/hear about people who frequently buy domain names and never use them. Why? You already know you’re not going to ship, why

• sieabahlpark 2y ago
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• abound 2y ago
  As a serial domain buyer (currently at ~37 after letting many expire), I can answer this one: generally you aren't purchasing them with no intention of shipping. That happens later. For me, the process normally goes: 1. Inspiration strikes, I start noodling on an idea 2. I get really excited and start exploring the domain name state space for places to host it 3. Life happens, the idea ends up being bad/hard/some better alternative exists, etc. I think buying the domain is kind of an accountability thing in some ways, the same way people pay for instrument/language/etc lessons when they could learn online for free. It makes you more committed to the process. For ideas that I've had, the ones that get domains likely have a much higher completion rate than the ones that don't
• azemetre 2y ago
  It's an interesting phenomena you see across hobbies. I play boardgames and now people that own 100s of games they've never played. I'm part of /r/criterion and people will often post their collections which they haven't seen 80%. I also own a few dozen domains, movies I haven't seen, and boardgames I haven't played. I don't know why I do it, probably some consumerist lust and existential dread of possibility never owning much in the real world like property or a home.