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The reasoning here is a little silly; even those who pursue ideas without prototypes or validation probably don't buy up three domains every single day, so of c
by wikwocket 13y ago
The reasoning here is a little silly; even those who pursue ideas without prototypes or validation probably don't buy up three domains every single day, so of course it's not a matter of saving forty thousand dollars.
However, this does bring to mind two good points:
* Consider validating an idea, or at least making a paper prototype, before spending lot of time or money chasing it.
* Getting the perfect domain name for an idea is not crucial to its success. Look at Dropbox, they used getdropbox.com early on, presumably until they were big enough to buy dropbox.com.
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- quasque 13y agoThe truth of Dropbox's acquisition of dropbox.com is a little murkier than them just buying it - it appears that they initiated this by suing the previous owner, who had owned the domain since 1995: http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2009cv03824/218466/8/ http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/californ... However, the case was later dismissed, so I guess they came to some other agreement after all: http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2009cv03824/218466/12/ http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/californ... No details on whether the initial owner had to give up the domain or was fairly compensated.