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In what way is .com expensive compared to the new tlds? It isn't verisign, it's the squatters who are demanding outrageous prices... Unless the new TLDs have sp
by hatsix 12y ago
In what way is .com expensive compared to the new tlds? It isn't verisign, it's the squatters who are demanding outrageous prices... Unless the new TLDs have specific content requirements, (like .sucks has... though their pricing is the topic for a separate thread)
The squatters have already moved on to the new tlds. I recently looked up my first name, and while every tld I could find is registered, there isn't content up on any of them, it's all "this domain is for sale". I contacted one to see what price they're asking... negotiated them down to $3000. They're playing the long game.
And this is the 'innovation'?
- r721 12y ago>like .sucks has... though their pricing is the topic for a separate thread That thread was front-paged yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9357898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9357898
- seanp2k2 12y agoRe: squatters...how many websites do you (reader) use when looking for X where X is even in the domain? For hosting, I use digitalocean, not hosting.com. For shopping, I use Amazon or overstock or some named store, not name-of-thing.com When I'm searching for reviews of something and get results for "exact-thing-I-searched-reviews.com" or "best-name-of-thing.com", I immediately know those are spam and not worth visiting, since no business / forum / self-respecting personal site would call themselves something so ridiculously specific. TL;DR generic name domains are useless since no established reputable companies use them. Look at the top Alexa 500 and consider how many related to X even have X in the domain name.