What’s the biggest negative about the domain name game? - Page 2

Reppy · 11-20-2005, 04:55 PM

The fools who have a really really bad name but think it's the next business.com.

And the fact that I may or may not have been one of those fools myself

wasistdas · 11-20-2005, 05:04 PM

The industry looks to be easy-money-maker. Along with Forex. Thus many new ppl coming bringing new blood... and spoiling the market.

cache · 11-20-2005, 11:07 PM

I agree, the name stuff is very subjective.

Originally Posted by Reprobate

The fools who have a really really bad name but think it's the next business.com.

And the fact that I may or may not have been one of those fools myself

tajimd · 11-20-2005, 11:42 PM

The thing that most hurts me is that when some else take ur domain even before u are thinkin to register it. It takes lot of thinking and time before one decides a good name for his site but some one who even dont have web site for that domain just registers it and parks it to earn extra bucks. This is the negative aspect of domain name game. U have to work faster or anyone else in in other part of world might just take ur name and u cannot do anything .

**Dave Zan** · 11-21-2005, 12:37 AM

Originally Posted by tajimd

The thing that most hurts me is that when some else take ur domain even before u are thinkin to register it. It takes lot of thinking and time before one decides a good name for his site but some one who even dont have web site for that domain just registers it and parks it to earn extra bucks. This is the negative aspect of domain name game. U have to work faster or anyone else in in other part of world might just take ur name and u cannot do anything .

Your domain name? Who's to say it's "yours" unless you got it first?

xtremest · 11-21-2005, 02:09 AM

Originally Posted by davezan

Your domain name? Who's to say it's "yours" unless you got it first?

Aha! That's one of the most negative factors.

AHA7 · 11-21-2005, 04:47 AM

You never know when the right interested end-user will come and buy that domain name. That if he/she ever comes!

mtomich · 11-21-2005, 08:23 AM

Domainers with Premiumitis*

*Premiumitis- a disease in the domain industry, primarily affecting inexperienced domainers, that compels the domainer to list a domain as premium in the title description on a for sale board or on Ebay even though the domain is valued at reg fee or slightly better.

stscac · 11-21-2005, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by mtomich

Domainers with Premiumitis*

*Premiumitis- a disease in the domain industry, primarily affecting inexperienced domainers, that compels the domainer to list a domain as premium in the title description on a for sale board or on Ebay even though the domain is valued at reg fee or slightly better.

Good One! I Agree!
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/141484-what-s-biggest-negative-about-domain.html

-Steve

floatingworld · 11-21-2005, 09:28 AM

domainers who ask for critical appraisal and then get snippy with a low evaluation (you don't know what you are talking about) and slobber over a high evaluation (oh you are so right, that's just what I was thinking...)

SMASH · 11-27-2005, 09:31 AM

People buying domain names and doing nothing with them!!

G_C · 11-27-2005, 10:19 AM

The learning curve, which roughly goes like this:

1. Hear your friend talk about her cousin who's making a living "off that domaining thing.

2. Google up "domain trading."

3. Visit GreatDomains.com, see the prices listed there and decide that domaining is for you.

4. Go to GoDaddy and register a bundle of names.

5. Drool about becoming rich overnight and tell all your friends that you're quitting your regular job because you will be a millionaire in a week and kiss all those working-class suckers good-bye.

6. The night on which you register your friend domain and list it on Sedo, have a dream about receiving a $500,000 offer for it. Be very upset when you wake up and realise that it was a dream.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=141484

7. Log on to Sedo and discover that no one has bid on your domain.

8. Start visiting NamePros and other forums asking for appraisals, expecting to see people falling all over themselves to get your domain name, of course after they appraise it at high xx,xxx minimum.

9. Watch people tell you that your domains are worth reg fee, low xx at best.

10. Contemplate suicide.

11. Register a few more useless domains, which turn out to be worth xx-xxx. Congratulate yourself on doing better and spend the weekend emailing prospective end buyers.

12. Finish typing this post and tell everyone that the worst thing about domaining so far is how easy it seems at first to make money off domains. It is only after registering worthless reg fee domains that you eventually come to realise that domaining is not easy money at all and that it will be a long time before you get one of your domains listed at GreatDomains.com.

sm · 11-27-2005, 11:01 AM

seeing all those (thousands of) crazy 45-char triple-hyphenated domains in the drop lists that you wouldnt pay a half-cent to reg. What time wasters they end up being !!!!

gazzip · 11-27-2005, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by G_C

The learning curve, which roughly goes like this:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=141484

1. Hear your friend talk about her cousin who's making a living "off that domaining thing.

2. Google up "domain trading."

3. Visit GreatDomains.com, see the prices listed there and decide that domaining is for you.

4. Go to GoDaddy and register a bundle of names.

5. Drool about becoming rich overnight and tell all your friends that you're quitting your regular job because you will be a millionaire in a week and kiss all those working-class suckers good-bye.

6. The night on which you register your friend domain and list it on Sedo, have a dream about receiving a $500,000 offer for it. Be very upset when you wake up and realise that it was a dream.

7. Log on to Sedo and discover that no one has bid on your domain.

8. Start visiting NamePros and other forums asking for appraisals, expecting to see people falling all over themselves to get your domain name, of course after they appraise it at high xx,xxx minimum.

9. Watch people tell you that your domains are worth reg fee, low xx at best.

10. Contemplate suicide.

11. Register a few more useless domains, which turn out to be worth xx-xxx. Congratulate yourself on doing better and spend the weekend emailing prospective end buyers.

12. Finish typing this post and tell everyone that the worst thing about domaining so far is how easy it seems at first to make money off domains. It is only after registering worthless reg fee domains that you eventually come to realise that domaining is not easy money at all and that it will be a long time before you get one of your domains listed at GreatDomains.com.

Love it !

**Michelle** · 11-27-2005, 10:32 PM

Lol @ above.

I have thought of this and to be very honest the only thing I could come up with was keep getting booted from the chat room

dongan · 11-27-2005, 10:40 PM

When we think it is a good name and when it comes to TM issues.

11-20-2005, 04:55 PM	#26 (permalink)
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11-20-2005, 05:04 PM	#27 (permalink)
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11-21-2005, 04:47 AM	#32 (permalink)
AHA7 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,072	You never know when the right interested end-user will come and buy that domain name. That if he/she ever comes! __________________ HI!

11-27-2005, 11:01 AM	#38 (permalink)
sm NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: India Posts: 608	seeing all those (thousands of) crazy 45-char triple-hyphenated domains in the drop lists that you wouldnt pay a half-cent to reg. What time wasters they end up being !!!! __________________ My blog (beta) Bachelor.co.in - Gemstone.co.in Assets.co.in - PropertyDealers.org MortgageFirms.org - eLearner.org

11-27-2005, 10:40 PM	#41 (permalink)
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11-20-2005, 11:42 PM	#29 (permalink)
tajimd Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nepal Posts: 409	The thing that most hurts me is that when some else take ur domain even before u are thinkin to register it. It takes lot of thinking and time before one decides a good name for his site but some one who even dont have web site for that domain just registers it and parks it to earn extra bucks. This is the negative aspect of domain name game. U have to work faster or anyone else in in other part of world might just take ur name and u cannot do anything .

11-21-2005, 08:23 AM	#33 (permalink)
mtomich NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 297	Domainers with Premiumitis* *Premiumitis- a disease in the domain industry, primarily affecting inexperienced domainers, that compels the domainer to list a domain as premium in the title description on a for sale board or on Ebay even though the domain is valued at reg fee or slightly better.

11-21-2005, 09:28 AM	#35 (permalink)
floatingworld dawnofthefloatingworld Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: nightlesscity Posts: 3,413	domainers who ask for critical appraisal and then get snippy with a low evaluation (you don't know what you are talking about) and slobber over a high evaluation (oh you are so right, that's just what I was thinking...)

11-27-2005, 09:31 AM	#36 (permalink)
SMASH NamePros Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 439	People buying domain names and doing nothing with them!!

11-27-2005, 10:19 AM	#37 (permalink)
G_C NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Posts: 424	The learning curve, which roughly goes like this: 1. Hear your friend talk about her cousin who's making a living "off that domaining thing. 2. Google up "domain trading." 3. Visit GreatDomains.com, see the prices listed there and decide that domaining is for you. 4. Go to GoDaddy and register a bundle of names. 5. Drool about becoming rich overnight and tell all your friends that you're quitting your regular job because you will be a millionaire in a week and kiss all those working-class suckers good-bye. 6. The night on which you register your friend domain and list it on Sedo, have a dream about receiving a $500,000 offer for it. Be very upset when you wake up and realise that it was a dream. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=141484 7. Log on to Sedo and discover that no one has bid on your domain. 8. Start visiting NamePros and other forums asking for appraisals, expecting to see people falling all over themselves to get your domain name, of course after they appraise it at high xx,xxx minimum. 9. Watch people tell you that your domains are worth reg fee, low xx at best. 10. Contemplate suicide. 11. Register a few more useless domains, which turn out to be worth xx-xxx. Congratulate yourself on doing better and spend the weekend emailing prospective end buyers. 12. Finish typing this post and tell everyone that the worst thing about domaining so far is how easy it seems at first to make money off domains. It is only after registering worthless reg fee domains that you eventually come to realise that domaining is not easy money at all and that it will be a long time before you get one of your domains listed at GreatDomains.com.

11-27-2005, 10:32 PM	#40 (permalink)
Michelle Be Happy... Don't Worry Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 16,236	Lol @ above. I have thought of this and to be very honest the only thing I could come up with was keep getting booted from the chat room

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