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I just registered nom.domains. The suggestions suggested domain.guru. So I tried to register it, but it is a reserved name. So why suggest it?

I only paid $23 over at eNom. Not sure if the price was lower because of my platinum reseller account.

Nice thread, btw.

stub said:

I just registered nom.domains. The suggestions suggested domain.guru. So I tried to register it, but it is a reserved name. So why suggest it?

I only paid $23 over at eNom. Not sure if the price was lower because of my platinum reseller account.

Nice thread, btw.

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are you sure you got domain.guru? whois says its reserved by registry.

Jasonn said:

are you sure you got domain.guru? whois says its reserved by registry.

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I think he said domain.guru was 'suggested' to him.

I grabbed one - dotWhatever.Domains.

J.Domains

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Just one:


I really wanted JI.Domains (initials for my company), but all 2-letters in the new gTLDs are registry reserved.

This is definitely a domainer's gTLD.

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Nice catch Jennifer

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Thanks, Stub.

It was more of a defensive reg.

I really like .domains, but i see all the good domain names have already been registered.

Ms Domainer said:

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Thanks, Stub.

It was more of a defensive reg.

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Don't you think it's kinda interesting that they reserved all the double letter domains but not the single letter domains.

Did you have to pre-register it?



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RU said:

I really like .domains, but i see all the good domain names have already been registered.

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Since you asked the original question. What domains have you regged?

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Is there a decent whois for .domains?

Thinking about starting some new specialized auction platforms and picked up:

Resell.domains
Aged.domains
LLL.domains
LLLL.domains
NNNN.domains
CVCV.domains

Also picked up
Montetizing.domains
Acquiring.domains
LearnAbout.domains and of course...

Vins.Domains

Any predictions of how many .domains will be there in 1 year? 10 years?

stub said:

Don't you think it's kinda interesting that they reserved all the double letter domains but not the single letter domains.

Did you have to pre-register it?

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Evidently, some single letters were reserved...

And who knows? Maybe ICANN will claw back all the single letters, like they did eco...

No. I just registered it on the last day of EAP. I decided not to risk pre-registering and losing it to another registrar or competing in an auction, where the bidding might go way up.

I registered it at Dynadot, $50 cheaper than GD.

Renewal fee will be $77.00 -- not too bad for a single letter.

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stub said:

Since you asked the original question. What domains have you regged?

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I don't have .domains
I thought buying the .domains, but prices are so high

I like these (available to reg):

A Domainer's gTLD...

RU said:

I don't have .domains
I thought buying the .domains, but prices are so high

I like these (available to reg):

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Aha! Some of those premium prices suggest that the target buyer is...

US!

No end user out of the industry is going to register forex.domains ($240.00).


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So far a bit over 2K domains have been registered.
Indeed, sounds like a TLD made for domainers.

B&J said:

Any predictions of how many .domains will be there in 1 year? 10 years?

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There is already a glut of registered domains that contain the keyword "domain". Domainers register domains in whatever subject they happen to be daydreaming about while in front of the computer; so naturally domains about domains are purchased pretty frequently.

Of course, the only people to sell these too -- for the most part -- would be domainers. Two problems with that:

(1) Those other domainers (if they like .DOMAINS) will already have spent their load on .DOMAINS domains of their own. So they won't want yours.

(2) Domainers are cheap. Remember, the goal is to buy at wholesale prices and sell at retail prices. Domainers are accustomed to paying pennies on the dollar. And, as a seller of .DOMAINS domains, that's your best-case scenario!

The only practical reason for registering .DOMAINS domains is to use them in your own business within the industry. But how many of those can you really use? I mean, if you've got 5-10 .DOMAINS domains and 5-10 domains in .COM that contain "domains" or something similar, are you really going to develop a few dozen sites just for domainers?

sdsinc said:

So far a bit over 2K domains have been registered.
Indeed, sounds like a TLD made for domainers.

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That many?

I'm surprised.

Most domainers said they weren't going to register any, at least on the blogs.



But I guess some of us couldn't resist the lure...

I just can't see the overall utility of .domains (even though I have one).

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I reg'd whoislookup.domains & put a quick site up. A quick and easy whois lookup without all the clutter

http://whoislookup.domains

Ms Domainer said:

Most domainers said they weren't going to register any, at least on the blogs.

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:talk:

domainers speak with forked tongues

they throw rocks and hide their hands

they say one thing and do another

so never bend over to pick up the soap!





imo....

sdsinc said:

So far a bit over 2K domains have been registered.
Indeed, sounds like a TLD made for domainers.

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True. Very true.

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ImageAuthors said:

Of course, the only people to sell these too -- for the most part -- would be domainers. Two problems with that:

(1) Those other domainers (if they like .DOMAINS) will already have spent their load on .DOMAINS domains of their own. So they won't want yours.

(2) Domainers are cheap. Remember, the goal is to buy at wholesale prices and sell at retail prices. Domainers are accustomed to paying pennies on the dollar. And, as a seller of .DOMAINS domains, that's your best-case scenario!

The only practical reason for registering .DOMAINS domains is to use them in your own business within the industry. But how many of those can you really use? I mean, if you've got 5-10 .DOMAINS domains and 5-10 domains in .COM that contain "domains" or something similar, are you really going to develop a few dozen sites just for domainers?

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This is the conundrum for most domainers. Oh.. we have our own GTLD now. Let's go register a lot of domains. Most of the domains I've seen registered are already crap. It's unlikely that you will find a decent domain unless you pre-registered and won the domain at auction. I didn't even get to an auction for all the 10 premium domains I tried to pre-register.

I agree with everything ImageAuthors says above. We haven't even begun to develop our .com "domain" names, and we won't be developing our .domains domains any time soon either. And domainers rarely pay retail for any domain.

I can't dare to register DailyExpired.domains - is it a good domain name?

Thanks for the whois v5x. From this I was able to determine 8 out my 10 pre-orders were retained by the registry. So I think it was a touch of fraud that I was allowed to pre-register them. Only dot and aftermarket were actually captured.

RU said:

I really like .domains, but i see all the good domain names have already been registered.

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I had my eye on two names - reg.domains and r.domains, but I was out of luck.

10 .domain names were sold for $3200 each, in the early access period!

http://onlinedomain.com/2014/03/13/news/domains-domain-name-sales-10-sold-for-3000-and-45-for-1200/

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stub said:

Thanks for the whois v5x. From this I was able to determine 8 out my 10 pre-orders were retained by the registry. So I think it was a touch of fraud that I was allowed to pre-register them. Only dot and aftermarket were actually captured.

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not "really" fraudulent, but more like playing cards with a group and the "deck" is stacked against you, from the beginning.

and...it's not an all of a sudden occurrence either.

as it's directly 'patterned" after the original " registry" reservations held for certain "1&2 character" tld's, then to "cctlds", etc.

once the "model" for reserve, then release, thru competitive bidding process was established, then accepted, by "us"...... applying it to .gtld release was already anticipated.

kinda like the Pavlov's dog theory, cuz many were "salivating", licking their chops and whatnot.

psychology 112...you know it's true

the point:

all one has to do is, increase the volume of keywords/characters, etc, that will be "reserved", then those that will be "released" thru competitive bidding or premium pricing, then open registration for what's left to the general public.

you just have to resist the force and don't let the dark side of .domaining overcome you





imo...