news More gloom predicted for .com

I commented in a topic an idea for test but it was deleted.
Did someone try to put any domain at rent for 5$ per month or more to see if end users are interested?
I think the idea is good to test if someone really wants to build something and test it's biz, without the need to BIN at full price, then he later can buy it if the biz is profitable.
I think to do it and see if any result happens, I even might offer it at 12$ pear year at least to make for it's renewal.

bmugford said:

You know, Verisign could quit raising prices. I know, crazy idea.

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You hit the nail on the head, the price increases wouldn't be so bad if parking revenue didn't drop so much,
when parking revenue goes from dollars to pennies and dot com prices continue rising, I think that's when domainers take a closer look at their domain portfolio, reevaluating their potential. I myself allowed 300+ domains to drop over the last 5 years and I have NO regrets.

We leased an office building many years ago, when the lease came up for renewal, the owner drastically increased the rent, so much that we decided to leave and work out of our home instead.. I drove by that building every week, to my surprise it remained vacant with a "For Lease" on it for almost 3 years. Greed has a way of biting you in the *ss.

RaiderGirl said:

I myself allowed 300+ domains to drop over the last 5 years and I have NO regrets.

We leased an office building many years ago, when the lease came up for renewal, the owner drastically increased the rent, so much that we decided to leave and work out of our home instead.. I drove by that building every week, to my surprise it remained vacant with a "For Lease" on it for almost 3 years. Greed has a way of biting you in the *ss.

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This is one of the beauties of the free market - self-correcting, much like we see in real nature when too much or too little of something gets taken care of.

As Donny has expressed many times, being willing to walk away is a hugely powerful and pivotal card to play, whether it be a $1 increase or multi-billion $ and global deals.

The free market balances out excesses and scarcity, but often we don't have a purely free market as we think we have.

Well done to you on giving the building owner something to think about.
I rent property and raising rents on exist tenants who are otherwise satisfactory, is mostly a dumb move, because the benefit of any increase in rent will quickly evaporate if the tenants decide to move out and if the place remain untenanted for even a short time. In this market, getting the absolute maximum amount in rent is usually not the most important factor.

Over three years, you can see what the owner has lost, all of which could have been avoided, not to mention all that they could have done with the money that they lost. I don't know, of course, about the details and perhaps the owner of the building had set the rent too low when you occupied it

Judging prices is a science and an art and it takes several elements to decide what to charge, in any given situation.

Maybe things are simpler:

1, domain parking revenues dropped less than half, millions of domains were dropped that was used for domain parking because they are not profitable anymore
2, HugeDomains dropped another million

DomainNature said:

I commented in a topic an idea for test but it was deleted.
Did someone try to put any domain at rent for 5$ per month or more to see if end users are interested?
I think the idea is good to test if someone really wants to build something and test it's biz, without the need to BIN at full price, then he later can buy it if the biz is profitable.
I think to do it and see if any result happens, I even might offer it at 12$ pear year at least to make for it's renewal.

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Do any of the major platform (or does any platform) offer renting (not LTO, but renting only) as an option?

I am aware Dan.com used to, but don't see that as an option at Afternic, Sedo etc

DomainGaffer said:

Do any of the major platform (or does any platform) offer renting (not LTO, but renting only) as an option?

I am aware Dan.com used to, but don't see that as an option at Afternic, Sedo etc

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Yes Dan had it, but their limit was from 100$ and up, it seems this feature can be costly to implement, maybe because of the involved fees for low payments.

I don't think so in the short term. The recognition of .com domain names is very high. Although many new domain names are emerging, it is still difficult to shake its position in the domain name. Another thing I think is not very friendly to .com domain names is that many good .com domain names have been taken. Domain name resources are limited, which is unavoidable, but the popularity and recognition of .com domain names also make them irreplaceable.

nicenic said:

I don't think so in the short term. The recognition of .com domain names is very high. Although many new domain names are emerging, it is still difficult to shake its position in the domain name. Another thing I think is not very friendly to .com domain names is that many good .com domain names have been taken. Domain name resources are limited, which is unavoidable, but the popularity and recognition of .com domain names also make them irreplaceable.

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.COM is the end game for most companies. If you own .COM there is really no need for anything else.

Almost all major global companies use .COM, or at least own their .COM.

Most companies choose another option because the .COM was not available, or is too expensive.

Over time, many of the successful companies end up acquiring the .COM.

I am someone who frequently sells other extensions like .org, .net, .us, and even .biz and .info. That is just the reality though.

Brad

The gloom really isn't about dot com it's about domain names in general we should be concerned about. People's content is much less safe-keeping under the X, Faceplant, Instagram than it will ever be under a DN.

HotKey said:

People's content is much less safe-keeping under the X, Faceplant, Instagram than it will ever be under a DN.

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I also question whether domains will be in safe-keeping under the 'all-seeing-eye' of AI.

The real problem with domains is lack of development, creativity is killed and copied by bots, humans remain at the end door of a train.
Those layoffs in big companies tells us allot, they will follow more, people think that AI will solve something but the only solution from AI is liquidation of humans by big corps and who control them.

DomainNature said:

The real problem with domains is lack of development, creativity is killed and copied by bots, humans remain at the end door of a train.
Those layoffs in big companies tells us allot, they will follow more, people think that AI will solve something but the only solution from AI is liquidation of humans by big corps and who control them.

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Jesus mate give it a rest

Kyle Tully said:

Jesus mate give it a rest

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Yes, we better focus on domains, I even forgot to remove listings of dropped domains on my web, maybe someone will buy them and I will go hand reg them back.

bmugford said:

You know, Verisign could quit raising prices. I know, crazy idea.

A domain is essentially maintaining an entry in a database. Registration should not cost anywhere close to what it does.

That is just the result of a sweetheart no-bid contract with ICANN.

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warren buffett just invested..I expect prices to keep moving higher

.com has continued to remain the widely known and used extension and will continue to be so until browsers exists. Unless we have a consume behaviour change where every interaction moves into voice ai and interactive devices .com will remain a key contender.

sathish g said:

.com has continued to remain the widely known and used extension and will continue to be so until browsers exists. Unless we have a consume behaviour change where every interaction moves into voice ai and interactive devices .com will remain a key contender.

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The change is happening... And will increase due to geopolitical circumstances... CcTLDs have been on the rise for a while (years) now ... It will only get stronger.

We're seriously considering leaving .com altogether. End of the day, theres one entity who controls it, and that's not a safe harbour.

.com will always be king, but .ai will take an increasing share of the market as many new businesses will be AI native.