debate Domaining is over. Domainers must now drop the domains.

[Reallybigidea.com]

Domaining is over. Domainers must now drop the domains.
Do you agree?

 

[Domainication]

Domaining is over. Domainers must now drop the domains.
Do you agree?

*Edit: to drop hand regs, meta, "brandables", hyphenated and low value domains.

Obviously LLL.COMs are worth something.

The problem is that you really need to learn more and improve the quality of your porfolio.

When i look at your domains (https://creativedomainnames.com/) then i can see that nearly all domains are hand-registered. That is not the way it works (in my opinion).

Domaining is not an get rich quick thing. And it is not an "i register a bunch of domains i like and be successful" story. You need to learn, study daily sales, test some things, buy at the aftermarket, look for valuable opportunities the others don't see and the most important: be patient....

 

[The Durfer]

if and i mean big if, this does happen, it will still have nostalgia value and you will see us all on ebay instead of here. lol.

 

[nononsense123]

Fake useless currencies are still worth 30k. Domains have value even without speculation. They have a long time to die.

 

[eyedomainous]

Domaining is over. Domainers must now drop the domains.
Do you agree?

Domaining never ends in the infinite continuum of cyberspace.

Perhaps the issue here is the OP's definition of the term "domaining", as this differs amongst 'domainers'.

For me, "Domaining" means Domain Naming, or, more accurately, addressing... because naming is just the beginning of addressing space. In this, and many other, ways domaining is actually in its infancy.

 

[BRANDERX]

I did liquidate some recently, but even that made me good money. I think domain investing is hard, but safe & can be quite profitable provided you're buying the right names so that you don't drop, but liquidate.

imo

 

[CraigD]

A statement that is obviously false.

 

[Recons.Com]

I am trying to drop them, but they won't go away... brrrr... creepy!

 

[alcy]

I am trying to drop them, but they won't go away... brrrr... creepy!

u have to use dynamite.. or russian tank

 

[Recons.Com]

u have to use dynamite.. or russian tank

Not helping. Moreover, they portfolio keeps expanding. I think they started giving birth or dividing into two every fixed period.

 

[Name Trader]

I just saw a kind of short add for an NFT....... domain in a short spot on TV recently. So I looked them up on Whois and both the singular and plural .com were both taken earlier this year, registered about 5 days apart at different times by what looks like different people. Hint. It had nothing to do with NFT's as far as I could make out.

I guess it's time to give up my portfolio. Brownie points if you can guess the name.

 

[alcy]

Not helping. Moreover, they portfolio keeps expanding. I think they started giving birth or dividing into two every fixed period.

nice. yer domains having babies. now u give em away for adoption for free. I sign up 1st and I adopt 100 plz

 

[hn]

why would I drop my domains? So that someone else can get it cheap? Actually my belief is that domaining will only increase over time with newer players and technology integration. As the world moves to becoming fully digital, there will be a need for domains, websites & tech support all across. I think in many countries digital penetration is till quite low so even with a few % increase in requirement, growth can be tremendous. Not saying hold on to all domains, but take a selective call - hold & renew good ones and also drop the bad ones!

 

[Reallybigidea.com]

The problem is that you really need to learn more and improve the quality of your porfolio.

When i look at your domains (https://creativedomainnames.com/) then i can see that nearly all domains are hand-registered. That is not the way it works (in my opinion).

Domaining is not an get rich quick thing. And it is not an "i register a bunch of domains i like and be successful" story. You need to learn, study daily sales, test some things, buy at the aftermarket, look for valuable opportunities the others don't see and the most important: be patient....

Some was catched. Most was rereg.

******

*Edit the first post: the domainining is over since 2022 because nft, metaverse and global financial crisis (coming soon)...

And special for me: i can not anymore withdrawal funds from Afternic. I sold a domain successfully transfered to the buyer but not received the money.

 

[bmugford]

Some was catched. Most was rereg.

******

*Edit the first post: the domainining is over since 2022 because nft, metaverse and global financial crisis (coming soon)...

And special for me: i can not anymore withdrawal funds from Afternic. I sold a domain successfully transfered to the buyer but not received the money.

So as others have said, domaining might be over for you. It is not an easy field and there is no shame in that.

However, others are still making plenty of sales.

To make wide projections based on limited personal experience is a logical fallacy.

As far as Afternic goes, have you contacted their support?

Brad

 

[BrandTello]

Do not agree. Millions of new domains are being registered every year and Internet is gonna stay unless a completely new technological methodology replace it. Still there are plenty of existing businesses who are yet to establish their online presence. All over the world, an economic downturn is observed since 2020 and hopefully things will rebounce in time to come...

 

[zomainhacks]

Economy prospects are terrible, nonetheless sales are still there.

Obviously one needs to adjust the portoflio taking into consideration lower STRs and forecasted market demand changes, but frankly this apply to many sectors in this market environment.

We are just witnessing a slowdown, the market will continue to grow once consumer confidence will be restored.

Inflation will not last forever and the Ukraine-Russia conflict will not last for long if you look at the rate of which they are destroying their armies (on both sides).

That is not the time to give up, this is the right moment to study harder and invest for the years to come IMHO.

 

[jhm]

@DNGear Drop your XYZ portfolio. Stop making money

 

[Reallybigidea.com]

I will miss this community.
Thanks, everyone.

 

[Recons.Com]

I will miss this community.
Thanks, everyone.

So this really big idea did not work, huh?

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I think trends are always dying and new ones beginning. So domainers should always be considering what is still worth holding, and what should be dropped. And at same time where the new opportunities are.

While their are definitely some storm clouds on the horizon currently, I feel confident that domains as we know them will play a central role in the online world for many years.

-Bob

 

[Recons.Com]

Here is a simple test:

- Name one serious well known business that doesn't own and fully utilize a traditional domain. I don't know how many are out there, but won't be surprised if zero

- Name one serious well known business that doesn't utilize web3, 5, 7 ..., have zero interest in those and is generally clueless about the thing. Again, not sure about the number, but probably over 99%.

Now think why.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I would agree with your first point that any serious company needs and has at least one domain name.

But if I am following correctly what you are saying in the following that 99% of companies have no interest in Web3/5, I don't agree. I do agree with, as in early days of blockchain, there is not much understanding and a lot of buzzwords. But I think enough corporate leaders are interested to be sure what sort of threat it may offer to how they traditionally operate.

Name one serious well known business that doesn't utilize web3, 5, 7 ..., have zero interest in those and is generally clueless about the thing. Again, not sure about the number, but probably over 99%.

There is at least one company interested. While people know Jack Dorsey as founder of Twitter, he is now the CEO of Block. They did $17.7 billion in payments in 2021. Since he had his people come up with the Web5 proposal, as I understand it, they are interested. I am sure that the big tech companies are interested, because if Web3 becomes what they proponents foresee it is a huge challenge to their control of so much of the internet today.

-Bob

PS I am out of edit window on previous post, but 'their' should be 'there' of course. Grrr... I hate short edit windows! (and don't know how I typed that )

 

[Recons.Com]

I would agree with your first point that any serious company needs and has at least one domain name.

But if I am following correctly what you are saying in the following that 99% of companies have no interest in Web3/5, I don't agree. I do agree with, as in early days of blockchain, there is not much understanding and a lot of buzzwords. But I think enough corporate leaders are interested to be sure what sort of threat it may offer to how they traditionally operate.

There is at least one company interested. While people know Jack Dorsey as founder of Twitter, he is now the CEO of Block. They did $17.7 billion in payments in 2021. Since he had his people come up with the Web5 proposal, as I understand it, they are interested. I am sure that the big tech companies are interested, because if Web3 becomes what they proponents foresee it is a huge challenge to their control of so much of the internet today.

-Bob

PS I am out of edit window on previous post, but 'their' should be 'there' of course. Grrr... I hate short edit windows! (and don't know how I typed that )

That proves nothing, basically. I'd estimate that there are 100 000 top companies in the world that are well known either globally, or regionally, or within an industry or all of those. I'd still argue that no more than 1000 of those might have dabbled in web3, web5 etc.

The same ratio would probably be true for the top 1 mil companies, etc.

Moneywise, even 100 billion turnover is still under 1% of the global trade turnover that doesn't involve any of those new webs.

 

[bmugford]

I would agree with your first point that any serious company needs and has at least one domain name.

But if I am following correctly what you are saying in the following that 99% of companies have no interest in Web3/5, I don't agree. I do agree with, as in early days of blockchain, there is not much understanding and a lot of buzzwords. But I think enough corporate leaders are interested to be sure what sort of threat it may offer to how they traditionally operate.

There is at least one company interested. While people know Jack Dorsey as founder of Twitter, he is now the CEO of Block. They did $17.7 billion in payments in 2021. Since he had his people come up with the Web5 proposal, as I understand it, they are interested. I am sure that the big tech companies are interested, because if Web3 becomes what they proponents foresee it is a huge challenge to their control of so much of the internet today.

-Bob

PS I am out of edit window on previous post, but 'their' should be 'there' of course. Grrr... I hate short edit windows! (and don't know how I typed that )

Fair enough, but at the end of the day Jack Dorsey is overrated. He has founded (2) companies that have not turned a profit. Twitter has had a negative net income over the last 10 years.

Block (Square) is in the same boat. It has just delivers losses.

He is still a billionaire.

A lot of people make a lot of money with hype and actually deliver poor results.
Some people call them grifters, and there are a lot in the Web3 space.

Brad

 

[Bob Hawkes]

You think the leaders of Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple etc. have no interest in what Web3/5 is proposed as being and how it would impact the current web? Collectively they represent a lot of dollars.
(edit -- this was in response to @Recons.Com not the comment by Brad that comes just above)