I reckon true end users are startups or rebrands, especially if we dis-aggregate those buying .si for brand protection (as mentioned by boker in this thread). For the case of startups, we need at least a year or two to see building interest.
Thanks Bob. Reading here, I could suddenly sense this as truly a jump on a moving train.
Maybe a jump not knowing the destination... But it promises to be a bit warmer there, with perhaps gold at the end...
I always remember my long-term...
Here's the list of gTLD applications released by ICANN yesterday. They are sorted by Primary string, in an Excel .xlsx file, slightly more useful than the ICANN .csv file. Those columns less-useful or still wholly unused have been dragged right...
Thanks - I didn't attach anything because I was (am) unsure of the rules and seem to have bent a few recently. If an .xlsx file is welcome, very happy to add it.
Seems ICANN made it somewhat tough to find today's gTLD reveal list:
https://newgtldprogram-aps.icann.org/applications
note the link to Download .csv (which includes additional data)
we resaved it as...
I understand the concept is presently unpopular (especially on NamePros?), but the world is wider than the English language and ASCII text. We domain investors neglect many Great words & concepts widely used by millions and billions of people...
Of course Melanija Knavs Trump still has friends & contacts in Slovenia, so she'd surely sometimes use that ccTLD. When Donald Trump dumps Melania for wife #4 from Finland, and then the President begins touting Financial Intelligence (.fi) we'll...
I don't advocate raising the price. But neither is it wise to give-away your strategies to a potential buyer. Buyers can get the name at BIN. It's not a fixed price forever. No emotions. Encouraging purchase at BIN is surely one angle that's not...
The largest purchase I've made considered they might raise the price - so I went for the BIN
Surely some buyers see it similarly.
Yes -- "Buyers hate feeling like their own interest moved the number."
Great observation(s). But BIN...