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When emoji domains exploded on the market a lot of namepros members thought they were the next big ticket to making money. Like a lot of new things there was the initial land rush and even a few extraordinary sales.

The question is where are they today? I cannot remember coming across even a single emoji domain advertised anywhere or even used for commercial purposes.

How many namepros members still own emoji domains and do you expect to make a profit from them?

Who has given up on them and who has lost money on them.

Will they become more useful in the future or will they just fade into oblivion?

Lets discuss and get some feedback from both sides of the coin.
 
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They were cheap to register, but expensive to renew and low sales I assume? And a :poop: extension didn't help :xf.grin:
 
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Why keep names with no, or very little, demand on the aftermarket?! Trends come and go. Some of them are more silly than others.
 
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I posted the link in case there were any bargains there.
Anyone looking for emoji domains may want to follow the link.
 
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no no please dont follow the link, emoji domains are confusing. I think i know why i am buying them, and buying more... but please dont invest in them thinking you will sell to me.... they are risky and confusing..

i dont think these domains pass the next test of value in the domaining owrld, ie are they liquid to sell any emoji to every domainer for $xxx.. but im hoping someday.

More to come on ednblog.com

Page Howe
 
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Well, can someone explain me, in some simple terms, how emoji domains pass the "radio test"?
I am not joking, maybe I miss something completely here.

If someone can do that, I will open my wallet to those emoji domains and buy some :)
 
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I bought 10 emojis - one single character ↗️ and nine two character. I sold three to another domainer for $50 each so in the black from the start. I will drop the remaining ones and keep my single. I have used it for emails, and think it would be a great addition on a business card or I could see a company with this on the side of their building.
 
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no no please dont follow the link, emoji domains are confusing. I think i know why i am buying them, and buying more... but please dont invest in them thinking you will sell to me.... they are risky and confusing..

i dont think these domains pass the next test of value in the domaining owrld, ie are they liquid to sell any emoji to every domainer for $xxx.. but im hoping someday.

More to come on ednblog.com

Page Howe
Yeah, didn't you one ✈️.ws?
 
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I have used it for emails, and think it would be a great addition on a business card or I could see a company with this on the side of their building.
Did it worked right for E-mail ? I know that some mail servers do not have good support for IDNs in general but maybe the situation has improved over the last few years.
 
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^ it does but it's a pain... touch and go. I experimented a few years ago, there was only one email client that successfully processed incoming/outgoing and kept the actual emoji as return address rather than the "xn--". Don't recall which it was now.
 
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Well, can someone explain me, in some simple terms, how emoji domains pass the "radio test"?
I am not joking, maybe I miss something completely here.

OK I am commenting on something I know nothing about (but that does not usually stop me :xf.wink:) but couldn't I say " the site is Grinning Face With Sweat emoji in .ws". I realize everything passes the radio test with that! Am I right that each emoji has one unique description?

I think emoji appeal primarily to those who like them as visual instruments, and they are willing to forego some simplicity in domain name for that.

Bob

ps I realize if you Google Grinning Face With Sweat domain name it will give you the site that particular domain is for sale.
 
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Lots of domains don't pass the radio test.

So what about a graphic test? How does a domain look as a graphic?

A single emoji as a link you click on is super-recognisable and memorable and makes a great graphic, and you can copy and paste it.
 
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I did have a look at NameBio. I realize that .ws is not the only extension supporting emoji, but possibly the most dominant one. I also realize that not all xn-- sales on .ws are necessarily emoji, but I think most are. Anyway, there have been 51 sales (emoji, .ws) with an average price of $351. There were 3 sales above $1k, the largest being for the sunglasses smiling one (xn--s28h) for $3100. The 10 largest sales were all in 2017. There, the sum of analysis I have ever done on emoji domains! :xf.smile:(n):xf.sick::wacky::meh::xf.laugh:
Bob :xf.cool:
 
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Kate summed it up in a nutshell idk think theres anything left to say expect close the thread :ROFL:
 
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Are there active websites using these emoji domains?
 
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So... imagine this...

An extension called .emo

You register the word

happy.emo and it will show like this :xf.smile:

so you would be able to type happy.emo into the address bar or cut and paste the emoji with the same results.

additionally it would be a specific typeset so the emoticons look identical across browsers and operating systems.

Now we have real emojis and we could add thousands of emotions, even two words like headsmack.emo :facepalm:

There is so much potential to do this right, I cannot figure out why we are mickey mousing this in the way we are currently doing emoji domains.
 
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OK I am commenting on something I know nothing about (but that does not usually stop me :xf.wink:) but couldn't I say " the site is Grinning Face With Sweat emoji in .ws". I realize everything passes the radio test with that! Am I right that each emoji has one unique description?

I think emoji appeal primarily to those who like them as visual instruments, and they are willing to forego some simplicity in domain name for that.

Bob

ps I realize if you Google Grinning Face With Sweat domain name it will give you the site that particular domain is for sale.



i think you should be open to the fact that teens and millenials know these better than OWG's, just like chinese understood numerics better than i did..

page howe
emojidomainnames.com
 
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i think you should be open to the fact that teens and millenials know these better than OWG's, just like chinese understood numerics better than i did..

Hi Paige,

Thanks for your comment, which I agree with 100%. Just in case my post was misinterpreted it was in answer to the question do they pass the radio test. I was answering that assuming there is common agreement on the word description of each emoji they do. It was not a statement pro or con emoji per say as domains.

I agree that a younger generation view them pretty naturally as part of the landscape. I tend to think they will become more prominent in future. As investments, I think the jury is still out.

I think that even if it ends up their main use is for redirection, say on social media, that does not at all mean they are not important.

Bob
 
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i am glad i am not reading this thread with a bank of sad face domains.
Just some domains way to long.
 
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I wouldn't mind single smirk.
 
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I own a emoji domain, goes hand in hand with a short domain I own.
 
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I own a emoji domain, goes hand in hand with a short domain I own.
Same reason i have interest but the extensions all suck if it was dot com there would have been a lot more interest.
 
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Same reason i have interest but the extensions all suck if it was dot com there would have been a lot more interest.
Yeah I do agree, I think .to makes sense though as a shortener.

Then it’s like “<brand>.to/twitter” for example.

I think they are more for usability rather than to sell on for more.
 
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