Fayaz Ahmed
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Just thinking out loud:
Interests in Social Media and advancements in Search Engine algorithms caused the decline in low & no content website traffic severely.
gTLDs and possibility of an alternate decentralized domain naming system such as unstoppable domains (more likely a more open and non-profit future version of something similar) diluted the domain name industry even further.
Popularity of smart phones and phone apps made many services available to mass people that were previously mainly served by websites. So the app market, on one hand facilitated the creation of new brands (hence more brandable tech domain names), but on the other hand, it contributed to the decline in web traffic. Besides, as we are reaching to an equilibrium point to the number of these new brands, eventually the smart phone app market are more likely to contribute to the further decline of interest in websites and hence domain names.
And last but not the least, the recent advancements in Ai implementations like ChatGPT is threatning website traffic even with content.
So, are domain names as a whole becoming less valuable in the near future because of all these?
Surely ultra valuable domain names will most likely still remain valuable in the foreseable future. But what about the others?
To summarise, in the near future (say 5-10 years):
Note: I'm not asking this to spread negativity. Instead, please look at it as a discussion to better prepare for a probable foreseeable future.




So, are domain names as a whole becoming less valuable in the near future because of all these?
Surely ultra valuable domain names will most likely still remain valuable in the foreseable future. But what about the others?
To summarise, in the near future (say 5-10 years):
- What sort of names will prevail?
- What sort of names are most likely to fade away?
- What's your thought on this overall concern?
Note: I'm not asking this to spread negativity. Instead, please look at it as a discussion to better prepare for a probable foreseeable future.