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It’s interesting to think about the things people have paid for throughout history. And even more, their motives.
People have bought bread so they could feed their families.
People have bought horses, so they could ride out from their dwellings and hand over their hard-earned money in exchange for bread.
People have bought wine to go along with their bread. Some have paid substantially for a single bottle, knowing full-well it won’t get them any more buzzed than a $2.50 bottle of Tisdale.
And in every case, the seller had some justification for the price he/she was charging. It takes material (i.e., flour, yeast) to make bread. A horse requires feed and training. And a good bottle of wine doesn’t just happen.
And a domain name, well, it takes…
What is it that GoDaddy needs to make a domain name?
How much did they pay their sweatshop employees to craft your last .com handreg?
Yeah, that’s right. They don’t have sweatshop employees. Because domain names can be made right here in the US. At a cost of right around $0. Give or take $0. Because a domain name is an idea. Sometimes a good one. Way more often a bad one. A domain name is a dream. And dreams are free.
I have dreams every night. If only I could sell them for $12.99 plus an ICANN fee. I wouldn’t care if you used coupons to get them for $.99 plus an ICANN fee, because I know you’d want to renew them next year.
That just inspired me to reg a domain: BuyaDream.com. Damn, someone already regged it. He/she is offering it to me for $3288. Maybe in his/her dreams. Or maybe in the year 2121, when people don virtual reality helmets and go on dreambay.com (which is also for sale) and agree to have credits extracted from their accounts in exchange for dreams.
But iDigress.com (temporarily under construction…you could probably own it for a few grand).
By now you’re probably wondering if there’s any point to this post. And there is. I want to end with a questionnaire:
How many dreams did you reg in 2014?
How much money did you make buying/selling dreams?
And good luck dreaming in the year 2015!
People have bought bread so they could feed their families.
People have bought horses, so they could ride out from their dwellings and hand over their hard-earned money in exchange for bread.
People have bought wine to go along with their bread. Some have paid substantially for a single bottle, knowing full-well it won’t get them any more buzzed than a $2.50 bottle of Tisdale.
And in every case, the seller had some justification for the price he/she was charging. It takes material (i.e., flour, yeast) to make bread. A horse requires feed and training. And a good bottle of wine doesn’t just happen.
And a domain name, well, it takes…
What is it that GoDaddy needs to make a domain name?
How much did they pay their sweatshop employees to craft your last .com handreg?
Yeah, that’s right. They don’t have sweatshop employees. Because domain names can be made right here in the US. At a cost of right around $0. Give or take $0. Because a domain name is an idea. Sometimes a good one. Way more often a bad one. A domain name is a dream. And dreams are free.
I have dreams every night. If only I could sell them for $12.99 plus an ICANN fee. I wouldn’t care if you used coupons to get them for $.99 plus an ICANN fee, because I know you’d want to renew them next year.
That just inspired me to reg a domain: BuyaDream.com. Damn, someone already regged it. He/she is offering it to me for $3288. Maybe in his/her dreams. Or maybe in the year 2121, when people don virtual reality helmets and go on dreambay.com (which is also for sale) and agree to have credits extracted from their accounts in exchange for dreams.
But iDigress.com (temporarily under construction…you could probably own it for a few grand).
By now you’re probably wondering if there’s any point to this post. And there is. I want to end with a questionnaire:
How many dreams did you reg in 2014?
How much money did you make buying/selling dreams?
And good luck dreaming in the year 2015!