.everything? All/most domain extensions for one keyword

[zenmushin]

Has anyone heard of a domainer registering a keyword, name, or whatever, in many or even every domain extension available? So, this would mean .com, .net, .org and potentially 10's or 100's of other domain extensions such as country codes.

I've seen a .com packaged with a .net and .org and this seems to increase the value of the offering. To that end, a .mobi and .tv would further increase the offering. One could keep going with this train of thought.

This could amount to an incredibly expensive endeavor. I can't imagine any domainer doing this because it would be very speculative, but I can see a company with a strong brand doing this. A company like Google.com more than likely owns all of the possible domain extensions they can get their hands on (and rightfully so).

Has anyone purchased many domain extensions of the same name for something they planned to develop or something they thought was a very strong brand?

 

[raredn.com]

This topic has been worn into the ground

 

[zenmushin]

Can you recommend any threads (links) that I can look at? A search doesn't show quite what I am looking for...

 

[raredn.com]

Can you recommend any threads (links) that I can look at? A search doesn't show quite what I am looking for...

There is this one Boycott Thread

As for the other threads there was many on the subject, some threads have been merged by moderators, but a quick look by me, it seems the topic is pretty buried, so it would take a fair while for me to find them again

 

[Archangel]

I've owned SomeDomain.com, .net, .org, .info and .biz since those are the only 5 ppl seem to develop. (There are developed .eu's, .asia's and at least 1 .name -- The 5 I mentioned seems to be the 5 ppl use most for development. It's just my perception). There wouldn't be much use in regging ALL extensions for a domain but surely if a zealous idiot with a big wallet came around...