I agree with this, I've always thought that the MR acronym will never catch on. I still have my doubts about 'metaverse'. Given the obvious fact that Apple will probably sack any employee who ever says the word in public, and the equally obvious fact it is at least a decade away from even becoming a thing, I suspect as VRDommy once said here, it will have about as much durability as the term 'cyberspace' had.
I would strongly suggest a more in depth analysis on the keyword 'cyberspace' as it actually perfectly highlights the path investors should want Metaverse, XR, VR or any other emerging terms to take. And we would be lucky for such terms to have "as much durability as the term 'cyberspace'
has... not
had. Think of all the lasting offspring concepts that has rooted from it.... "Cyber Security" , "Cyber Punk", "Cyber Monday" "Cyber Bullying" etc etc. The impact has been long lasting beyond the standalone CyberSpace a term first used as we know it in the late '90s and seeing yet another emergence occuring.
Metaverse on a lexicological level has the same footprint and weight. And as I wrote back in September of last year... focus on meta+keyword or keyword+verse.com. Those who listened started messaging me their sales in private. More action occur in private then most realize.
The first meta name I tried acquiring from my emails was Meta/Coin.com back in 8/2017 and other domainers around that time had already started getting a few... but they bought metaverse+keywords... search the forums around that time and the data is there. I always go shorter because that's just how we as humans are wired. How many people shorten Edward to Ed or Elizabeth to Liz etc etc. Key into this aspect of human behavior. And the long tails are great too if you have killer terms like
@Elad n that were industry focused. With domains... brands take an aspect of the familiar and do a little tweaking. Taking either the prefix or suffix or the whole keyword is always a natural first choice.... then the synonyms then you mix things up with brandables. This is almost always the formula from what I've seen over the years.
Anyways I digress. The fact is having doubt alone is not a good enough reason to not invest especially in emerging tech niches. If you can't quantify the doubt... it's just a feeling and you can't be a successful domainer on feelings alone. Research and quantify the risk.
Fun fact... I actually stopped buying meta domains in general in October of last year and just bought my first one since 2 weeks ago. I had already pivoted the focus to +verse.com +realm.com +world.com +reality.com and the foundational metaverse economy like +avatar and skins etc etc. The impact of metaverse and the term meta/metaverse is not going anywhere in the next decade. You have to invest in the whole concept as a domainer so if metaverse did dissapear... who cares because you "covered your own ass" as we always said in the military. And it's very hard for a new term to come in and reach critical mass. It took XR a long time to get there too.... anyways
I wish everyone success! We're all in the same game and these discussions help a lot of beginners and even experts who just aren't versed in a particular niche. And the search engines pick these up.
I bow out now. Happy hunting and good luck to all whatever direction you take.
(I will be opening my self up for free private mentoring or focused questions or just networking via Whatsapp if anyone is interested. I've helped a number of people on here already who are killing it now)
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