Boston Domainer made some great points as regards the comparison with 'cyberspace'. I just wonder though, would things would have been different regarding terms like 'cyber security' if back in 1998 or whenever, Microsoft (or perhaps AOL) had decided to rebrand themselves as 'Cyber'? Not to mention that Microsoft and Gates were never as unpopular as Zuckerberg and Facebook/Meta is today.
Just noticed the parenthesis part of the title of this thread....
I did acquire
All/Realities./com earlier this year. My hunch was a company might want it to kind of say, hey Meta Platform, you want to make meta yours.... well we'll take AR and reframe and repurpose it to mean All Realities? .... I might of overthought this? lol.
Well, we do have this thing today that we did not have then.
gTLDs
You simply can not corner that many names. Plenty of alternatives. That puts a crimp on the depth/valuation. Acceptance of gTLD's is ongoing.
Especially where it compliments the name.
I have been aware of it for a few years and bought the gTLD's of my better .com's where it compliments it.
i.e. teleportertours / teleporter.tours will sell as a package.
One has to re-think the position you hold now compared to just 5 years ago.
While I am sure most names will have broad use, it's the depth I question for many, not all.
The rest we are still waiting to see.... the exact terms... I am a betting man and placed my bets.
But I see it as a evolving thing. What stands out in the beginning will quickly change ever faster
I can only advise not to dump if it does not look like it's not going your way. You likely have had time to review and do that already. But now the horse race is about to begin. This is what you have waited for with a paid seat. Don't tear up that ticket just yet.
But cyber/cyberspace is something I have pointed out several times here and we made it long enough to see that in the rear-view mirror. But that term was not alone. I remember that became one of the largest pick-ups of that time. You can look back at the sales history and see the investor ONLY speculation. And there were some big ones many of us would be happy with.
Does CYBERSPORTS look like a 18k name today ?
CYBER has taken new descriptors. More refined to exact tech. Cyber was to broad.
It kinda means 'virtual'... cyberspace = virtual space.
Can you imagine VRSPORTS a 18k name ? OK $25 with inflation...LOL
Of course you can and likely more.
Ever changing.
Gotta know when to get out while it's hot. Greed gets the best of us sometimes.