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I have been on this forum for almost 4 years.
And I still cannot get used to the fact that absolute majority of the names offered are of awful quality.
It is not just newbies or people with incomplete grasp of English trading in English names. It is even established members.
Don't get me wrong, there are many many members here with amazing eye for good names, wonderful analytical skills, ability to use tech tools etc.
I look through the list of offered names in auctions, look at the names posted in "snap" or "reg of the day" and see the same picture that I see at GD expired lists: huge amount of garbage and few gems in between.
And while it makes sense for the expired lists, after all, most regular people are not supposed to know which domains are great and also they make decisions at reg fee level, it makes no sense for a forum of pros.
And here is why I care:
I believe that if we all were more selective and not waste our cash with non-investment grade names, it would increase the level of liquidity for better names and we all would benefit from that, rather than making registries and Verisign richer. For this reason, I quite often hit "bin" button on a name here, while I could probably have gotten comparable one for the same price or cheaper on GD.
Here are some numbers to make you think: from one of the latest polls, half of the forum members are loosing money and 2/3 overall either losing or breaking even or not earning anything meaningful.
And I still cannot get used to the fact that absolute majority of the names offered are of awful quality.
It is not just newbies or people with incomplete grasp of English trading in English names. It is even established members.
Don't get me wrong, there are many many members here with amazing eye for good names, wonderful analytical skills, ability to use tech tools etc.
I look through the list of offered names in auctions, look at the names posted in "snap" or "reg of the day" and see the same picture that I see at GD expired lists: huge amount of garbage and few gems in between.
And while it makes sense for the expired lists, after all, most regular people are not supposed to know which domains are great and also they make decisions at reg fee level, it makes no sense for a forum of pros.
And here is why I care:
I believe that if we all were more selective and not waste our cash with non-investment grade names, it would increase the level of liquidity for better names and we all would benefit from that, rather than making registries and Verisign richer. For this reason, I quite often hit "bin" button on a name here, while I could probably have gotten comparable one for the same price or cheaper on GD.
Here are some numbers to make you think: from one of the latest polls, half of the forum members are loosing money and 2/3 overall either losing or breaking even or not earning anything meaningful.
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