debate How rare is your domain?

[frank-germany]

how rare is your domain?

I always thought, that my domain
lotta.org was more rare .....

 

[SuperBrander]

I own Rarer.com so I think it's definitely rarer than other domains...

 

[NickB]

Every domain is rare - they are one of a kind after all

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I own Rarer.com so I think it's definitely rarer than other domains...

Good point!

However, I see that someone, not me, is currently selling rarest in .com, which is surely more rare than rarer!

But would the most rare be rarest in the TLD with fewest registrations? The word rarest is registered in 20 TLDs but I did not delve into which TLD rarest.

Bob

 

[CraigD]

I don't know about anyone else, but all of my domains are 'rare as hens teeth' one-of-a-kind

 

[frank-germany]

guys
in case your are not aware:

domains were created
because they are unique

there is no way to make that more unique

not even a little bit

 

[CraigD]

Would single letter .coms be the rarest? Or is there a rarer category?

Single number dot coms - there are only ten of them

 

[HotKey]

By the way I agree with @frank-germany that it does not make sense to use the word rare when each domain name is unique. Not sure what word should have been used, simply valuable perhaps.

Is there a scale of rareness when all names are unique? I suppose that one might argue (or not ) that a second level expression that is registered in no other TLDs is more rare. Any of us could easily come up with a rare name that way though! That probably means that the most rare domain names, by that definition, would have the less value than much more common ones.

Bob

I think it's the correct term- as long as it's in context. Though each domain is indeed unique, when put into a type or category compared against others, each domain may fall into a "uncommon" or "common", thus a certain rarity by class.
Say focused only on .coms, how rare are;

- single character domains
- two character domains
- 3-character domains.. and so on
- emoji domains
- real dictionary words vs random characters in an LLLLL setting
- age? domains reg'd before 1990, 1991, etc etc

and many other categories, I'm sure, for comparisons in rarity (availability).

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I have the most rare name S--E--X in King. why it's rare? because you can't register more than double hyphens. triple hyphens unavailable on registry side.

I think, could be wrong, but the rarest of the rare might actually be a hyphenated domain reg'd in 2000:

a-------------------------------------------------------------a.com

It is a one-of-kind in the sense that I haven't come across domain in the .com that has more than two sequential hyphens in it. And none may be registered at this point.

 

[lock]

Rare as the more letter combinations and length add to rarity it will never be found again.

 

[NickB]

Good point!

However, I see that someone, not me, is currently selling rarest in .com, which is surely more rare than rarer!

But would the most rare be rarest in the TLD with fewest registrations? The word rarest is registered in 20 TLDs but I did not delve into which TLD rarest.

Bob

Would single letter .coms be the rarest? Or is there a rarer category?

 

[Reddstagg]

If we could just make this thread about 'Me' again I would argue that the following is rare...

mememememememememememememememememememememememememememememememe.me

There are not many longer domain names that can contain the word 'Me' in either the domain name or the extension so if I decide to keep this domain forever no amount of money can buy a domain name that contains more words containing the word 'Me'.

Is it a good name? You decide. Is it rare? Absolutely.

 

[ecalc]

Yeah I just tried a few and nothing. I imagine they were reserved for something at the outset.
Anyone?

ICANN .com Registry Agreement Appendix 6 Schedule of Reserved Names (1 December 2012) reserves at the second level all single-character labels. The handful in the wild get a pass.

source: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/appendix-06-2012-12-07-en

 

[Casey L]

I own Rarer.com so I think it's definitely rarer than other domains...

If only you owned Rarest.com

 

[7363824]

If only you owned Rarest.com

But you can own TheMostRarestDomainNameEver.com

Who could pass a name that that up?

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Yeah I just tried a few and nothing. I imagine they were reserved for something at the outset.
Anyone?

Yes they started a policy in1993 not to release more but grandfather those already released "Q, X and Z in .com, I, Q in .net and X in .org were already assigned at the time the policy came into force in 1993." I think as mentioned a couple more have been added, and a big block of single character .org were bought by Braden P and now potentially available. See A Look at Single-Character Domain Names including some additions in the comments section.
Bob

 

[King]

I don't understand when people call domains & social media handles rare, if there can only be one of each, the term rare does not fit in, I think a better term is Premium.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

By the way I agree with @frank-germany that it does not make sense to use the word rare when each domain name is unique. Not sure what word should have been used, simply valuable perhaps.

Is there a scale of rareness when all names are unique? I suppose that one might argue (or not ) that a second level expression that is registered in no other TLDs is more rare. Any of us could easily come up with a rare name that way though! That probably means that the most rare domain names, by that definition, would have the less value than much more common ones.

Bob

 

[CraigD]

By the way I agree with @frank-germany that it does not make sense to use the word rare when each domain name is unique. Not sure what word should have been used, simply valuable perhaps.

Is there a scale of rareness when all names are unique? I suppose that one might argue (or not ) that a second level expression that is registered in no other TLDs is more rare. Any of us could easily come up with a rare name that way though! That probably means that the most rare domain names, by that definition, would have the less value than much more common ones.

Bob

I think the terminology we are looking for is a Unique Identifier (UID), being any identifier which is guaranteed to be unique among all identifiers used for those objects and for a specific purpose.

 

[NickB]

guys
in case your are not aware:

domains were created
because they are unique

there is no way to make that more unique

not even a little bit

Agree each domain is unique, might of gone off topic with which category is the rarest....sorry about that

 

[Reddstagg]

In stamp collecting they have a categorization system which not only applies to stamps but also for the cancellations that were put across stamps to clearly show that they had been used. if we take the Penny Red stamp we can see that 21 billion stamps were printed over time. Therefore in themselves Penny Reds are not rare but if you have one that was cancelled by a unique post office, maybe one that was only in existence for a short while they would be more rare.

The categorization for the cancellation marks are as follows:-

A - Abundant
B - Very common
C - Common
D - Less common
E - Scarce
F - Very scarce
G - Rare
H - Very rare

Maybe this is something that could easily be adopted for domain names but it would take someone far more experienced than me to set it in motion.

If there were a limited number of single letter dot.coms issued then there may be 5, 6 or 10 so does that make them more rare than a domain name that can be totally unique and one that is 1 of 1.

 

[BrandCollectors.com]

I have the most rare name S--E--X in King. why it's rare? because you can't register more than double hyphens. triple hyphens unavailable on registry side.

 

[sellbourne]

I think mine is the rarest
taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.com

 

[frank-germany]

I think mine is the rarest
taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.com

ok

you won.

 

[King]

Anyways, my most premium domain is Ferity.com

A 21 years old dictionary word (Archaic)

Pronounced [ fer-i-tee ]

- a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.

- savagery; ferocity.


Extremely brandable & would make a great designer brand or women's beauty brand.

 

[Samer]

They are all rare one-of-kind

dot com,

Samer