iPad to kill Domaining?

[TOXX]

Came across an interesting article regarding the new Apple iPad and the future of domain names:
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Domain Name Wire » News » Why the iPad is Bad for Domainers - The Domain Industry's News Source
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What do you guys think?

 

[nameboi]

I am guessing domains that would make truly spectacular website and business names will continue to increase in value. Even 6 and 7 figure domains are still really cheap relative of what prospective buyers spend on marketing. It's just the matter of these buyers taking their online names seriously, and it's gradually happening. The bottom line is that every company needs a website address that is as short, as intuitive, and as easy to remember as possible, Apple products do not change that fact one bit.

Imo, names that do not make perfect brands and are mostly good for traffic generation, seo, all the other stuff may very well lose some of their value.

 

[FPForum]

I could see this effecting typo traffic no doubt. However, this type of technology won't really effect the domain market for quite a few years..even then, the only people making these apps are top name companies with a nice hefty budget. I don't see this killing the domaining game for some time..Wait until the app market is saturated with programmers like the web design market is now.

These days if you can code Iphone/Ipad apps you would probably be making more money selling your services to these big corporations rather than making your own apps. This market is still in it's very early stages so I see no need to be worried about this right now unless you own typos of youtube, myspace, and facebook.

 

[DU]

What I think people don't understand is that most heavily used "apps" are thinly veiled data feed interfaces. People will start their NYTimes App... their Twitter app.. their Facebook app.. their Lala.com app

This is fundamentally no different than opening up Firefox/Opera/IE and just using your bookmark, your yahoo portal, or free typing the domain you want.

Once you get THIS loyalty your domain is irrelevant anyway - it's just a reference name. NYTIMES.COM == NY Times App. It's why the branding and development is going to be important.

The fundamental shift will occur when the internet splits (it is going to happen) in to more managed private networks / clouds and the whole nature of searches fundamentally changes. Links will become more "defined" and "integrated with knowledge" and less about just page jumps. It will take more time than I have to explain. Fundamentally the shift will be to providing REAL information and REAL value as established by more significant means. The days of creating a mini-site and just honey potting people will be replaced as mini-sites fail to get traction.

Now the personal blogs and so forth will exist and their reputation will seed into the overall system.... but most names will be just vanity names and personal way of identifying yourself. Domains are not going away. They will exist but their value will be proximity to what matters.

It's a real estate type equation. Trying to sell a mansion in the projects will be more difficult than selling an empty lot by a beach in Cali. Getting the location means playing the game. Playing the game means having real value. The split is going to occur down business value lines as much greater care is taken to manage the sphere of influence you as a business holds.

It's bad for pure domainers. It's an awesome opportunity for the developer. It's time for the internet to grow up (finally). Of course, this is speculative and I don't anticipate this to happen for about 2-3 years to start .... 5-6 years to really be apparently.. and 10 years for it to look nothing like what we have now.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

At this point in the game if you're sitting on 100k valued domains and aren't developing them you're a moron. Spending 10k-25k on proper development should get you started. If you can't develop a $100k domain into profitability then how can end-users?

That depends entirely on the background of the domain owner.

History has been clear that for people whose only motive in regards to domains is investment, they haven't been able to buy development success.

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Look at why website apps have any kind of draw right now.

1. Mobile internet connections are slow. Apps cut down on load times.
2. Apps are designed specifically for the device, whereas most of the internet isn't exactly user friendly when viewed on random devices.

Both of these are going to change.

And honestly, this business about mobile apps killing .com sounds a LOT like that old argument that .mobi was going to own the mobile internet.

 

[marly]

Look at this way, the internet would not function without an address, you need an address (domain name) so domain names will never die. There will always be type-in traffic.

 

[globegenius]

YouTube - Google Mobile App for iPhone, now with Voice Search


:wave:

 

[wot]

>> The key is to be operating in a realistic end user price range IMO. 99% of end users could not afford a ridiculously good Keyword.com, but they can afford good alternatives.

Good advice. I'd wager that a good chunk of that 99% of end users could probably afford the better domain, but they just don't see the value proposition. The typical "end users" are more saavvy than they were 10 years ago. If we're asking $100k for a category killer domain name, that end user is going to weigh the $100k cost versus spending that same money elsewhere.

On the other side, we're going to have to weigh whether it's worth warehousing that $100k name indefinitely or if we'd be better off with $20k cash in hand now in a market where cash is king.

Banks don't like to sit on houses that they get in foreclosure. Gotta keep that inventory moving.

RJ

And domainers are asking domainers to pay these sort of prices, see the top 30/40 names and their reserves at the extended auction:

https://www.snapnames.com/store/ext..._content=Hpg_600x193&utm_campaign=DFG_Auction


touchscreen.com $4,117,650

I own Сенсорный-экран.com

 

[exsedo]

Looked at the first few pages, most of them won't make the minimum bid IMO.
Some fantastic prices being asked for some average domains.

 

[th3blog]

Voice apps will take over I think. You will simply talk and the apps will find it for you. Domains that the bots can easily recognize will probably be good.
All the shortened versions or trick spelling domains could take a back burner unless the owner pays big bucks for the apps to find it. There will be a few big data bases where all domains are like sub domains on it. It will have filters on it also.
As always he who has the gold makes the rules.
Big corporations are tired of taking a back seat in search results to some 10 dollar reg and seo work. How soon it all comes about remains to be seen.

i support him, Voice apps will take over all. Maybe cos then people will find it easy to do anything without even touching the screen like when someone is driving and you want to browse something then it will be easy.

I think Google will be the leader in this field!

 

[twomoon]

There are some places on the Earth, where people don't know what is Internet, there are some countries where Internet is "in utero" phase . Now we have ccTLD's boom (in my opinion).
There are some rules of evolution. Domain names, after that iPad, uPAd, gPad or anything else.

In my opinion in a closest future there is no strong alternatives to domains.

iPad won't kill the domaining. Greed and laziness are killing domainers. Times are changing. It's not enough to "sit" on your domains and to wait. Look in the Sales thread here at NP, and you will see fantastic sales made mostly by "fresh blood" domainers. Active marketing is the key.



Thanks for looking All is IMO