I'm super surprised that people (probably mostly domainers) are STILL purchasing and regging "Meta" domains. I don't think there is much to worry about legally, but I am concerned about public perception of the word Meta in this industry as it becomes well known to the general public that its the name of the most popular social network corp. It WILL cause the risk of confusion if Meta(the company) becomes as popular as Facebook. I don't think many more companies with a brain will be plannning on using using the word Meta anymore so I'm expecting demand for that keyword to crash soon. A crash is going to of ciurse happen regardless, because of the hype but I think it's going to crash even harder when people realize that perception in the future *could* be that Meta Headset dot com for example looks like Facebook Headset dot com. Domainers in this thread resist this idea now but I think entrepreneurs(end users) are a little more cautious and aware of these kinds of long term risks. This will likely affect the sell-ability of "Meta" domains to *most* end users in XR, but I believe "Metaverse" and other related keywords are unaffected.
Just my take!
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All depends on how one brands and uses the name, and also length of name.
Let me make up examples, and these would be my order of preference:
1) Metainsure (or Meta Insure)
2) Metainsurance (or Meta Insurance)
3) MetaverseInsure (or Metaverse Insure)
4) MetaverseInsurance (or Metaverse Insurance)
In this case, I prefer Insure vs Insurance as it it shorter.
If you break up into two separate words "Meta Insure", then yes more likelihood of confusion with Facebook Meta branding. But if you keep it "Metainsure", it is very brandable and will not be confused with Facebook. That's why it matters how you use the words. Like Metabar, Metamucil, Metadata, etc these are just some words that have been in use long before Facebook. If you stick with "Metaverse + Long Word", it's going to be long plus Metaverse+ is too generic sounding, all of which makes it less brandable.
So if a large company purchases "Metaverse", are you going to have the same thought that any Metaverse + Word will no longer be valuable since it causes confusion?
If Facebook was named "Uni", is Unicorn, Unicycle, Universe, etc no longer valuable names? Meta is a prefix word like Uni. What if Facebook chose "Omni" or "Mega"? I could go on and on.
P.S. If you don't believe in Meta + Word and own some, feel free to sell to rest of us for reg fee.
... I said *most* (not all) never use the word or know what it means... And I truly believe this for any context lol...
