debate Only downside of NamePros...

[Andreas B.]

So, being new to the domain business, leads newcomers quite often to spend (a lot) of money on domains,

without the outlook of getting it back.


We all know, when a new thread is being started, when a new trend occurs, that attracts new people to digital goods,

it leads to high numbers of registrations.


Newbies might fall into a rush to reg. all kind of bullsh*t domains;
some believe that a lot of millionaire domainers gather in internet forums, or branding / media experts from Fortune 500 companies,
and that they just wait to buy their idea of a domain from them.


And, surely, I also felt victim to that.


When the metaverse craze started, I registered a bunch of meta() 24 .com domains,
in the believe that 24 must be a great suffix...



So, the only downside of NP I guess is, that we as domainers create hype & forums, in which someone posts a great sale he had,
and fast finger typers quickly visit a registrar and make sure to get one of that possible domains...


But, there is no fractionalized profit ratio here:
You pay the whole reg fee, and either you sell the name, or not.

It's not like with stocks, where you can enter, realize a small loss, and exit again...
at any time.



So, its everybodys own capital, but the pitfalls are deep...

 

[alcy]

agreed
me start 2015.. first niche vr
loads of regs
but.. I also made sales.. many.

also many dumb regs all around

the problem isnt niches and newbies.. the problem is newbis just being new. there are tons of great niches. u just need to know what to get.

it's not an np or niche issue.
its strictly newbie issue.

after all costs ...sales etc.. I was like negative 15k in 2018.. then slowly got to zero and up... I think in my case u can say going negative was the best thing cause just makes me push harder. but many will quit at negative 15k. and that sucks.

I think I even used my card to pay into negative. so I had alot riding there. I'm not rich. but by god grace I was born a heavy duty minimalist.

gl to all newbies.

ideally... dont focking buy b4 u learn..but I know easier said than done

 

[johnn]

It has nothing to do with NP. Newbies have a lot of problems.
They don't learn and most don't have money.
They just register crap names for $10 and hoping they can sell them for $10,000.
You will see a lot of deepseek names here. What do you do with deepseek names? They are DeepSh$t names.

 

[alop]

Save a buck and sign up for namepros

 

[alcy]

hahahah
well to be fair np member just did sell deepseek,me for bout 3k

 

[Adrigan]

There will always be fools and fools with money are soon parted.

The easy access to and low cost of entry for registering domains is the big killer for many in my view. Believing any old shit on some forum and then thinking "Yeah, this is gonna work!" and then register a bunch of names and feel good, then go off and make a coffee or tea, pleased with themselves.

Rarely will newbies use their brain and simple thoughts to realise that if anyone can do it, then it can't have value.
Do newbies not realise that it is 2025 and the internet has been available to the public for approximately 30 years? And as a result of that, do they not think that all the most valuable names will have gone by now?
Do all the Asian domain name buyers live in some parallel fantasy world, where they believe that .xyz and .ai names and various acronyms and keywords have become "the next big thing" and telling everyone everywhere that "it's exploding!!!!!!?"

If domains cost $250 or more each we wouldn't have this problem.

Every single attempt to do something by a human stands the chance of being successful (however that is defined), or a failure (again however that is defined). But how many newbies think it can only workout as successful for them, because they and they alone have found the magic to wealth?

Of course, we can help those that ask for it, if they seem genuine.
But what we can't do is foresee many unknown people, making idiotic and ridiculous choices, never mind trying to put a stop to it to save them wasting their money in pure 100% total garbage.

 

[Andreas B.]

It has nothing to do with NP. Newbies have a lot of problems.
They don't learn and most don't have money.
They just register crap names for $10 and hoping they can sell them for $10,000.
You will see a lot of deepseek names here. What do you do with deepseek names? They are DeepSh$t names.

yeah, most don't understand how it is to reg. a trademarked / copyrighted name...
and what it may cause.


Some 10 years ago I regged redbullx .com

and 2 months later received a letter, from RedBull, demanding me to delete that name.

That was nice.

 

[Andreas B.]

There will always be fools and fools with money are soon parted.

The easy access to and low cost of entry for registering domains is the big killer for many in my view. Believing any old shit on some forum and then thinking "Yeah, this is gonna work!" and then register a bunch of names and feel good, then go off and make a coffee or tea, pleased with themselves.

Rarely will newbies use their brain and simple thoughts to realise that if anyone can do it, then it can't have value.
Do newbies not realise that it is 2025 and the internet has been available to the public for approximately 30 years? And as a result of that, do they not think that all the most valuable names will have gone by now?
Do all the Asian domain name buyers live in some parallel fantasy world, where .xyz and .ai names have become "the next big thing" and "it's exploding!!!!!!" bullshit fantasy nonsense?

If domains cost $250 or more each we wouldn't have this problem.

Every single attempt to do something by a human stands the chance of being successful (however that is defined), or a failure (again however that is defined). But how many newbies think it can only workout as successful for them, because they and they alone have found the magic to wealth?

Of course, we can help those that ask for it, if they seem genuine.
But what we can't do if foresee unknown people making idiotic and ridiculous choices, never mind trying to put a stop to it to save then wasting money in pure garbage.

That's right,

but many try to do the ONE same thing:

Be fast and reg a trending keyword as domain, which has not been regged before because there was no trend, then sell it for HIGH $.


Can't blame anybody trying to do so ; )

 

[VadimK]

So, the only downside of NP I guess is, that we as domainers create hype & forums, in which someone posts a great sale he had,
and fast finger typers quickly visit a registrar and make sure to get one of that possible domains...

It's information and opinions. Then, how to use both - is up to every individual. I don't really see any downside in that particular matter.