poll Opinion: Is it immoral to sell Coronavirus related domains & websites?

[frostify]

Just looking for open candid feedback as to whether you think it's okay or not to sell Coronavirus related domain names, websites, apps, and other related digital assets.

My personal take on it is that I myself will not be buying/selling anything with the word "coronavirus" or "covid" in it or work on anything related to Coronavirus but at the same time I'm not going to put down or shame anyone else in the domain community who does decide to attempt to profit from it.

I think it is better morally not to do so, but I don't think registering a domain name is nearly as bad as say hoarding essential supplies (physical products) that people need to survive. People can live if you register a bunch of domains, people cannot live if you hoard physical products like water, food, medicine, etc.

Waiting to hear from you guys about this issue.

 

[ivey]

This is all over the place...take what speaks to you and discard the rest:

It only makes sense to buy a corona name, if you plant to develop it into a info site... could make money with ads on site.

It's tricky... I've always had a hard time buying names related to sensitive topics. I missed out on the occupy wall street movement and buyers made 8k on some names. This is a sensitive topic so people might find it offensive to use it directly to make money. Like the guys that hoarded the hand sanitizers and got shamed into giving them away for free. I guess he wanted to open an online store and sell them for hundreds. Actually he did. Buying and selling domains isn't exactly the same thing, but as i said people can find it offensive if it's not done purely to help others.

The best answer is that it's up to each man's personal conviction.

Because even the people who are making the cure are mostly about making money from it...

But they are not our measuring stick..so choose as you wish according to your own conscience.
Our conscience has a God effect to it... we wouldn't ask if our conscience was at peace with it...so we look for ways to overwrite our conscience with the opinions of others...that matches with our desire to make money by any means necessary.

 

[lock]

You do not have buyers so you can look immoral and still never sell them.
FreeVirusDetector dot com has various uses.

 

[lock]

98% of the Time You are correct and I've learned many of things from you since being here. I take what say seriously.

This is however the other 2% at play...

(Reported Sales Thread Below)



So were clear he States not 1 but 2 Sales in this^ ("Another one sold where the buyer will have to wait a bit.")

Exactly what happened just paid more thinking it was worth it in climate.

 

[Abdullah Abdullah]

It its, you are not solving any problem? Are you creating a website with the information? What exactly are you providing? I cant believe people even are voting for NO or indifferent issue. Wow

 

[karmaco]

I got some generic terms that could be used for other things but nothing with corona word in it.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Immoral are non-payers.
100% immoral.

 

[frostify]

I’ve seen some good arguments for both sides of this question, interesting poll results so far.

Remember to stay safe and follow CDC guidelines for preventing spread of the virus.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I don't reg anything related to this virus.
Full lack of motivation.

 

[legendarynames]

What is the harm you cause by doing it?
What is the benefit if you don't?

These are the two main questions when deciding whether action X is worth to pursue.

IMO it's no more immoral than buying stocks from tobacco companies, or short-selling in a market crash.

 

[lock]

Immoral would be publishing false information but plenty see any form of domaining as squatting they are called end users.

 

[TCK]

I don't see much value in overtly selling Coronavirus domains and websites, especially since it is a very time-sensitive topic. It has the potential of the appearance of trying to profit from a pandemic which can lead to negative press. But you could create beneficial (and accurate) content on the virus as part of a larger project that can be monetized.

 

[frank-germany]

the fact that you ask,
tells me you are aware of it not being a great idea

what can be done will be done
so people will register those names

so what
they will not renew them at a point in time

 

[Silentptnr]

According to DotDB there are 9654 domains registered that contain the term "coronavirus".

https://dotdb.com/search?keyword=coronavirus&position=any&exclude=

I'm not one to make too many "what's moral" judgements, but I will say that no matter what the subject, there will be people that are okay with it and there will be people that aren't.

Whether porn, hate speech, or now pandemic, morality seems to be subjective.

The real question is, are gun manufacturers the problem or are gun buyers the problem?

I say register whatever you want. These are domain names, not guns. Just know that you might be wasting some of your hard earned money. For me, it wouldn't be my first time wasting a bit of money.

I don't think we should be too judgmental either way. I accept the guy/girl that registers adult names, virus names, etc. I also accept the guy that buys guns and the guy that hates guns.

I do think I would be sensitive to a person that lost someone to a pandemic and someone that lost someone to gun violence.

Just food for thought.

 

[legendarynames]

I don't see much value in overtly selling Coronavirus domains and websites, especially since it is a very time-sensitive topic. It has the potential of the appearance of trying to profit from a pandemic which can lead to negative press. But you could create beneficial (and accurate) content on the virus as part of a larger project that can be monetized.

It's risky, but sometimes works. During the ebola outbreak a few years ago, I sold an ebola domain for ~$5k. The reason is that during a crisis, some people buy on impulse, and impulse buyers always pay dearly.

 

[Imedcrypto]

Hey everyone,
I find that this thread is very interesting, so i want to share my personal opinion;
I think that we should ask ourselves before registering this kind of domain the following question:
Is the desired name could be used by an essential service in the efforts of limiting the spread/effect of the corona virus or it could be used by someone to make money selling stuff related to the pandemic?
1st Case scenario : you can register the domain name and make a parking page where you explain that you intend to sell it to organizations/government for the registering price(10usd or equivalent) but it's not for sale for individuals (here you prevent the ones ,who want to make bucks from this pandemic , from doing so).
2nd Case scenario : buy it and price it a little higher than the estimated price, i dont think that you are doing something wrong here, because if you didn't register it obviously someone else can do it.

Remark : As domain name sellers/buyers we have some knowledge and expertise about how things must be done (you know , keywords, seo, search volume ...) we can help a little in these hard days (as an exemple : we can see if a keyword related to the virus present a high search volume and it's related to a vital service we can either register the domain and redirect it to the wanted service or contact that service and explain to them what they must do.

that's only my personal take on the subject.
have a nice day and stay well

 

[Silentptnr]

Oh, I just received another price request for a domain in this subject. Just now. Like just, just now.

Should I ignore it? Should I not give a price?

 

[Haykay2005]

Oh, I just received another price request for a domain in this subject. Just now. Like just, just now.


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Should I ignore it? Should I not give a price?

Reply pls

 

[Silentptnr]

I'm giving a price below 1k since I just regged the domain like 2 weeks ago. I'll post if it sells.

 

[Silentptnr]

Reply pls

was it you who requested the price?

 

[Haykay2005]

was it you who requested the price?

No, but looks like a serious buyer going by the trend

 

[Silentptnr]

No, but looks like a serious buyer going by the trend

Okay, I priced it low at $499. I only regged it 11 days ago on Dynadot special.

I usually know a price request comes from an end user when it appears they haven't checked the whois for the registration date.

 

[frank-germany]

Okay, I priced it low at $499. I only regged it 11 days ago on Dynadot special.

I usually know a price request comes from an end user when it appears they haven't checked the whois for the registration date.

I see no reason why you should price it low
just because some people don't like you to sell cv related names

cv has other meanings, too

 

[Silentptnr]

Mike Mann sold co/ro/na/c/are for 2288.

 

[DomainBarracksRob]

Mike Mann sold co/ro/na/c/are for 2288.

He also sold So/cia/lDis/tnance for 3888 on the March 12th, said "he didn't even realize he owned it and it was worth 50k "

 

[TCK]

It's risky, but sometimes works. During the ebola outbreak a few years ago, I sold an ebola domain for ~$5k. The reason is that during a crisis, some people buy on impulse, and impulse buyers always pay dearly.

I guess that my strategy of holding long-term to domains affected my post. Ebola is a virus that still has cases in parts of 3rd world countries (although very small). I don't see Coronavirus as having such a presence once it is brought under control and a vaccine is made available. But I could be wrong (hopefully not). It appears that related domain sales are registrations made years ago.