Perhaps the last word on INFO value???

[geoffe]

This weeks DNJournal prices are out and I found this snippet very interresting:

"There has been a considerable amount of debate in the domain forums about whether or not Afilias' recent move to give .info domains away at no charge would harm the overall value of names in that extension. My opinion is that it will have no affect on quality names. Over a million .infos has already been registered before the promotion began so the better names were long gone when Afilias made the move (apparently hoping more people would register and develop .infos if they got some free ones to play with). I have seen no evidence that this has dented prices of good .infos. If someone gave away a car lot full of used Yugos would that make Ferraris cheaper? I don't think so."
http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

 

[MissFlora]

Nice article, and I can't help but to agree totally with what's explained clearly by DNJournal.

 

[1rrr1]

Nice article, and I can't help but to agree totally with what's explained clearly by DNJournal.

yes i agree as well

 

[ichibaka]

there are always thousands of good names waiting to be registered

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Adding a million or so names to the .info registry of which a large portion are likely trash really doesn't change the value of the good ones, but may effect the perceived value of the bad ones. The dot-com registry continues to have many millions of bad domains and it doesn't effect the good ones desirability. I'd rather have a good generic info than a bad .com.

If I have a good domain like checking.info, does it really matter that someone has registered checkingaccount.info mycheckingaccount.info, bankcheckingaccount.info and mychecking.info for free? I think it only enhances the value of my good one since those potential alternatives are now less available. Chances are the owner will want more than the $9 reg fee if it were available, making my GOOD domain look even better and more reasonable.