The Golden Age of Domains Has Arrived

[Bluebay]

The last few hours and days have changed everything. DeepSeek R1, a groundbreaking AI model that can run on desktop-pc hardware instead of expensive and scarce data center equipment, is the turning point. We’re now witnessing the start of a new era for humanity.

What we thought would take years, just a week ago, might now take only months - or even weeks. Humanity has entered a new era, though most people don’t even realize it yet.

This brings us to the domain industry. What used to be the domain of highly skilled workers - programmers, web developers, and others - is now within reach for everyone.

Anyone can have AI create their own software, an app, a game, or anything they want. This will spark a massive wave of new startups, many of them one-person operations.

What all of these entrepreneurs will have in common, no matter how unique their projects may be, is one thing: they will need a great domain name. The golden age is here, confirmed right now and right here. And it’s a golden age for the domain business too.

 

[Jannes]

Ideas are a dime a dozen, the real value lies in execution Execution is trivial, what matters is the idea.
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As for domain names aftermarket, I'm a bit skeptical about one-person operations' budgets...

 

[Altetra]

Why you think they will need a domain? When the AI can be the all in one domain on a mobile device or PC?
Check how many domains drop from 1998 and 1999 i just hand reg one of such, with the fear that I may never sell it.
edit: If domaining would be real profitable it would not be so open but a closed area, private sales and other stuff, but the so many fake public exposure is a sign that something is deep seek fake.

 

[Bluebay]

Hi guys, thanks for your replies.

1. It’s one person, but with an army of AI agents and operators - a true one-man army. One person with AI agents can be more productive than ten without.

2. These one-man armies will start their own businesses, multiple businesses, all completely managed by AI agents.

This isn’t future talk; it’s already here, right now.

And a week from now, the possibilities will have doubled or tripled. This is the biggest productivity boom in human history.

And from this week on, it’s decentralized too. And open-sourced. Everyone can be a part of it from anywhere in the world.

 

[Jannes]

Yeah we are not living under a rock, but where does all the money and wisdom come from to buy great domains?

It might be the golden age for some domainers with business ideas since they already have great (or at least decent) domains. Now you got me thinking…

 

[Adrigan]

Hi guys, thanks for your replies.

1. It’s one person, but with an army of AI agents and operators - a true one-man army. One person with AI agents can be more productive than ten without.

2. These one-man armies will start their own businesses, multiple businesses, all completely managed by AI agents.

This isn’t future talk; it’s already here, right now.

And a week from now, the possibilities will have doubled or tripled. This is the biggest productivity boom in human history.

And from this week on, it’s decentralized too. And open-sourced. Everyone can be a part of it from anywhere in the world.

My sense is that this thing, if it is a thing that will last/remain, will not turn out how you and other propellerheads think it will.

And if it is so smart and all encompassing, it might figure out everything about human life and nature within a short time, rearrange human life and then be theft with nothing to do....except, perhaps set about eliminating all the billions of excess people who serve no function, in its defective and silly little fake intelligence.

When you start off from a defective premise, everything that follows will, by definition, also be defective.

 

[NameGroove]

Imagine all these new domains coming live. Not all can "win". Most will be live - but never used and never found. They will go stale. There simply isn't demand for hundreds of thousands of websites. Demand first... then supply.

 

[Bluebay]

The math behind this is pretty simple: Right now, many big companies have a large workforce. And many of these jobs are or will soon become completely obsolete.

Former employees now have the tools to start their own companies - without needing human workers. So they start their own ventures, what else could they do? This creates a surge in demand across the entire domain market.

 

[Armageddon]

The Golden Age of Domains Has Arrived​

is gone

 

[Jannes]

That’s great for registrars.
But from our perspective that could just mean more lowball offers.

 

[NameGroove]

The math behind this is pretty simple: Right now, many big companies have a large workforce. And many of these jobs are or will soon become completely obsolete.

Former employees now have the tools to start their own companies - without needing human workers. So they start their own ventures, what else could they do? This creates a surge in demand across the entire domain market.

Creation of companies doesn't create demand sir. You have it backwards. Creation of consumers creates demand.

I understand you're solely speaking about domains. But you can't do that. You have to create demand among consumers for the products and services these purported companies sell. And nope... demand doesn't pop out of thin air. Birth rates are down... watch out below

 

[Adrigan]

Former employees now have the tools to start their own companies

It does not follow that many will. Maybe some will, but the same factors that have always applied to any enterprise, even to simple work like a paper route, still apply here.

And how are millions of one man operations all going to get the attention of customers? And how are millions of one man operations all going to differentiate themselves?

There are no new ideas when it comes to humans. Just new ways of doing existing stuff. Humans haven't changed for tens of thousands of years and our biology is much older than that. So needs, desires, wants all stay the same. What changes are nuances and fetishism, brought about by an ever increasing society, and the level of complexity, which introduces new problems and issues.
But the fundamentals of life will remains unchanged and stupid asinine intelligence won't ever change that.

 

[Bluebay]

Creation of companies doesn't create demand sir. You have it backwards. Creation of consumers creates demand.

Was there demand for Coca-Cola before Coca-Cola was invented? Or for McDonald’s? No. There were creative founders who built the market and created the demand in the first place, each in their own niche.

There wasn’t some existing demand for microwaves either. People had been cooking over fire for thousands of years, then on stoves and that worked just fine. But technology evolved, and visionary inventors and entrepreneurs turned it into a business, creating the market from scratch.

 

[Bluebay]

There are no new ideas when it comes to humans. Just new ways of doing existing stuff. Humans haven't changed for tens of thousands of years and our biology is much older than that. So needs, desires, wants all stay the same. What changes are nuances and fetishism, brought about by an ever increasing society, and the level of complexity, which introduces new problems and issues.
But the fundamentals of life will remains unchanged and stupid asinine intelligence won't ever change that.

That will age like milk.

 

[Adrigan]

There wasn’t some existing demand for microwaves either

There was. People's lives gradually became busier and busier and time became a factor that needed to be saved. Same with the washing machine, cars, phones, etc.

 

[Adrigan]

Also, don't forget that the Chinese are not altruistic and are not "giving the world" anything. Quite the opposite in fact.

 

[Bluebay]

There was. People's lives gradually became busier and busier and time became a factor that needed to be saved. Same with the washing machine, cars, phones, etc.

That’s really not how it works. Demand is created artificially, and desires are fueled. Most people don’t crave things they don’t know exist - except for necessities. There wasn’t some existing demand for the iPhone or iPad. Apple invented it, and suddenly, everyone wanted one. That’s just how it goes.

 

[Bluebay]

Also, don't forget that the Chinese are not altruistic and are not "giving the world" anything. Quite the opposite in fact.

Yeah, that was a brilliant wei qi move - the ultimate art. It’s both a curse and a blessing. Sometimes, it’s good to simply acknowledge a strong move from the opponent.

 

[NameGroove]

Was there demand for Coca-Cola before Coca-Cola was invented? Or for McDonald’s? No. There were creative founders who built the market and created the demand in the first place, each in their own niche.

There wasn’t some existing demand for microwaves either. People had been cooking over fire for thousands of years, then on stoves and that worked just fine. But technology evolved, and visionary inventors and entrepreneurs turned it into a business, creating the market from scratch.

You couldn't be more incorrect. Again, you are looking at one half the equation. There were 100% horse and buggies. New tech comes out. Autos. Demand shifts. There is now more demand for Autos and LESS demand for horse and buggies. Still only so many people.

You want me to do this with microwaves? Or do you see my point?

 

[Jannes]

1. Lots of new startups using AI agents
2. ??
3. Domain investor profit