Ah i see the lost battle against reality is still being waged by the 2 inhouse residents and a couple of new faces joining them in this most heroic battle to stay with Kodak and never to surrender to Digital
Here is a bit how it started in 2014 when suddenly people started to get interested in new gtlds and how these same few people reacted (i can't help but sometimes think these are paid shills):
1. Ah they're worthless, no one is going to buy them
< a few weeks later>
2. Well, except a few domainers buy them but those are newbies who don't know anything
<a couple of months later>
3. A few 100k's of registrations is nothing, they won't get to the 1000000 just watch ...
<a couple of months later>
4. It doesn't mean anything that some end-users are now buying them, need to see big companies
<a few more months later>
5. The aftermarket is so small, all those people and businesses are wasting money
<a couple of months later>
6. Those big sales are just freaks of nature, the only truth is .com and nothing else !
<a couple of months later>
7. Those few big domainers joining doesn't mean anything, they are also wrong !
< a couple of months later>
8. Those 5-6 figure sales at Namescon are all fake, it's a conspiracy against .com !
<a couple of months later>
9. <crickets mostly>
<a few more months later>
9. Well, those millions of new gtld registered domains are just a drop, .com has alot more, forever !
<a few more months later>
10. It means nothing that big companies are creating their own .brand, they will always use .com
<a little more in time>
11. Apple, Oprah, Google, Microsoft, Alibaba, etc are wrong they just made a mistake of regging new gtlds
<a little more in time>
12. What ?! Google bought .xyz ?! Must be false, but if true then it's just the holding page, means nothing
<a little more in time>
13. New gtld's are being used for spam ! <cough>
<a little more in time>
14. Lets "Like" each others anti new gtld posts, this way we will stop reality and the future from happening !
<a little more in time>
15. Only a small part of the world will use new gtlds, the rest will stay with Kodak forever !
<a little more in time>
16. Our 3-4-5 word .com are better than 1-2 word new gtlds !
...
Now we see also posts like this from people who blindly follow(ed) those who are anti new gtlds and are now waking up:
1. With present knowledge i should have invested in new gtlds ...
2. I want to invest in new gtlds but i can't find cheap super good combo's anymore ?!
3. They brainwashed me in 2014 so i kept regging 3-4-5 word .com domains !
4. I thought the past is always a garantee to the future ?!
5. But this man told me in 2014 to stay away from new gtlds ?!
6. But they told me to look only at numbers so went with the tld which has most numbers !
7. They said they are worthless and no one will buy them !?
8 . I can't contact that man anymore who said to only invest in legacy tld's, where is he ?!
9. Strange, that man is now also buying new gtlds while in 2014 he said to stay away from them ?!
10. Wut, i thought legendary domainers stick with Kodak but they are on a buying spree ?!
11. You lied to me !
12. You just ruined a once in a lifetime chance to be part of a new internet domain revolution !
13. But they said the future is dark and the only shining light will always be .com ?!
14. You said my bigscaryhalloweencostumes.com was going to sell for 4 figures ?!
Now on a more serious note, investing comes with risks, the past is never a garantee for the future. Also some people think that suddenly .com is going to disappear within a year because of more choice in tlds, this is not true. It simply means people / businesses have more choice and the playing field is bigger for everyone. Sure it'll have impact on legacy tld's but a huge amount of people aren't yet even online.
Last words, respect each others choices and make the best of it ! Also no need to spend hours a day posting / repeating how bad new gtlds are in the new gtld forum section, it doesn't make sense. Spend the energy on something else
