question Whatever happened to Emoji Domains?

[MapleDots]

When emoji domains exploded on the market a lot of namepros members thought they were the next big ticket to making money. Like a lot of new things there was the initial land rush and even a few extraordinary sales.

The question is where are they today? I cannot remember coming across even a single emoji domain advertised anywhere or even used for commercial purposes.

How many namepros members still own emoji domains and do you expect to make a profit from them?

Who has given up on them and who has lost money on them.

Will they become more useful in the future or will they just fade into oblivion?

Lets discuss and get some feedback from both sides of the coin.

 

[xynames]

Are there active websites using these emoji domains?

 

[MapleDots]

So... imagine this...

An extension called .emo

You register the word

happy.emo and it will show like this

so you would be able to type happy.emo into the address bar or cut and paste the emoji with the same results.

additionally it would be a specific typeset so the emoticons look identical across browsers and operating systems.

Now we have real emojis and we could add thousands of emotions, even two words like headsmack.emo

There is so much potential to do this right, I cannot figure out why we are mickey mousing this in the way we are currently doing emoji domains.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Are there active websites using these emoji domains?

https://xn--i-7iq.ws/ is one, and they list a small number of other sites, but as far as I can see most of the others redirect to a regular domain name.

 

[Page Howe]

OK I am commenting on something I know nothing about (but that does not usually stop me ) but couldn't I say " the site is Grinning Face With Sweat emoji in .ws". I realize everything passes the radio test with that! Am I right that each emoji has one unique description?

I think emoji appeal primarily to those who like them as visual instruments, and they are willing to forego some simplicity in domain name for that.

Bob

ps I realize if you Google Grinning Face With Sweat domain name it will give you the site that particular domain is for sale.

i think you should be open to the fact that teens and millenials know these better than OWG's, just like chinese understood numerics better than i did..

page howe
emojidomainnames.com

 

[Bob Hawkes]

i think you should be open to the fact that teens and millenials know these better than OWG's, just like chinese understood numerics better than i did..

Hi Paige,

Thanks for your comment, which I agree with 100%. Just in case my post was misinterpreted it was in answer to the question do they pass the radio test. I was answering that assuming there is common agreement on the word description of each emoji they do. It was not a statement pro or con emoji per say as domains.

I agree that a younger generation view them pretty naturally as part of the landscape. I tend to think they will become more prominent in future. As investments, I think the jury is still out.

I think that even if it ends up their main use is for redirection, say on social media, that does not at all mean they are not important.

Bob

 

[lock]

i am glad i am not reading this thread with a bank of sad face domains.
Just some domains way to long.

 

[lock]

I wouldn't mind single smirk.

 

[Charlie J]

I own a emoji domain, goes hand in hand with a short domain I own.

 

[lock]

I own a emoji domain, goes hand in hand with a short domain I own.

Same reason i have interest but the extensions all suck if it was dot com there would have been a lot more interest.

 

[Charlie J]

Same reason i have interest but the extensions all suck if it was dot com there would have been a lot more interest.

Yeah I do agree, I think .to makes sense though as a shortener.

Then it’s like “<brand>.to/twitter” for example.

I think they are more for usability rather than to sell on for more.

 

[j.sats]

I still like emoji domains. For me they always were additional marketing tools. Not replacements for existing domains. But just like a company can have a website and a Facebook account, and a YouTube channel, and advertise in papers and on billboards...they might also want an emoji domain. Because, they have characteristics that no other domains have. They are colourful, context giving pictures- a language on all smartphones. If you add emoji to text to give context and increase engagement, why not also do that with links?

 

[AutoDealer]

The registries and pumpers all laughed to the bank. And the collectors (suckers?) keep looking proudly at their ‘gems’ that’ll be coveted....some day!

I saw several on a drop list about ten years ago. I thought it was a stupid idea and that they wouldn't really take off. I now have two one character domains, both .cc and one of them is the pi symbol. I'm pretty sure it's worthless but I'm going to hang on to them.

 

[Haris]

Received $3000 initial offer on ☁ dot ws

https://www.namepros.com/threads/received-3000-initial-offer-on-dot-ws.1118531/

 

[Domainstore]

Interesting offer.

 

[Page Howe]

so with emoji domains, ill share some of my mindset,

to make money in domains you have to buy when something isnt popular.. unless your really good at chasing.. ie you can find a trend where domains, like 4L are all worth $2000 , and you can somehow buy for $1000.

so yes i like one word .com's better than emoji domains, will anyone sell me a dictionary .com used in everyday speech for less than $5000, im waiting waiting waiting

and again i could be wrong and have been on other sectors of domains.. but if emoji domains were slam dunk valuable right now, i couldnt buy as many as i have at the prices i have..

so yes i need something to change, i need to hold while the sentiment about emoji domains improves, maybe it will and maybe it wont

but yes im making what i consider a reasonable speculation to pay my $20 a year renewals because after my up front investment of $100-1200 thats all i can lose.

and they are a bit confusing, but so was the frickin internet at one time.... not to mention programming your VCR remote and every other new technology

so i look at it as $20 a year downside,,

and the upside is i own graphical mobile millennial emotional color domains, using the tried and tested IDN standard with a tld thats been successfully managed for 25 years and is the best tld for emoji since they are not allowed in .com. and , unlike glyphs, are on 100 billion smartphones globally and desktops, tablets and i see them being used in marketing every day on the web, TV in stores..

so im in.

Page Howe
EdnBlog.com
EmojiDomainNames.com

 

[Domains - Wanted]

Received $3000 initial offer on ☁ dot ws

https://www.namepros.com/threads/received-3000-initial-offer-on-dot-ws.1118531/

Yes, very nice offer, but that was 6 weeks ago and no update since then... interesting to know whether the deal has been finalized or not?

 

[Haris]

Yes, very nice offer, but that was 6 weeks ago and no update since then... interesting to know whether the deal has been finalized or not?

Check the thread I had already shared the final outcome, buyer went silent after i accepted the offer, multiple follow ups, happens with me all the time. Just accepted two low $xxxx offers after negotiation and both buyers are not replying anymore.

 

[latenightwithpete]

I would love to own an interesting one, but only 1 emoticon in length, not more. It's a new world, mobile rules, and a new generation who grew up with these entering the workforce. Would invest in one COM if I can find it cheap, NET only if it's very good.

 

[johnnie018]

Yes, very nice offer, but that was 6 weeks ago and no update since then... interesting to know whether the deal has been finalized or not?

Made up.

 

[johnnie018]

so i look at it as $20 a year downside,,

You only buy 1 of these, or is it $20 multiple buy a whole frick lot of $?