Thank you for the thoughtful reply.
There is a disparity in those comparisons. Doctors are not getting paid any more than they would be at any other time.
I've seen reference to corona domain price gouging. I haven't looked for it, so I'm admittedly ignorant, but regardless, the issue at hand isn't whether domainers are charging too much for corona domains. The sentiment seems to be that domainers shouldn't profit
at all from corona domains. Those are two separate issues. And, regarding domain price gouging, domains are very elastic. If a name is too expensive it won't sell. We're not talking food and water here.
So, back to your quote. Nobody said corona names should be super premium. My argument is that they should be able to be sold. I'm not concerned with the price. That's between the buyer and the seller. If a buyer wants a name for $x amount, who are any of us to tell that buyer he cannot buy the name from the seller?
In fact, they are risking their lives to save others and some have even died.
Whether doctors are risking their lives doesn't seem to draw any correlation to whether a domain can be sold at a profit. The doctors are driving their cars to work, yes? The gas station who sells them their gas isn't risking much by selling gas. And a domainer isn't risking his/her life by selling a domain. We all play our parts. Some have riskier roles than others.
Masks also provide a life protecting element.
A good domain can be used to host informative content and that info can save lives. If you had a really good site you wanted people to see, would you want to host it at coronafacts.com, or coronaisouttherehereiswhatyouneedtoknow.com.
Good domains provide a service. Don't discount that fact. If you don't agree, you're in the wrong business.
A domain investor is not providing any of these services unless he contributes truly beneficial and accurate info, or links to such.
Seems to me that most domainers don't have the capacity to develop a valuable site. Agreed? I'll assume yes. So, why choose to shove them in a corner with their domains, instead of allowing them to sell their names to others who want them and can develop them to their full potential, creating value and saving lives?
You have a domainer with a great corona name. You have a developer who wants to buy it and turn it into a valuable site for the public, but DAN says no-go, TCK says no-go... it's the domainer who is acting immorally? Really?
Also, there are many other opportunities that don't prey on people's misery. Why not register domains on working from home, online business, health, etc.
That's irrelevant. A moot point. Yes, there are plenty of opportunities. Who are you to tell anyone what they can pursue? And, why draw the conclusion that anyone is preying on others' misery? Back to my default scenario: What is more exploitative?
a) a developer buys a great aftermarket corona name and turns it into an informative site that saves lives
b) DAN and TCK tell the domainer he can't sell the domain, and so he parks it with PPC
You're endorsing option b. It might not be your intention, but it's the reality.