Why do businesses hate us?

[cam1taylor]

I have received quite a few replies on domains from people saying how much they (in so many words) hate domainers. "You take all the names, and hoard them then prey on businesses" or "You people are thieves/scammers/ low lifes." Did I miss the part in history when finding an opportunity to make a profit was wrong or better yet "immoral" in this world? Why then, do many people have such disdain for us.. and a lot of these people don't even cite trademark violations which is a reasonable complaint. It's like they think businesses in an industry have the right to names and no one else.

 

[chat111]

It is almost a part of human nature I think - to notice things other people do while at the same time not noticing the same things you do yourself. Of course businesses do comparable things in the course of their business, but most of the time they just genuinely fail to make a connection, the don't see that what they do and what domainers do is often one and the same thing. I think the best approach in this situation is to think "bless them", and move on.

Maybe eventually the state of affairs will become more clear - if domainers, those who understand the domainer business and have some time on their hands, write articles about it hopefully to be included in regular business and other journals, so that other people will become a little more educated about this aspect of conducting business and will see that it can be a legitimate business just as any other field.

 

[Vito]

Read This...

The term is derived from "squatting", which is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use. Cybersquatting, however, is a bit different in that the domain names that are being "squatted" are (sometimes but not always) being paid for through the registration process by the cybersquatters. Cybersquatters usually ask for prices far greater than that at which they purchased it. Some cybersquatters put up derogatory remarks about the person or company the domain is meant to represent in an effort to encourage the subject to buy the domain from them.[citation needed] Others post paid links via Google, Yahoo!, Ask.com and other paid advertising networks to the actual site that the user likely wanted, thus monetizing their squatting.

That is the 2nd paragraph from the WikiPedia entry for the term "CyberSquatting"

Debate this many times over...morally, ethically, add TM infringement, etc and thats how some see domaining in such a negative light.

Dont lose sleep over it just do your best to be one of the good guys.
No TM's, fair prices, No disaster/tragedy domains, try to help people match up their Business to that perfect domain, maybe give a couple away to a charity, Help guide the new domainers, etc.

Most of the domainers I have met have been some of the coolest people I have ever met in my life so dont worry, just be cool.

Slowly but surely, we will change the public's perception of us to a more positive one. imo

 

[lincolndsp]

the more they love your domain, the more they hate you

 

[Kate]

The entitlement mentality is very widespread.
Nobody likes paying a fortune for low-value items, it's human.
I think that's it, it's the ratio between raw price and resale price that people find hard to accept. That's why they feel they are being generous making $60 offers at Sedo, after all it's possibly 5+ times what you paid - lol.

 

[Vito]

That's why they feel they are being generous making $60 offers at Sedo, after all it's possibly 5+ times what you paid - lol.

I never thought of it that way.
Thats a great point.

I just figured all of my $60 offers were just Juanny screwing w/me!

 

[johname]

People in business feel there being middle man to death. They also have this idyllic view that if you didnt reg this name then they would be the only one in the world that would want that name and could have it for 10 bucks. They take these feeling out on you at times. Usually its a reaction from people that either dont want your name or know they cant afford it before you even reveal the price.

 

[cam1taylor]

I think it's the "mark-up" idea that get's people the most angry. I tend to price my domains very conservatively because I go for a quick turn around because I have to pay tuition (ain't that a b!@#*) but people still think I'm crazy for wanting x amount for a domain that after all "only costs $7"

 

[alien51]

Maybe it might make sense to put a "cap limit" on the number of domains an entity can own.

Hoarding of goods, is actually illegal in nearly every country in the world. It's exploitive and is sometimes tied to being accused of economic sabotage.

I think most legit "end-users" are satisfied to snatch about 3,000 domains tied to their businesses.

But who in his right mind will buy 300,000 domains and claim he is a legitimate end-user on all of those domains?

But cap limits won't work. I'll probably just call up my drinking buddy in Australia and ask him to buy couple of domains for me. Then ring up my cousin in England and ask him to do the same.

Maybe if domains are like $150 dollars a pop, domaining will become a flipper's graveyard. The drawback to this is that only the filthy rich will be able to afford domaining and will monopolize the industry.

I used to think, what if Bill Gates and Carlos Slim spend 1 billion dollars of their own leisure money and snap all the domains in this planet?