Will the Election affect the Domains Industry ?

[Michael Ehrhardt]

What are your thoughts ?

any ?

 

[fatter]

I voted yes, because I have been holding some domains for years hoping some of the republican plans would come back up,If I had ObamaCare.com I would be worried
Joe T

 

[B0NES]

No

 

[NPer]

An election itself? No.

A candidates policies can impact various things indirectly... domaining could be one of them, but not necessarily.

 

[bobbarato]

If you agree that the ChiPs frenzy was due to a flight of "investment" capital from traditional vehicles, then this new prez has the potential for more...I would imagine China is nervous right now.

 

[biggie]

if you look at domaining

many are just as gullible and have the same "non-fact finding" habits as the general public

the tendency to assume something is true, just because of "who said it" is just as evident here, as was displayed in election results

and that's why Trump won


imo....

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Trump has a lot of Domains

this could motivate some people also to invest in domains

there will be an effect for sure

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Here's what a Trump presidency means for the Internet of Things

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Donald Trump's surprise win in the US presidential election has sent ripples throughout the world, and the IoT is no exception. Here are our first thoughts on the impact of the historic results on the IoT:

• Self-driving car adoption levels may be lower than anticipated. BI Intelligence has maintained an optimistic take on self-driving car adoption rates. Much of this belief has been driven by the actions and plans of Tesla, which has aggressively moved to make its vehicles autonomous, with all new cars shipping with the hardware for full autonomy. These autonomous vehicles, however, are also fully electric cars, and purchasers have thus far received generous tax credits in the US, making Teslas (relatively) more affordable. Further, with the upcoming Model 3, Tesla was set to offer a car that a consumer could purchase, after credits, for under $30,000, creating a vast pool of cars with the capability for fully autonomous driving. The Trump campaign, however, offered no proposals to combat climate change or pursue green policies, and may very well look to discontinue this and similar federal tax credits. Without these, Tesla purchases could grow at much lower rates than anticipated, leaving a smaller pool of potentially autonomous vehicles and slowing the spread of the self-driving car.
• Smart city program development in the US will stagnate. In our recent report on smart cities, we characterized the North American smart city market as lagging behind other parts of the world, but with the potential to grow rapidly in the coming years due to new federal funding avenues and other points of emphasis. With Trump’s tax plan estimated to reduce federal revenues by $9.5 trillion over 10 years, which could potentially cause the national debt to dramatically rise, such avenues for funding will likely fade from prominence due to a lack of budget. Further, smart city developments focused on environmental impacts specifically will face the same hurdles as electric car subsidies as policies to combat climate change are de-emphasized. Look for smart city projects to stall or be abandoned due to a lack of federal support from a Trump administration.
• Manufacturing promises are at odds with industrial IoT trends. Throughout the campaign, Trump promised to renegotiate trade deals to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US. Advanced manufacturing in the US, however, has been looking toward IoT solutions that create major ROI and increase efficiency. A side effect of these gains, which we identify as a barrier to the growth of the IoT in manufacturing, is increased job cuts due to automation. The IoT will either serve to stymie the efforts of a Trump administration or, more likely, be de-emphasized and advocated against by the executive branch due to the potential impacts on jobs.

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[N-A]

Possibly.

It would be an international problem if so.

For this, I'll use Japan and .com as an example.

With the uncertainty of Trump being elected, the Yen strengthened ($1 USD = 101 JPY). Nearly 24 hours later, it's weakened to this year's average, on a collision course to return back to its weakest ($1 USD = 115 JPY)... or probably weaker if Trump does start making Japan pay their fair share for military protection.

Anyhoo, back to domains. Let's call an average .com domain renewal $9 and use the above numbers.

With a stronger Yen a domain costs 909 Yen, and with a weaker Yen (115), it would be 1035 Yen.

Spread that over thousands of domains, and yes, there will be a profit loss.

I'm not tracking CAD, but maybe @briguy would have some insight on this.

It looks like an international domainer's problem as we Make America Great Again and the dollar returns to the all time high as seen in Reagan's presidential term.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Nikkei falls 5.36% on Trump’s shock win in U.S. election

 

[briguy]

1 US Dollar equals
1.34 Canadian Dollar

"“From a G10 perspective Canada is bearing the brunt of this Trump victory,” said Jack Spitz, managing director of foreign exchange at National Bank Financial"

https://www.google.ca/amp/business....-back-from-8-month-low-against-u-s-dollar/amp

Really not sure about the future relations between the USA and Canada but generally, a strong US economy positively affects Canada.

Personally, a weak Canadian dollar ( compared to USA) makes my budget really tight when to comes to my domains! Since, all my obline business is in US funds, I try to sell when dollar weak and buy when high.

 

[Kuffy]

Don't forget that the major upset was Brexit - it shows that public resistance to the banking globalists was viable. Trump is the second major indication that world change is here, As this movement grows, the Internet will become increasingly important, and this is why Obama wanted to move it into the control of the so-called elite.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

What Trump means for ICANN


Will he try to mess with ICANN?

It might seem silly to think right now about what a Trump presidency means for ICANN.
Will he try to pull back control of ICANN at the behest of Ted Cruz?

Speaking to Scientific American, Robert Atkinson, president of the non-partisan think tank Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) had this to say:

Could the Trump administration reverse the decision to give the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) autonomy from the U.S. Department of Commerce?
I don’t know if the president has the power to change this, but even if they had the power I don’t think they’d do it. The horse has left the barn. There would be too much outrage on the Hill and internationally. This isn’t a fight they’re going to take on. ICANN had an agreement with the U.S. government where the government had some control in the background over ICANN’s role of managing the Internet’s domain name system (DNS).

That tether has been cut, but I think the Trump will monitor them to make sure ICANN lives up to what
they said they would do and not allow other countries to take a larger role in Internet governance.

 

[Kuffy]

I'd rather have Trump controlling the Internet than Soros, Rothchild, Jamie D, Bill Gates and the others.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

I'd rather have Trump controlling the Internet than Soros, Rothchild, Jamie D, Bill Gates and the others.

you do ?

 

[eyedomainous]

Trump spoke in favor of internet 'fast lanes' for the rich, and against 'Net Neutrality'... as well as current regulations mandating ISPs expand and improve broadband.

This would negatively impact the internet start-up ecosystem... and the domain industry.

 

[rahul page]

no
not much