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  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    6 days ago

    I hate how so many domain registrars park domains. Like no one wants this domain there have been 0 offers and no one has ever used it but you sit on it and arbitrarily set the value at $200 a year. So stupid.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
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      6 days ago

      I guess somewhere along the way someone worked out that if a domain is registered then it is probably something someone might want (as opposed to a completely random selection of characters).

      So they decided when a domain expires they would register it for the wholesale price then bump the price up to some amount people would pay if they really wanted it. So their $10USD investment in a .com could give them $200USD, and it only needs to work out in one out of every 20 cases to break even.

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        6 days ago

        The numbers might stack up even more in their favour. The .com I wanted, it’s $1000 per month or $30k to own. It used to be owned by an old man who used it for his personal page and there are almost no commercial entity named that. So weird.

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          6 days ago

          If I was thinking about how to automatically assign value, one way might be to bump the price depending on how long it was registered for. If the same person had it registered for 20 years, it probably also has SEO reputation that could be valuable.

          • liv@lemmy.nz
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            4 days ago

            That makes sense I guess. From the old layout it looked like it had been there at least that long. As far as I can tell from googling, there’s only one other entity apart from me that is likely to ever want it, though.

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              4 days ago

              Go for a .nz. More expensive but I even managed to find a two character one!

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                4 days ago

                .nz is really cute. I have a .co.nz already though but I wanted the .com because that way if someone goes there by accident it still works.

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                  3 days ago

                  Ah yes, that makes sense. I guess if they are expecting $30k for it then they will just keep it indefinitely since it only costs them $10 a year.

                  • liv@lemmy.nz
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                    3 days ago

                    I think they will too, unless the other entity trademarks it and goes after them for domain squatting.

                    On the other hand one of the perks of being this old is I have always owned my lastname .com so I feel like a bit of a spoilt brat being indignant I can’t have this other thing as well! 😅