Continuing down the domain name thought path
A couple of days ago, I wrote about how ‘If i had only kept all the domains I ever registered…’
The majority of those domains were crap. They went undeveloped. They had no ‘type-in’ value. So why do I wish I had kept them? For the future opportunity value? Is a $7 per year cost worth the exclusive opportunity to develop a specific domain? I really don’t know. Part of me says absolutely. I should rush out with $10k right now and go and grab as many as I can. I’ve already proved this to myself by paying thousands in the after-market to gain those exclusive rights.
But some, like Mark Jeftovic, feel that ‘Web 2.0′ has shown that domain names have really no value by themselves. He believes, and I see his point, that this over-heated domain aftermarket that we’re in is due for a correction. Sure, sex.com, cars.com, any generic name you can think of has value because of the browser bar type-in value. But that value is declining as people get more savvy in how they find the sites they want.
