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Re: Show HN: I built a domain name marketplace for folks (like me) who hoard domains

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Post by gsuuon »

I was recently looking at domains and it's kind of frustrating how many good names are parked or listed on some site for 6 figures. I mean, I'm guilty of it too (hoarding), but I wonder what the internet would be like if there was some sort of "if you don't use it, you lose it" rule. In any case, a reasonable second-hand market should only help right? You may want to consider putting a cap on the prices to keep the market focused, like up to 5x a new registration price or something, if the intent is to get domains into good (useful) homes. Also, the site looks good!

Re: Show HN: I built a domain name marketplace for folks (like me) who hoard domains

#13

Post by duped »

gsuuon wrote: post #12

I was recently looking at domains and it's kind of frustrating how many good names are parked or listed on some site for 6 figures. I mean, I'm guilty of it too (hoarding), but I wonder what the internet would be like if there was some sort of "if you don't use it, you lose it" rule. In any case, a reasonable second-hand market should only help right? You may want to consider putting a cap on the prices to keep the m…

In the physical world, property taxes help with this. You can hoard land all you want but if you don't do anything useful with it you're going to have to pay for it, until it becomes more economical to sell it or build on top of it.

Granted it's not a perfect world.

Re: Show HN: I built a domain name marketplace for folks (like me) who hoard domains

#15

Post by nadermx »

jamager wrote: post #14

Congrats on the project, but do I hate domain hoarding. It does not contribute any value to the society, it just makes finding a decent domain name a royal PITA.

Although a lot of these domains listed are far from usable easily.

Re: Show HN: I built a domain name marketplace for folks (like me) who hoard domains

#16

Post by thecoppinger »

gsuuon wrote: post #12

I was recently looking at domains and it's kind of frustrating how many good names are parked or listed on some site for 6 figures. I mean, I'm guilty of it too (hoarding), but I wonder what the internet would be like if there was some sort of "if you don't use it, you lose it" rule. In any case, a reasonable second-hand market should only help right? You may want to consider putting a cap on the prices to keep the m…

> I wonder what the internet would be like if there was some sort of "if you don't use it, you lose it" rule

I think about this a lot, too! I think the current system was a bit of a mistake ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

> In any case, a reasonable second-hand market should only help right?

That's the goal! A friendly, reasonably priced marketplace with the idea of letting others use the domains you're accidentally hoarding

> Also, the site looks good!

Thank you very much :)

Re: Show HN: I built a domain name marketplace for folks (like me) who hoard domains

#17

Post by thecoppinger »

KomoD wrote: post #11

"Currently, domains can be submitted without verification."

Yep: this is by intention. Here's the logic:

- I wanted to ship fast to see if anyone liked the idea and would actually use it

- There are a couple of safeguards in place:

1. Since you can only sign in via Twitter, you get a good sense for the other person (buyer or seller), as well as the likelihood that they own the domain they are claiming to

i.e.

7 followers, 3 day old account... probably doesn't own 'google.com'

17k followers, 10+ year account, active indie hacker... I can believe they own 'dwarf.domains'

2. Any sales are escrow'd by me as a middle party, so there's not much room to scam someone anyhow

So this isn't a perfect nor permanent solution, but good enough to test whether or not it's worth taking the platform further

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