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Ok I got to know: how much did you spend to get pop.com?
Author co-founded screenhero which was valued at $1.1B after less than a year and later acquired by slack. 1 round of funding of $1.8MM from YC and founders club. So a few million for a domain is probably the equivalent of me spending ~$500 for a domain. Honestly not crazy at all with that perspective.
Hi jsherwani - your site is being blocked by this (very popular) DNS blocklist that I use in my Pi-Hole: https://oisd.nl/ I'm guessing the domain might have previously been used for spam or something before you bought it. It looks like you can start the removal process here: https://oisd.nl/?p=fp
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Did Google tell people in a landing page what it was back 20 years ago like we expect startups to do? This is not some universal rule that cannot be broken. For most startups, landing page is useful. But not always. I like the simplicity of Pop's page.
"Search the web using Google" https://i.imgur.com/9XDWpVk.png or an even earlier version of Google, "Search Stanford" "Search the Web" https://i.imgur.com/EKiQnJX.png They both provide more information than Pop does.
NextDNS "Threat Intelligence Feeds" blocks this domain. It's also on a bunch of domain blocking lists (don't have a complete list). I've submitted pop.com as a false-positive on OISD.
Thank you! I really appreciate it. I wrote this elsewhere: We bought this domain a few months ago, and you're probably right, since Gmail seems to mark our outgoing emails as spam. I'm not very well-versed in how to undo the reputation the previous owners seem to have created for the domain, so if you have any recommendations, please let me know!
It's a cool idea but after trying it, I feel it needlessly incorporates all the constraints of the real world into the virtual world. Why should I waste time clicking my mouse to move to a certain point in virtual space when no-one is really there anyways? Isn't the whole point of virtual meetings that you don't have to physically be there to attend? Walking around in the void to hear others only makes my personal ex…
However, I could see some value in making public chat rooms that people could join. This way 50 people join a room to talk about a particular subject and naturally split off into separate groups within the room. It would be sort of like a being at a party, where you could walk around and mingle and network with different groups of people. It would be a fun way to interact with new people, especially in current times when everyone is locked inside.
So, I see it less as a business tool, and more like VRChat (although without all the crazy avatars and games) where strangers go to socialize.
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My experience is from 5+ years ago (when google counted keywords in domains), but a 3 letter domain would go for at least 6 figures, possibly up into 7.
And pop.com would be in the high end of that would be my guess, given it's better that most 3 letter domains as it spells a very marketing-friendly word
I would put a bubble bobble clone on the domain. This is what the internet is lacking and perfect for pop.com a major tour de force of classic arcade game remakes!