Domain Sniped on Launch Day
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Domain Sniped on Launch Day
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Re: Domain Sniped on Launch Day
#2Honestly, there have been so many businesses and individuals that lose out on their domain because they just didn't buy it as soon as they saw it was available. I don't understand why - in the grand scheme of things a 5, 10 or even $100 domain isn't going to break the bank. Just buy the thing as soon as you find it and avoid this mess.
Re: Domain Sniped on Launch Day
#3It is frustrating and this is why you don’t want to wait till launch day. As soon as you know it’s more than an inkling of an idea, get those domains. Most are cheap, and easy to let go if you decide it isn’t for you anyway.
Re: Domain Sniped on Launch Day
#4"Sniped" makes it sound like they did something wrong, but they didn't. I reject the idea at the end that there were ethical lines crossed. You need to buy your domain when you name the project, not when you release it. If you don't have the domain then you don't have the name. Buying the domain is naming it. Take the lesson for next time.
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#5Years ago, this used to happen a lot because registrars could grab a domain for a short period without any cost - so some of them would see you searching for a domain, and hold it, then try to make you buy it at a higher cost. I don't deal with domains any more, but I thought ICANN had put a stop to that practice.
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#6I'm now desperately looking forward to reading someone else's blog post about their vibe domain squatting set up where a combination of LLMs and spiders trawling Github for fresh targets lead to a decent passive income.
Re: Domain Sniped on Launch Day
#7"Sniped" makes it sound like they did something wrong, but they didn't. I reject the idea at the end that there were ethical lines crossed. You need to buy your domain when you name the project, not when you release it. If you don't have the domain then you don't have the name. Buying the domain is naming it. Take the lesson for next time.
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Re: Domain Sniped on Launch Day
#8"Sniped" makes it sound like they did something wrong, but they didn't. I reject the idea at the end that there were ethical lines crossed. You need to buy your domain when you name the project, not when you release it. If you don't have the domain then you don't have the name. Buying the domain is naming it. Take the lesson for next time.
How is it not unethical to grab a domain you don't need and had no intention of buying until you learned someone else was interested in it? Especially since it usually involves extorting money from the would-be buyer.
I fully agree you need to buy the domain as soon as you name your project, and that's where this person went wrong, but that doesn't make domain sniping any more ethical.
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#9I do not understand why you feel entitled to the domain. If I was entitled to the domain of every side project I had, I would be a multimillionaire in domain assets.
Re: Domain Sniped on Launch Day
#10"Sniped" makes it sound like they did something wrong, but they didn't. I reject the idea at the end that there were ethical lines crossed. You need to buy your domain when you name the project, not when you release it. If you don't have the domain then you don't have the name. Buying the domain is naming it. Take the lesson for next time.
Watching folks build something, seeing them prep to launch it, then buying the domain in response to that (in the hope that they'll pay more for it)?
Totally legal (and IMO should be!), but anyone doing that is absolutely crossing an ethical line.