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Namebox - sell your unwanted or unused domains

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Re: Namebox - sell your unwanted or unused domains

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Post by nly »

lsc wrote: post #24
jmathai wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think this makes squatting any easier than the existing tools to sell domains. I'm giving the creator the benefit of the doubt and assume they did this because, like me, they probably have tens of domains they don't plan on ever using.

>because, like me, they probably have tens of domains they don't plan on ever using. So, you mean, small-scale squatters are okay; large-scale squatters are not?

It's not squatting. Squatting is registering a domain for its own sake. Sometimes you register domains for projects and then those projects never get off the ground. I have a dozen domains (I defensively registered all the top TLDs) expiring in 4 days for just that reason.

Re: Namebox - sell your unwanted or unused domains

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Post by stfu »

mapleoin wrote: post #8

Domain squatting made easy?

I highly dislike this negative attitude towards domain name trading and ownership.

You are absolutely right when it comes down to trademarked names or typos when somebody's rights are getting abused. But other than that banning the ownership of domains which one doesn't use is just ludicrous.

It is almost like arguing that any real estate ownership should be forbidden that goes beyond the personal use. A deeply anti-free market attitude that has in my view no place in reality.

Re: Namebox - sell your unwanted or unused domains

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Post by array »

The simplicity of this service and the free listing model could make it a real contender as a Flippa.com alternative. As others have already commented, there is still a lot of room for improvement (payment methods, improved bidding system, etc), but I could definitely see this in future iterations of the service if it were to gain enough traction.

As an immediate suggestion to the developer, it'd be nice if the registration, login, and dashboard areas were secured (HTTPS). Everything appears to be transmitted over HTTP at the moment.

In any case, kudos on the launch - this could definitely shape up to be a pretty solid service.

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