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Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by tboerstad »

someotherperson wrote: post #14
Intermernet wrote: post #10

Not wanting to point fingers or start conspiracy theories, but what guarantee is there that GoDaddy didn't squat this domain? They had an employee act as "broker", and it seems there was little information about the original owner revealed. I ask because, years ago, I had a few friends tell me that they searched a domain name on a few registrars, found them available, then upon trying to buy them found that they were…

It's called domain name front running. GoDaddy in particular has been accused of this in the past here on HN and have responded to it[0]. Use a trustworthy registrar when you can, avoid GoDaddy or Namecheap. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24506303

What is wrong with Namecheap?

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by onion2k »

I like this a lot. Spending a lot on a domain seems to say a few things about your business - you're big enough to have money to spend, which reassures people that you're not about to disappear; you value the brand enough to 'invest' which gives people confidence that you're in it for the long haul; and you're being intelligent about SEO and domain trust to know that a .com is preferred by people over a .io (outside of tech).

Spending between $10k and $99k on a domain is just silly, but spending that money on marketing by buying a domain and then telling everyone you bought a domain is quite clever. You could get more value than that the cost of the domain back in PR and press out of a move like this if you were really savvy about it and had connections to the right journalists.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by unmole »

someotherperson wrote: post #14
Intermernet wrote: post #10

Not wanting to point fingers or start conspiracy theories, but what guarantee is there that GoDaddy didn't squat this domain? They had an employee act as "broker", and it seems there was little information about the original owner revealed. I ask because, years ago, I had a few friends tell me that they searched a domain name on a few registrars, found them available, then upon trying to buy them found that they were…

It's called domain name front running. GoDaddy in particular has been accused of this in the past here on HN and have responded to it[0]. Use a trustworthy registrar when you can, avoid GoDaddy or Namecheap. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24506303

Is there any anecdotal evidence that Namecheap does this?

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by tqkxzugoaupvwqr »

Intermernet wrote: post #10

Not wanting to point fingers or start conspiracy theories, but what guarantee is there that GoDaddy didn't squat this domain? They had an employee act as "broker", and it seems there was little information about the original owner revealed. I ask because, years ago, I had a few friends tell me that they searched a domain name on a few registrars, found them available, then upon trying to buy them found that they were…

Happened to me when I checked availability of a domain via Uniregistry (now part of GoDaddy). Domain was available, a few days later when I decided to buy it it was suddenly a registered premium name costing over $2000.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by nicoburns »

unmole wrote: post #24
someotherperson wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's called domain name front running. GoDaddy in particular has been accused of this in the past here on HN and have responded to it[0]. Use a trustworthy registrar when you can, avoid GoDaddy or Namecheap. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24506303

Is there any anecdotal evidence that Namecheap does this?

I'd add my anecdotal evidence that namecheap doesn't do this. I've searched quite a few domains on namecheap and then bought them months later without issue. I have had this issue (although of course it's impossible to know for sure who's registered the domain) with GoDaddy and Gandi.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

lately I've indulged myself into finding a 3/4 letter domain and there is a surprising amount left unregistered even on .org, not to mention all the new domain TLDs.

this guy asked me "why would you want a 3 letter domain" and i could only answer that with "dunno. bragging rights maybe".

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by amarant »

dncornholio wrote: post #9

Am I missing something? Someone bought a parked domain for way too much money and they brag about it online?

They did end up on the HN front-page, so maybe it was money well invested as a marketing ploy, at least this once.

I don't think this is a move you can copy though, the next company who pays way too much for their domain are unlikely to end up here.

It seems being the first to do something stupid gets you a lot of attention. Marketing is weird.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by jeroenhd »

rootlocus wrote: post #25

Is there a legitimate reason why a .com TLd would increase the business value over .io?

I don't know if .com specifically matters, but buying a domain under control of a foreign government is definitely a risky choice. I have no direct reason to mistrust the administration of the British Indian Ocean Territory, but if there's ever a problem between whoever controls the military bases in there and your local government, you're in for quite a mess. A lot of vanity TLDs have this problem, some worse than others.

I don't think general consumers care all that much, though the older consumers may have learned that .com means commercial and may distrust foreign/fancy/modern TLDs (or get confused about them, like typing in rootlocus.tech.com instead of rootlocus.tech, for example).

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