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Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by cersa8 »

dotancohen wrote: post #12
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…

This used to be widespread. The registrar can reserve the name for up to 48 hours IIRC without itself having to pay. Godaddy in particular would justify the behaviour by "ensuring that nobody would snatch the names that it already said you could register". Of course, it was always obvious that this was to prevent you from registering them with someone else.

Ah,this explains a recent email I got where the company claimed a third party was trying to register mycompany.net (different tld) and gave me a short time window to register it myself for an additional fee.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by asah »

asah wrote: post #43
sen wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GoDaddy absolutely squats recent searches. So so many other registrars. It’s been like that for many years now and has been proven time and time again. The only registrar I trust currently is Namecheap. They’re not perfect but they don’t do any major dark patterns.

I'm assuming Google doesn't squat.

a bit more color: it's not that Google "wouldn't" necessarily squat (I don't know), it's just that they reserve "aggressive monetization practices" like this for 100x larger businesses, like search and commerce ads, maps, gsuite, GCP, etc.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by CPLX »

gyulai wrote: post #35
onion2k wrote: post #23

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…

Your first paragraph is vaguely reminiscent of a piece of folklore that I encounter a lot with small town wannabe entrepreneurs. It seems to roughly go like this: "One thing you need to do to make people trust you as a newly started business is to flash money. The more useless the stuff you spend your money on, the richer and therefore more trustworthy it will make you seem." The reality is that you can expect your b…

Why do you think it’s small town wannabe entrepreneurs? Have you ever seen the cost of the art that hedge funds put in their lobbies, or the skyscrapers built by large companies with their name on the top?

This is kind of a universal element of human nature. Flaunting excess resources is a way to telegraph success and draws people to you.

Actually now that I think of it this isn’t an element of human nature at all it’s common to lots of other life forms too. Ever seen a peacock?

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by WorldMaker »

jeroenhd wrote: post #30
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 o…

There are known colonialist geopolitical problems with .io domains [1]. The islands are controlled by the British and were depopulated for a US military base. The British control the domain TLD and none of the funds go to the islands (or their former population).

The most recent news is that the country of Mauritius has joined the fight over control of the TLD: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/21/mauritius-chal...

Staying out of that geopolitical landmine seems a good reason to avoid .io domains.

[1] http://www.thedarksideof.io/

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by domainthrowa675 »

I am in the unusual situation that my family name is still available as a 4 letter .com. It's been that way as far as I can tell for many years and I imagine this is a rare situation in 2022.

I always liked the idea of owning it and passing it down for generations (assuming email will last that long)

The domain is parked by some small company / SEO agency but in theory seems to be available for sale. In the past they had a form similar to the one mentioned in this post, which only accepted offers above 10k$. I've been holding out on checking this domain for a while now since I expect every increase in traffic will affect the price but sometime in the last years they reduced it to a simple 'contact us' form without minimum price.

I hope being honest is my best approach here, since I do not expect to build a business with that name (not good for the english speaking world) any time soon.

It is meant purely for family email addresses and possibly one personal/family blog.

I also see this as a one-off chance where I either buy it now for an acceptable amount or I won't come back to the table for pretty much ever since we will have to make a decision soon and settle on some other domain/gmail instead. Noone moves email addresses for fun, for us the value of acquiring the domain decreases over time.

Can anyone here recommend to me how I should proceed with this?

Would a broker be a good fit here or should I open the communications on my own since I am not a business and don't want to appear as such?

At the same time I have no idea how to broker such a sale myself and wouldn't want to risk appearing an easy target for a scam.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by csw-001 »

domainthrowa675 wrote: post #65

I am in the unusual situation that my family name is still available as a 4 letter .com. It's been that way as far as I can tell for many years and I imagine this is a rare situation in 2022. I always liked the idea of owning it and passing it down for generations (assuming email will last that long) The domain is parked by some small company / SEO agency but in theory seems to be available for sale. In the past they…

Have you thought about *.Family? That's what's we went with.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by CSSer »

csw-001 wrote: post #66
domainthrowa675 wrote: post #65

I am in the unusual situation that my family name is still available as a 4 letter .com. It's been that way as far as I can tell for many years and I imagine this is a rare situation in 2022. I always liked the idea of owning it and passing it down for generations (assuming email will last that long) The domain is parked by some small company / SEO agency but in theory seems to be available for sale. In the past they…

Have you thought about *.Family? That's what's we went with.

The problem with gTLDs is that there is no ceiling on the registration/renewal price for those domains. If a given gTLD takes off because, for example, someone writes a blog post about how great it is to just use it for your family's email addresses (great idea, by the way), the owners of the gTLD could quadruple the renewal price next year. Of course, some people spend tens, hundreds, or even thousands a year on domains anyway, so I suppose this only applies if you're particularly price conscious.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by sen »

dubcanada wrote: post #45
sen wrote: post #15

It’s just not that hard to come up with a unique name that still has an available .com, I do it regularly for clients and have done for 20 odd years. Yes it’s gotten harder, but it’s still absolutely possible. Even short (sub-10 char) pronounceable names are still available if you just spend some time looking. There’s NO reason to pay 5 figures for a .com unless you can drop that amount of money without even thinking…

Not that hard huh? If you don’t mind me asking what was the last one you came up with?

ReiTuned.com for an automotive tuner. GildFab.com for a family friends fabrication shop. Many more that I can’t share in public. I do about 1-2 per month for people, always .com’s or .net’s.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by someotherperson »

ghusto wrote: post #60
someotherperson wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Refusing to adhere to your TOS, ICANN guidelines and legal obligations by turning a blind eye to international crime rings isn't knowing your place, it's exploitation and has horrible ethics regardless of how it can be perceived. Knowingly taking money from criminals, likely stolen, is almost certainly a criminal offence.

I'm sure if you were to provide them with evidence of your allegations they would take actions appropriate to their obligations. What you want them to do is that work _for_ you, which they are not obliged to do, as far as I know.

I (and many others) have provided full evidence and it's not actioned. Or I would give 20 domains with 20 subdomains -- all from the same circle, same time of registry, same phishing concept -- and they would only action one and stop responding to emails after.

Don't assume what I want them to do. They have been spoonfed the information and their Eastern European support staff/legal department doesn't care. Then their C-levels come on here and claim nonsense about free speech when quizzed about it.

Re: Becoming Remotive.com

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Post by someotherperson »

0des wrote: post #55
someotherperson wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Refusing to adhere to your TOS, ICANN guidelines and legal obligations by turning a blind eye to international crime rings isn't knowing your place, it's exploitation and has horrible ethics regardless of how it can be perceived. Knowingly taking money from criminals, likely stolen, is almost certainly a criminal offence.

Just because they don't immediately cancel people you have issue with doesn't make them a criminal org. You should check out about libel because this is getting close.

I'd like the opportunity to actually have this heard in a courtroom. Although the FBI would probably do most of the talking.
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