The domain aftermarket has a big problem - Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News
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Domain aftermarkets need to clean up their inventory. Let me start this rant with some good news. This month, I sold a domain name for $6,500 that I found through Domain Academy’s Afternic advanced search tool. I bought the domain for less than $100. Now for the bad news: I spent a lot of time […]

Here’s my take:

The domain aftermarket has a big problem… it exists. This market shouldn’t ever be allowed to exist in the first place. ICANN should’ve blocked this bullshit a long time ago and forced registrars to just let domains expire and free the space. Also add a few provisions about unused domain names and about selling them.

  • VelociCatTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    Even if they are finite, the number would be so impossibly large that for all practical purposes this would not be the case.

    • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      While you’re technically correct (the best kind) I’d still argue that the subset of finite addresses that are human readable and relayable is significantly smaller. If you disagree just fill out a form on my website:

      complaints.dng8jeispqo9rjrjejqkfns6gusjehrjrow7pwjqlqejtbdkwo0118999 8819991197253fja3k1wjri55foem8wms.co.biz

      • VelociCatTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Sure and I know that you meant. But I also think that with a little creativity and compromise it’s also not difficult at all to get something that’s not that long and also easily said.