| I am certainly no expert but I always wondered just how many quality domains would be available if there was no domaining going on. Out of all the registered domains, what percentage are domainers? In my opinion its the domainers that keep registrars in business. If it wasn't then Network Solutions would still be king and Godaddy would be the poor mans registrar.
Personally domains are a lot like real estate and the term has been coined cyber real estate for this reason. I think it is good business to anticipate a move by the masses. But falsely creating a move will be very risky and then domains will become more like a stock than real estate. Buyouts imo cause false value and it should level off in time.
There is no problem jumping the spike either but there is more risk. Outside of .com every other new extension may very well hinging on domainers to create the initial success.
An example is I have a brother that is a toy collector. I have gone to shows and expos with him before and we talked to a toy manufacturer once and he stated that they purposely create toy lines targeted towards collectors and create the shortages of certain colors and styles for the only reason to boost the release of a new line. |