A domain is not a brand… and other myths
More than a few CMOs (Chief Marketing Officers), business owners and even startup founders feel that a domain name is an insignificant aspect of their brand. The brand, in their mind, exists outside the narrow confines 🙄 of the internet.…
Interesting Conversations About LLLL.com Domains!
The Dec 2015 spike and subsequent drop in LLLL.com prices on the reseller market wasn’t the first time that happened. Though the type of domains that appreciated were different, a similar event took place in early 2008, immediately following the…
What’s the value of a domain name?
A man went to Guru Nanak Sahib and asked, “What’s the value of life?” Gurunanak ji gave him one stone and said, “Find out the value of this stone, but don’t sell it.” The man took the stone to an…
The True Cost of a Hand Registered Domain
“Wowee, I got these domains for $5 each” said a friend. And while it’s true that he paid only $5 for each of the domains, he forgot all the costs that go into it before and after he got the…
TLDs By Numbers
Was going through various TLD statistics and found some interesting numbers. Some will be a revelation, some what you would expect. Here’s what I found. Total Domains Registered: 311,065,716. gTLDs: 59.98% ccTLDs: 39.40% IDNs: 0.62% Top 20 gTLDs account…
The demand for domains is exploding
Brilliant conversation over at DNW for those that missed it, Andrew wrote an article called “A threat to the importance of domain names” and the conversation is just fantastic. I’m going to quote a few of them here before I…
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