According to this tweet – .COM is dead
I was browsing on Twitter today when I saw this tweet:
Of course I couldn’t help but respond and call out this tweet since I don’t
think it really did a
.com domains
The .COM brand is so strong, it expands beyond domain names
We all know that .COM domain names both convey the most trust and cost the most
to buy. What I never really thought much about though is how big the brand
surrounding .COM
Not all one-word .COMs are good investments
There’s no doubt that the most valuable domains in the world are one-word .COMs.
From Voice.com selling for $30M, Diamond.com for $7.5M or Ice.com for $3.5M it’
Would you pay $3,500 for a domain that could sell for $10,000?
Yesterday I was listening to the 100th episode of the Josh.co podcast
[https://www.spreaker.com/user/joshdotco/josh-co-brosh-co-episode-100-with-josh-r]
, and Braden [https://www.twitter.com/@bradenpollock] and Josh talked about the
sale
Forbes article highlights challenges for Verisign despite their ability to increase fees
Ah Verisign [https://www.verisign.com/], the company that we all love, because
we love .COMs, but also get annoyed with as they increase our registration and
renewal costs. Of course, as a