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I'm back from my first suspension, which I actually consider an honor, as something I said must have struck a nerve, but would appreciate someone clarifying some things about domain name value & terms on this board.
I initially was under the impression that the value of a domain name was generally in regard to the demand for it that someone would use to put a website on for ecommerce or information. Is that correct or are we talking about an artificial value for something that has no use created by people.
That is not meant as commentary or a put down but just my new revisionist thinking based on observations. IE, a domain name like Hypothetically 123xy.com would have no practical use other then people saying there are only so many letter number combinations in the world, therefore because of the scarcity this is worth so many dollars that people are willing to pay even though it has no intrinsic use. It would be like collecting stamps but instead of a physical product you have an intangible product that some people have created their own market for. Is this correct or not? I find it totally bizarre, and this could be my biggest financial mistake which at least I admit, that a domain name that would have valuable uses as an ecommerce name doesn't get business here but names like hypothetically ttttrrs.com does.
As for terms, what does end user mean?
I initially was under the impression that the value of a domain name was generally in regard to the demand for it that someone would use to put a website on for ecommerce or information. Is that correct or are we talking about an artificial value for something that has no use created by people.
That is not meant as commentary or a put down but just my new revisionist thinking based on observations. IE, a domain name like Hypothetically 123xy.com would have no practical use other then people saying there are only so many letter number combinations in the world, therefore because of the scarcity this is worth so many dollars that people are willing to pay even though it has no intrinsic use. It would be like collecting stamps but instead of a physical product you have an intangible product that some people have created their own market for. Is this correct or not? I find it totally bizarre, and this could be my biggest financial mistake which at least I admit, that a domain name that would have valuable uses as an ecommerce name doesn't get business here but names like hypothetically ttttrrs.com does.
As for terms, what does end user mean?