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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Allemann" data-source="post: 2258124"><p><strong>Between high premium prices and renewal fees, opportunities for investing in .store are slim.</strong></p><p></p><p><img src="http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/overpriced-sm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I was originally excited about the launch of .store today. It’s one of the better top level domain names, and it seemed Radix had priced it similarly to .com. Many registrars are offering the domains for about $15.</p><p></p><p>Alas, it’s not actually that cheap.</p><p></p><p>It turns out that’s just a first-year promotional rate. After that, the wholesale price is $40 per year. Ouch.</p><p></p><p>So if you register a few domains at launch, you need to sell them within a year or make the tough decision a year from now if they’re worth keeping.</p><p></p><p>A bigger problem is that just about everything you can think of has a premium price. I think Radix has gotten its premium pricing wrong across a number of domains, and here’s another example.</p><p></p><p>I randomly thought of <em>pickle</em> and typed it in. I don’t think online pickle sales are a huge business, but you’ll pay $6,500 at GoDaddy <em>per year</em> to own Pickle.store.</p><p></p><p>Or, you could make a one-time payment of $4,999 to buy PickleStore.com outright.</p><p></p><p>Doesn’t make sense.</p><p></p><p>Pickle.store isn’t a great domain, but I thought of some worse ones. Here are a few less-than-pleasant domains, all priced at a premium of $6,500 <em>per year</em> at GoDaddy.</p><p></p><p>jockstrap.store</p><p>poop.store</p><p>scraps.store</p><p>crap.store</p><p></p><p>Now, just in case there’s a business model for selling scraps online, you can pick up ScrapsStore.com at registration fee. And HugeDomains will sell you crapstore.com for only $2,595.</p><p></p><p>I think a lot of registries have gotten premium pricing wrong. This is another example.</p><p></p><p>Again, I don’t want to knock .store as an extension. It’s one of the better ones. But I think a) it doesn’t look like a good opportunity for domainers and b) much of the premium pricing is out of touch with reality.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/category/podcasts/" target="_blank"><img src="http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/dnw-podcast-rss.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>© DomainNameWire.com 2016. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact copyright (at) domainnamewire.com.</p><p></p><p><strong>Latest domain news at DNW.com:</strong> <a href="http://domainnamewire.com" target="_blank">Domain Name Wire</a>.</p><p></p><p>The post <a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2016/06/14/dot-store-domain/" target="_blank">.Store is not a great domainer opportunity after all</a> appeared first on <a href="http://domainnamewire.com" target="_blank">Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Views</a>.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Related posts:</strong></span></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2015/02/13/minds-machines-gets-dds-pockets-millions-from-store-and-blog/" target="_blank">Minds + Machines gets .DDS, pockets millions from .store and .blog </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2016/05/31/vip-continues-roll-store-solid-sunrise/" target="_blank">.VIP continues to roll, .Store has solid sunrise </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2016/06/06/tlds-group-store/" target="_blank">This week’s new TLDs: .Group, .Salon and .Store EAP </a></li> </ol><p></p><p><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2016/06/14/dot-store-domain/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Allemann, post: 2258124"] [B]Between high premium prices and renewal fees, opportunities for investing in .store are slim.[/B] [IMG]http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/overpriced-sm.jpg[/IMG]I was originally excited about the launch of .store today. It’s one of the better top level domain names, and it seemed Radix had priced it similarly to .com. Many registrars are offering the domains for about $15. Alas, it’s not actually that cheap. It turns out that’s just a first-year promotional rate. After that, the wholesale price is $40 per year. Ouch. So if you register a few domains at launch, you need to sell them within a year or make the tough decision a year from now if they’re worth keeping. A bigger problem is that just about everything you can think of has a premium price. I think Radix has gotten its premium pricing wrong across a number of domains, and here’s another example. I randomly thought of [I]pickle[/I] and typed it in. I don’t think online pickle sales are a huge business, but you’ll pay $6,500 at GoDaddy [I]per year[/I] to own Pickle.store. Or, you could make a one-time payment of $4,999 to buy PickleStore.com outright. Doesn’t make sense. Pickle.store isn’t a great domain, but I thought of some worse ones. Here are a few less-than-pleasant domains, all priced at a premium of $6,500 [I]per year[/I] at GoDaddy. jockstrap.store poop.store scraps.store crap.store Now, just in case there’s a business model for selling scraps online, you can pick up ScrapsStore.com at registration fee. And HugeDomains will sell you crapstore.com for only $2,595. I think a lot of registries have gotten premium pricing wrong. This is another example. Again, I don’t want to knock .store as an extension. It’s one of the better ones. But I think a) it doesn’t look like a good opportunity for domainers and b) much of the premium pricing is out of touch with reality. [URL='http://domainnamewire.com/category/podcasts/'][IMG]http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/dnw-podcast-rss.jpg[/IMG][/URL] © DomainNameWire.com 2016. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact copyright (at) domainnamewire.com. [B]Latest domain news at DNW.com:[/B] [URL='http://domainnamewire.com']Domain Name Wire[/URL]. The post [URL='http://domainnamewire.com/2016/06/14/dot-store-domain/'].Store is not a great domainer opportunity after all[/URL] appeared first on [URL='http://domainnamewire.com']Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Views[/URL]. [SIZE=4][B]Related posts:[/B][/SIZE] [LIST=1] [*][URL='http://domainnamewire.com/2015/02/13/minds-machines-gets-dds-pockets-millions-from-store-and-blog/']Minds + Machines gets .DDS, pockets millions from .store and .blog [/URL] [*][URL='http://domainnamewire.com/2016/05/31/vip-continues-roll-store-solid-sunrise/'].VIP continues to roll, .Store has solid sunrise [/URL] [*][URL='http://domainnamewire.com/2016/06/06/tlds-group-store/']This week’s new TLDs: .Group, .Salon and .Store EAP [/URL] [/LIST] [url="http://domainnamewire.com/2016/06/14/dot-store-domain/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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