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What's the point of Epik Forever Registration?
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<blockquote data-quote="amplify" data-source="post: 2350278" data-attributes="member: 130638"><p>I had a thought this afternoon of reading levels to target the broader market of English speakers. Unfortunately, there's no list of what word is at which level. However, I did find a list of words more frequently used which can be an indicator of which words can be written to describe the same things but understood by more people.</p><p></p><p>In that list, "forever" ranks 808 while "perpetual" ranks 15868.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://github.com/hermitdave/FrequencyWords/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Further, "<a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/perpetual" target="_blank">perpetual</a>" is an orange colored synonym for "<a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/forever" target="_blank">forever</a>" on <a href="https://www.thesaurus.com" target="_blank">Thesaurus.com</a>. This would tell me as a writer that it's 2nd level. What <em>forever</em> and <em>perpetual</em> do have in common is "<a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/endless" target="_blank">endless</a>" though (rank 5191). So if I were writing a topic on something never-ending, I would most likely use <em>endless</em> as another descriptor to drive the point home.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to marketing, on the other hand, and in my opinion without conducting a focus group to see which name is better, I would say that <em>endless</em> has more of a negative connotation over <em>forever</em>. Therefore, I'd use <em>forever</em> over <em>endless</em> when describing a product or service with <em>continuous</em> (rank 11886) a close second.</p><p></p><p>Just my opinion. I have no skin in the game as I don't have a Forever domain. I just have no reason to believe that Epik will make any attempt to get out of their contractual agreement to Forever registrants, and that's what this argument basically comes down to in the end.</p><p></p><p>This is essentially arguing sneakers over running shoes though... You essentially know what you're getting when you go shopping, but will typically just tell "outsiders" (so to speak as they are not participating in the same activity) that you're going shoe/sneaker shopping as opposed to telling them you're looking for running shoes, trail/hiking shoes or walking shoes.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, arguing the topic further is exhausting so I'm going to see my way out of this one. You win I guess? In reality, Epik customers that choose Forever and know they might hold the domain for 15 or more years (which isn't an unreasonable amount of time considering when the 1st domain was created) will actually win. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="amplify, post: 2350278, member: 130638"] I had a thought this afternoon of reading levels to target the broader market of English speakers. Unfortunately, there's no list of what word is at which level. However, I did find a list of words more frequently used which can be an indicator of which words can be written to describe the same things but understood by more people. In that list, "forever" ranks 808 while "perpetual" ranks 15868. [URL unfurl="true"]https://github.com/hermitdave/FrequencyWords/[/URL] Further, "[URL='https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/perpetual']perpetual[/URL]" is an orange colored synonym for "[URL='https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/forever']forever[/URL]" on [URL='https://www.thesaurus.com']Thesaurus.com[/URL]. This would tell me as a writer that it's 2nd level. What [I]forever[/I] and [I]perpetual[/I] do have in common is "[URL='https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/endless']endless[/URL]" though (rank 5191). So if I were writing a topic on something never-ending, I would most likely use [I]endless[/I] as another descriptor to drive the point home. When it comes to marketing, on the other hand, and in my opinion without conducting a focus group to see which name is better, I would say that [I]endless[/I] has more of a negative connotation over [I]forever[/I]. Therefore, I'd use [I]forever[/I] over [I]endless[/I] when describing a product or service with [I]continuous[/I] (rank 11886) a close second. Just my opinion. I have no skin in the game as I don't have a Forever domain. I just have no reason to believe that Epik will make any attempt to get out of their contractual agreement to Forever registrants, and that's what this argument basically comes down to in the end. This is essentially arguing sneakers over running shoes though... You essentially know what you're getting when you go shopping, but will typically just tell "outsiders" (so to speak as they are not participating in the same activity) that you're going shoe/sneaker shopping as opposed to telling them you're looking for running shoes, trail/hiking shoes or walking shoes. At any rate, arguing the topic further is exhausting so I'm going to see my way out of this one. You win I guess? In reality, Epik customers that choose Forever and know they might hold the domain for 15 or more years (which isn't an unreasonable amount of time considering when the 1st domain was created) will actually win. ;) [/QUOTE]
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