I really like this video that recently went viral and has more than 13 million views on YouTube
It ends with the open question: “so what does it all mean?”, which I want to rephrase into “what does it all mean for domainers?”
I want to start to post every week about old domain names that happen to drop during the TBR runs. This is my first post in the section.
Do you remember Moist? It is a Canadian band that was popular in the 1990s. The band was formed in Vancouver BC in 1992 and lasted until year 2000, and it was considered to be an alternative music band. Domain name Moist.ca was used by a band to update the followers.
Moist.ca is on the list for today’s TBR run. There is a Wikipedia article written about the band and the article links to the official band website – Moist.ca. The band was pretty popular in Canada, and there are numerous links online that lead to Moist.ca. The new owner might have a decent traffic.
Moist Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Moist-Band/29886299013?v=info
Archive.org is filled with pages ranging from 1999 to 2008. It is interesting to observe how popular the band became during the years. The first screenshot in 1998 shows the number of visitors being at 78,000, and the last screenshot for year 2008 shows more than 273,000 visitors.
Here is the second part of the sorted domain names for the next TBR run:
http://pile.ca/TBR/tbr-report-february-23-2011-part2.html
ICANN’s board recently concluded consultations on topic of new gTLDs. The keyword here is NEW. As you know gTLD stands for Generic TLD, like .com, .net, .org. Now ICANN is trying to implement a new program that will allow everyone to register their own gTLD. Who can apply? Any public or private organization from any part of the world, even you! The application fee is expected to be $185,000, and according to the information sheet provided by ICANN various methods of payments will be accepted. The same document mentions that applications process can also go through the auction. That means that some time at the end of this year, or at the beginning of next year we will witness the first sale of the extension.
Domain name business is largely based on the assumption that domain names will become so scarce at some point, that the prices of domain names will go up all the time. The latest developments show that ICANN is trying to “resolve” the problem of scarcity of domain names by introducing new unlimited number of extensions in order to make more money not only on domain name registrations, but also on extension license sales.
Link – Factsheet on New gTLD Program
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