If you pre-register a domain, you are the product - GoFuckYourself.com

u-Bob · 09-22-2011, 02:50 AM

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?If you?re not paying for it, you are the product.?

That?s a maxim that has been doing the rounds on the internet for the last few years to describe services such as Facebook, which gets users in for free and then monetizes them to third parties.

It struck me today that this saying also applies to services that allow you to pre-register domain names in non-existent top-level domains.

If you?ve recently registered your interest in a domain in a new gTLD ? example.web, say ? you?ve gained nothing and potentially lost a lot.

Pre-registering creates two main benefits as I see it, and neither accrues to the registrant.

First, you?re now on the company?s mailing list. When your selected new gTLD(s) go live, the company you pre-registered with is going to try to convert you into a paying customer.

Second, you?ve just freely contributed information to an extremely valuable database, possibly to your own detriment.

When new gTLDs launch, many registries are going to reserve thousands of premium domains to either sell or auction at a later date, to periodically drum up interest in their extensions.

How will these companies decide which domains to add to their premium lists? A database of hundreds of thousands of pre-registrations would be a great place to start looking.

If you pre-register, what you may be doing is voting for your desired domain to be reserved by the registry, for possibly years, and then sold at a large premium.

Something to think about.

cherrylula · 11-08-2011, 05:13 PM

yep scammy shit for sure...

alias · 11-08-2011, 05:35 PM

Definitely the case.

iSpyCams · 11-08-2011, 06:03 PM

So, if I shop for something, people might try to sell it to me, and might also infer that someone wants what I am buying?

OH NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHIT IS FUCKED UP AND I AM GONNA GO OCCUPY SOMETHING NOW!

blackmonsters · 11-08-2011, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by pompousjohn

So, if I shop for something, people might try to sell it to me, and might also infer that someone wants what I am buying?

OH NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHIT IS FUCKED UP AND I AM GONNA GO OCCUPY SOMETHING NOW!

Let me rephrase what the author said :

"If you run after a ho because you want it so bad then she will hold out and ass rape your wallet."

Got it?

HandballJim · 11-08-2011, 09:58 PM

yeah I got an email today from moniker about pre-reg. for .xxx

I was going to pre-reg. 2 .xxx domain names with godaddy at $200 a pop, $100 is for the 1st year and is refundable if you don't get the domain, the other $100 is for an application fee with imgreg that is not refundable. So basically any domain you show interest in will go to auction and you will pay more. So why bother losing $100 for the application fee.

11-08-2011, 05:35 PM	#3
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11-08-2011, 09:58 PM	#6
HandballJim Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NYC Posts: 4,024	yeah I got an email today from moniker about pre-reg. for .xxx I was going to pre-reg. 2 .xxx domain names with godaddy at $200 a pop, $100 is for the 1st year and is refundable if you don't get the domain, the other $100 is for an application fee with imgreg that is not refundable. So basically any domain you show interest in will go to auction and you will pay more. So why bother losing $100 for the application fee. __________________ HOW I MAKE LOTS OF $$$

11-08-2011, 05:13 PM	#2
cherrylula lol Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 15,969	yep scammy shit for sure...

11-08-2011, 06:03 PM	#4
iSpyCams Amateur Gynecologist Industry Role: Join Date: May 2009 Location: Medellin Posts: 4,436	So, if I shop for something, people might try to sell it to me, and might also infer that someone wants what I am buying? OH NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHIT IS FUCKED UP AND I AM GONNA GO OCCUPY SOMETHING NOW!