On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 11:20 AM Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Most "memorable" domains are an outright waste of money. Especially ones that are more cute or curious than memorable.
Plus, remember that you can't own a domain, you're just renting it. Miss the rent and it goes to someone else, possibly a rival.
In the era of first location-aware search engines and now AI-powered queries (not to mention QR codes and URL shorteners), domains are simply an inferior way to be found on the Internet. These days the non-vanity value of most domains seems to be shrinking as they're simply less necessary. But I guess the vanity factor cannot be dismissed.
- Evan
There is a tld called .richardli. Its owned by Hong Kong born, Canadian business guy Richard Li (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Li). Yes, he bought a vanity TLD just for himself. I guess his email address is me@richardli? I believe this is the only vanity TLD made. When ICANN opened up to allow new strings, I think the cost to register/apply for a TLD string was $250,000 US 10 years ago, plus partnering with a Registrar and other things. Andrew