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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
Do people really pay top dollar for these web addresses?
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It really depends.. if you have a business with an idea and you want a very specific domain and someone happens to own it, lots will pay out a few thousand dollars for a domain rather than go back and re-figure out what they want.
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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
Also, and again no offense, but I don't really see these site addresses needed to be used by big companies, it more seems like they would be used by everyday people like you and me to create fan sites to rate ipad games and such. Basically I don't see the need to have the best web address, well enough to spend top dollar for it.
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That's what I was saying, it's not squatting because the big company that owns the actual product or whatever isn't after these domains, but smaller companies or business ventures that want to start a site with products/services related to the actual product do. No one expects to sell some domain they think of for $1 million to a big company anymore, but lots of people will spend a few hundred or a few thousand dollars to get a specific domain rather than go back through their decision making process.
Incidentally ip.ad is also available, except you must be a resident or legal entity of The Principality of Andorra lol.