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Re:Fuck Domainparkers by ktpsns on Thursday March 11, 2021 @07:06AM (#26423140)
Well, according to your logic the crappy website owner could also sell her domain to the brand new startup. For a price where the revenue supports the crappy website owner, not some absurd buisness.

The current domain trading situation is as if some real estate agent would buy all land instead of mediating seller and buyer. If your exemplaric "crappy website" wants to make a good price, there are still domain agents which could help with the deal.

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Re:Fuck Domainparkers by warp on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:34AM (#26423820)
> The current domain trading situation is as if some real estate agent would buy all land instead of mediating seller and buyer.

Zillow (and probably other companies) are experimenting with this, buying up quite a bunch of homes to build up an inventory of homes to sell at a profit later.

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Re:Fuck Domainparkers by xyzelement on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:28AM (#26423756)
That's right. And then it's just a small leap to say that "claiming a domain for a crappy biz and then selling it" is not that different than squatting.
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