{"id":4135,"date":"2014-08-08T16:41:32","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T20:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=4135"},"modified":"2014-08-08T16:41:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T20:41:32","slug":"never-ending-squatter-vs-investor-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/never-ending-squatter-vs-investor-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"The never-ending ‘Squatter’ vs ‘Investor’ debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cybersquatter.<\/em><\/p>\n

These days the media reports seem to drop the “cyber<\/em>” part; an apparent fallout with the writings of William Gibson and his “cyberpunk” novels.<\/p>\n

Squatters are, according to the popularization given to the term by various digital pulp media, anyone who decides to spend money on a domain and hold it, in an apparent attempt to profit from this act.<\/p>\n

The term is definitely inaccurate, as it equalizes domain investing with the practice of entering someone else’s property and making use of it, refusing to leave it.<\/p>\n

Since the real estate market is the immediate reference, domain investors are in fact acquiring digital lots of land. There is no law that states one has to build anything on a piece of land; they can let it grow weeds, or plant trees that generate apples. They can also build a house and resell the entire lot for a profit.<\/p>\n

That’s the way that Capitalism works.<\/p>\n

Just like real estate, every property is unique. If you can’t have Print.com, you need to settle for another TLD, ccTLD, gTLD or another combination of the keyword. You can cry all you want about the “squatters” who took control of a domain so generic, that everyone wants it. But that won’t change anything.<\/p>\n

So those who use the “squatter” card, need to get on with the times, instead of embarrassing themselves with an inaccurate term and a variety of tantrums. Good names cost money, and domain investors chase good domains to generate profit, plain and simple. A land buyer does the same, and if one followed the “squatter” logic then Disney squats on several thousand acres of prime bushland in Florida.<\/p>\n

Domain investing isn’t a hobby, and it’s not a cult. One can learn the basics and improve their position by investing in domains the way stocks, bonds, options, precious metals and real estate work.<\/p>\n

When someone else has the domain you want, don’t get mad – get educated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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