Quote from: RE on Nov 16, 2025, 03:23 PMDD.net is so expensive because of its history. It had a lot of traffic for years. That was my main URL.
RE
I know. I quoted you saying about the same just a post or two back. Which is why my claim is that the internet domain scalpers know this about your domain as well, compared to the other URLS of similar words as your main one, and therefore charge more for it in the hopes that the person it has value to comes back. And then you get scalped.
As I mentioned, an IT buddy had the same issue, except it occurred across about a dozen domains. They were used variously, let go because the owner didn't want to pay for them anymore, but the owner of the company was then pissed because when his new web people went to recollect them for a new project, the scalpers/domain controllers were charging real money.
It is just business. No mackiavellian requirement. I got my first and still only domain at the end of the last century. It won't be going anywhere soon.