Comments on: Domain Name Wire: Del.icio.us Rebrands as Delicious.com: A Lesson for Entrepreneurs http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/01/domain-name-wire-delicious-rebrands-as-deliciouscom-a-lesson-for-entrepreneurs/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Aus del.icio.us wird delicious.com : adblogger.com http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/01/domain-name-wire-delicious-rebrands-as-deliciouscom-a-lesson-for-entrepreneurs/#comment-10239 Aus del.icio.us wird delicious.com : adblogger.com Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:26:50 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/01/domain-name-wire-delicious-rebrands-as-deliciouscom-a-lesson-for-entrepreneurs/#comment-10239 [...] Sarid vermutet unterdessen, dass dieser damals getätigte Fehler im Laufe der Jahre anderen Personen wiederum [...] […] Sarid vermutet unterdessen, dass dieser damals getätigte Fehler im Laufe der Jahre anderen Personen wiederum […]

]]> By: Jeff Hawkins http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/01/domain-name-wire-delicious-rebrands-as-deliciouscom-a-lesson-for-entrepreneurs/#comment-10194 Jeff Hawkins Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:47:32 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/01/domain-name-wire-delicious-rebrands-as-deliciouscom-a-lesson-for-entrepreneurs/#comment-10194 There's nothing wrong with the other TLDs but dot com is king and will remain so as far down the road as I can see. So don't base your brands on anything else. That said, I thought the del.icio.us brand and domain right clever but it didn't "type" all that well. There’s nothing wrong with the other TLDs but dot com is king and will remain so as far down the road as I can see. So don’t base your brands on anything else.

That said, I thought the del.icio.us brand and domain right clever but it didn’t “type” all that well.

]]> By: Ari Shohat http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/01/domain-name-wire-delicious-rebrands-as-deliciouscom-a-lesson-for-entrepreneurs/#comment-10192 Ari Shohat Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:57:52 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/01/domain-name-wire-delicious-rebrands-as-deliciouscom-a-lesson-for-entrepreneurs/#comment-10192 One of the ones next in line I know of are http://fav.or.it and Flytunes.fm Then again, sometimes startups can't even get their desired names for a "reasonable" price, as the domain owner tries to hold out until the buyer grows bigger and gets more cash. That's maybe what happened with Delicious. Then the only alternatives are to pick a different brand to start with, or go at it with a weird substitute until the cash is there. One of the ones next in line I know of are http://fav.or.it and Flytunes.fm

Then again, sometimes startups can’t even get their desired names for a “reasonable” price, as the domain owner tries to hold out until the buyer grows bigger and gets more cash. That’s maybe what happened with Delicious.

Then the only alternatives are to pick a different brand to start with, or go at it with a weird substitute until the cash is there.

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