It just seems wrong to me. I like .info domains because I can still find an occasional great domain name where the king of domains – .com – is used up. When I crank the name into a tool like estibot the spread between the .com and the .info are often huge.

An example: TheTopTen.com works out to a value of $64,000, and the .info comes out at $450.  Now if you look up thetopten.com it turns out to be a parked site, owned byName Administration Inc.,  in the Cayman Islands. The contact information links to ProForma Inc – a brokerage for Name Administration. This tells me clearly that this is a Frank Schilling-owned domain.

So I ask myself – is the .com name really worth $63,550 more than the .info? I don’t think so. Starting today I am going to price my good .info names at half the .com value – minimum. After all, my investment and carrying costs are very low and eventually the right buyer will come along and make a reasonable offer.

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