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   feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:12:50 JST feld
   Sometimes in descriptions of Web 2.0 you will find people emphasizing that "everyone should have a domain" was an original talking point. Does anyone remember more about this?
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:13:42 JST feld

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     What was it like trying to buy a domain before 2000? I really don't remember, because I didn't know how that really worked yet. Were they more expensive?
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:16:55 JST feld

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     What's the best "web 2.0" registrar you can think of? GoDaddy? Probably because they made it easy to make a shitty personal homepage for yourself or your business with their site builder?
     
     Who else was a household name during that booming era? I'm coming up blank
     
     Did they really undercut everyone else so much or just invest in marketing?
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:17:54 JST feld

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     • The Doctor
     This was my guess without researching, so thanks for confirming
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     The Doctor (drwho@hackers.town)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:17:55 JST The Doctor

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     @feld Pre-2k, Network Solutions was pretty much the only game in town, and their prices were extremely high for most people.

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     The Doctor (drwho@hackers.town)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:18:24 JST The Doctor

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     @feld name.com

     And GoDaddy did invest that much in marketing. Several Super Bowl ads over the years, as I recall.

     feld likes this.
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:19:10 JST feld

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     • The Doctor
     Yeah there really wasn't anyone else competing in that ad space
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 05:20:52 JST feld

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     • The Doctor
     Although Tucows must have existed back then -- since 1993 it seems. But were there sub-registrars operating off of Tucows or did that come later... :thinkface:
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:35:21 JST feld

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     • Tim W (admin (and human))
     @tim @drwho This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you
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     Tim W (admin (and human)) (tim@union.place)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:35:22 JST Tim W (admin (and human))

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     • The Doctor

     @feld @drwho Tucows didn't become an ICANN-accredited domain registrar until 1999. Before that they were all about software distribution (and still were afterward, for a while).

     Technically competition was allowed as of October 1998, but functionally 1999 is when ICANN actually started accrediting registrars.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 06:11:38 JST feld

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     • Tim W (admin (and human))
     I remember going to Tucows and HappyPuppy for free software
     
     I never run into anyone who remembers HappyPuppy