Did you know these 5 interesting domain facts?

Did you know there are over 330 million domain names as of in 2017? With domain names proliferating, registering your first domain pickup might not be available in the .COM world.  However, there are legions of new Top Level Domain (TLD) options from which you can choose to make your domain shopping much easier. Moreover you can also check out the WHOIS domain lookup to get a general sense of domains which are popular and the domains that are registered in each of the TLD.

Therefore, in order to make things unputdownable, here are a few fun domain facts to apprise you all regarding the domain industry. 

1
You can never buy an ‘A’.COM Address

Any website address that is composed entirely of the letter ‘A’, right from a to aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com have been already registered.  It shows that someone sees the vowel as a valuable domain name.

2
Domain Registration used to be entirely free

The domain registrations were free of cost till the year 1995. Network Solutions in 1995 were granted the authority to charge for domain names which started at 100$ for 2 years. Later, in 1997 the price fell to 70$.

3
All 3-letter.Com Domains have been Registered

Your chances of finding a three letter.com domain are slim to none. Just because they are short and easy to remember, the three letter domains are very popular. Even if you still want or come across any such domain, then you need to revise your financial condition because they have now become very expensive domains.

4
Coca Cola dons .COM with “AHH”

You will be spell bounded to know that Coca Cola owns all the domain names that can be read as ‘ahh’. Like ahh.com, ahhh.com, ahhhh.com……………………….up to 62 h’s are all owned by the company Coca Cola. It is hard to believe, but you have to accept it with a pinch of salt.

5
GOOGLE.COM originally was supposed to be ‘GOOGOL.COM’

When Google got its name, then the co-founder of Google Larry Page wanted Google to be ‘Googol.com’. But as that time, ‘Googol.com’ was not available, but ‘Google.com’ was available and in the end it all worked out.

Year 2018 will be an important year for the domain industry. If at all the domain registration volume breaks, the domain professionals all round the world will need to ask themselves the real questions about the product they are selling and the way they are going to sell.