Why are dot .so domains more expensive than other national domains?

Apollo

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I was just checking out domain names and noticed .so is usually more expensive than other country-level domains.

What's up with that? Are people using .so as a domain hack?
 

Periplus

It is what it is
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Idk why its expensive, probably because its more rare to obtain? Like limited supply.

I remember the .so domain used to popular with illicit websites (torrenting) but the FGS has cracked down on it.

Djibouti's domain is considered a domain hack due it being .dj but I don't see why anyone would want a .so domain.
 

Apollo

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@Periplus

Noticed it was around $50 bucks on namecheap for .so

While random Eastern Euro, Asian, and African national domains were like $5.

Perhaps .so is catchy?
 

Periplus

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@Periplus

Noticed it was around $50 bucks on namecheap for .so

While random Eastern Euro, Asian, and African national domains were like $5.

Perhaps .so is catchy?

Hmm.... interesting.

If the FGS had the ability to put their domain in front of websites, then they would make a killing. In Australia, some companies have the .au domain before the website name.

Ex: so.google.com or so.fresh.com
 

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