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I've also been sitting on a bunch of domainnames; all with the interest of "maybe some day" projects. One can hardly call that cybersquatting. It is, however very frustrating these days, .com is still king and for example I had whole dictionaries running for my keyword*.com -- and surprisingly enough, even the most insane combinations were taken. Ofcourse, selling a premium domain once in a while for 15k, makes it possible to hog 100's of other domains. Regardless of this frustrating setup, as it is now, I still prefer it over some kind of regulated way where people can just steal away your side-project's old domainname, just because they trademarked it. It's the wild west, yes for sure, but often, still it's better then an over-regulated state.

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Don't be so down on what you do. It's not hogging and it's not cybersquatting. This whole concept of it being wrong to register domains was back in the mid 90's when there was no cost and people would register names with clear trademark rights (like panavision.com) with the sole idea of selling it to only one person. The trademark owner. Not the same as what you and many others are doing.

Let's say a name that you would one day sell for $15k was registered by a flower shop that used it for business. In that case if someone else came along and wanted that name they would very well have to pay more than 15k for it and might not be able to purchase it at all.

right but also, one thing to remember is, an old domainname; depends on the extension, but some of them were not cheap as in these days. maybe it was my inexperience, but I have some domains I paid 50$ for back in the days/year. so, in 10 years time you get to the point of: should I let it go, or am I already too deep in? But letting it go for $100, well, just would be a big loss. In that regard, letting it go for say 100-200, for an old domain, is just breaking even or even making a loss. though it's likely not to be perceived like that. some of us are just too deep in, and just would like to break even..

Whether you should keep or let go totally depends on the domain name and what your money situation is, not what you paid in the past that money is gone. If you care to disclose the domain I can render an opinion on what I would do based on my knowledge and experience.

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