Twitter user @elliottcable just sent a somewhat troubling message our way:
"isn't sure what to think of @domainr. Looks pretty sexy, but seems to be affiliated with the scammy 101domain.com (1,000$ for every domain)"
We asked him for details, and it turns out some .com domains cost a bit more than normal there:
"@domainr Oddly enough, a bunch of .com domains. The specific one I was looking for was http://ellio.tt/ (turns out that one is 300$/yr nywy)"
We suspect that the .coms he's referring to might be for resale, not initial registration—we've had some great exchanges with 101domain since launching Domainr, and they seem to have both the best global TLD coverage of any registrar out there, and the best user experience for longer-tail TLDs. Non-.com TLDs tend to cost significantly more money than .com's tend to, which is probably one of the reasons they're not more widely used. Perhaps with more exposure from products like Domainr, they'll eventually drop in price and be more widely used.

