Reglikedomain industry desk

Election domains become worthless today

Clinton domain names? Those were so yesterday.

Well, the election is over. Now the value of many election-related domain names has gone to zero.

Certainly, domain names that have to do with Hillary Clinton’s run for the White House have no value now.

As for the Trump ones, it really depends on if they refer to the election itself (e.g. domains with 2016 or Pence’s name in them) or Trump the person. The former have little value. I also imagine ones related to a Trump media organization are worth less now since he’ll be working in the White House rather than on Trump TV.

Indeed, domain names tied to certain timed events usually have depressed values. Even if a domain name is perfect for an event this year, people will want to pay less for it since its useful life is limited.

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