Research standards
SHOW THE RECEIPTS.
The attitude can be loud. The evidence has to be boringly solid.
Publication rules
- Record the observation date for every domain.
- Separate explicit for-sale pages from generic parking, redirects, blank pages, and developed sites.
- Do not infer ownership motives from a landing page alone.
- Store asking price separately from verified sale price.
- Preserve source URLs and screenshots when legally appropriate.
- Label illustrative examples as illustrative.
- Provide correction and dispute mechanisms before treating the database as authoritative.
- Distinguish trademark cybersquatting from broader domain speculation.
Metrics we can responsibly calculate
Observed asking-price distributions, time parked, category concentration, developed-vs-undeveloped ratios, registration/renewal cost comparisons, and documented business stories.