To be honest, I thought I was making a mistake by being so strict on quality control. It does take a lot of time to sift through countless domains to maintain a marketplace that consistently sells pure quality domain names.

However it seems like domainers and other marketplace are finally waking up to the real impact of dealing solely with quality domains.

Auctioneers are getting better at producing quality auction lists and more domain marketplaces are now adopting a more stringent approach to the type of domains they list on their marketplaces.

This is good for the domain industry. I have been preaching the gospel of quality domains for a long time now, and I believe I have even earned the irony of many in doing so.

I am thinking however, about what could have caused this unified approach to domain quality. Is it the economic downturn, low parking revenues or is it due to the recent uproar regarding the poor results of some recent domain auctions?

I think it is all of the above, really.

With the economic downturn, buyers will be pickier about what they get for their money, and domainers strapped for cash will bring more quality domains to the marketplace for much less.

With domain parking, well revenues are down. This is affecting everyone, but for me it is honestly a bitter-sweet moment. I absolutely hate seeing people posting rubbish domains for sale and then posting nonsensical stats that they claim will make the stupid domains priceless.

The uncertainty that is surrounding domain parking revenues has effectively forced domain investors to look beyond parking, and start evaluating domains more on their commercial values. If I buy a domain name like Toys.com I would spend a million dollars easily without even caring to ask about stats. The quality is sufficient enough to command a decent asking price.

I wrote before that I ignore emails requesting domain stats. I deal with eBusiness domains. These are domains that are commercial and are of reasonable quality where they can comfortably and successfully brand an ebusiness.

The recent uproar regarding quality domains in auctions helped as well. It is not so much as to the uproar, but more about who was raising the concerns. People just had to stop and take notice.

Well done domainers. A new day has begun. Goodbye to rubbish domains. Well, it will be wishful thinking for the foreseeable future for some. As for me and my marketplace, we shall continue to deal solely with quality domains.