Well, it might be true that if parents aren't giving it to you it might be a little harder for a kid to come up with cash these days. Paper routes here are now all automobile routes..not because of safety..they want the paper delivered early in the morning. And, I notice that more and more people are getting companies in to do the lawn cutting and landscaping..and this isn't a particularly affluent area. However..if you're a kid with no money, you're probably not running an e-commerce site either, so a domain isn't absolutely necessary. You can run a nice site with a subdomain if you have to. If it's a real good idea it might even generate some cash for a domain. Hell, I'm an adult with enough money for a domain, but haven't gotten one for the site I do that's probably the most popular. It's got no potential for revenue, so..I just haven't gotten around to it. But it does have a nice short subdomain address.