Ask HN: What unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

#1

Post by ibrahimcesar » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 10:07 PM UTC

Find a good domain name is getting harder and harder. I found out a thread in HN from 3 years ago and I think is relevant and could be useful to a lot of people, myself included.

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#2

Post by byoung2 » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 10:23 PM UTC

Here are some domains I'm sitting on, with descriptions of what I originally planned to do with them:

  inputsandoutputs.com - mechanical turk-like API for outsourcing
  pingathon.com - website/server monitoring
  schedulicio.us (schedulicious.com, schedulicio.com) - online scheduling

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#3

Post by bavidar » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 10:33 PM UTC

dealpuncher.com - daily deal site bootclipper.com tubilee.com hangtrend.com - old startup moved to dress.me

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#4

Post by wrongcards » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 10:54 PM UTC

weedbear.com - a webcomic I don't have time to build (though my drafts are pretty funny).

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#5

Post by jrnkntl » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 10:55 PM UTC

sitewithpornonit.com - well, hard to guess

empwire.com - wired empire (wut?)

catato.com - cats that look like potatoes

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#6

Post by cmaxwe » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 10:59 PM UTC

brewhaha.org

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#7

Post by idanb » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 11:01 PM UTC

fastfoodandwine.com

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#8

Post by Mz » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 11:01 PM UTC

jrnkntl wrote: post #5

sitewithpornonit.com - well, hard to guess empwire.com - wired empire (wut?) catato.com - cats that look like potatoes

Funny. I used "Emp" as one of my son's online nicknames at one point and briefly I ran a list called "wired for science", about/for kids with brainwiring like my sons have, kids who are also kind of "live wires". I have no idea what I would do with "empwire" but that's what I thought of when I saw the name.

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Post by Casseres » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 11:03 PM UTC

bookcrime.com - Was going to be a place where students could cut out the middle man and sell textbooks to each other (sub-domains for specific campuses for face to face transactions), lost interest in that, but I still really like the domain name.

getelected.org - Idea is for a wiki-style resource for regular people to get involved/elected in their local governments.

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I had to let a few others expire that I lost interest in. At least one of them has been picked up by an established non-profit that redirects to their main site.

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#10

Post by Casseres » Sun, Jan 06, 2013, 11:07 PM UTC

jrnkntl wrote: post #5

sitewithpornonit.com - well, hard to guess empwire.com - wired empire (wut?) catato.com - cats that look like potatoes

I love catato, I laughed when I read that. Sounds like it could be a good meme, even if it is short-lived. A weekend project perhaps?