Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names (Part II)

Post by broth » Thu, Jul 02, 2020, 6:41 AM UTC

jasongill wrote: post #40

jlgaddis wrote: post #35

Anyone have recommendations for a nice and easy, "no BS" site for selling a domain? Or even some "we'll (try to) sell it for you and take a commission" type of place? I've got one domain that I think I could actually sell for a decent price, but I just really don't wanna deal with it...

Sedo is by far the easiest. Just list your domains and it's painless. I've sold well over $100k worth of domains via Sedo over the years with zero hiccups, despite their somewhat clunky website - can't say the same about other marketplaces.

Post by lethologica » Thu, Jul 02, 2020, 7:01 AM UTC

pryce wrote: post #49

wtracy wrote: post #45

You know, someone needs to make an Iron Chef styled reality TV show where teams of web developers are each handed a random recently-expired domain name and challenged to make a viable service that fits that domain.

You joke, but I know people who hunt to acquire domain names first, and then come up with business ideas based on them. Putting it bluntly, I feel that this is an astoundingly misguided way to operate business ventures, and, so far, the market seems to agree.

Post by pmachinery » Thu, Jul 02, 2020, 8:00 AM UTC

andrefuchs wrote: post #3

Useful service, congrats on the launch. Do 4 character domains basically never drop or why is the minimum length 5?

Post by sbmthakur » Thu, Jul 02, 2020, 9:53 AM UTC

pryce wrote: post #49

wtracy wrote: post #45

You know, someone needs to make an Iron Chef styled reality TV show where teams of web developers are each handed a random recently-expired domain name and challenged to make a viable service that fits that domain.

You joke, but I know people who hunt to acquire domain names first, and then come up with business ideas based on them. Putting it bluntly, I feel that this is an astoundingly misguided way to operate business ventures, and, so far, the market seems to agree.

Post by etxm » Thu, Jul 02, 2020, 10:21 AM UTC

ComputerGuru wrote: post #30

goatherders wrote: post #29

Awesome. I just registered (majorsportsapparelmaker)golf.com And yes, they make golf shoes and apparel. So that's fun.

You can’t use it for anything and the only value is in hoping they randomly decide to contact you and ask to buy it (you can’t approach them because that is extortion of trademarked property) rather than going through the courts.