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Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name

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Re: Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name

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Post by vtlynch »

>I immediately gravitate towards the keyword descriptive dotCOM. It instantly exudes trust & authority

Strongly disagree. As a result of this type of thinking, I find that the majority of "keyword descriptive dotCOM" domains are usually click-bait or shady content marketing.

Sites like "VacuumReviews.com" are almost always full of content focused on SEO not quality, and questionable financial motivations.

But I guess if the general public still likes those types of domains it shouldnt affect their value.

Re: Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name

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Post by benmcnelly »

This is rubbish.

I am (was) a serial domain buyer. Now, I guess its somewhat true that buying a domain to go with your idea can really inspire you, I have a lot of domains I let expire or still hold on to because I haven't yet or never did anything with them. I don't think its a good idea.

Re: Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name

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Post by eightturn »

na85 wrote: post #2

Aren't there bidding networks for expiring domains that practically guarantee you won't get the domain unless you pay one of them?

bidding networks, yes.. those four links I included at end of article grant you access to those networks. Those sites will attempt to grab domains when they drop. Not all expiring domains truly expire, though.. some are what they call 'pre-release', and are auctioned before the drop at a selective marketplaces.. Namejet is a popular one..

Re: Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name

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Post by azdle »

Maybe it's just that I lack follow through, but I disagree. I have a horrible habit of buying domain names thinking that I have this great idea, I play with it for a day or two and then abandon it.

Actually, in the spirit of this article, if anyone here is interested in any of these, let me know:

addressauth.com -- Was going to be a physical address verification service using lob.com's postcard sending API.

atomicthings.com -- something vaguely iot related

http://blankpage.press -- a news site that only posted things that were important (but I realized that would mean I'd need to read all the news and figure out what was important).

http://commn.co -- an inventory tracking system for DIY entheusists that allowed you to track your crap, but also see other peoples crap and trade/sell to others if you don't need it anymore.

http://difftos.com -- a tool to watch service's ToS for changes and easily see what actually changed.

hydramatic.net -- ifttt, but for programmers (it's the name of the first automatic transmission)

http://shit.land / http://shit.foundation -- "The Society for a Homogenous Internet of Things Foundation", an obviously dumb name for a website that I was going to setup a wiki to track IoT stuff, mostly protocols and maybe eventually something with security vulns.

virga.link / http://virga.space -- My plans for a fully decentralized IoT 'protocol', there's actually a couple blog posts on here that lay out what I was thinking.

If you have an existing project that's not in risk of dying that one of these would fit, I'll gladly give it to for free. (I just ask that if the project does die you'd give it back to me and not sell it.)

Also, slightly unrelated, but since I'm listing domain names, https://knock.ninja was another one of these, but I've actually gotten myself to keep working on that on, if a bit slowly. I actually am pretty proud of coming up with that name. (Although the content on that site it pretty shit, btw. I need to come up with better ways of describing it with fewer words.)

Re: Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name

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Post by hrayr »

I sometimes buy domain names on my phone, late at night, in my bed. Usually after hours of laying in bed building out a business in my mind and iterating over and over to see where it leads. Buying the domain name seems to be the last step in the processes, it helps me sleep.

I look at the list of my domains every once in a while and pick ideas to work on, but sometimes I have no idea what drove me to buy them, like parttimehuman.tips

Re: Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name

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Post by eightturn »

vtlynch wrote: post #3

>I immediately gravitate towards the keyword descriptive dotCOM. It instantly exudes trust & authority Strongly disagree. As a result of this type of thinking, I find that the majority of "keyword descriptive dotCOM" domains are usually click-bait or shady content marketing. Sites like "VacuumReviews.com" are almost always full of content focused on SEO not quality, and questionable financial motivations. But I guess…

I can see your point of view.. What I was trying to convey - albeit poorly - was a more holistic view of the domain, ie. the domain on the side of a truck. The domain on a tablecloth. The domain on a bumpersticker.

If I saw a plumber driving around Atlanta with www.AtlantaPlumber.com on his truck, #1 - it'd be easy for me to remember, and #2 it'd be a more positive than negative perception of that business.

Re: Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name

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Post by eightturn »

benmcnelly wrote: post #4

This is rubbish. I am (was) a serial domain buyer. Now, I guess its somewhat true that buying a domain to go with your idea can really inspire you, I have a lot of domains I let expire or still hold on to because I haven't yet or never did anything with them. I don't think its a good idea.

thanks for the feedback.. it works for some folks, not for others.. true. I wanted to simply try and shift the thinking for anyone out there dabbling. Once I saw domain names in this light, it really helped me focus and concentrate on building..
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