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Re: Ask HN: Domain names you bought for a start-up that never happened

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I've got a ton, but hold hope that I'll polish them off and finish them some day. As for the domains I'd be happy to get rid of, here they are: Whatdeliversto.me and whatdeliverstome.com -- both intended to compete with GrubHub, but never happened. Typemotion.com -- was a blogging platform that was actually pretty good. Got acquired for a small sum of money, then the buyers folded and gave the domain back. It's an od…

In the UK the female body decoration the 'vajazzle' has become a talking point because of the TV show 'The Only Way is Essex'. I would guess someone trying to sell vajazzles would be in the market for your Vaginawear.com domain, so there might be some money in it while the fad is ongoing.

It's of course possible. I'm accepting all offers in the 7 figure range. ;-)

In all honesty though, I had little idea that was an actual thing. I figured it was just, y'know, parody of bedazzle. Maybe it's just me, but I can't see that being anything other than roll on the floor hilarious, and definitely not enticing.

To each their own I suppose.

Re: Ask HN: Domain names you bought for a start-up that never happened

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* invoices.io - Simpler, cheaper Harvest. * hippo.io - Reminders that actually worked with you instead of beating you over the head. * fubar.io - An error tracking service that didn't suck. * sharing.io - Sharing buttons as a service. We maintain them for you so you don't have to worry about having a MySpace button on your site in 2012. * keys.io - Hosted software key authentication. * tele.io - Hosted, simple phone…

Those must be expensive to hold on to. Usually .io goes for $99/year.

Re: Ask HN: Domain names you bought for a start-up that never happened

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fluffcut.com - I was going to build a tool that would go through your twitter and facebook streams and pull out only posts with links or other content

fanatastic.com - A sports site, something like digg or reddit focused specifically on sports. I was going to allow users to pick their favorite teams and then have a feed of info about that. The social aspect would be interesting, ie: both Cowboys and Redskins fans would see the same story and comments which could create either interesting or volatile comments. Eventually I was going to offer interactive chat about games as they are happening.

mygdnews.com - first domain I picked up for the fanatastic.com idea myidid.com - a task management software, basically a done list with todo list features. I've actually got a better idea for a domain name for this that's available and may actually work on this during my vacation. It's a tool I have a personal need for.

twnote and choip.me - were to similar Twitter based tools. Basically commenting for tweets.

and some that I have worked on but are not startups (yet, if ever based on current life)

unscatter.com - It's seen several iterations. Currently it's a current information search. Basically brings up information from blekko, twitter, facebook and g+ for search terms with results ordered by date rather than relevance.

chatfor.us (and chtfr.us) - real time chat engine. Currently focused on Twitter ( it works ) but my goal is to eventually allow more authentication sources. For those times when you want to have that quick chat with someone but don't exactly want to establish that relationship by adding them to IM, following them on Twitter or Facebook, etc etc.

Re: Ask HN: Domain names you bought for a start-up that never happened

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yukup.com - Aggregation of common thread-based sources (HN, reddit, google groups/mailing lists, etc) and have nice live updates in-browser w/ unread message support

umwut.com - A new kind of commenting site (not just link sharing) where rooms can be created. The great thing was the live system that was very intuitive to jump around many new comments in many threads very easily.

forsook.org (and forsook-lang.org/com) - A language/parser framework that transpiles to Java. The key is that you can easily add pieces basically allowing you to create your own language by checking checkboxes (still in the works).

sqlchop.com - Basically a free version of transaction-log-based CDC because I got tired of paying Attunity.

yocalist.com - A HTML5/Canvas based karaoke system that anyone can easily use and allows you to overlay your own lyrics onto embedded videos from other sites (e.g. youtube)

Re: Ask HN: Domain names you bought for a start-up that never happened

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Makepizzahappen.com - one click pizza ordering system. Set it up once with your CC info, topping preferences, optionally rank local pizza places by preference, then next time you're drunk, want pizza and don't know who's open, just click the giant make pizza happen button

Foodmyface.com - more generalized food ordering system, development payed for by the proceeds from makepizzahappen of course. Similar to how Jimmy Johns online ordering works, but for any restaurants that deliver.

Ohshitmyshit.com - not even sure. A place for posting awesome stuff? A place for posing about your broken stuff? A place for posting disturbing pictures of poop in the hopes that a medical professional will see them and tell you what is wrong with you?

Re: Ask HN: Domain names you bought for a start-up that never happened

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post #52

* invoices.io - Simpler, cheaper Harvest. * hippo.io - Reminders that actually worked with you instead of beating you over the head. * fubar.io - An error tracking service that didn't suck. * sharing.io - Sharing buttons as a service. We maintain them for you so you don't have to worry about having a MySpace button on your site in 2012. * keys.io - Hosted software key authentication. * tele.io - Hosted, simple phone…

Those must be expensive to hold on to. Usually .io goes for $99/year.

Yeah they're like $80 from the registrar I use. :( Going to let some of them go after this year.
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