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Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by csbartus »

I had two domain names reserved for some projects

nukanon.com extrophos.com

and now they are available for free. I'll tell you their story if you register them :D

currently I'm reserving only 'local' domain names which are mine forever. unused are

nucumpar.ro gros.ro

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by jpbutler »

adrianwaj wrote: post #50
jpbutler wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have this horrible habit of grabbing domains for every idea I think of for longer than two minutes. It adds up after a while.

What did you have in mind for serendipityrow.com? Good band name, after Led Zeppelin.

It was going to be an offshoot of my main product (Serendeputy, a personalized news application currently in private beta).

Serendepity Row was going to be an extract of interesting, erudite articles that surfaced from the aggregate usage of the site. I'd put out two or three posts a day highlighting really interesting pieces. I was going to model it somewhat on Arts & Letters Daily -- http://www.aldaily.com/

Kill5Minutes was going to be the same idea, but for more low-brow stuff.

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by ihartley »

animedubzone.com

bitsboltsandvolts.com

bitsboltsnvolts.com

bitsboltsvolts.com

cashnik.com

deletetheinternet.com

dunbarsdungeon.com

finihd.com

graphle.net

graphle.org

hotelfreehd.com

maperate.com

phinihd.com

proclamate.com

pussyandguns.com

sandiegomarquee.com

schrodingershotbox.com

sdmarquee.com

seekaview.com

streamwhat.com

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by petercooper »

I'm sitting on tons, but I've given plenty away over the years too, so I don't think of myself as malicious. Nearly all are from project ideas I had but then never followed up on.

ajaxday.com* amonad.com* cocoainside.com* detailedlook.com javascriptinside.com jotpack.com* jsinside.com pythonflow.com pythoninside.com railgrinder.com* railsteam.com (currently giving this away) railswebhosting.com rorhosting.com rubyonrailswebhosting.com richlanguage.com rollwall.com roted.org* rotes.org* rubyandhow.com rubypedia.com rubyweekly.com scalainside.com* spacepit.com* startupfreude.com* superyay.com* tipteam.com* topichub.com*

I don't think I'd be willing to unconditionally give/swap away all of these, but I'd say for at least half I would (I've put stars next to those). For example, I consider the Rails Web hosting ones to have value - I just haven't bothered to do anything with them yet. Some of the others I am "squatting", in a sense, in order to prevent competitors infringing on my brand.

Sorry for the formatting.. too lazy to fix it, but actually realized it doesn't look too bad as a horizontal list anyways..

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by graemep »

jwesley wrote: post #12
synnik wrote: post #3

Good idea. Although I've also had luck just emailing the contact for a domain, and finding they were willing to give it up. Worst case scenario is some squatter overvalues it and won't sell for a reasonable price. But it is always worth asking. I even had one person randomly email me offering $500 for one of my domains. I didn't reply right away, and two hours later, he upped the offer to $1000. I had the cash in han…

Yea, I've had the same thing happen to me with a name that I posted on Sedo :) For what it's worth, owning a domain and not developing it is not "domain squatting" which is defined by law as "registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting There is nothing wrong with owning a do…

I do not think real estate, or other investments are a good example. They require paying market value, which means that only those who can genuinely find mis-pricing can make a consistent profit, and by doing that they improve market efficiency.

Getting a domain through registrations does not do this, because it requires only registration not payment. For a better analogy, compare how easy it is with the requirements of the (US) Homestead" rel="nofollow">http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act/&#62... Act of 1863. It required improving the land over a five year period and imposed a size limit. It is easy to imagine what would have happened without that requirement: a few people would have made vast claims, far beyond what they could develop.

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