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I am pretty sure I am just going to embarrass myself with this one but I’ll post it anyway. I get lots of people that send me their list of domains asking for my opinion. With due respect I have not really seen any good lists, I suppose if you have names you know are good you certainly don’t need my opinion. But I always try to be honest, encouraging, and positive and let them know there is still the future, it is never too late to start over. I tell them that I did the same thing, got a bunch of bad names before I got a bunch of good names, and I can prove it. I dropped the first few hundred domains I registered because 99% of them were as bad or worse as most the names people send me to critique.
I got my first good expiring domain in October 2000, the domain was TripHop.com, I had hundreds of names at this time but this was the turning point when I started getting good expiring domains and dropping the crap. I had to figure out on my own how to get an expiring name, it was a well kept secret at the time, I had figured out enough to know on what night an expired domain would drop but I had no idea what time, so I picked a few stupid names that were expiring that I knew nobody would grab and I stayed up all night checking the status of these domains every few seconds until they came available at 4:30 in the morning, that is how I figured out the time of the drops.
I had some good domain ideas in 2000 like joint ventures, and leasing, and my “We Cater to the Speculator” RegHog.com, the problem was I did not have good domains, and I have furnished proof, and this is where it gets embarrassing. I had a site up in 2000 called eNameSales.com, it listed all the crap I had at that time, especially check out the “bargain names” if you want to see some real amateur hour stuff, lol. I got a bunch of words with “i” as the suffix not the prefix, ouch, I also got a bunch of names with “ie” as the prefix, ouch again, and some other just really bad names.
I never did follow through on the big domain site I was working on because I just got so busy going through expiring lists and trying to get them and making affiliate sites and I discovered adult domains and income and that was to profitable to not spend my time on. And I was really busy with my true passions, making music and herbal formulas.
Anyway here is a link to eNameSales.com as it was in 2000 at archive.org’s Way Back Machine, check it out for a good laugh, and it should give hope to those of you that need to drop all the pigeon shit and start over, it worked for me.
Here are the domain picks dropping on May 24th 2013:
BridalInfo.com – I like the info suffix if it’s a subject that has info
eSuppliers.com – Pretty big word suppliers, maybe make a drop ship site
FinanceHomes.com – I just have one home financed but if you have homes here’s a great name
FoodTruckFinder.com – These food trucks are getting as popular as restaurants and gourmet
FunSummer.com – Summer is fun, I love when it warms up here in the mountains
Hishida.com – Looks like a surname
iBarometer.com – The internet barometer, I like it
Investigation-Services.com – I list the dashes because some people like the keywords
iStereos.com – Kind of a strange one but I love stereo systems, I am an audiophile
JBHC.com – Jahmonayshia, Brishonda, Herschlag, and Charalambous – this LLLL’s for you
JJUP.com – I usually don’t like the “u” so much but it spells Up so here it is
LED-TVs.- Again it’s more for SEO than the resale value with the dashes
LeNet.com – Now this is a cute short domain, find it on Le Net
LoseBellyFatDiet.com – I don’t have any yet but I assume this is a popular diet
LuxurySwimmingPools.com – I want one, I wouldn’t mind having this domain to go with it
Moloneys.com – I have gotten sh*tfaced here I am sure of it
OHGP.com – OH God Please, don’t make me have to describe another LLLL today
OneCam.com – Really how many cam’s does one man need?
PsyMD.com – I don’t have one of these either but probably need one more than the pool
ResumeBay.com – I mostly liked it because it rhymes
RevenueCoach.com – Not so sure about this but it made me think of Rick
SolarReadyHomes.com – I think where I live has the most solar homes per capita in the US
Correspond.net
DesignPros.net
eRecyclers.net
GermanProperties.net
iGal.net
KinkyGirl.net
LadiesHats.net
MonthlyInsurance.net
NorthYork.net
Plagiarist.net
Ronalds.net
RVPA.net
WhiteCity.net
165.org
4Gold.org
AgingHealthy.org
FWE.org
MyModel.org
Ralphs.org
Affirmative.me
Queso.me
Senoritas.me
Sitting.me
Stale.me
Titanic.me
Admission.tv
iTeen.tv
Locator.tv
Seventies.tv
Undersea.tv
Make sure you also check out Domain Shane’s Big List of names.
Domain of the day: TipsOn.com – Make me an Offer I can’t refuse!
Thanks for stopping by, you are loved…
I am not laughing at you but as a true friend, I am laughing with you AT me.
I am laughing AT me, lmfao actually…
DowJonesing.com is my favorite. Wonder what you were really “Jonesing” for when you registered that one. LOL
LOL. I can’t say what I was Jonesing on at the time, something I’m sure.
I also had some other TM domains I that I gave to the rightful owners like Tupperware.net and Toyotas.net and some others, and I saw Dow Jones was TM so I let it drop, I am not trying to infringe on any TM’s. In the old days I just got anything I recognized but then I learned what a TM was ha…
Mark there is no reason to be embarrassed about this website and the domains you had. It just proves how much you have evolved.
What is funny is that I run the 89 domains you have in your bargain section and found that 49 of them are currently registered.
What is even funnier (to me) is that there a domain in there that actually makes sense to me! hugedomains.com owns the domain LAMPSi.com and LAMPSi means “glare” in Greek. lampsiFM.com is the website of a radio station here in Greece.
And of course my favorite thing in the website is your email address: [email protected].
It doesn’t make any sense! lol
And I forgot to say that you own none of the 89 domains and you don’t even own factory.tv…
OK you are just embarrassing me even more, lol. Like I said, I just dropped almost everything pre TripHop.com. This brings up a good point though, do I even know a good domain when I have one? I’m not so sure. I saw names I hand reg’d early on and dropped later out of insecurity that got picked up and sold for $1000’s later…
Some I did keep and sell. And my [email protected], lol, I loved my domain factory.tv domain in 2000 and I dropped it in 2001, maybe I will buy it back and fire up my old [email protected] email, I actually like that better now than I did then…
I dropped a domain years ago and it was picked up by Frank. It was so and so and practically unsellable. I didn’t let much .com go after that except for TMs like you did. That was in 2004 and Frank still owns the domain.
The point is that you can’t just know everything. That is why some people focus on domain niches. I have 5 or 6 of those because of my hobbies, location and yes because of my wife.
I actually just noticed that someone is using [email protected] as their email address.
iesources.com lol. I am not sure what they are thinking, I mean what I was thinking ha.
My favorite part of the site is the leasing part. I remember thinking leasing domains could be big business because it seemed like we were leasing them anyway with the annual reg fee, and at the time .tv was trying to do some kind of premium leasing reg fee thing so I thought why not pay a premium fee for a .com, but obviously I didn’t have all the legal things worked out yet lol:
Leasing
We are in the process of putting together a leasing program on all but our bargain names. We understand that purchasing a good domain name can certainly put a financial strain on start-up companies and small business owners, yet a good domain name can really make a difference in ones internet success. Therefore we believe leasing can be the perfect option. Once we get the legal details worked out so as to protect all parties involved and insure continued registration of the name we will post the details. If you are interested in leasing a name immediately contact us and we can work out the details.
I had big plans for factory.tv, I was going to do a QVC, HSN type thing but online. I never followed through and ended up dropping all the .tv domains except a few I sold, I could see soon into my .tv investing that it was not the path I wanted to follow and I started putting all my money on .com’s. I did start getting some .tv’s again though a few years ago, so far they have paid for themselves but still a gamble for sure.
Here was my blurb at Factory.tv – I was so full of it lol:
Factory.TV is one of the new generation of companies on the web that offers great quality, great selection, and great service at the lowest possible prices by utilizing the economies of a totally internet based business. By not having to maintain an expensive showroom stocked with salespeople, we are able to concentrate on supplying you with the best products in the world at the lowest factory direct prices.
GermanProperties.net seems to be good there. Thank`s for sharing
You’re welcome Irfan, thank you for reading and commenting…
This is what makes a blog real. Good post and good advice. . . .also interesting history Mark