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Ask HN: How many domains do you own?

6 points by technel 14y ago

A lot of us have business websites, side projects, etc... how many domains do you own, and how much do you pay yearly? Under what circumstances do you not renew a domain?

youngdev 14y ago
2 domains. Around $25 per year for both
redspark 14y ago
I personally own about 65 domains, so probably around $750/year for registrations. I probably register 5-10 per year, while not renewing the same number. I typically review every 3 months and any domains that I am not using and/or have moved away from the original idea, I disable auto-renew. If they are a strong domain, I may keep them ongoing, but I probably have < 5 of those.
davidandgoliath 14y ago
~258 odd a year. I've got a reseller account with enom that brings the price down a bit, though it'd be far cheaper to use someone like godaddy. I let a few expire a year when I've traded out domains, but most of these have been registered since '06. Inevitably, hopefully, will launch projects on them :)
ohgodthecat3 14y ago
Probably have about 25 domains at a given time, only really renew about 10 or 15 the rest get bought for ideas through time and if I haven't done anything in a year with them they get tossed back into the pond. So ~$270 a year give or take.
Toph 14y ago
I use to have somewhere closer to 300 domains. Now I have less than 100. 1. The domains I absolutely know I want to keep, I do max 10 year registrations on them, there are about a dozen or so of these. They're usually premium domains or things like my name, etc. 2. The ones that are currently active with launched stuff on them, a few dozen, I renew these anywhere between 2-5 years in advanced depending on whether or not I think the site will continue to be active in that time frame and reassess when expiration is near. 3. Then I got a ton of inactive domains and these are the ones that are the hardest to gauge. So I tend to do 1 year renewals on these and visit back every year to determine whether or not I genuinely will use them down the road, are there resell value if not, etc... I'd either sell or let expire the ones I don't care about and access when I pick up new domains again. The yearly rate I pay varies because some of these are already paid in advanced for a few years so its just the numbers of single year renewals that I have to assess.
GFischer 14y ago
5 domains, I paid U$ 50 for a year, I'll probably release 3 of them, as they were for side projects that never got started.
balamscss 14y ago
write now i own 4 domians....but only two hosting ...others are blogger forwards spent $ 48 yearly
iworkforthem 14y ago
10 domains @ namecheap.com - Looking to trim it down further. Anyone want housinspired.com / pursuitofhousing.com / apartmentsredesign.com >> Let me know.
holic 14y ago
~750 domains scattered between GoDaddy, Name.com, NameCheap, and Moniker. I bounce em around throughout the year for the lowest renewal prices possible.
dylanpyle 14y ago
Only 3 plus my personal site; one has a full backend built, social media accounts, proven business model with an EIN and company bank account, long list of launchrock signups waiting for access, etc, but never saw the light of day. The next time I have a free week or so, that will change.

6 points by technel 14y ago

A lot of us have business websites, side projects, etc... how many domains do you own, and how much do you pay yearly? Under what circumstances do you not renew a domain?

youngdev 14y ago

2 domains. Around $25 per year for both

redspark 14y ago

I personally own about 65 domains, so probably around $750/year for registrations. I probably register 5-10 per year, while not renewing the same number. I typically review every 3 months and any domains that I am not using and/or have moved away from the original idea, I disable auto-renew. If they are a strong domain, I may keep them ongoing, but I probably have < 5 of those.

davidandgoliath 14y ago

~258 odd a year. I've got a reseller account with enom that brings the price down a bit, though it'd be far cheaper to use someone like godaddy. I let a few expire a year when I've traded out domains, but most of these have been registered since '06. Inevitably, hopefully, will launch projects on them :)

ohgodthecat3 14y ago

Probably have about 25 domains at a given time, only really renew about 10 or 15 the rest get bought for ideas through time and if I haven't done anything in a year with them they get tossed back into the pond. So ~$270 a year give or take.

Toph 14y ago

I use to have somewhere closer to 300 domains. Now I have less than 100. 1. The domains I absolutely know I want to keep, I do max 10 year registrations on them, there are about a dozen or so of these. They're usually premium domains or things like my name, etc. 2. The ones that are currently active with launched stuff on them, a few dozen, I renew these anywhere between 2-5 years in advanced depending on whether or not I think the site will continue to be active in that time frame and reassess when expiration is near. 3. Then I got a ton of inactive domains and these are the ones that are the hardest to gauge. So I tend to do 1 year renewals on these and visit back every year to determine whether or not I genuinely will use them down the road, are there resell value if not, etc... I'd either sell or let expire the ones I don't care about and access when I pick up new domains again. The yearly rate I pay varies because some of these are already paid in advanced for a few years so its just the numbers of single year renewals that I have to assess.

GFischer 14y ago

5 domains, I paid U$ 50 for a year, I'll probably release 3 of them, as they were for side projects that never got started.

balamscss 14y ago

write now i own 4 domians....but only two hosting ...others are blogger forwards spent $ 48 yearly

iworkforthem 14y ago

10 domains @ namecheap.com - Looking to trim it down further. Anyone want housinspired.com / pursuitofhousing.com / apartmentsredesign.com >> Let me know.

holic 14y ago

~750 domains scattered between GoDaddy, Name.com, NameCheap, and Moniker. I bounce em around throughout the year for the lowest renewal prices possible.

dylanpyle 14y ago

Only 3 plus my personal site; one has a full backend built, social media accounts, proven business model with an EIN and company bank account, long list of launchrock signups waiting for access, etc, but never saw the light of day. The next time I have a free week or so, that will change.