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I've been doing some version of this since college. ...holy shit that's almost 20 years. It started as a bit of a joke on the "That's a good band name" line. I
by chrneu 10mo ago
I've been doing some version of this since college. ...holy shit that's almost 20 years.
It started as a bit of a joke on the "That's a good band name" line. It became "That's a good domain name". Yes, I went to a stem college.
Anyway, i've started 4 pretty decent businesses based entirely off that bit. My friends and I would be riffing out behind the pizza place/bar we frequented, someone would say something and then "That's a good domain name" comes out. I'd make a quick note and think about it for a few days. I found that if I come back to it after a week or so then it's maybe worth something.
Business and domain names can make or break a company.
On top of all that, i've also bought and then sold hundreds of domains for a profit based off this bit. I use various registars when they have sales, buy em up cheap for a few years, then park em.
After reading the OP, it's kinda funny. I did something similar with a garlic grower back in the early 00's. I had a domain, my brother worked for a garlic farmer, the farmer wanted to export to asia. It worked out well for a few years.
- Imustaskforhelp 10mo agoVery interesting, I feel like domain names definitely have values but I don't know much about domain names that much but how do you buy or sell hundreds of domains? I found websites/newsletters like https://ungrabbed.com/ https://ungrabbed.com/ Personally It would be interesting to see some domain names for cheap and if I have an idea, I can perhaps have domain name for cheap or something similar to it but I don't really know if I should go into this hobby perhaps and no guarantees that I would but I am curious about resources basically and I wish if you can tell me more about it I feel like the issue I feel as if is that most domains would just be parked in there or would be sold for losses perhaps.
- NuclearPM 10mo ago> Yes, I went to a stem college. I don’t understand this.
- MrSomeone 10mo agoScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
- NuclearPM 10mo agoYes, that part I knew.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoScience is the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained.
- radus 10mo agoOkay, but why?
- arcanemachiner 10mo agoMy guess is that he took a meme for normal people ("that would make a good band name") and twisted it into a more nerdy version ("that would make a good domain name").
- NuclearPM 10mo agoThat makes sense. I assumed posting on hackernews implies the nerdiness.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoLots of nerds go to regular colleges so perhaps he’s saying he’s extra nerdy. (Though I think at this point we’re overanalyzing, the worst thing you can do to any joke.)
- bigstrat2003 10mo agoYeah but if you keep analyzing it hard enough, the funniness underflows and then it's maximum funny.
- BenjiWiebe 10mo agoProbably: "band names" -> Science, Engineering, TECHNOLOGY, Math college -> "domain names" Learned about more things tech, started thinking about domains more than bands.