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Extra domain names? Offer them to fellow news yc'ers here.

5 points by acgourley 19y ago

acgourley 19y ago
At some point I was thinking of building a quick site to allow people to list/give/swap domain names with a small community of developers. My rational is that many of us sit on a pile of them we bought for past or never-to-be completed ideas, and we could help each other out by making them available. It would be cool if someone did build that side one day, but for now it probably makes more sense to just piggyback on an existing community. Of course I just had several names expire before I thought to do this, but I'm willing to part with: dealray.com mobophile.com mobozen.com I'm not looking for money, but I will ask that you actually plan on using the domain for something cool somewhat soon. The transfer of a domain off 1and1 is a mild pita after all.
gscott 19y ago
This is the most amazing place to get domain names http://www.tdnam.com http://www.tdnam.com. Some of the recent ones I have registered using tdnam are ShareCircle.com, RealtyGoLive.com, SharedList.com, SoftwareOutpost.com, UserLinks.com, and AskShare.com. All of them cost $10+$8 to register. People who say good domains are gone are not totally correct.
- acgourley 19y ago
  Thanks, that looks nice.
louisadekoya 19y ago
I own buzztricks.com; whatilooklike.com; alterpay.com; legitmp3s.com and peerquit.com.
- nextmoveone 19y ago
  I thought it said queerpit at first glance...lol
  - SwellJoe 19y ago
    People always think I'm saying "virtualmen.com"...Quite different, but possibly also valid, business model.
nextmoveone 19y ago
I'm willing to give up: getretarded.net smsfiend.com safemortgagesource.com strategic-mortgagedata.com but I want at least one in return.
- plusbryan 19y ago
  DUDE strategic-mortgagedata.com???? I've been waiting for that domain since 1994! Woot!
  - adrianwaj 19y ago
    I like getretarded.net
spking 19y ago
This thread resparked my interest in building a free place to sell and buy domains. I used to frequent Sitepoint's domain marketplace to sell some of my domains or find some good deals, but I hate paying 10 bucks just to list. I'll be rolling out Version 0.1 tomorrow, and you'll be able to put all of your domains up for free. If you want me to email you with the link when it's live, please email me at: seantrades@gmail.com with the subject: Domain Market
- acgourley 19y ago
  The important point is that its not just a charity to whomever wants them, because there are many sleezy people who will just scoop them up. There needs to be some community element, and the person giving them away should know that either the person taking the name has also given away names, or is planning to put the domain to good use.
  - spking 19y ago
    So I am coding this now in RoR. I think you're right, there needs to be some sort of karma/credit system to keep the sleazeball squatters away and out of the community. It also needs to accomodate all types of users (selling for cash, trading, and giving away free). Hmmm...
- adrianwaj 19y ago
  There is already a free domain swap marketplace and looks pretty good http://www.zuho.com/ http://www.zuho.com/. Another one wouldn't hurt.
adrianwaj 19y ago
scottmcnealy.com groovetip.com
Jd 19y ago
godspeaksto.us
- Tichy 19y ago
  Hm, sure that isn't worth a lot of money? I have no experience with domain trading, but that name sounds fairly good. Not sure how the minds of religious people work, though.
  - rms 19y ago
    The domains that are actually worth money are the ones that generate residual type in traffic. godspeaksto.us could be good for branding some type of religious site that believed itself to be divinely inspired but I doubt many people are buying domains like this to start Web 2.0 religions.
    - Tichy 19y ago
      What is residual type in traffoic? You mean people visit the site without searching for it, by just typing the name into the url bar?
      - rms 19y ago
        Yes, exactly. This is why business.com turned out to be a bargain at nine million.
fuelfive 19y ago
3by5.net cloudrocket.com liquidmarket.org insum.net / org momentumapp.com trackmomentum.com wikiphi.com fuel5.com fuelfive.com vrabbits.com feedocracy.com drytest.com
joefaron 19y ago
i own kyd.net.. use to host free web space on it years ago in high school.. then my home dsl went out and its been doing nothing since. sad story i know.

5 points by acgourley 19y ago

At some point I was thinking of building a quick site to allow people to list/give/swap domain names with a small community of developers. My rational is that many of us sit on a pile of them we bought for past or never-to-be completed ideas, and we could help each other out by making them available. It would be cool if someone did build that side one day, but for now it probably makes more sense to just piggyback on an existing community. Of course I just had several names expire before I thought to do this, but I'm willing to part with: dealray.com mobophile.com mobozen.com I'm not looking for money, but I will ask that you actually plan on using the domain for something cool somewhat soon. The transfer of a domain off 1and1 is a mild pita after all.

gscott 19y ago

This is the most amazing place to get domain names http://www.tdnam.com http://www.tdnam.com. Some of the recent ones I have registered using tdnam are ShareCircle.com, RealtyGoLive.com, SharedList.com, SoftwareOutpost.com, UserLinks.com, and AskShare.com. All of them cost $10+$8 to register. People who say good domains are gone are not totally correct.

acgourley 19y ago
Thanks, that looks nice.

louisadekoya 19y ago

I own buzztricks.com; whatilooklike.com; alterpay.com; legitmp3s.com and peerquit.com.

nextmoveone 19y ago
I thought it said queerpit at first glance...lol
- SwellJoe 19y ago
  People always think I'm saying "virtualmen.com"...Quite different, but possibly also valid, business model.

nextmoveone 19y ago

I'm willing to give up: getretarded.net smsfiend.com safemortgagesource.com strategic-mortgagedata.com but I want at least one in return.

plusbryan 19y ago
DUDE strategic-mortgagedata.com???? I've been waiting for that domain since 1994! Woot!
- adrianwaj 19y ago
  I like getretarded.net

spking 19y ago

This thread resparked my interest in building a free place to sell and buy domains. I used to frequent Sitepoint's domain marketplace to sell some of my domains or find some good deals, but I hate paying 10 bucks just to list. I'll be rolling out Version 0.1 tomorrow, and you'll be able to put all of your domains up for free. If you want me to email you with the link when it's live, please email me at: seantrades@gmail.com with the subject: Domain Market

acgourley 19y ago
The important point is that its not just a charity to whomever wants them, because there are many sleezy people who will just scoop them up. There needs to be some community element, and the person giving them away should know that either the person taking the name has also given away names, or is planning to put the domain to good use.
- spking 19y ago
  So I am coding this now in RoR. I think you're right, there needs to be some sort of karma/credit system to keep the sleazeball squatters away and out of the community. It also needs to accomodate all types of users (selling for cash, trading, and giving away free). Hmmm...
adrianwaj 19y ago
There is already a free domain swap marketplace and looks pretty good http://www.zuho.com/ http://www.zuho.com/. Another one wouldn't hurt.

adrianwaj 19y ago

scottmcnealy.com groovetip.com

Jd 19y ago

godspeaksto.us

Tichy 19y ago
Hm, sure that isn't worth a lot of money? I have no experience with domain trading, but that name sounds fairly good. Not sure how the minds of religious people work, though.
- rms 19y ago
  The domains that are actually worth money are the ones that generate residual type in traffic. godspeaksto.us could be good for branding some type of religious site that believed itself to be divinely inspired but I doubt many people are buying domains like this to start Web 2.0 religions.
  - Tichy 19y ago
    What is residual type in traffoic? You mean people visit the site without searching for it, by just typing the name into the url bar?
    - rms 19y ago
      Yes, exactly. This is why business.com turned out to be a bargain at nine million.

fuelfive 19y ago

3by5.net cloudrocket.com liquidmarket.org insum.net / org momentumapp.com trackmomentum.com wikiphi.com fuel5.com fuelfive.com vrabbits.com feedocracy.com drytest.com

joefaron 19y ago

i own kyd.net.. use to host free web space on it years ago in high school.. then my home dsl went out and its been doing nothing since. sad story i know.