Before Domain Names

doodlebug · 10-05-2012, 04:41:17 PM

Going with what Storebuilder said I know that even if I was fully aware of domains as a speculation investment I never would have had about �90 per domain anyway so I have no regrets.

The money game now is making a sucessful app !

invincible · 10-05-2012, 04:42:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Curt

Hey all, random question:

If you could go back to the time before domain names were being registered, and you had the chance to register 1 and only 1 domain name, what would it be and why?

Given you've said one and only one, it'd be my own surname in .com (which I do own). I like being one of the small number of people who belong to that club and, unless I sell it, it'll be something I will have "with" me until the day I die and should be able to utilise in all manner of ways.

getmein · 10-05-2012, 04:48:04 PM

poker.com assuming I'd built it out before all the other companies in the industry.

storebuilder · 10-05-2012, 05:05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by invincible

it'd be my own surname in .com (which I do own). I like being one of the small number of people who belong to that club

I owned both .com and .co.uk of my name and thought it would never amount to much so I let them go in about 2003.

Hey! If you always made correct decisions life would be boring. But yes I regret letting them go.

Nice one Invincible.

storebuilder · 10-05-2012, 05:08:29 PM

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The money game now is making a sucessful app !

Yes if you can make an App and have the skills. But there is still plenty available on the open web. Especially now google has killed the notion that you needed a ton of links to get anywhere.

Curt · 10-05-2012, 06:37:50 PM

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Originally Posted by storebuilder

I owned both .com and .co.uk of my name and thought it would never amount to much so I let them go in about 2003.

Hey! If you always made correct decisions life would be boring. But yes I regret letting them go.

Nice one Invincible.

Just out of interest what was the surname?

I imagine a surname like smith or jones to sell for quite a bit of cash but how do the first names do? something like dave.co.uk/com everyone knows a dave!

storebuilder · 10-05-2012, 06:48:32 PM

Well all the old hands know that I build affilliate sites so :

tonycooper.com
tonycooper.co.uk

Let them both go.

In a way I'm disappointed as you would be but building something that isn't blah blah blah.

Should never have let them go.

Live and learn.

I'm sure there are people who have let far more valuable domains slip through their fingers. Now that would be a good thread!

Ashton · 10-05-2012, 07:42:08 PM

I didn't exist back then (I'm 21), so can't really say. If I had thought to register domains when I was a lot younger, it would be something like cartoons.com or similar.

sdsinc · 10-05-2012, 08:00:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SandersDesign

sex.com, easy. I would then simply sell it in 2010 for $13 million

You would have had to pick up a nasty fight against Stephen Cohen in order to keep that domain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex.com

Pred · 11-05-2012, 10:45:29 AM

a single character
a.com or 1.com

they were regged then dropped, before rules were then changed
a few exist today like x.com owned by ebay

imagine the traffic w.com would get, for life

10-05-2012, 04:48:04 PM	#23 (permalink)
getmein Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 199 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 11)	poker.com assuming I'd built it out before all the other companies in the industry. __________________ South Korea Vending Machines

10-05-2012, 06:48:32 PM	#27 (permalink)
storebuilder Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Telford UK Posts: 255 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	Well all the old hands know that I build affilliate sites so : tonycooper.com tonycooper.co.uk Let them both go. In a way I'm disappointed as you would be but building something that isn't blah blah blah. Should never have let them go. Live and learn. I'm sure there are people who have let far more valuable domains slip through their fingers. Now that would be a good thread! __________________ Get Your Bet On!

11-05-2012, 10:45:29 AM	#30 (permalink)
Pred Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,959 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 111)	a single character a.com or 1.com they were regged then dropped, before rules were then changed a few exist today like x.com owned by ebay imagine the traffic w.com would get, for life __________________ 900 Domains - Offers Section

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