What can I do?

[wonder_lander]

I caught the domain name imgbox.co.uk last year as I liked the sound of it. Attempts to sell it on here and domainlore have failed so I'm now considering my options.

Looking at the google analytics stats I can see that it was previously used as an image upload service.

I have no wish to create an image upload website as I can't see any benefit over the hundreds already out there (and god knows how it would make any money!)

Is there anyway I can intercept these inbound requests for images and return another image? (Does that make sense!)

 

[Aegean]

What about targeting a commercial photographer or someone who sells photos online, as a domain name for an online portfolio?

 

[Blossom]

The model that freepik.com use is very popular - offer a mix of free photos and affiliate/commission-giving ones from Shutterstock in search results.

Another model - getting people to upload their photos and then, when they sell, take a small cut of the profit (or charge a membership fee and the photographers keep all the profits).

Could do something social round it like pinterest or flickr, but doubt it would be worth the effort.

 

[wb]

Is there anyway I can intercept these inbound requests for images and return another image? (Does that make sense!)

From memory, cPanel used to (if not still) have an image 'hotlink protection' feature where you could replace the requested file with one of your choice.

 

[Skinner]

Image hosting sites a serious pain the ass, I sold one and the new owner just got fed up or all the porn and torrent sites caining the service and let the domain expire and is now owned by a fellow acorner.

The T&C is a nightmare, take down requests are ultra agressive, bandwidth usage is insane, shared hosting would crumble under the load, you need 512mb Dedicated Ram minimum on a VPS, the whole thing is a pain.

I'd look at something more like a photo twitter dealio.

 

[wonder_lander]

Cheers for the suggestions everyone, certainly given me something to think about!