Ask HN: How many domains do you own?

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by yashg • 5 years ago

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How many domains do you have? I have 15 spread across 7 registrars. Do you keep your domains with a single registrar or you buy from whoever is providing the best deal?

giantg2• 5 years ago

I have one. I keep it with AWS because it's fairly cheap, has autorenew, and I use their other services/tools so billing is already set up. I've seen some cheaper ones out there, but some of them seemed sketchy to me.

readonthegoapp2• 5 years ago

Bout 20

All Godaddy

Too much drama to try to keep them in diff places

I think they're expensive

Especially if you're not trying to make money with them

yashg3• 5 years ago

GoDaddy is expensive. If you are making money it doesn't matter. If you have them just parked for a future idea, it's a serious money drain if you have many domains.

noud• 5 years ago

1 private and around 10 for work.

zimpenfish• 5 years ago

10-15 depending on whether any expired since the last time I looked.

sharemywin• 5 years ago

I have about 200

mostly around one set of naming ideas.

bid2{idea}.com - mow, clean, roof, bid2code.com, bid2design.com etc.

and

scan4{idea}.com - scan4rates.com, reviews etc.

and

4{idea}tips.com - 4hometips.com, 4moneytips.com etc.

dangerface3• 5 years ago

Ever sell any of them?

samstave2• 5 years ago

:-( those sound ALL like any domain I would block - super spammy names...

yashg3• 5 years ago

How do you keep track of renewals and all? Are they all on auto renew? I once lost a domain because the stupid registrar forgot to send me reminder emails.

sideproject• 5 years ago

I have ~60 domains - I've been using Newsy as a tool to scratch my own itch for my domains that have been idle.

https://www.newsy.co

It turns your un-used domain names into a fully automated content aggregator (think of Reddit, but automated) - for those who might be interested.

yashg3• 5 years ago

Wow that’s interesting man. Thanks.

dangerface3• 5 years ago

~20 domains

I seen a three letter .com go for silly money so I wrote a script that found unregistered domains that are four letters or less and registered a bunch of them.

Haven't sold any yet and they are completely random like tqzo.com just short. I used ovh.com because they are cheap and offer free privacy protection.

In the past I have also used godaddys domain backorder to grab expiring domains.

runjake• 5 years ago

Is domain squatting not considered unethical anymore?

readonthegoapp2• 5 years ago

Only about an unethical as capitalism, i suspect.

dangerface3• 5 years ago

when was it considered ethical? I care as much about ethics as the next person tbh.

samstave2• 5 years ago

I've had a lot from a personal perspective - obv not as many as some old spam people I know...

But my problem is that I never did anything with them...

I previously owned:

NeverEndingSex.com in early 00s -- and I should have made a porn portal... (the domain was bought after the radio piece aired "the never ending sex.com battle".... That could have made a dime, but I was averse to profitting on porn... OnlyFans anyone? (plus I was blocks away from the Armory in SF...

I sold one domain for ~$1500

lost a bunch of really good ones over time... but I have registered hundreds - but never really did anything with them and let them expire.

ffhhj• 5 years ago

Got a few this{thing}doesnotexist.com for AI projects.

factorialboy• 5 years ago

Reduced to less than 10 domains. At one point had about 20.

Goal = 3 to 5 domains with real active projects.

Kibae• 5 years ago

I bought kibae.com (my name) and I intend to make a portfolio site, create an email me@kibae.com, etc.

But in the meantime, it just redirects to A Rick Roll

k0t0n0• 5 years ago

Currently I own,

http://nftguerilla.com/

nicbou• 5 years ago

3-4 with Namecheap. All are in active use.

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