just wonderin if there's much value in them? - wanna get peoples opinions..
i bought a domain a few weeks ago, pretty expensive.
domain = derry.com
and derry = city in northern ireland, with about 100k+ inhabitabts.
i think i could build a viable business around that name. and i plan to in the future.
Oct-12-2004 16:38
butterfly
melissa
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: West CoCo, CA
it's worth as much as you can make out of it. i doubt it would be worth muchin resale but if you can build a viable business around it then it is good.
Oct-12-2004 16:40
kr00t0n
Archduke of Awesome
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Hibernating
My old manager bought www.oceans12.net a few years ago, and got paid $10000 by whichever production company did ocean's eleven back in the day for the sequal
Derry is also the name of a town largely associated with Steven King. This could explain the higher price tag (along with the fact that he just published his final [maybe] book).
I own two doamin names, neither of which will be active as of this time tomorrow:
i bought www.outboundapparel.com and i plan to build a business around it in the future too so good luck with that!
a lot of people just make money off of selling domain names to companies...especially when the internet started booming. can you imagine what you would have made if you registered www.sony.com before they decided to have a site? lol you could pretty much name your price.
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Oct-12-2004 17:02
d0uble h3lix
tranceaddict in training
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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Originally posted by kr00t0n
My old manager bought www.oceans12.net a few years ago, and got paid $10000 by whichever production company did ocean's eleven back in the day for the sequal
that is extremely cool, never thought of doing this before...and perhaps you could make a small sum of money on the side by doing this dave.
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Oct-12-2004 17:18
Floorfiller
Girl + Sweater = Hotness
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Illegal Pete's
a domain name is invaluable to a company. the way people shop has changed and is continuing to change. i've heard successful companies say that conventional advertising just isn't working anymore because people a: watch less tv and b: are on their computers more and more. so having a website that is easy to remember and catchy is a great tool...
Oct-12-2004 17:19
Halcyon+On+On
Liebchen
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: midcoast
Didn't the owner for America.com get LOAD of money towards the earlier days of the internet? That would be the coolest thing...
Of course, I heard that the original owner of PETA.com posted only piccies of animals being eaten. Then PETA sued him because apparently, they had ownership of that acronym
Goddamn treehuggers!
It's probably just a stupid interweb rumor, though.
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Oct-12-2004 17:43
Matt
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Toronto, Canada
I own
mattplanet.com
and
studio138.org
mattplanet.com just became my blog site as of yesterday, but I've had the domain since 1996-ish
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Oct-12-2004 19:58
daeus
Superaddict
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: London
Yea defantly worth getting one, but try not to make the site revolve just around yourself, try to have an actual topic on there (say a hobby) makes for a more interesting read, and more ppl will !
im gonna buy one soon (theyre real cheap around £20/year for low-profile name) after ive got a proper site.