The last week or so I’ve gone domain name crazy. I’ve been spending hours hunting down and registering domains that I would like to develop and eventually sell on. I’ve also been registering domains that I might be able to make a profit from in the future. registering domains is a gamble, but when you think about it, it’s a pretty low cost gamble. To register a domain name for one year costs me $5.99, I’m from the U.K so that works out at about £3. Recently I’ve decided to try and quit smoking, 20 cigarettes cost around £5 or $10. So, rather than buying cigarettes daily, I’ve decided to spend some of my savings from the cigarettes on domain names. A domain name might make me some money, a cigarette takes my money and destroys my health in the process. ( Now I want a smoke!!)
Domains I will try to make a profit on.
I’ve been searching for things to watch out for in 2008/2009. Gadgets, software, phones etc. After reading ”geek” reviews on everything I found, I then decide on which item I would take a gamble on. The gamble is registering a domain name related to that product. I’ve noticed a few HD ipod video converters are to be released this spring and summer. So I’ve registered a few domain names relating to those types of products. One of them is xdockhd.com. xdockhd is an actual name of a product, so I might be able to make some money through referrals or someone might want to take that domain of my hands. I probably wont make any money from it, but there’s always a chance. It’s better than smoking my life away. 
Domains I might try to develop.
These are domains that I’ve registered with the intention of developing them in to actual websites within 1-2 years. I’ve registered quite a few of these and my favorite one at the moment is cmsnerd.com. (Content management system) cmsgeek.com had already been registered. 
I’ll probably try and develop some type of cms theme or review site with that domain name. It will take time, but remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Names for the Hell of it
Sometimes I purchase a domain name just for the hell of. Weird names or just stupid names. My favorite one here is fatlol.com. Yes I’m immature, but I have nothing against fat people, I just like stupid things. Anyway, If I don’t make any money at all from this little venture, I won’t be to bothered. It’s fun looking for names to register and you also get to meet some very nice people along the way. It’s a shame that wasn’t the case on my Freelance Adventure.
If you’re interested, I’ve been registering my domain names over at name.com. $5.99 1yr with Google Apps. Be careful though, to renew this domain after your year is up, it will cost you $7.99. I don’t plan on keeping most of domain names for over a year, so I’m not to worried.
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April 9th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
actually i think it is quite good possibility to hit something. u.k domains costs quite much. you may think even buy low some domain and develop this and then sell.
April 10th, 2008 at 4:07 am
Yeah, I’m definitely going to develop nearly all of my domains, some more than others. I plan to sell all of them apart from cmsnerd.