Value of Domain Hacks

RJ

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Quick plug for a good article on domain hacks --
http://doma.in/?p=3

Common words that look ok when hacked can definitely have premium value. Blo.gs for example. Anything less is not worth much. (FreeBlo.gs, etc)

 

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-RJ- said:

Quick plug for a good article on domain hacks --
http://doma.in/?p=3

Common words that look ok when hacked can definitely have premium value. Blo.gs for example. Anything less is not worth much. (FreeBlo.gs, etc)

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My question is more on the logic of it. My issue is, there are a few hundred ext (most country-specific) out there and most ppl only know a handful (there might be loads of ppl who know less than 5) of them. I'm sure there are ppl who'll remember www.blo.gs but I'm wondering how many. I suppose newbies might remember it, since they likely don't know any ext and have to learn along the way. But experienced users might not get it. It's hard to explain.

 

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-RJ- said:

Quick plug for a good article on domain hacks --
http://doma.in/?p=3

Common words that look ok when hacked can definitely have premium value. Blo.gs for example. Anything less is not worth much. (FreeBlo.gs, etc)

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In agreement here. Nicely written, but I was looking forward to watching the youtube ClownPenis.fart video via the link. Unfortunately taken down by NBC copyright people.

As RJ says latene.ws, breakingne.ws, nakedne.ws, etc, etc, pale in comparison to ne.ws.

 

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What about a domain hack like:

be.trayed.com or de.mented.com or men.tioned.com?

Any value there?

 

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hope its not off topic , I have recently created an account on ning.com which is http://onlinelear.ning.com/

online learning has about 100 000 ovt ,but this is probably irelevant in my case :blink:

 

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I just reg`d ha.ha

couldn`t resist.

I cant imagine that domain having much value ie. biz-2.biz the hyphen is killing it and still biz.2.biz would be best. Can u reg 1 character .biz domains???

who.is is succesful and highly rememberable, but thats mostly industry specific users.

whois.com would be king.

domain hacks are marketing gimmics and take alot of branding else your competition will be lapping up the traffic if you dont own the .com

 

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scandiman

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ha.ha, that's cute. What country is that?

 

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There is no .ha cctld actually. I don't know what you regged

 

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LOL.....it`s the Peoples Republic of HA

Bad joke lol

 

Halobitt

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will.i.am is on ebay atm.
Now that's a hack!

 

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Being a musician, i thought Arpegg.io would be a good name.

 

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radioand.tv

I thought what the heck, what do you all think.

thanks

-dpari

 

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I would really like to see a well developed domain hack. Reading from all the replies I think there is a potential.

 

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http://del.icio.us
http://ma.gnolia.com/

Can't think of anymore right now but all the web2.0 domains usually are domain hacks :hehe:

 

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xman said:

who.is domain hack is an excellent example. i do believe that domain could have a very good value. i would think that domain name worth much much more than reg fee.

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Who.is is not really a domain hack as it's 2 seperate words.
A domain hack is really something like Excedr.in in case you have
a headache. Or Hairp.in, Cityb.us for example.

I've never tried to sell Excedr.in tho, I also have uAsked.us or You Asked
Us but it's not really a hack.

How about a misspelled hack, Love.org.in, never tried to sell that either
I keep it around cause I like it.

 

lzy

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isn't 'whois' a word by itself? why doesn't who.is count as a domain hack then?

 

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lzy said:

isn't 'whois' a word by itself? why doesn't who.is count as a domain hack then?

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Because the word itself has to be split, who is is actually 2 words.
Like I posted a hack is a word split and ending with the TLD.
One of the best hacks is Inter.net

 

SeanPreston

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can someone explain to me here and how I can reg these type of domains?

 

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sean14592 said:

can someone explain to me here and how I can reg these type of domains?

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Any Registrar that registers the TLD.
If it ends in .net (inter.net) anyone who registers dot nets.

The easiest hacks to dream up are for the tds .gs or .ws as any word
ending in g or w plural like bedbu.gs or Goodne.ws for example..

 

Last edited: Mar 4, 2007

MyPGP

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I think the value of a domain hack depends on how you market it.