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As newbies it is common to register a number of worthless domains that one will eventually drop - the sooner the better. Renewing bad domains becomes very costly because mistakes mushroom the cost of holding an inventory with low turnover. On the other hand, a dropped domain which someone else acquires means they see something in that domain as well. If the acquirer is an investor, they may be mistaken that the domain will eventually find a buyer. If an end user develops on that domain one can question the drop decision.
As I look back at most dropped domains from my newbie years I ask what the heck was I thinking? However, I decided to do a test of dropped domains over the years to see if they were picked up by investors, became developed websites or if no one cared - the decision to drop was prudent as years later no one was willing to pay for the domain. I selected 25 dropped domains at three-year intervals from 2009 to 2018 to see what happened.
2009
- 1 domain held by an investor - 1 .Com
- 3 developed sites (StockWebinars.com, Rentaloya.com, Trabajamos.net)
2012
- 4 domains held by investors - 2 .Net, 1 .TV, 1 .Com
-2 developed sites (Domingo.TV & Pantalla.tv)
-1 domain that links to a streaming site which I am afraid to open - possibly spam
2015
- 9 domains held by investors - 2 .TV, .1 .Net, 6 .Com( Huge Domains has two)
- 2 developed sites/redirects (Jaco.TV & Morena.tv)
2018
- 7 domains held by investors - 2 .net & 5 .com (Huge Domains has two)
- 1 developed redirect AnunciosInternet.com
While I do not see strong aftermarket demand for .TV domains, it does appear a fair percentage of .TV drops are getting snapped up.
As I look back at most dropped domains from my newbie years I ask what the heck was I thinking? However, I decided to do a test of dropped domains over the years to see if they were picked up by investors, became developed websites or if no one cared - the decision to drop was prudent as years later no one was willing to pay for the domain. I selected 25 dropped domains at three-year intervals from 2009 to 2018 to see what happened.
2009
- 1 domain held by an investor - 1 .Com
- 3 developed sites (StockWebinars.com, Rentaloya.com, Trabajamos.net)
2012
- 4 domains held by investors - 2 .Net, 1 .TV, 1 .Com
-2 developed sites (Domingo.TV & Pantalla.tv)
-1 domain that links to a streaming site which I am afraid to open - possibly spam
2015
- 9 domains held by investors - 2 .TV, .1 .Net, 6 .Com( Huge Domains has two)
- 2 developed sites/redirects (Jaco.TV & Morena.tv)
2018
- 7 domains held by investors - 2 .net & 5 .com (Huge Domains has two)
- 1 developed redirect AnunciosInternet.com
While I do not see strong aftermarket demand for .TV domains, it does appear a fair percentage of .TV drops are getting snapped up.