available I'm donating high-quality domain names to the world for free

Whatever your perception of his ideas, he is just starting out guys. Give him a bit of encouragement.

Yup, so much scorn in all these posts... If you don't like the idea, just walk away, don't kill the enthusiasm with subjective opinion.

IMO, what you need to do is to find another theme or brighten up the existing one - it's incredibly dull, it kinda screams to me to leave the site...

I think that sharing truth in a loving way is in fact the way to go. Several people didnt like the idea. The OP likes the idea. The way to get all the naysayers on board is to show them great names.
I think you are misleading when you say you are donating names. My guess is English isnt your native language, and that the misleading is unintentional. You are sharing ideas, not donating names. I think most people here would use name generators of their choice and the other NP thread with names that are dropping/expiring.

I am relatively new as well. If you think your idea is great, go for it. The only one that can stop you is you. If you start putting great names out there, people will flock to your site.

I like HouseOfF*ck. Can be one of those Houses in Westeros

I like goldpercent. Not enough to reg it, but I like it!

I subscribed to this type of site before. I think it was FreshAvails.com

It was on "honesty basis". If I reg a name, I contact the site owner and pay $2 for finder's fee.

It was profitable for both sides.

"at the time of posting and they cost around $30 for yourself to register. "
Where on earth are you registering domains that a .com would cost as much as $30 per reg?

.COM's are normally like $10. I'd recommend looking at Uniregistry, NameBright, NameSilo, etc. You're overpaying wherever you're at.

I saw quite a few similar model of businesses which recommended great domain ideas to public "for free", but none of them last long. Many reasons in behind.

Recommending great ideas for free could be very challenging b/c you have to do that for long term, without any expected returns. People could take your idea without even say thank you; or you see more and more pointless to keep that activities b/c of involved time and passion without sounding return and appreciations.

however, if that is your random and holly hobby to this lovely community, and you expect no return, that could be fun.

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Joe Nichols said:

Ah, but that's the beauty of domaining, and naming in general. It's subjective. When I started a year and a half ago, I was full of brilliant ideas for names that had never been registered. It turned out there was a reason they were never registered...

The key is not to find great sounding names, but to find names that will have real value for real businesses right now. Otherwise you're spending money every year waiting for someone else to discover your creative names, and love them enough to give you a 50x ROI.

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I have seen this said many ways here at NP and as relevant as here but for some reason I really like how it's said here tonight.

jasoncs10 said:

yeah dude

just give me a bucket of kfc and like an hour and a half

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hahahahahaha.

I kind of like cashreportcard but it won't be mine.
Go for it but sounds more like a twitter thing to me.

good luck,

Kuffy said:

... if I saw a name that I thought was good, then I would reg it, and try a quick flip. In fact I've just started to do this.

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We really need to get "Domaining" in the dictionary! lol


Seriously though, I think this is a great idea for a new domainer. Post up names you think are good .. and if somebody actually buys them then you know you are at least able to find reg-fee liquid value domains. Meaning that if you buy them for reg-fee, you'll at least be able to resell them for regfee (ok ok .. it's not actually that simple or easy, but it's close).

If after posting 1000 names you find most are registered, then you might actually want to consider starting to invest in domains yourself. If almost none are taken, then you've learned that domaining might not be for you at no cost (something the majority people who left the industry certainly can't say).


That being said .. I seriously would not recommend anybody buy the names you've posted so far. A couple might actually not be worth zero .. but they all are worth less than reg fee ($10-15) wholesale with an extremely slim chance of selling to an end user.

The names you've posted are names most beginners buy when they start before they realise that 99%+ of domain names out there are garbage in terms of investment for reselling.

But again .. it's far better you learn this way as it costs you nothing. Eventually you might start to figure out a few names that do work and that people will buy .. and then learn from those names and upgrade your skills.


My only fear is that beginner domainers will mistake your site as professional recommendations and then buy the bad names .. which hurts them .. and could hurt you as it'll make you think they are good.


But as Andrew from @MediaOptions says frequently on @DomainSherpa .. there are indeed many bad domain names out there that can be "sold to the next greatest idiot"! lol .. And while it's a really funny and actually a very true and honest expression in this context, and can even make/save domainers money by recooping some money, it doesn't really do anything to help people learn (or at least not until they've renewed it a few times and realise no end-user will ever by that lower quality domain).


Anyhow .. good luck moving forward!

Ategy.com said:

If after posting 1000 names you find most are registered, then you might actually want to consider starting to invest in domains yourself. If almost none are taken, then you've learned that domaining might not be for you at no cost (something the majority people who left the industry certainly can't say).

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The thing is, if a new domainer would post 1000 available domain names on a forum most likely none of them would get regged. Most people wouldn't even bother trying to look for a gem inside that big list. However, if a "famous" domainer would have posted the exact same list of names 10% would probably get registered within the first 10 minutes of posting the list. lol

Want2learn said:

I think that sharing truth in a loving way is in fact the way to go.

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Hear, hear

That's actually a pretty cool idea I think. I'm not sure you're going to get a lot of people donating but if you get enough traffic you might be able to make some money from ads. I myself would probably check your site every now and then if I find you often come up with decent names. Hell, I'd even come back and donate if I sell one of your names
There are many sites that provide automated name suggestions but I haven't found one with a solid enough algorithm, having a human think up names is better but more time consuming. I think your idea has got potential. Good luck