opinion Proof that Hand Reg is NOT dead!

smartwebby · Aug 17, 2018

Hi y'all,

Here's some solid proof that hand registration is not dead! Background: I write a lot of poetry and yesterday another poet appreciated my post on Instagram... I noticed both of us write a lot of 2 liners... So today morning I had an idea about separating my 2 liners to another site and maybe post even memorable quotes and poems by others I admire... I checked for "couplets" and other words not even thinking that this might be available... When I finally checked I found to my shock that both 2liner.com and 2liners.com were available!! I grabbed them immediately after quickly checking on the search volume stats which I was sure had to be considerable.

Also note how this is an excellent example where the number gets more hits than the word... Not only does "two liner" and "two liners" get lesser searches but unsurprisingly twoliner.com and twoliners.com are both taken!

Just wanted to spread some motivation around!! The lesson I feel is to always keep an open eye and mind. Good luck hunting them down.

warmest regards,
Anita

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elevator · Aug 20, 2018

Kate said:
You can still find good names that are unregistered, if you a development plan in mind.
But they are not very likely to have resale value.
Sometimes I am surprised at all that is registered, but also what isn't.

It depends on what you considered as resale value but I just wish you visit my coverages on hand regs sales at my blog posting here
www.dncombo.com

CryptoInvestor · Aug 20, 2018

I don't think this claim can be made until you sell the name. As of now you just bought a name you like. I will say though that my highest sale was a handreg.

lennco · Aug 21, 2018

lennco said:
Well, I know for sure it wasn't dead 2 years ago when I hand reg'd a name for $8.37 and sold it this week for $10k

smartwebby said:
Fantastic! Congrats!! Have you shared the name already with namepros?? I am sure many other pros are doing this pretty successfully.

Thanks, not going to share the actual name but here is a screenshot of the transaction. And yes I hand reg'd this name 2 years ago for $8.37

frostify · Aug 21, 2018

I wanted to startup a business in Arizona where I help people with IT related work and I was very surprised that the name I wanted was simply available to hand reg, I was able to get ArizonaGeek dot c0m.

It's definitely possible to still get an amazing name at the registrar without buying them from previous owners

Nice post @smartwebby!

maxjohan · Aug 21, 2018

That $10k sale is impressive. But you need 10-12 like it a year where I live, if you run a business in my country and able to afford shelter and food. Taxes are 60% here for everythingy you sell and then another 22% up to 65% for salary you take out from your biz. One reason why most get stuck with domaining as a hobby or part time and not as a full time profession.

AbdulBasit.com · Aug 21, 2018

maxjohan said:
That $10k sale is impressive. But you need 10-12 like it a year where I live, if you run a business in my country and able to afford shelter and food. Taxes are 60% here for everythingy you sell and then another 22% up to 65% for salary you take out from your biz. One reason why most get stuck with domaining as a hobby or part time and not as a full time profession.

That's too much!
Which place you're living?

maxjohan · Aug 21, 2018

AbdulBasit.com said:
That's too much!
Which place you're living?

Northern Europe.

Weber · Aug 22, 2018

Not dead, but the overall average payoff is likely minimum wage.
Most people overly discount the value of their time spent on this stuff.

xynames · Aug 22, 2018

Coinking said:
One day i am trying to hand reg and i am mixing many words to make a domain for registration than which also include pokerwallets.com but i decided i will register this domain after 3 weeks and today i type a domain pokerwallets.com for registration than domain already registered and now a established site..

Just because an end user is willing to pay ten bucks for a free domain doesn’t mean that same name is worth a mint. That same end user might’ve passed up many better domains because he was unwilling or unable to pony up any money.

So I wouldn’t necessarily be kicking myself over this one.

J.R. · Aug 22, 2018

Proof that hand regs are not dead comes from selling hand regged domain names. I know, because I've sold a few over last 12 months for $5k apiece. Your proof, is like saying I won the race because I entered the race. Still, I hope you do sell them; then you can call it proof

PHILIPPE RAVEL · Aug 23, 2018

You are right Anita,
I could handregistered dropped domains.
They are over 15 yeards old !
They were available...
I could take them.
I made a great deal...

domainicate · Aug 24, 2018

lock said:
I wouldn't ever say hand reg is dead. Domaining isn't all about expired lists there are always new terms, technologies and ideas to go with.

Exactly... remember before crypto and blockchain hit the market? None of those names were taken - or even conceived. I hand regged a bitcoin related domain and flipped it for $499 within a few months and I still have a few other crypto domains. A few years back I hand regged a domain and sold it (unsolicited) within a few months for $2,250... (both were dot coms... I won't even go into all of the new TLD opportunities.)

TauseefKhan · Aug 28, 2018

One thing to note while hand registering a domain is to check whether that domain was registered previously? Many domainers go through a pending delete list and wait and hope for a domain to drop completely.

And, out of many looking to registered that domain name once it drops, only one becomes the lucky winner. Technically this is also called hand registering a domain name.

In my view hand registering a domain which was never registered is bit risky from domain investing point of view, whereas registering a domain which had dropped completely comes with some hope. Since thousands of domains drop and becomes available everyday - it's likely that someone will be able to find a needle in the haystack.

HotKey · Sep 3, 2018

CryptoInvestor said:
I don't think this claim can be made until you sell the name. As of now you just bought a name you like. I will say though that my highest sale was a handreg.

I think she explains that here:

smartwebby said:
Interesting how many look at domaining as just about selling domains .
Valuation and significance cannot be argued as there are so many POVs. I rest my case.

A name doesn't have to be immediately sold to justify it being a good hang-reg..there can be so much more to domains than dollars.

@Jahe "I won the race because I entered the race" is not what the OP is saying at all..what she is saying is real racing is not dead, even though segways be all the rage..

NameDeliver · Sep 13, 2018

Plenty of gold to be mined out there in the hand-reg mines. Mine those names! Thanks for the share.

Siddharth W · Sep 14, 2018

TauseefKhan said:
And, out of many looking to registered that domain name once it drops, only one becomes the lucky winner. Technically this is also called hand registering a domain name.

It's Drop-catching, not Hand-Regding.

Loko · Sep 26, 2018

Nice names indeed.
Did you get the Instagram too?

I'm thinking that, when acquiring new names, getting as many as accompanying social media handles as well may be beneficial.
What's you take?

satsdifference.com · Sep 29, 2018

recently hand regged CellularBanking.com
HolyQurans.com
VaticanSecretArchives.com

and alot of bad ones too which goes with the process. (Its what you have left with an open mind to hand-reg that makes the entite experience worthwhile)

Takes one to know one. $12

aye107 · Oct 13, 2018

Got 30% as sales on my investment in my first year of domaining, all hand registered. So it makes sense.

robert widener · Oct 17, 2018

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