discuss Political Domains and Events

ThatNameGuy · Mar 26, 2019

Recent political events got me to thinking about political slogans, marketing/advertising and domains. While I don't own a lot of political domains, I have been accumulating a small portfolio of political domains. Thus I just registered Political.Domains with the thought of a place on the web to showcase political domains.

I know when I started accumulating a small portfolio of MAGA (Make America Great Again) domains, I started a thread to discuss the idea resulting in both positive and negative feedback. In recent days due to recent events involving US politics, I hand registered Witchgate(.)com and Charadegate(.)com inspired by Watergate(.)com

Another reason I registered Political.Domains is that I've learned that in each political cycle tens of millions of viewers can be impacted by political advertising. Also, a friend of mine from NP who like me was a "Never Trumper" accumulated about a hundred domains like VetsAgainstTrump", "RetireesAgainstTrump" 'RangersAgainstTrump', "SealsAgainstTrump" etc. I'm not sure if he ever made any money from his portfolio, but like me I'm not sure if he knew how or where to market/sell his domains.

What I've learned from other NP members is that political domains have a much shorter shelf life than your typical domain so one must take that into consideration.

I'm actually a former "Never Trumper" whose "MAGA" portfolio just increased in value, but now if I could talk a developer/techie into being an equity partner maybe there will be a place to showcase political domains for the world to see.

All comments welcome. Cheers!

NYJimbo · Mar 26, 2019

ThatNameGuy said:
I hand registered Witchgate(.)com and Charadegate(.)com inspired by Watergate(.)com

All comments welcome.

You waited until AFTER the Mueller report to register Witchgate. Gee, that's some great timing right there. Maybe you should have done it over the past 12 to 18 months when people were still calling it a witch hunt. Oh and who is calling it Witchgate ?

What is Charadegate ? Is ANYBODY actually using that term ?

I guess you can add those to your pile of "Incredible" domains.....

I know in your twisted sense of reasoning you think me saying this means you must be doing something right, but no, you really are not.

Why do you do this to yourself ?

Take your "millions of dollars" and go buy some nice Godaddy closeouts. Those might actually sell.

I don't know if you are serious or trolling everyone here, but hey, it's your money....

Internet.Domains · Mar 26, 2019

This thread could get interesting.....grabbing popcorn and turning up the music. Time to Rock N' Roll!....

creataweb · Mar 26, 2019

Subscribed (or did I ?)

Bob Hawkes · Mar 26, 2019

I don't register political domains per se. I know every now and then they do result in a fast turn around profit, but more times than not they won't sell at all. Would there be a place for a marketplace for political domains? Possibly. I see more specialized marketplaces coming. If it happens your political.domains is a nice descriptive match @ThatNameGuy.

I had a look at some obvious .ca ones for our Oct 2019 election and was surprised how many were still unregistered. Of course, interest groups are not as active or funded here. I left them all for someone else.

The closest I have to a political domain, although I see numerous nonpolitical uses in product releases, open science and medicine, freedom of information, etc., is release.report. Seem a lot of politicians talking about that these days!

Bob

ThatNameGuy · Mar 26, 2019

NYJimbo said:
You waited until AFTER the Mueller report to register Witchgate. Gee, that's some great timing right there. Maybe you should have done it 12 to 18 months ago when people were still calling it a witch hunt. Oh and who is calling it Witchgate ?

What is Charadegate ? Is ANYBODY actually using that term ?

I guess you can add those to your pile of "Incredible" domains.....

I know in your twisted sense of reasoning you think me saying this means you must be doing something right, but no, you really are not.

Why do you do this to yourself ?

Take your "millions of dollars" and go buy some nice Godaddy closeouts. Those might actually sell.

Jimbo...you're way too funny. Duh...sure I reg'd Witchgate.com after the Mueller investigation came out. Either you don't have a creative bone in your body, or you don't understand how Witchgate.com might be used for Trumps re-election in 2020. Do you even know who Hillary Clinton is? I can see her now as a logo riding a broomstick in conjunction with the Witchgate investigation. I guess you never heard of Watergate either??? Go to Watergate.com to educate yourself. As an fyi, I've already contacted Fox and the Whitehouse about this domain, but I've just started to get the word out. I haven't yet reached out to Trumps permanent campaign committee, and other conservative spokespeople like Levin, Giuliani etc.

And no comment about Political.Domains?....come on

, I'm sure that was a total waste of money too

Oh, I can't tell you now, but look for me to appear in local publications about the re-branding of Hampton Roads, Virginia. You're gonna just luv it...I promise

NYJimbo · Mar 26, 2019

Not this time, he did say "All comments welcome."
I think he does this just to attract criticism.

JB Lions · Mar 26, 2019

NYJimbo said:
Not this time, he did say "All comments welcome."
I think he does this just to attract criticism.

And eyeballs to new hand regs.

Political domains. I think some are what I call moment in time domains, they don't have a very long shelf life. Like "gate" type domains, most get quickly flushed thru the news cycle. With those type of domains, if you get a decent offer, it's a very short window. As an example, BootGate. I know for a fact somebody in this thread owned it but doesn't want to admit it right now. Then you have more general names that are good anytime.

Marco Rubio's ridiculous Bootgate: "We always have a crisis in masculinity in this country"
https://www.salon.com/2016/01/08/ma...have_a_crisis_in_masculinity_in_this_country/

ThatNameGuy · Mar 26, 2019

Bob Hawkes said:
I don't register political domains per se. I know every now and then they do result in a fast turn around profit, but more times than not they won't sell at all. Would there be a place for a marketplace for political domains? Possibly. I see more specialized marketplaces coming. If it happens your political.domains is a nice descriptive match @ThatNameGuy.

I had a look at some obvious .ca ones for our Oct 2019 election and was surprised how many were still unregistered. Of course. Interest groups are not as active or funded here. I left them all for someone else.

The closest I have to a political domain, although I see numerous nonpolitical uses in product releases, open science and medicine, freedom of information, etc., is release.report. Seem a lot of politicians talking about that these days!

Bob

Thanks for commenting Bob...someone already owns PoliticalDomains(.)com, but after you see the site, you might see why I just bought Political.Domains. Actually thousands of politicians and their campaign managers are working 24\7 365 days around the world even as I'm keying this. Just the FACT my critics have come out from under their rocks speaks volumes.....i just love it Bob

Cheers!

Mister Funsky · Mar 26, 2019

JB Lions said:
Marco Rubio's ridiculous Bootgate

Well, men helped pioneer the wearing of boots and heels back in the day...helped protect the legs and keep feet secured in the stirrups (some also suggest they helped keep the foot out of mud and muck before widespread paving).

Then men wearing thigh boots came along...this is where they hid contraband in the tall shafts as they rode horseback through different tax zones or to hide full out illegal items. (end of men in boots history lesson).

Kudos to name pros and this platform...such a wide variety of subjects to be found here!

Sorry...back to thread topic...a well timed political domain could bring in some fast bucks if things fall into place. I did a lot of that type of regging many years ago but I was too greedy and did not sell names when I should have. As of now I have only one left in the portfolio and it has to do with Canadian politics.

JB Lions · Mar 26, 2019

omg, haha, I just got an email that I won one of those moment in time domains. I didn't think I would be the only bidder. Something about somebody being a genius.

ThatNameGuy · Mar 26, 2019

Mister Funsky said:
Well, men helped pioneer the wearing of boots and heels back in the day...helped protect the legs and keep feet secured in the stirrups (some also suggest they helped keep the foot out of mud and muck before widespread paving came along).

Then men wearing thigh boots came along...this is where they hid contraband in the tall shafts as they rode horseback through different tax zones or to hide full out illegal items. (end of men in boots history lesson).

Kudos to name pros and this platform...such a wide variety of subjects to be found here!

Sorry...back to thread topic...a well timed political domain could bring in some fast bucks if things fall into place. I did a lot of that type of regging many years ago but I was too greedy and did not sell names when I should have. As of now I have only one left in the portfolio and it has to do with Canadian politics.

Thanks Mr. Funsky...God forbid I might create/develop a go to site for politicians and their managers to go to for political domains. That said however, I have no desire whatsoever to create a domain like Witchgate.com™, IconicTrump™ or MAGAfans™ and list them with brokers like Sedo, Uniregistry or HugeDomains. I learned at NamesCon what I suspected all along...they can't sell you domains.....but there is a better way. btw, Trump is such a colorful figure, he's the perfect model for left wing domains. I have a few in mind right now, but no time to bring them to fruition. Again, thanks for commenting Mister Funsky

bmugford · Mar 26, 2019

Bob Hawkes · Mar 26, 2019

Mister Funsky said:
Kudos to name pros and this platform...such a wide variety of subjects to be found here!

Indeed! Seems particularly true of late.

ThatNameGuy · Mar 26, 2019

Benjamin's Burning....thanks Brad

Wow! That was pretty timely Brad....you do know my middle name is "Benjamin", and those are hundred dollar bills that you're burning up to make a point. I'm quarter Jewish Brad, named after my grandfather Ben Goldstein. So those can't possibly be my hundred dollar bills burning up, after all I'm all about the Benjamin's Baby

It's in my genes

Like a needle in a haystack I know there has to be a ~~pony~~ domain in there somewhere. Cheers!

BaileyUK · Mar 26, 2019

Oh well I try to restrain myself from Bulloneys threads - (that name still fits far better) I love the fact that every idea on his domains comes along with that now "if only i could find a like minded person/investor to help me get things off-the ground"

I have to say I do admire his resilience, the talk and welcome given at being at the Vegas names show reminded me of the sort of welcome Kermit could expect at a French Diners frogs legs feast. Ahh here comes our main-course

ThatNameGuy · Mar 27, 2019

Bob Hawkes said:
Indeed! Seems particularly true of late.

Bob...ideas are like seeds in that you never really know how much fruit they will bear. Nor do we know the amount or the quality of the fruit. However we also know that without seeds the world wouldn't exist, and without the sun the seeds wouldn't germinate

That said, and do to the nature of politics it would probably be better to lease political domains than to sell them. Really good domains could be leased over and over thus generating income/revenue for many years. Also, and I'm not sure how this might work, but I've noticed a lot of TV adds where a slash / is part of the URL. For example, one add could say, just go to PoliticalHack.com/Hawkes to learn what a hack my opponent is. Then another could read, go to PoliticalHack.com/Lions to learn what a hack my other opponent is. This would provide multiple revenue streams from the same domain. Again you would most likely lease these names rather than sell them.

Finally, you may recall that Rob Monster of Epik created the "forever" domain, and it might pay to register really good political domains forever? I know that Rob would work closely with me to help make that happen for it would add value to a domain as long as it continues to generate income/profit forever.

Like Mister Funsky said, these are just ideas/seeds. But ideas when fertilized will bear a lot of fruit

Thanks Bob for participating, and I hope you're having as much fun as I am

Henry Y · Mar 27, 2019

It is too many to have one political domain for me...

lock · Mar 27, 2019

I have SECRET dot EXPOSED i think it could make perhaps an anti political site.

ThatNameGuy · Mar 27, 2019

lock said:
I have SECRET dot EXPOSED i think it could make perhaps an anti political site.

Thanks for chiming in...I just picked up OppositonLeaks(.)com and OppositionDirt(.)com. Remember, whoever leases it could use it like; OppositionDirt.com/Trump...how cool is that

Bob Hawkes · Mar 27, 2019

ThatNameGuy said:
Also, and I'm not sure how this might work, but I've noticed a lot of TV adds where a slash / is part of the URL. For example, one add could say, just go to PoliticalHack.com/Hawkes to learn what a hack my opponent is.

Those are generally references to subdomains. With most hosting services you can with a domain name set up many subdomains. Once you create, say Hawkes, as a subdomain then the above URL will reference it and it can be managed almost like its own domain. In most cases Hawkes.PoliticalHack.com would also reach it where Hawkes is a third level domain, PoliticalHack second level and com the first or top level domain.
Bob
BTW I am definitely not a political hack

PS Unless one has a particularly valuable and timeless political domain I would not regard it as a good candidate for Epik forever registration, but the idea is good for many other valuable domains in my opinion.

Bob Hawkes · Mar 27, 2019

In case people did not realize, you can use the category (society) and subcategory (politics) feature of NameBio to find previous sales of political domains. Vote went for $250k and election $65k (both in .com). Some inclusions have use outside politics as well and probably a few got missed but it is a good starting point. Here is entire list.
Bob

ThatNameGuy · Mar 27, 2019

Bob Hawkes said:
Those are generally references to subdomains. With most hosting services you can with a domain name set up many subdomains. Once you create, say Hawkes, as a subdomain then the above URL will reference it and it can be managed almost like its own domain. In most cases Hawkes.PoliticalHack.com would also reach it where Hawkes is a third level domain, PoliticalHack second level and com the first or top level domain.
Bob
BTW I am definitely not a political hack

PS Unless one has a particularly valuable and timeless political domain I would not regard it as a good candidate for Epik forever registration, but the idea is good for many other valuable domains in my opinion.

lol...i knew referring to you as a political hack would get a reaction

Thanks for your analysis my friend! Question? Are Canadian elections as contentious as we have in the US?

Bob Hawkes · Mar 27, 2019

ThatNameGuy said:
Are Canadian elections as contentious as we have in the US?

While our elections are far from polite at times, looking back over a number of decades of them they mainly have been gentler. Probably numerous reasons for that but lately the strong restrictions on the size of donations and resulting much lower levels in campaign funding have helped. There have been very divisive issues at times, but after it was decided people generally moved on.

I was in elementary school at the time but remember well the visionary speeches by the late Pres Kennedy - we will go to the moon not because it is easy but because it is hard. I wish somehow the partisan rhetoric currently so dominant could dial way down, and elections be contentious because of competing visions for the future. Your country is important to us all.

Bob

ThatNameGuy · Mar 27, 2019

In case people did not realize, you can use the category (society) and subcategory (politics) feature of NameBio to find previous sales of political domains. Vote went for $250k and election $65k (both in .com). Some inclusions have use outside politics as well and probably a few got missed but it is a good starting point.

Bob...i just saw this, and thanks. I figured if I was to populate the site Political.Domains I better start populating. "Vote" is a high value keyword ($2,000) Keep in mind these names might not be for sale, but rather for rent:

VoteBlueUS(.)com
VoteRedUS(.)com
VoteRedAmerica(.)com
VoteMedicareForAll(.)com
VoteFreeMedical(.)com
VotePrep(.)com
VoteFreeSex(.)com

I noted a few other's I picked up earlier today, but this will do for now. VoteMedicareForAll is pretty long, but VoteFreeMedical and VoteFreeSex

may be just what the doctor ordered.

btw Bob...is all healthcare in Canada free? Can you get additional coverage? Anyway, thanks for the idea from Namebio about the keyword "Vote"

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