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I set this up as a poll, but please also share your domains and/or details/stories in the comments below! 
I'm asking this because while I only started officially domaining 3 years ago, I actually purchased (Hand Registration) my first domain back in 1999! Within a couple of years I grew it into a huge Club Music / DJ related community (closed it down ages ago), and over the years I've acquired random domains here and there, always with the intent to eventually develop *IF* I had the time .. but ultimately never had the time.
Years ago, I even bought a ton of great 1-word, 1-term and 3L expiring .mobi domains with the intent on making mini-mobile sites (I was unfortunately very (very very) late to learn about the existence of responsive web design, which essentially killed the need/demand for .mobi) and ultimately cost me a good deal of money. (You're welcome GoDaddy .. lol)
A few years later (effectively 3 years ago), I saw a bunch of quality 1-word and 1-term .co domains about to expire .. and told myself that I would not make the same mistake as I did with .mobi, and that this time I'd acquire them ALSO with the possible intent of reselling them. As time moved on, I dismissed the time-consuming idea of development and decided to commit to domaining. I slowly shifted focus to .com domains and today my portfolio is 93% .com. Although I still have some .co and actually did OK with them overall as I've made multiple 4-figure .co sales) .. and well .. here we are today .. 3 years later and thankfully I'm a profitable domainer despite not even maximising my portfolio visibility (far less than half are listed, even less priced .. I'm hoping to change that this week)!
Obviously many domainers have (at least) one domain to use as a marketplace, so I'm not really talking about those domains. Curious more about any and every other domain(s) you've acquired that you still would have acquired if you were not a domainer. Domains you intend/hope to one day develop.
For example, as many of you who follow my lists here and at NameCult know, I often link back to Steamie's (my dog) domain (SteamieTheHotDog.com), even if that simply links back to a Facebook page I made for him.
I started this thread because today I got confirmation of Hot/Dog/Forum (in com) hitting my account .. and I was thinking of making a Dachshund related forum to get my feet wet in maybe getting back into website build-outs. I've got other domains that I acquired for various "eventually maybe develop but probably never will" reasons, I'll share more later .. but just wanted to know if any of you have domains you've acquired for non-domainer reasons?
I'm asking this because while I only started officially domaining 3 years ago, I actually purchased (Hand Registration) my first domain back in 1999! Within a couple of years I grew it into a huge Club Music / DJ related community (closed it down ages ago), and over the years I've acquired random domains here and there, always with the intent to eventually develop *IF* I had the time .. but ultimately never had the time.
Years ago, I even bought a ton of great 1-word, 1-term and 3L expiring .mobi domains with the intent on making mini-mobile sites (I was unfortunately very (very very) late to learn about the existence of responsive web design, which essentially killed the need/demand for .mobi) and ultimately cost me a good deal of money. (You're welcome GoDaddy .. lol)
A few years later (effectively 3 years ago), I saw a bunch of quality 1-word and 1-term .co domains about to expire .. and told myself that I would not make the same mistake as I did with .mobi, and that this time I'd acquire them ALSO with the possible intent of reselling them. As time moved on, I dismissed the time-consuming idea of development and decided to commit to domaining. I slowly shifted focus to .com domains and today my portfolio is 93% .com. Although I still have some .co and actually did OK with them overall as I've made multiple 4-figure .co sales) .. and well .. here we are today .. 3 years later and thankfully I'm a profitable domainer despite not even maximising my portfolio visibility (far less than half are listed, even less priced .. I'm hoping to change that this week)!
Obviously many domainers have (at least) one domain to use as a marketplace, so I'm not really talking about those domains. Curious more about any and every other domain(s) you've acquired that you still would have acquired if you were not a domainer. Domains you intend/hope to one day develop.
For example, as many of you who follow my lists here and at NameCult know, I often link back to Steamie's (my dog) domain (SteamieTheHotDog.com), even if that simply links back to a Facebook page I made for him.
I started this thread because today I got confirmation of Hot/Dog/Forum (in com) hitting my account .. and I was thinking of making a Dachshund related forum to get my feet wet in maybe getting back into website build-outs. I've got other domains that I acquired for various "eventually maybe develop but probably never will" reasons, I'll share more later .. but just wanted to know if any of you have domains you've acquired for non-domainer reasons?
