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Your first domain, with a backstory (if you want)

Mine: Ignition Cars dot com / dot co dot uk ...a business called "Ignition", brokering second-hand cars, unsuccessfully
 
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Still have it adultlock was to be an age verification service and by the time all sorted cc companies decided they would give cc to babies so doesn't mean age so no AVS. est 1998
 
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The first domain i sold was probably in same batch to a nick @CraigD could verify as has one also.
 
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The first three domains.
Girlfriend.com
Wife.com
Dead.com
 
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Three first domains
Girlfriend.com
Wife.com
Dead.com
She made you buy middle one but want first but third has to beat it.
Gold
 
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@Craig had nothing to do with adultlock as other sold names are not related.
 
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The first three domains.
Girlfriend.com
Wife.com
Dead.com
hai , when you sold those?!, i think its current market value is a couple of millions for each
 
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I was 36 years 5 months and 4 days ago.
 
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I was an investor and a domainer did buying and selling for us. Do not remember those names now, but about 20 ish years ago.

But it definitely not 6/ 7 figure names. :xf.grin:
 
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The first three domains.
Girlfriend.com
Wife.com
Dead.com
Great names !

My first three:

MetaMeet.com
MetaKid.com
DivorceVerse.com
 
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My first domain registration was a .ca used for development, and my second a .net, developed also in a lackadaisical way, both of which I still have.

The first domain names that I got specifically for resale were some cheap new extensions that made phrases. They are completely forgettable, were not wise purchases, and I let most expire after first year. One example: ICanDo.Science reg Sept 1, 2016 was one of the early ones. I only invested a total of about $30 across 20 or so domain names. I did sell a few for $10 to $20, and since I had only paid order of $1, it did help bootstrap me to wiser purchases.

One of the few names from that era that I kept long term was the acronym CRISPR.science that I was able to get when it dropped in first half of 2017, years before the Nobel Prize was awarded for CRISPR. Despite all of the ethical challenges, I think CRISPR will cure some of the most vexing genetic disorders, among other things, and like owning the exact acronym. I have it renewed until 2030, so not giving up on it anytime soon.

My oldest domain name dates to May 1996, but I have not owned it nearly that long. It is a multi-word .com phrase that I like, but not sure it will ever find a buyer. I have a vague development idea, but that will probably never see the light of day.

Thanks for the interesting topic, @jhm.

Have a good weekend, everyone.

Bob
 
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First domain was my name Jason Baudendistel dot com or Sixypress.com start up I was working on. This was about 2008. At the time did not anything about business world. Came from absolutely nothing.
 
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I think it was developed in the early 2000s, but I handreged it a few years ago, & it's still for sale on BB. No backstory, I count calories, & so it just came to mind.
 
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2005. Guy asked me to build a site for his firm. He paid me $ 1300. Registered a 4L co.uk domain name. Built the site in code scraped from other websites. Trial and error. He paid me again I think $ 800 to create a C.M.S. that he could edit himself. It was called Microsoft Frontpage. Good old days. Now he could create a ten times better site using Wordpress in an evening. How times change.
 
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getmusicplayers.com

bought a website at ebay about 20 years ago or so

then apple came out with their ipod...
 
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My first domain was TradeMargin dot com wayback in 2009. But still holding it 😇. Within a week of registration I got an scam email " Your domain has been sold for some xxxx and you will need to go for a professional apprisal service" Luckily did not fall for it.
 
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so terrible i cant remember it, i think it was like lookatmywebsite12.com lol. :) with godaddy, i didnt even know other registrars existed at the time. lol.
 
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so terrible i cant remember it, i think it was like lookatmywebsite12.com lol. :) with godaddy, i didnt even know other registrars existed at the time. lol.

Are you sure? Not LookAtMyWifeNow.com?
 
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