discuss Discuss and Showcase Drone Domain Names

[Avabelle]

I have recently read that the drone industry is trying to change the word "drone" to something different.

The word "drone" has a very bad rep. for obvious reasons.

What do you think will happen with the word "drone" and drone domain names?

Feel free to showcase your drone domain names on this thread.

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[Dave]

You clearly haven't read this thread in depth.

Your example, bitcoinwallet, took 2 years to sell. A couple important things there...
1. It was a winning lottery ticket
2. Bitcoin, drone, pot, whatever trend - the best names are long gone. Don't kid yourself or others here into thinking new registrations will lead to profit. The majority of registrations are losers.

How many bitcoin domains were registered in a frenzy and how many have actually sold to date? I'm sure the success rate is in the very low single digits. This thread represents the same...

Fair points Keith, I can't disagree with you on those, but in my opinion your wording of "new registrations are worthless" is completely wrong. Now if you had said "new registrations of [such and such specific domains] because the best are long gone" then you would have a valid point.

If I sound overly anal here, I do apologise.

 

[jamesosix]

You clearly haven't read this thread in depth.

Your example, bitcoinwallet, took 2 years to sell. A couple important things there...
1. It was a winning lottery ticket
2. Bitcoin, drone, pot, whatever trend - the best names are long gone. Don't kid yourself or others here into thinking new registrations will lead to profit. The majority of registrations are losers.

How many bitcoin domains were registered in a frenzy and how many have actually sold to date? I'm sure the success rate is in the very low single digits. This thread represents the same...

I'm getting bored of saying it, but I'll say it again.

WE KNOW THE MAJORITY OF ALL DOMAIN REGISTRATIONS WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING.

It still doesn't give you some apparent right to negatively talk down peoples stock. If they ask for an opinion crack on, but otherwise I'm sure many would rather you just kept your negative opinion to yourself.

 

[Keith]

I'm getting bored of saying it, but I'll say it again.

WE KNOW THE MAJORITY OF ALL DOMAIN REGISTRATIONS WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING.

It still doesn't give you some apparent right to negatively talk down peoples stock. If they ask for an opinion crack on, but otherwise I'm sure many would rather you just kept your negative opinion to yourself.

By posting your domains it's saying, hey look at my great inventory! Or maybe it's saying, please evaluate my latest purchase...

It's open season once the buyer decides to show off their goods. Feedback either good or bad is expected. I'm not here to blow smoke, are you?

 

[Keith]

Fair points Keith, I can't disagree with you on those, but in my opinion your wording of "new registrations are worthless" is completely wrong. Now if you had said "new registrations of [such and such specific domains] because the best are long gone" then you would have a valid point.

If I sound overly anal here, I do apologise.

I agree that new registrations could be a confusing way to say it. After all, there has to be a point that every domain is newly registered. At the point these threads are pages long, the worthwhile names are in the vault IMO.

 

[HiTechBiniou]

I'm lost! Please help me here...

How you guys manage to register many domain names at GoDaddy with their $1.49 coupon?

I just registered two and only the first one was $1.49, the other was the regular fee of $9.99

How can you register more than one domain with coupon at GoDaddy?

Thanks for your help.

 

[McDuke]

2. Bitcoin, drone, pot, whatever trend - the best names are long gone. Don't kid yourself or others here into thinking new registrations will lead to profit. The majority of registrations are losers.

I believe you were saying the same stuff when i first joined a year ago, then a few months later you were selling your hand regs for x,xxx$+ of which you hand reg'd after nay saying hand regging. When i called you on it, you said well if one has experience it is ok to hand reg.

For anyone to say there is no value in hand regs is not correct imo.

You Kieth are a good business man and can sell ice to an eskimo. You have taught yourself the tricks of this trade that's for sure. This is why you do well, not because your hand regs or aftermarket regs are any better. You have sold "meh" mmj related names for good coin and you also have sold very good names for good coin im sure.

I will agree with you that 90% of names won't sell but that is true for buying aftermarket as well, those owners couldnt sell those domains for years.... The one advantage is you get the "i bought this at auction" angle while negotiating, and you can choose decent aged names with traffic. Someone can also state "this domain was first reg'd in 1999" lateeda etc...

One thing i have learned about domaining is there are bash n' buyers and pump n' dumpers. It is the nature of the comeptitive market. Also newbies will be newbies, i have seen the same typical trends from seeing new domainers in my first year, i think it is an evolution, some will succeed and others will fail and decide a different investment path. There is an art to domaining afterall!

Not everyone can be Rembrandt but a few soupcans get painted, walls get taged and new trends evolve. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[McDuke]

I'm lost! Please help me here...

How you guys manage to register many domain names at GoDaddy with their $1.49 coupon?

I just registered two and only the first one was $1.49, the other was the regular fee of $9.99

How can you register more than one domain with coupon at GoDaddy?

Thanks for your help.

You reg one at a time.

 

[iowadawg]

Yes, I own a drone domain, I own other domains.
But none are affiliate sites.
They are parked until such time as either they actually sell (my best bet) or they come up for renewal.
Then they will not renew.
Like a lot of my domains.

Continue on, thinking that you all can just reg and reg all kinds of drone domains and will make so much money.

 

[jamesosix]

Yes, I own a drone domain, I own other domains.
But none are affiliate sites.
They are parked until such time as either they actually sell (my best bet) or they come up for renewal.
Then they will not renew.
Like a lot of my domains.

Continue on, thinking that you all can just reg and reg all kinds of drone domains and will make so much money.

So by your logic, if the domain isn't parked or has a cheap affiliate site its a good name? I don't see how what you are doing with it makes any difference as to whether its good or not.

By posting your domains it's saying, hey look at my great inventory! Or maybe it's saying, please evaluate my latest purchase...

It's open season once the buyer decides to show off their goods. Feedback either good or bad is expected. I'm not here to blow smoke, are you?

No it's not. Thats just your self inflated ego speaking. Should I take it as a compliment you have never forced your opinion on any of my domains on me when I have posted them in here??

 

[N-A]

Hexagon/Drone . com

Yet your domain got more likes.

Renewals? So it's a $xx investment if it doesn't sell in a year.

A $1.17 renewal plus regular registration with a 36% is still less than a $15 without coupon (if those exist, seen some of my renewals go down to $10-$13 in bulk).

Not a bad deal in my opinion.

In other news, someone spoke of a microniche of drones months ago. I didn't do research before this:

1st offer: $20 (ignored)
2nd offer: $50 days later
My C/O: $575
His C/O: $200

The time between his first and second offer made me question it. So, Google news.

Turns out it's a MM+ industry, with companies starting (already in Canada) in September. The latest were two companies in Chicago on the 21st published in USA Today.

Then my C/O was $10,200.

He countered with $120.

I then tried to counter with $120+, but typed yen and it was $103,000 or something. (No coffee)

No offer back, but reading the news, I think I have 2 winners (gonna split some of the pot with who introduced those terms).

Not pushing over $200.

Let's see if I can break drones.net now. It's a hold for sure.

 

[iowadawg]

Some people here have flawed logic.

 

[N-A]

How can you register more than one domain with coupon at GoDaddy?

You reg one at a time.

In some instances with different coupon codes as they're one time use.

Even outside of the same group.

Example: BOB199, JILL199 and MATT199 may be grouped as one coupon, but MIKE199 is successful as it's out of the group.

 

[Gigbutt]

bandofdrones ?

 

[campout]

GameOfDrones.... already taken

btw I noticed someone already regged Flight8501

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Another thread of bashing and thrashing. Dr0nes! Every name i own is a hand reg except for 3
I cant fork over x,xxx for a name knowing I can sit tight and get xx,xxx in time. I only make xxx a week, like alot of us here. I hand reg just about everything and my last sale was hempmart in the .net for 2500, actually I sold okpropertymanagement dot com to a local realtor for 150. Couple weeks ago
both hand reg happier than a pig in shit
I am not going for the big kill, I dont have that to lay out but if I can just make 3 cents a day with my blog Stellar Drones dot com I can pay the 10$ a year. But it cost 1.49 extra 50% up front yes big guy i know but I will transfer it to namesilo for 8.39 so 10 bucks 2 years, even transfer back to goodaddy for 2$ up to 12$ for 3 years registration 4$per year x 75 domain names= $300 per year or $1 a day for 75 names.
I have dropped more than I renewed last couple months. I too have some really stupid names, just like most others here, not you of course special K
So if some no mind comes along and offers me 100$ for my 1.49 hand reg is that x,xxx% profit?
Good enough, its fun and maybe my number gets called. I had hempmart at sedo 2500.00 or offer, the guy offered 2500. I would have taken 200$ hand reg .net in 6 months. It can happen, we make mistakes register drama names stupid crap, i got more to drop soon lol. Also been renewing my keepers, got 2 renewals between now and march1 I can handle those costs K
So anyways you have the high class coughing up 1000's for names wiping there ass with benjamin franklins, and you have regular joe 40 hours a week, keeping an eye on the drops/auctions but no way can we compete with the high rollers. I'll get lucky again. Flip the coin
So many stupid names are being registered, I thought UAV6 was a dumb .com but like the man says development is key. I am just learning wordpress, thanks dawg, it was an epic way to learn something. But every site I buy I learned to M0netize it, develop it. I wasted years with domainapps. My wordpress sites some may laugh at, but I get some clicks and a cheque this month from google. But you can't expect to buy a name and sit on it, hope someone types it in and offers you a wad. It happens but i am into each name for long term. A sale would help, maybe some no mind will make an offer on my hand reg Stellar Drones dot com, but 15-20$ Max for 3 years I will sit on it. 3 cents a day, pays for itself. I could point it to sedo and stick my thumb up my ass and wait but development is very important, and if you dont have a plan for every name, your not doing it right. Can you start a business with the said name? Radio test? Is it clear or which witch or whichever. Stellar Drones Out of this world baby.
I just had an epiphany 0MG! just thought of an awesome hand reg. Everyone is getting a woody over keyword hub or center I come up with droneSOMETHING smart me. gotta find a coupon just because it hasnt been registered in the last 25 years doesnt mean someone won't think of it tomorrow.

I won't tell though, its a gonna be a secret. Because like Keith says put your proudly registered 99 cent name on here and you will get positive and negative opinions. Talk the talk, walk the walk. Stellar and UAV 6 have been posted on this thread, everything in here gets indexed in google, alot of people shoot themselves in the foot. My 2 blogs are long term investments, I will develop them better when I get the time and money. Oh ya that epiphany, gotta go hand reg a premium name for pennies, well a loonie lol bacon boy and it will be developed, monetized, listed at sedo, afternic,godaddy in 3 hours

Google stellar drones, I am on page one, weak term I will get bashed,less than 30 days old,competing with a band of the same name, but it is not some generic, duplicate content parked page at godaddy. I am trying, but like most of us are, we are just on a limited budget. This is a hobby I would like to turn into a business.

Drones dot ca ( I am Canadian eh) sold for $800
I would trade 70 of my 75 names for just that one, focus on one thing, keep costs down but I missed that. Too bad
One good name is worth 75 shit names anyday. Right?

 

[onebrand.co]

Wow, didn't know that the drones domains could be discussed so much.

Our prayers and thoughts with the family of AirAsia flight QZ8501.

 

[jideofor]

MobileDrones.com--$2875 via Flippa but not mine

 

[Keith]

I believe you were saying the same stuff when i first joined a year ago, then a few months later you were selling your hand regs for x,xxx$+ of which you hand reg'd after nay saying hand regging. When i called you on it, you said well if one has experience it is ok to hand reg.
For anyone to say there is no value in hand regs is not correct imo.

You must be referring to the CBD names which is a different scenario than this drone thread.

Everyone was consumed with a few keywords like pot, marijuana, and had no clue about CBD, for the most part. Then I registered a bunch and sold them. Fast forward a few years down the road and any good pot or CBD domain is long gone. People are still regging loads though which is mind boggling.

Now with drones, everyone here and outsiders have sifted many times over in search of a good name to register. News flash - anything worthwhile is long gone. The other issue in threads like this is the idea that quantity is a good thing. It's not. Renewals will hurt in this case.

Whatever the trend you're consumed with, just buy a handful of names at most. If you sell one or two, great! Re-invest in a few more at that point. Good luck and happy domaining

 

[Josh R]

I believe there was a bit of talk about uav/drone racing the last few weeks.

I recently acquired:

UAV/Racing dot com

 

[bretttina]

Great name mate,

Racing and FPV are going to be awesome in the drone world....