How old were you when you registered your first domain name?

[*AllThings.tv*]

I was 18. In fact, SiliconFinance.net was the domain. Hence my screen name SiliconFinance. No, I didn't want to finance breast enhancement surgery for young females. I was thinking more along the lines of a venture capital firm that provided capital to young startups. That was before the Internet bubble burst the first time and at a time when all I did was check stocks online. It was the most fascinating thing to a finance major in college especially since you could own your own stock and manage it online. Today, that seems ridiculous, but back then the online stock sites had barely even gotten started.

How old were you and what was the significance of the domain you purchased?

 

[mkylut]

The first dot com I registered was in 99, when I was 16 years old. The domain was intended for my personal homepage.

EDIT: I love this topic. Thanks for starting this topic Silicon Old memories....my first domain 1999....my first homepage 1996/97 (DIABLO cheats/trainers site hosted with old XOOM.COM)....my first PC (Intel pentium powered 133MHz, 8MB of RAM, 1.2 GB Harddisk, Combo sound card with modem of 28.8KBps, old video card with 2MB of memory.....)

 

[mitok]

24

But many years earlier i got the idea that domain names could be a great money making business, but havent start at time. But in my country even today 99% of people dont know what domain is, and 99,5% dont know that you can sell domain name and make a nice money.

 

[champ_rock]

17 .. that is what i am right now

 

[networkmsia]

same as Champ rock, 17 too

 

[Shorty]

I think I had just turned 15 when I first registered one. Talk about starting young!

 

[mis_chiff]

now I feel like an old bag - I was 41 - but better late than never :D
When domains were free and 2 letter .com's were in abundance,
I never even knew what a domain name was :lol:

 

[Archangel]

now I feel like an old bag - I was 41 - but better late than never :D
When domains were free and 2 letter .com's were in abundance,
I never even knew what a domain name was :lol:

lol My first was free. It was for a personal site. It looked terribly ugly but I was about 17 and damn proud of that piece of crap. It was nytechyldsasylum.com. As bad as it was, it paved the road to the first I actually bought, OzzyAsylum.com (I was 18 I think). It was a big Ozzy Osbourne site but I neglected it a lot

 

[dnb8]

I was 17 my first domain - Szatynki.com Created: 2003-05-14 soon will be 4 years old

 

[lpstong]

38 - Adhocpost.com - Developed it - 2 months later sold it for $850

 

[bilirkishi]

17 y o

 

[Michelle]

33 and it was with godaddy :p

 

[mis_chiff]

33 and it was with godaddy :p

In a polite way of asking your age :red:


When were you 33?

:hehe:

 

[bbalegere]

I regged my first domain in 2005 thats when i was 15 years old.
It was an .info domain.Then i regged a .org domains.The third domain i regged was a .com that was in 2006 when i was 16 years old.The i regged plenty of domain.I don't have count of them.Now I am 17 and i ahve started regging 3 char .in domains.

 

[tristanperry]

11. I was still clueless about domains back then - I ended up paying (IIRC) £9 for the domain's registration (so $17.50) - and it was only a ".co.uk"!! Heh :P

 

[ginge133]

I started a few months ago when I was 15, Im 16 now though. I dont really reg domains but my first one that I bought was WM9.com and now ive bought and sold a few names and have LUVI.com and WOQO.com, I think ive done quite well for a young'un.

 

[AzN]

13...

 

[tetrapak]

I was 20 when i payed for the first one, and around 12 when i registered a free domain.

 

[fab]

28 for me, it's a .net, still have it.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Registered my first paid domain when I was 12! Twizted.co.uk ... what a crap name haha