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?

 

[*AllThings.tv*]

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.....)

You are welcome. I enjoy sharing such memories. I think you will like my follow up topic even more especially if you are a hardcore domainer. I will keep you posted.

 

[Travis]

I was 15, almost 16. I was into collecting baseball cards, so I registered SportsCardTraders.net. Of course I've grown far out of that now, but I wish I had kept the name.

 

[peaches017]

15. I didn't really start doing anything notable with my domains until I was 16 though. I'm now 17 :tu:

 

[lpxxfaintxx]

I was 11. It was for my gaming clan. I've been playing PC games for a big part of my life now.

 

[circa1850]

I was an old fart. I'm just an older wiser fart.

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.

Looks like you have done very well for a sprout! :imho:

 

[Travis]

I was 11. It was for my gaming clan. I've been playing PC games for a big part of my life now.

Was that even legal?

 

[UKMatt]

I was 14 when I bought my first domain. I think it was for a tutorials website.

 

[Domainate.com]

I honestly forget how old I was, but the name was Crooky.com and I think it was in '99 or '00, when I was 16 or 17. Got it on my brother's CC, and when he wound up not being able to afford renewal, he didn't tell me and let it expire, when it got snapped up by some piece of crap domain company that has ridiculous prices. They want $5k for it, I told them to go pound sand, hence the gradual moving away from that as a web name to NameTrader as a more professional business name.

 

[lazyleo]

I could have registered my first domain when i was 14 i feel bad that i dint..i used those free sub domains back then mostly hacking and music sites..don't even remember their names now

 

[Dan]

I was 14 when I actually paid for my first domain.
I forget what it was, though.

 

[kemjika11]

i bought my first domain name in early 2006. I was 22 then.

 

[lazyleo]

I was 14 when I actually paid for my first domain.
I forget what it was, though.

when you were 14 weren't domains free?? :p

 

[winst]

I was in my early 20's... but I think more importantly it was in 1992, back when you have to send an e-mail to ask if a domain name is available. I was stupid to let my first domain name expire in 1995, right before I hear about Netscape.

 

[namey]

I registered my first domain name 8 years ago when I was 13.

 

[Peter]

Just checked the first domain I registered was at 20-oct-2001 at that time I was 22.

 

[srisri24]

I regged my first domain in 2006 when i was 25.

cheers
srisri24
---------
www.passport.pro
www.easyticket.in

 

[johnny6]

23? 24? about 5 years too late.

 

[jackriver]

The first was in 98, when I was 19 years old. around $80/2years!