opinion If You Find a Good Domain, Register It.

[jeera]

About 9 months ago, when I started domaining, I was constantly searching for names using ICANN Lookup. I came across quite a few really good domain names that were available for hand registration.

But instead of registering them right away, I took screenshots and saved them in a separate folder, thinking, “I’ll buy them later when I have time.”

Fast forward to today. I checked those names again, and I was surprised to see that most of them are now registered. A few of them are even developed into actual websites.

In that moment, I honestly felt so stupid. Those names could have easily sold for a good amount or become great long-term investments. But I waited and someone else acted.

My takeaway:

If you find a genuinely good domain name, register it immediately.

A $10 hesitation can cost you a 4-5 figure opportunity.

Don’t assume a great name will sit there waiting for you.

 

[alcy]

for most here it took years to learn sellable domain vs unsellable.

until then u shouldn't reg anything .

tho of course we all did reg

however before u put time to learn the odds are not in your favor that u reg sellable names.

but odds are in your favor that u will deny this

we all did

maybe wasting money on useless regs is justpart of learning. unavoidable part.

all names in your post are unsellable trash.

happy learning.

 

[Jannes]

Those names could have easily sold for a good amount or become great long-term investments.

The fact that they are now registered and even used doesn't mean that those registrants would have paid much for them.

Crywear is interesting, though. Someone apparently registered at least .com .net .xyz .info and .store extensions. I hope Crye Precision (military apparel) doesn't mind.

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

The fact that they are now registered and even used doesn't mean that those registrants would have paid much for them.

Crywear is interesting, though. Someone apparently registered at least .com .net .xyz .info and .store extensions. I hope Crye Precision (military apparel) doesn't mind.

Furthermore, garbage names sell for thousands on auctions or are bought by end users with no clue on branding - that doesn't change the fact/impression that those names are garbage and therefore, shouldn't be copycatted by newbies.

 

[jeera]

Thanks for the replies. I understand that just because a name gets registered or developed doesn’t mean it has investor value. I’m still learning what makes a domain truly sellable.

But like they say, "one man’s trash is another man’s treasure." Different people see potential differently.

Appreciate the honest opinions and I’ll keep learning and improving.

Thanks again.

 

[pb]

The takeaway here is that you can use a direct query using a trusted site, so no bad actors can sniff your domains, and still "lose" the names - basically confirming what we've all been saying the whole time. There are 8+ billion people in the world and the last thing that can be said about humans is that we're original.

 

[pb]

I'd be interested to know how much time elapsed between you checking a given domain (screenhot files are probably dated) and it being registered. Just curious. It's probably pretty random. Also, by comparison, what percentage of the names you checked+screenshotted was taken in these 9 months.

 

[Nathan K]

As a rule of thumb, if a domain has gone this long without anybody paying $10 to register it, then it is not worth even $10. Good names do occasionally become available after dropping, however they do not remain unregistered for long.

Also, I disagree with a previous poster that all domain investors have made the mistake of hand registering garbage domains. The only hand-regs I’ve made are domains that I intended on using myself.

 

[Vertibox]

There are 8+ billion people in the world and the last thing that can be said about humans is that we're original.

Not true.
Every single person who has ever lived, is alive, or will be born, is 100% unique.

It might seem that this isn't so, given the efforts of the control lunatics (governments and corporations) to herd us into categories, groups, languages, cultures, beliefs.
But they cannot extinguish nor conceal what is true - we are all original.

8 billion is nothing compared to the incalculable quadrillions of permutations of what a person can be.

 

[AEProgram]

Not true.
Every single person who has ever lived, is alive, or will be born, is 100% unique.

what do you mean by unique? Just curious

 

[pb]

Every single person who has ever lived, is alive, or will be born, is 100% unique.

There is absolutely contradiction between our statements. You can have a unique set of genes and not a single original thought in your life.

 

[Vertibox]

There is absolutely contradiction between our statements. You can have a unique set of genes and not a single original thought in your life.

Thoughts are iffy/unclear and fragile things and we know not why we have them, where they come from, or their content. So in that sense, what you say is true-ish, but it's not a black and white matter.
This is because we have yet to explore the mind, let alone understand it, despite claims to the contrary.
So until we have a clear understanding of thoughts, we can't cite thoughts as evidence of uniqueness or otherwise.

 

[Vertibox]

what do you mean by unique? Just curious

Everything that makes up a person, including attitudes, approach to things, beliefs, wishes, desires, personality, energy, family & birth origins, where they are raised, socio-economic factors, plus all the thousands of elements that make up a person's body, how they function, and how long they will last.
Plus numerous changes that a person makes during their life, which could be considerable.

 

[pb]

There is absolutely contradiction between our statements. You can have a unique set of genes and not a single original thought in your life.

sorry, I meant "absolutely no contradiction".
of course we can have unique thoughts but there is a finite number of words and phrases that we can use to express them, and when it comes to domains, they're all about words and phrases, so...

 

[Vertibox]

sorry, I meant "absolutely no contradiction".
of course we can have unique thoughts but there is a finite number of words and phrases that we can use to express them, and when it comes to domains, they're all about words and phrases, so...

I know this site is about domains, but you said something that wasn't true about people, as it was stated.
I was just correcting that comment.

 

[pb]

I know this site is about domains, but you said something that wasn't true about people, as it was stated.
I was just correcting that comment.

Don't "correct me", you're just a part of the group of people who think humans are unique, and I'm just a part of the group of people who think humans are fungible. You think you're right and I'm wrong, I think I'm right and you're wrong. There's nothing to "correct".

Case in point, neither your or my views on the matter are unique or original.

 

[Altetra]

No matter what others say, if you see value in a domain name register it, if you are too late and someone else did, just wait for a year or two and most of them will drop, as in my case I was able to hand reg my desired domains after they drop again, this basically shows on what we have missed and we get a second chance.

Most of such domains I get in my mind "there is such a great domain go reg it" I observed this is related to telepathy, because I could have captured the end user future project. I have reg such domains in the past and got offers after some months, probably offers from the ones which had those projects in their minds.

edit: I had such cases I did not reg great domains, later I see pending TM and someone else have reg them, even possible not the TM holder.

 

[Chris Co]

Crywear is interesting, though. Someone apparently registered at least .com .net .xyz .info and .store extensions. I hope Crye Precision (military apparel) doesn't mind.

Yeah, to be honest, as was mentioned in another comment, saying they are all garbage is a little harsh - some of them aren't as bad as some names I've seen other beginners come up with. OP is definitely on the right track if these are his first attempts.

Crywear definitely has reasonable interest like you mentioned, and even jajatech.com has been registered in at least 6 other extensions at some point.

 

[jeera]

I'd be interested to know how much time elapsed between you checking a given domain (screenhot files are probably dated) and it being registered. Just curious. It's probably pretty random. Also, by comparison, what percentage of the names you checked+screenshotted was taken in these 9 months.

I first checked those domains on ICANN lookup between March and April 2025.

During that time, I looked through a lot of domains and only saved screenshots of the ones that stood out to me. I haven’t gone back and checked all of them yet, so I don’t know the exact percentage that ended up being registered.

Here are the ones I mentioned in my post and when I first checked them:

jajatech.com — 3 March 2025

closedoor.org — 13 March 2025

reviewpapa.com — 14 March 2025

wordlogs.com — 14 March 2025

netbez.com — 15 March 2025

darkkatana.com — 6 April 2025

crywear.com — 26 April 2025

 

[jeera]

As a rule of thumb, if a domain has gone this long without anybody paying $10 to register it, then it is not worth even $10. Good names do occasionally become available after dropping, however they do not remain unregistered for long.

Also, I disagree with a previous poster that all domain investors have made the mistake of hand registering garbage domains. The only hand-regs I’ve made are domains that I intended on using myself.

Thanks for your take. Yeah, I get what you’re saying. I’m still figuring out the difference between what I like and what actually has market value.

Appreciate the honesty.