This should probably go in a separate thread
It has been said many times in DomainSherpa that, if you could hand register a dot-com, that means you are the only one in the world who thought of the name, so it probably had no value.
That’s not to say you can’t do hand register. You could go to ExpiredDomains and look for those that have expired. At least you aren’t the first mouse.
Another way is to give SquadHelp $10 and become a creative there. When you submit a dot-com that had been submitted by others before, the system will tell you X creatives have submitted it Y times. Of course that means it has been rejected as many times, but it also means it has many potential uses.
One such name is Bloomergy, which I like. It was an expired domain. It was submitted quite a few dozen times. It’s not easily replaceable. And someone registered it and it’s now on SH’s marketplace.
I don’t know if StellarHand was an expired domain. But this is how I would go about it:
- Check if StellarHand(s) are dropped domains.
- Check the history to see what kind of business used it. It gave you clue on potential business. It also let you know of potential issue (was it used for, say, adult site?)
- Check for *hand and stellar* domains to see if your target can easily be replaced.
- Also check the market place (check competition)
- Try come up with replacements yourself and check if other businesses use them. Be wary of registering names that are “confusingly similar”. If you don’t know why I used quotation marks, Google it and stop domaining until you understand.
- Think of potential buyers. Don’t register names if it’s only good for yoga, dentistry, or some local business.
- Think twice, thrice, and think again. Collect a long list of potential hand regs and pull the trigger only on the good ones. If it’s available today, it would probably be six month from now. Wait for sales like Black Friday.
- Only buy names you like. I would pull trigger on Stellar and Wicked, but not on Awesome (doesn’t sound right to me).
- Be financially responsible and be ready to pass on good names. A good name may come up on NameJet and you may need every $10 you “saved”.
- Never reg a name for domaining industry. Domainers are cheap. There is a reason why Epik is even considering the lousy NameLiquidate name