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I'll show mine first.
Last year, by a stroke of luck, I was able to acquire (at reg fee) the domain Charlotte Perkins Gilman DOT com.
For those not in the literary biz, this may look like a clunky and too-long domain name, but Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) is a popular and much-taught author in literary and feminist studies.
I must tell you, I nearly fainted when I saw that the domain was available (it does have a bad history--back in 2001, someone used it as a "right to life" site and posted some gruesome pictures, so don't go there unless you have a strong stomach) and, aside from domaining, this is one I would have wanted for "my other life" as a college instructor. I'm an avid Gilman fan and have written one research paper (published in a print journal and now posted on my site) about her work, so this is a natural domain for me.
I have built a simple site, where I'm slowly building a library of her public domain works and other authors contemporary to her time.
For a small site (with not much on it yet), it gets pretty lively traffic (165 yesterday), especially around term paper time (although I do NOT personally sell term papers, and I never will). I have plagiarism warnings on the site, just in case someone gets ideas about copying my paper (or parts of it) without proper attribution.
This is a definite niche domain; when users type in "Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in the Google search box, that is exactly what they are looking for. They wouldn't expect to see offers for electronics or enhancement drugs.
One of my purposes is to gather all her work that was published before 1923 (public domain) and post it in one place; as an instructor, I am appalled at the cost of textbooks, and I wanted to offer a free site offering access to her works (some of her works were published after 1923, so they would not be elligible for the site). Any way I can help students save money is a plus.
I do have ads on the site, but they don't make much revenue; this is truly a labor of love. However, as I add more works, traffic will build, and I may even attract some current content as well. Money isn't the main purpose here, however.
Today, I received an email from a major publication asking permission to use one photo for a feature article about CPG. It's a public domain photo, so they don't really need my permission, but I did attach a higher resolution of the photo.
Anyway, this website is slowly growing, despite its regfree appearance.
Now, your turn...
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I'll show mine first.
Last year, by a stroke of luck, I was able to acquire (at reg fee) the domain Charlotte Perkins Gilman DOT com.
For those not in the literary biz, this may look like a clunky and too-long domain name, but Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) is a popular and much-taught author in literary and feminist studies.
I must tell you, I nearly fainted when I saw that the domain was available (it does have a bad history--back in 2001, someone used it as a "right to life" site and posted some gruesome pictures, so don't go there unless you have a strong stomach) and, aside from domaining, this is one I would have wanted for "my other life" as a college instructor. I'm an avid Gilman fan and have written one research paper (published in a print journal and now posted on my site) about her work, so this is a natural domain for me.
I have built a simple site, where I'm slowly building a library of her public domain works and other authors contemporary to her time.
For a small site (with not much on it yet), it gets pretty lively traffic (165 yesterday), especially around term paper time (although I do NOT personally sell term papers, and I never will). I have plagiarism warnings on the site, just in case someone gets ideas about copying my paper (or parts of it) without proper attribution.
This is a definite niche domain; when users type in "Charlotte Perkins Gilman" in the Google search box, that is exactly what they are looking for. They wouldn't expect to see offers for electronics or enhancement drugs.
One of my purposes is to gather all her work that was published before 1923 (public domain) and post it in one place; as an instructor, I am appalled at the cost of textbooks, and I wanted to offer a free site offering access to her works (some of her works were published after 1923, so they would not be elligible for the site). Any way I can help students save money is a plus.
I do have ads on the site, but they don't make much revenue; this is truly a labor of love. However, as I add more works, traffic will build, and I may even attract some current content as well. Money isn't the main purpose here, however.
Today, I received an email from a major publication asking permission to use one photo for a feature article about CPG. It's a public domain photo, so they don't really need my permission, but I did attach a higher resolution of the photo.
Anyway, this website is slowly growing, despite its regfree appearance.
Now, your turn...
:santa:
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