discuss Timely Domains? - Display and explain

[ThatNameGuy]

Over the years I've registered a dozen or so what I consider to be "timely domains". Timely domains can come from sports, politics or current news and events.

Most of you know when Caitlin Clark set the all time scoring record for NCAA basketball (for both men and women), i registered a domain in recognition of her special accomplishment. Speaking of "timely", i registered the domain within hours of the occasion.

Listening to the news this am, I heard Nikki Hailey (Republican candidate for President of the United States) say that she was going to vote for her opponent Donald Trump for President. Her reasoning; "Biden has been a catastrophe"

You may be able to guess the 2 word domain I registered that has to do with both Biden and the noun catastrophe. No one ever owned or registered the domain before now

Thanks Nikki.....youda man

ps. anyone else like to share their timely domains or care to comment.

 

[algofox]

Over the years I've registered a dozen or so what I consider to be "timely domains"

Please post all the 12 domains. Need inspiration ; )

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Please post all the 12 domains. Need inspiration ; )

Just a few off the top of my head;

HolyCowser.com - when Colton Cowser hit his his first major league home run - come from Harry Caray's famous "Holy Cow"

PeacefullyandPatriotically.org - when former President Donald Trump told demonstrators to March to the US Capitol

DollyDoesDallas.com - a take off on "Debbie Does Dallas" when Dolly Parton did the half time show at the Super Bowl dressed as a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader.

 

[BaileyUK]

Just a small query, under your "care to comment"

I appreciate these domains are giving you some satisfaction to have registered and we are all free to collect whatever we wish, Which may not be so If we actually used the domains. But, to what end-game are you envisaging ? As nice as each of these events were/are at the time, they hardly stack-up as historical, probably most will be forgotten by this time next year.

No doubt individuals will go youtube and the like to revisit the moment but, where does the domain ownership offer any benefit ? Not forgetting of course, that even each event can have a multitude of ways of expressing in wording

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Just a small query, under your "care to comment"

I appreciate these domains are giving you some satisfaction to have registered and we are all free to collect whatever we wish, Which may not be so If we actually used the domains. But, to what end-game are you envisaging ? As nice as each of these events were/are at the time, they hardly stack-up as historical, probably most will be forgotten by this time next year.

No doubt individuals will go youtube and the like to revisit the moment but, where does the domain ownership offer any benefit ? Not forgetting of course, that even each event can have a multitude of ways of expressing in wording

BaileyUK.....so lets take PeacefullyandPatriotically.org for example...if you follow this;

You or anyone following following the election in my country may consider twice who to vote for next November. You might ask how I intend to monetize this domain? Tee Shirts, hats, bumper stickers, consulting fees for starters Bailey. How would you monetize it?

 

[bmugford]

Timely domains = limited time to sell.

That is not a good thing when it comes to domain investment.

Brad

 

[Kyle Tully]

Over the years I've registered a dozen or so what I consider to be "timely domains"

I'd love to hear more about the timely domains you've sold.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Timely domains = limited time to sell.

That is not a good thing when it comes to domain investment.

Brad

So a name like FlipthisSeat.xxx or FlipthatSeat.xxx is not a good thing if it can be leased/rented over and over again to a politician when they're looking to upset an incumbent?

 

[bmugford]

So a name like FlipthisSeat.xxx or FlipthatSeat.xxx is not a good thing if it can be leased/rented over and over again to a politician when they're looking to upset an incumbent?

Domains like that don't have much history of selling.

Domains already have a very low average sell-through rate. Further limiting the time a domain is useful only makes the odds much worse.

Brad

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I'd love to hear more about the timely domains you've sold.

Kyle....i know you're saying that sarcastically, but you don't know me Have you ever done a domain lease? Well, I'm about to, and it'll be very lucrative. Thanks for asking

 

[Kyle Tully]

Kyle....i know you're saying that sarcastically, but you don't know me Have you ever done a domain lease? Well, I'm about to, and it'll be very lucrative. Thanks for asking

Sarcasm would only be implied if you've never sold a name

I would genuinely love to hear about your timely domain sales.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Domains like that don't have much history of selling.

Domains already have a very low average sell-through rate. Further limiting the time a domain is useful only makes the odds much worse.

Brad

Brad....you must not know much about politics or you wouldn't be so critical. Do you even know what an incumbent is? I'm sure you do.....so put your thinking cap on and imagine how many elections are happening right now. You have two Republican Senators in Indiana and I have two Democrat Senators in here in Virginia. You don't think there's opposition in each of our states who wouldn't like to "Flip these Seats"

Finally, i'll agree that these domains don't and won't sell themselves....never have and never will. However, if you're politically connected or know anything about campaigning and campaign management you might be a little less critical.

 

[bmugford]

Brad....you must not know much about politics or you wouldn't be so critical. Do you even know what an incumbent is? I'm sure you do.....so put your thinking cap on and imagine how many elections are happening right now. You have two Republican Senators in Indiana and I have two Democrat Senators in here in Virginia. You don't think there's opposition in each of our states who wouldn't like to "Flip these Seats"

Finally, i'll agree that these domains don't and won't sell themselves....never have and never will. However, if you're politically connected or know anything about campaigning and campaign management you might be a little less critical.

Can you find even one reported domain sale in that format?

I actually sell domains. A key part to that is buying domains that will stay useful over time.

If you can sell them, more power to you. But, it is going to take a proactive effort to have any chance.

Brad

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Sarcasm would only be implied if you've never sold a name

I would genuinely love to hear about your timely domain sales.

You're obvious "sarcasm" is just that, and I don't respond to obvious sarcasm

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Can you find even one reported domain sale in that format?

I actually sell domains. A key part to that is buying domains that will stay useful over time.

If you can sell them, more power to you. But, it is going to take a proactive effort to have any chance.

Brad

So you admit there's a "chance with a proactive effort" I'm not passive about anything I do Brad, but then again you don't know me

 

[bmugford]

So you admit there's a "chance with a proactive effort" I'm not passive about anything I do Brad, but then again you don't know me

Brad

 

[Chris Hydrick]

You or anyone following following the election in my country may consider twice who to vote for next November. You might ask how I intend to monetize this domain? Tee Shirts, hats, bumper stickers, consulting fees for starters Bailey. How would you monetize it?

FFS!

ThisFuckingElection.com sold for $154 on dropCatch in 2023.

Domain (WHOIS year, DotDb Tlds Regged, DotDb domains matched), random info:

FuckDonald.com (2015, 3 tlds, 24 matches) sold for $229 in 2023 at GoDaddy. Buyer looks to be HugeDomains. Asking $11k

FuckTrump.com (2011, 21 tlds, 69 matches), No recorded sales. From 2013-2016 it was used to advertise a devlopers design potfolio. Then throughout trumps presidency the domain was used to post funny pictures of trump and one point forwarded to a Fuck Trump coloring book. Currently it's an image of the Donald under text that says 91 felonies.

FuckJoe.com (2016, 2 tlds, 60 matches) No recorded sales but currently on HugeDomains. Asking $2k

FuckBiden.com (2018, 23 tlds, 42 mathces) sold for $192 in 2022 at GoDaddy. Buyer looks to be HugeDomains. 2023 Asking Price was $12k. Domain is currently used by a memecoin indicting it may have sold for full bin OR since it's still registered at nameBright it may be a LTO sale.

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From this small sample, you can see domain companies such as HugeDomains being organized with their attempts to sell their domain, and apparently seeing their efforts paying off to a memecoin trying to monetize the expression. Whereas you have others such as the FuckTrump.com owner using the domain as a form of expression that's cataloged over time in Archive.org

 

[ThatNameGuy]

FFS!

ThisFuckingElection.com sold for $154 on dropCatch in 2023.

Domain (WHOIS year, DotDb Tlds Regged, DotDb domains matched), random info:

FuckDonald.com (2015, 3 tlds, 24 matches) sold for $229 in 2023 at GoDaddy. Buyer looks to be HugeDomains. Asking $11k

FuckTrump.com (2011, 21 tlds, 69 matches), No recorded sales. From 2013-2016 it was used to advertise a devlopers design potfolio. Then throughout trumps presidency the domain was used to post funny pictures of trump and one point forwarded to a Fuck Trump coloring book. Currently it's an image of the Donald under text that says 91 felonies.

FuckJoe.com (2016, 2 tlds, 60 matches) No recorded sales but currently on HugeDomains. Asking $2k

FuckBiden.com (2018, 23 tlds, 42 mathces) sold for $192 in 2022 at GoDaddy. Buyer looks to be HugeDomains. 2023 Asking Price was $12k. Domain is currently used by a memecoin indicting it may have sold for full bin OR since it's still registered at nameBright it may be a LTO sale.

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From this small sample, you can see domain companies such as HugeDomains being organized with their attempts to sell their domain, and apparently seeing their efforts paying off to a memecoin trying to monetize the expression. Whereas you have others such as the FuckTrump.com owner using the domain as a form of expression that's cataloged over time in Archive.org

Thanks....like i said, I'm not a passive domainer. I just happened to notice that PoliticalNames.com is available to register for reg fee and since I consider myself a voter consultant, i may just pick it up @ $10.43. So what in the world might i do with it? Check out PoliticalDomains.com to see what a Domain Poet like myself might do with it.

Thanks for the inspiration Chris

ps. GD appraises PoliticalNames.com @ $1,650 so I'm sure as hell not going to sell it to another domainer for a few hundred bucks

 

[algofox]

Thanks for the inspiration Chris

Good take @Chris Hydrick!

Some impactful slogans that come to mind....,

- MakeAmericaGreatAgain
- StopBrexit

Thanks @ThatNameGuy . I gotta regg. some domains ; )

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Thanks....like i said, I'm not a passive domainer. I just happened to notice that PoliticalNames.com is available to register for reg fee and since I consider myself a voter consultant, i may just pick it up $10.43. So what in the world might i do with it? Check out PoliticalDomains.com to see what a Domain Poet like myself might do with it.

Thanks for the inspiration Chris

I guess it depends if your intent is expression or if your intent is to actually sell domains. See the difference via HugeDomains' FuckDonald.com Vs FuckTrump.com domain owner use/strategy.

Some Political Domain History:

2004: KerryEdwards.com
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/aucti...cle_9a66b7b5-4ae4-5446-9acc-cfb76149adf7.html

2004: BushCheney.com $5,000
https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2004/domainsales08_24_04.htm

2012: RomneyRyan.com
https://giga.law/blog/2012/08/17/romney-and-ryan-dont-have-romneyryan-com-so-what

2013: RonPaul.com
https://domainnamewire.com/2013/05/23/ron-paul-loses-dispute-ronpaul-com-and-ronpaul/

2015: RandPaul.com
https://www.namepros.com/threads/3-...ion-dollars-9-make-weeks-top-20-chart.858439/

2015: CarlyFiorina.org
https://time.com/3845232/carly-fiorina-webpage-domain-name/

2015: ChrisChristie.com
https://www.namepros.com/threads/chrischristie-com.867097/#post-4921279

2015: TedCruz.com
https://www.namepros.com/blog/ted-cruz-a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short-for-his-domain-names.852649/

2015: JebBush.com
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-owns-jebbush-com/

2016: PresidentTrump.com
https://www.namepros.com/threads/re...om-has-turned-down-five-figure-offers.952309/
It looks like this domain may not have sold as the website states:

This Domain was purchased in 2013. I had a feeling and I was Right! I am Running for School Board in Hillsborough County, FL I am not a politician and this is a grass roots campaign. This is a critical effort to flip the school board from its left leaning state and drain the swamp. I am an America First Candidate and we need more and more of us in office.

2016: ClintonKaine.com sold for $15k
https://www.namepros.com/threads/clintonkaine-com-sells-for-15k-but-not-to-clinton.965850/
buyer follow up: https://www.namepros.com/threads/the-trumpster-bought-clintonkaine-com.966048/
legal opinion: https://www.namepros.com/blog/can-hillary-file-a-udrp-on-clintonkaine-com-we-ask-the-experts.970449/

2016: CruzFiorina.com
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/cybersquatting-in-the-2016-presidential-race/

2016: Registering combinations of candidates last names
https://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/super-tuesday-president-ticket-domain-names-registered.html

2017: Covfefe
https://domaininvesting.com/covfefe-everything-becomes-domain-name/

2018: Mystery: Who bought websites implying US senators 'for sale'
https://web.archive.org/web/2018081...bought_websites_implying_us_senators_for_sale

2019: HRC.io
https://www.namepros.com/threads/hillary-clinton-using-io-domain-name-hrc-io.976471/#post-7053845
Hillary Clinton team didn' renew their HRC.io domain which was used as a URL shortener, domain ended up on Flippa, currently holds a $10k BIN on afternic. HRC.io is still linked to many of @HillaryClinton past tweets, making retweeting any of her past tweets a risk of redirection to wherever the HRC.io owner wants to send the traffic. ie the URL mentioned in the below tweet (which redirects to afternic) could in theory be retweeting her old tweets and redirecting the Hillary retweeted HRC.io traffic elsewhere.

https://twitter.com/x/status/791625073111232513

2020: BidenHarris.com
https://domaininvesting.com/created-in-2017-bidenharris-com-for-sale-for-99999/

 

[eyedomainous]

Truth is domainers are 99% "timely" domain collectors, buying the best names of our time, and 1% domain "investors"... as that's what sells.

@ThatNameGuy "timely domains" are actually (political) Word Art, which ironically sells more frequently than domains.

Example: As word art -from one seller, on Etsy, Rousseau's 'Eat The Rich' has over 3,000 sales, while the .com domain -reg'd in 2001, remains for sale.

So if you have a knack for timely Word Art domains point'em to an (Etsy et al) storefront and sell it as art, (made by AI or free services like WordArt.com). Perhaps this is the best way to 'premium' sell the domains.

Personally, I did recently reg a all timely 'political' domain: Prez.ing.

Also, as a collector, I consider my Switzurland.com domain as word art
-as Tim Berners-Lee invented the URL in Switzerland.

 

[Chris Hydrick]

BleachBlondeBadBuiltButchBody.com was registered before some news organizations could report on the fiaso.

BleachBlondeBadBuiltButchBody.com: Registration zulu time: 2024-MAY-17: 03:05 AM

This NBCNews.com article published zulu time: 2024-MAY-17: 03:38 AM

BleachBlondBadBuiltButchBody.com: Registration zulu time: 2024-MAY-17: 05:16 AM

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Good take @Chris Hydrick!

Some impactful slogans that come to mind....,

- MakeAmericaGreatAgain
- StopBrexit

Thanks @ThatNameGuy . I gotta regg. some domains ; )

While i'm a former NeverTrumper I've just added a few MAGA domains for my new Political Brokerage.

Truth is domainers are 99% "timely" domain collectors, buying the best names of our time, and 1% domain "investors"... as that's what sells.

@ThatNameGuy "timely domains" are actually (political) Word Art, which ironically sells more frequently than domains.

Example: As word art -from one seller, on Etsy, Rousseau's 'Eat The Rich' has over 3,000 sales, while the .com domain -reg'd in 2001, remains for sale.

So if you have a knack for timely Word Art domains point'em to an (Etsy et al) storefront and sell it as art, (made by AI or free services like WordArt.com). Perhaps this is the best way to 'premium' sell the domains.

Personally, I did recently reg a all timely 'political' domain: Prez.ing.

Also, as a collector, I consider my Switzurland.com domain as word art
-as Tim Berners-Lee invented the URL in Switzerland.

Good stuff domanious......i mean really good! Where might one display word art? maybe a Word Gallery?

This got me to thinking about a friend who was the official photographer for 5 different Secretaries of the Navy. He traveled all over the world and got to know each of them personally. I was a little surprised recently when I learned that he and his wife both have attended several of Trumps MAGA Rally's, so guess what i just registered? MagaGallery.com.

btw, the WordArt.com site you shared is really cool, and the fact you consider yourself a domain collector rather than investor is even cooler Thanks again for your timely post.

 

[Joe N]

I sold Fool/Me/Twice (com) a few years back. It wasn't exactly timely, but I imagine the expression got a little boost from George W's infamous quote back in the day.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I sold Fool/Me/Twice (com) a few years back. It wasn't exactly timely, but I imagine the expression got a little boost from George W's infamous quote back in the day.

https://foolmetwice.com

i wonder what it's going to be? a play? a movie?

Hope you're doing well Joe. Trump has so many sayings, it's hard to keep up with. However, he has been pretty consistent using MAGA - Make America Great Again. I believe he'll be elected for another term so I have a pretty good one, TrumpsFirstDay.com that someone could have a lot of fun with