Value of Domain Hacks

[xman]

Here's my question..what is the value of domain hack? I've seen some good domain hack and i was wondering about the value of it. I myself own one and i'm not sure whether or not i should get more. I haven't seen any sale of domain hack. Why do we register domain hack? Is it because the domain looks cool or because there's a potential end user who's willing to buy such domain?

 

[Gobinath]

@Algis
good hack ! just curious to know your asking price?

 

[indam]

@Algis
good hack ! just curious to know your asking price?

Same

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

RUPT.LY

I can't tell you the value (at this moment).

 

[iwon24]

with Virtual Reality taking off , i decided to get a month back VRdoma.in - i think it will be great for a website to sell your Virtual Reality domains. what you guys think ?

 

[Kiko]

someone just registered pgoogle.com, I find hard to believe that google never noticed this letter, I know they own part of the alphabet,... agoogle.com bgoogle.com,.. and so on.. but not all of it....

 

[Gobinath]

google will not be bothered until is used in "badfaith" i guess. I have seen couple of cases google registered against few who owned google related domains.
offcourse they will be monitoring these domains

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

someone just registered pgoogle.com, I find hard to believe that google never noticed this letter, I know they own part of the alphabet,... agoogle.com bgoogle.com,.. and so on.. but not all of it....

I think we can be sure that Google noticed it and they will react.
It looks like many of those a/b/c/...google.com domains are currently not under control of Google - they are used as forwarding parking sites for some shifty advertising / product sites ('Congrats, you have won an iphone').

Finally, let's remember, this thread is about (the value of) domain hacks.

 

[AutoDealer]

google will not be bothered until is used in "badfaith" i guess. I have seen couple of cases google registered against few who owned google related domains.
offcourse they will be monitoring these domains

They own googlesucks.com and I think they snatch up Google related domain names when they can. Also there's too many domain names using Google as part of a longer name. Maybe they no longer care.

 

[trap3]

I have VODK.AS

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Here I have some .top hacks:

virtualdesk.top
virtuallap.top
3ddesk.top / 3desk.top
3dlap.top
4kdesk.top
4klap.top

I will tell you the value if you like to buy it (single / all).

 

[getakash1]

People love Domain hacks for their startups & companies , it makes them stand out.

I have Future.Zone & Carrying.info .

Domain hacks dont have a great reseller market , they are only good for end user sales.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I have Future.Zone & Carrying.info

These domains are NOT hacks.

 

[getakash1]

These domains are NOT hacks.

Any Domain in which the extention is combined with the domain to make the whole thing meaningful is a domain hack IMO .

Eg. Iwantmy.name

Just like Future.zone , The TLD is combined to complete the brand name or phrase. This is called a phrase hack.

Similarly there are Word hacks like Doma.in

I have attached a detailed file on types of domain hacks . IMO .

 

[usernamex]

Interesting, it is difficult to find sales info on past sold hacks, since you'd have to search each ccTLD itself. Anyone know a better way or better source?

I've done a few namebio searches in ccTLDs I own, of which there are 26

Oh gosh I just saw this thread dates back to 2007, forgive me if this info is somewhere already, I will make a note to go back thru and look also, although I am most interested in current prices and sales.

 

[indam]

Interesting, it is difficult to find sales info on past sold hacks, since you'd have to search each ccTLD itself. Anyone know a better way or better source?

I've done a few namebio searches in ccTLDs I own, of which there are 26

Oh gosh I just saw this thread dates back to 2007, forgive me if this info is somewhere already, I will make a note to go back thru and look also, although I am most interested in current prices and sales.

http://dnpric.es has some nice references

 

[egotisticvolition]

defi.es
erod.es
gor.es

all hand reg'd

What do you guys think? Ive never messed with them before but have seen some recent activity around them

 

[Name Trader]

Hacks are such a gamble. Even good ones. Who do you target as buyers? They were probably hand-regged for a reason. The best reason to buy a hack is to use it for yourself. Somebody actually looking for a hack usually has plenty of options. I don't "feel" these have any resale value. I'd ask for a refund if the .es ccTLD has that option.

 

[LaunchUp.com]

I own one .es hack which is for myself: brandabl.es

It's a one word and a popular word among domainers and startups.
Personally I wouldn't invest much in them either unless I have a personal use such as development. Some sites I use often happen to be hacks.
I would love to hear what others think?
@stub

 

[Name Trader]

@rivey001 - Maybe you should use that for your website It tells the visitor exactly what you are selling. Then heavily SEO it. I like it.

 

[LaunchUp.com]

@rivey001 - Maybe you should use that for your website It tells the visitor exactly what you are selling. Then heavily SEO it. I like it.

Sometimes I think likewise. I also think of using perfectstartups.com, but I have too much invested in GotBrands To not use it and it's also straight forward and brandable itself, especially if marketed. I would feel terrible wasting my money lol.. But brandabl.es could still be developed separately. it's also good to have my main site in Dotcom since I'm selling all dot coms.