showcase What was the worst domain you've ever bought

[mrflapjack]

what was worst domain you bought ever

 

[mrflapjack]

I have so many it is hard to choose! Probably one of my 3 word in .science extension like:
ICanDo.science
I still kind of like them, but should have been focussed on who would buy/use them, or not! Thanks for great thread, @mrflapjack !

you're right I bought.science and other 48 cent domains they were just wasting money

 

[mrflapjack]

I have seen worse extensions
ex: .mobi , .xyz , .top

i agree with .mobi but xyz have a lot of sales and it's not bad for me

 

[mrflapjack]

probably

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but I love it

it isn't very bad if you develope it

 

[Bob Hawkes]

you're right I bought.science and other 48 cent domains they were just wasting money

Just to clarify, I do not at all believe all .science extension domains are useless. Especially now that FFM are under new management, and stabilizing without the deep discounts, I see a long term future for the extension. I still hold a number of .science extension domains, several registered for 5+ years. I think generic scientific words and short acronyms particularly will find value.

Why mine was so bad is that I was not properly considering uniqueness - always an important criteria in value of a domain name. I registered ICanDo but there is an endless supply of similar names WeCanDo, WhyNotDo, YouCanDo, LetsAllDo, WhyDo, etc. in .science. Why buy mine when you could hand register one of those?

I know that occasionally, usually in .com, three word domains do sell, but always consider uniqueness! (or your name may end up in this thread )

Bob

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I regged quick-data.org in 01/02.

Can't believe why.

For a computer startup / school project. The amount of better alternatives were probably humongous.

I kind of like it for a reference site that quickly and easily scoured data on almost any topic, or some sort of online data visualization. Maybe you were ahead of your time? I note that pure-data in org has sold twice including last year. I see your name is available for hand reg now, so if someone does want it....

 

[Joakim]

I kind of like it for a reference site that quickly and easily scoured data on almost any topic, or some sort of online data visualization. Maybe you were ahead of your time? I note that pure-data in org has sold twice including last year. I see your name is available for hand reg now, so if someone does want it....

Very true, available for handreg now. It was actually a business selling hardware and installment services, but lasted only a year.

The extension and hyphen no longer attract me tbh

 

[RogueWriter]

There was a guy on here a couple years ago that was promoting his new dream domain, "ChinkToday dot com". In a fit of sarcasm, I registered "WhiteyToday dot com" to see if he wanted a sister magazine. The tag line i came up with was pretty good, "The Site For Really, Really White People" but alas, it never amounted to a sale. I can't believe nobody picked that up on the drop, lol.

 

[J Sokol]

horrid people . com
This was maybe my third domain -- and obviously pre-NP.

 

[Maestro88]

In no specific order, my 3 worst:

petrology.rocks

8-CN-8.com

VirtualManhunt.com

 

[likeslikes]

I don't even remember the exact name, but I hand reg'd one for an old business I had and it was like 6-7 words and 40+ characters. I have no idea what I was thinking.

 

[ben pedri]

what was worst domain you bought ever

The first one ,which led to the 2nd and so on,with thousands of hours of wasted time,my portfolio is good now and I sell a lot of names on afternic,but I wish I stopped buying at number 10,keep it small, people.

 

[karmaco]

A couple unintentional misspellings

 

[Yad123]

coinstore.rocks on of them

 

[Arfy]

imgur.io for 5 year registration (I didn't know what I was doing at the time and was a complete noob ) I still have it though

 

[MapleDots]

what was worst domain you bought ever

The one that did not sell

 

[address]

w-e-b.net

 

[FolioTeam]

Too many and too embarrassing to mention

 

[imadoer]

Too many and too embarrassing to mention

Me too!

 

[Tunababa8v]

Weightfact.com
3g4gphone.com

 

[ShenleyAvenue]

WeatherWhereever.com

...if only I read the dictionary at school