Online Marketing for Fun & Profit
I have to admit that my taste in domains is different than many. I pick names for which I can imagine building a site. Successful domainers seem to have different criteria. In some respects I think there is a lot of speculation by newcomers who know nothing of development. They get caught up in buying and selling domains on the basis of other characteristics.
Sometimes I see a name for which I can't think of an immediate use, but which I like the sound of or think it might have future value. I even have a few I think my kids or grandkids might be interested in someday.
300 Million USA300MillionUSA.org This was a site used as a fundraiser during the time when the US population reached 300 million. |
AAA Mobile HomesAAAMobileHomes.com This is for use as a possible spinnoff from Mobile Home Doctor |
A Musical NoteAMusicalNote.com Saved for one of my daughters. It would make a good place for a music instructor to post their schedule, fees, etc. for their students. |
BDS TeamBDSTeam.com This would make a great internal site for a company with the initials BDS who was working on a sales team or other activity where the word “Team” is important. |
Bluetooth Hearing AidBluetoothHearingAid.com This is purely speculative but it seems like at some point combining these two technologies might make for an interesting product(s). |
Clock ArtistClockArtist.com was actually registered because my son has always had an interest in building one of a kind clocks as a marriage of art and science. Admiral Grace Hopper, one of the early pioneers in computer science, was said to have a clock in her … MORE>>> |
EFX1EFX1.com is a four character domain. These kinds of domains got bought up after all the three character ones were taken and speculators started to see some significant price rises. In this case FX is often used as a shorthand for “function” as in Electronic Function 1. ... MORE>>> |
Favorite DrivesFavoriteDrives.com can have a variety of meanings. My thought when I registered it was to use it for a picture gallery maps mashup. I can imagine going to a lot of drives, taking pictures the whole way and recording GPS coordinates at each photo point. ... MORE>>> |
Mobile Home DoctorMHDoctor.com This domain was registered to protect my Mobile Home Doctor brand. In retrospect that was probably not necessary. In fact, if I had chosen to register a mobile home related phrase at the time it would have been a stronger … MORE>>> |
Mythical or Mystic CreaturesMysticCreatures.info |
New Mexico (NM) GOPNMGOP.com I still think this would make a good political domain, but so far politicians seem to be behind the curve on recognizing the value of domain names. |
Q53.comThis is a brandable three character domain. |
Q79.comThis is a brandable three character dot com. |
R47R47.com Brandable three letter dot com. Three character domains enjoyed a small bubble in 2007 that seems to be tapering off as I write this. From my experience, they are hard to find a use for. Short is great, and I can see why people pay so … MORE>>> |
TR5.comThis is a brandable three character dot com. |
VBDIRVBDIR.com Could stand for VBulletin Directory |
Wheelchair InformationWheelChairInformation.com This sites covers wheel chairs in a very general way and points the visitors to Ebay for deals. Buying new medical equipment always seems terribly expensive. |