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Ask HN: Is it stupid to buy from domain resellers?

I am trying to buy a domain name (for an example site as part of a book I am writing). It could be anything - but I have plumped for cheerypanda.com

However cheerfulpanda.com is taken by a reseller called buydomains.com - for 1300 USD.

The .net and .org are still new at a few bucks

Has anyone bought from anyone like this before? Any thoughts?

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If it's a book you are writing I would change the title to match a .com that is available.

I don't think buying a $1,300 .com is going to push the needle for your book sales.

I would recommend using a .com though, so change up your title slightly if possible.

Or go with CheerfulPandaBook.com or something like that vs. spending $1300 on a domain.

Good luck with your book.

It's worse than that - the book is not about cheerfulpanda - i just wanted the techie "how to build a AWS site" to have a themed example site - i am i think procrastinating...

My personal opinion is take the net or the org and be done with thinking about it :) by your own admission you are doing something that is taking time, it sounds like your time is better spent just having this set up at 'some' name rather than something specific. All the best :)

y, just pick anything then. Good luck with the tutorial.

I've heard using Digital Ocean instead of AWS is a good way to make your life simple and SHIP IT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHZLCahai4Q

The domain name space is huge. Say there are 30,000 common words in english (there are about 171,000 in present use). For a 2 word combo that's 900 million combinations.

This is super useful: http://www.bustaname.com/. Especially "Add Group" and the synonym finder. So you can use "panda" and combine it with "happy or cheerful or sunny".

These are all available:

  radiantpanda.com
  pleasedpanda.com
  lightheartedpanda.com

My opinion, but .co, .net, .app are all very understandable these days and exponentially expand the search space. (Literally :))

It's very easy to get attached to a particular name. There's some deep psychological aspect to it. You can become attached to even a very bad name. It's really weird how quickly it can happen.

I'd recommend coming up with a new domain. There are a lot of new TLDs you can choose from. There's really no reason to buy an existing domain.

If you do choose to buy that domain, try negotiating down to $500. That's not a particularly "premium" domain name.

I've done this a few times. No big deal other than, well, it costs more money.

I'd go for .net or .org. It will have the same SEO value and it will look good on your promotions. It is all a matter of budget. Since you took your time to ask here, I guess budget matters.

get cheeripanda.com

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