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Ask HN: How many domains do you own?

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How many domains do you have? I have 15 spread across 7 registrars. Do you keep your domains with a single registrar or you buy from whoever is providing the best deal?

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~20 domains

I seen a three letter .com go for silly money so I wrote a script that found unregistered domains that are four letters or less and registered a bunch of them.

Haven't sold any yet and they are completely random like tqzo.com just short. I used ovh.com because they are cheap and offer free privacy protection.

In the past I have also used godaddys domain backorder to grab expiring domains.

Is domain squatting not considered unethical anymore?

Only about an unethical as capitalism, i suspect.

when was it considered ethical? I care as much about ethics as the next person tbh.

I have ~60 domains - I've been using Newsy as a tool to scratch my own itch for my domains that have been idle.

https://www.newsy.co

It turns your un-used domain names into a fully automated content aggregator (think of Reddit, but automated) - for those who might be interested.

Wow that’s interesting man. Thanks.

I have one. I keep it with AWS because it's fairly cheap, has autorenew, and I use their other services/tools so billing is already set up. I've seen some cheaper ones out there, but some of them seemed sketchy to me.

I've had a lot from a personal perspective - obv not as many as some old spam people I know...

But my problem is that I never did anything with them...

I previously owned:

NeverEndingSex.com in early 00s -- and I should have made a porn portal... (the domain was bought after the radio piece aired "the never ending sex.com battle".... That could have made a dime, but I was averse to profitting on porn... OnlyFans anyone? (plus I was blocks away from the Armory in SF...

I sold one domain for ~$1500

lost a bunch of really good ones over time... but I have registered hundreds - but never really did anything with them and let them expire.

Reduced to less than 10 domains. At one point had about 20.

Goal = 3 to 5 domains with real active projects.

10-15 depending on whether any expired since the last time I looked.

I bought kibae.com (my name) and I intend to make a portfolio site, create an email me@kibae.com, etc.

But in the meantime, it just redirects to A Rick Roll

I have about 200

mostly around one set of naming ideas.

bid2{idea}.com - mow, clean, roof, bid2code.com, bid2design.com etc.

and

scan4{idea}.com - scan4rates.com, reviews etc.

and

4{idea}tips.com - 4hometips.com, 4moneytips.com etc.

Ever sell any of them?

:-( those sound ALL like any domain I would block - super spammy names...

How do you keep track of renewals and all? Are they all on auto renew? I once lost a domain because the stupid registrar forgot to send me reminder emails.

Currently I own,

http://nftguerilla.com/

Bout 20

All Godaddy

Too much drama to try to keep them in diff places

I think they're expensive

Especially if you're not trying to make money with them

GoDaddy is expensive. If you are making money it doesn't matter. If you have them just parked for a future idea, it's a serious money drain if you have many domains.

Got a few this{thing}doesnotexist.com for AI projects.

3-4 with Namecheap. All are in active use.

1 private and around 10 for work.

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