It’s fun to share some of the names I recently bought and to learn what others are buying. I’ve listed a few numbe domain names I’ve purchased in the last couple of weeks that I haven’t sold yet. All of these names were either bought in private or via NameJet. I don’t think I’ve done much hand registering lately.
I welcome you to list the domain names you’ve recently bought as well if you’d like.
- Aquamarine.com
- Embroiderer.com
- TrailMaps.com
- SilverFamily.com
- BirdTreats.com
- ArchitecturalPlans.com
- GreenCardLaw.com
great – there is a lot to learn from you. thanks for sharing.
I recently purchased UltimateTransformers.com for very cheap and a number of bed and breakfast names for a business I intend to start. I think GreenCardLaw.com is a gem of a name. Just became a citizen of the US
aquamarine is my birthstone… i’m a pisces. it’s a water sign. i don’t know exactly how but you should be able to make money from that one.
MarijuanaSpices.com ( will be making my spices soon)
GetYourBakeOn.com- a dev site already as I love to bake(see the big crabs I caught!)
GunResponsibility.com
all getting lots of traffic $$$$
HologramCube.com. Got it cheap and IMHO I think its a great Future Trend domain. π
Elliot@
I like ArchitecturalPlans.com
All.Com’s
AcapulcoMagazine
ArubaMe
BarbadosMarina
BuyingCard
CostaRicaAll
CostaricaYachts
CozumelLand
DallasAutoFinancing
DominicanRepublicReviews
ExperienceAmazon
ExperienceRioDeJaneiro
ExploreStMartin
FiveStarTraveling
GotWig
InternetPlanets
MdfTrim
NoAutos
PointHawaii
PuertoRicoMarina
RioDeJaneiroDeals
SandStates
TopApts
VacationStJohn
VacationStKitts
ValueCaribbean
WorldLuxuryYachts
Aquamarine and Trailmaps have some PR and nice 10+ year history. Seems aquamarine.com was used for a fish farm long ago.
Bought a few ‘smart-related [dot] com domain names over the past few months…
SmartSpeculator
SmartTeller
SmartKnob
SmartPowerBar
SmartPhoneKey
SmartPhoneLock
SmartCarKeys
SmartLeadGeneration
PortlandSmart
SmartHomeMeter
SmartBuildingTechnology
Not sure if the ‘smart domain name trend is still a viable invest however, they still appear in the weekly Sedo/Afternic sales reports.
Trailmaps.com…I’m lovin that one. Also SilverFamily for your own personal reasons is a good pick up. nice.
Hey Elliot
I like GreenCardLaw.com and Aquamarine.com the most from your selection.
I bought MenswearDesigners.com Its my industry and it defines a huge sector. If I can’t sell it or partner with people on it at least I have the chance to use it myself as its my area of expertise.
Hi John,
I think this is a solid name.
Thank you Adi! I have a few ideas but I want to look for partners to be able to give the name its best shot. To launch a business on this name that encapsulates its highest and best use. I can’t do that alone!
AuthorshipGuide.com
Hi Elliot, Thank you.
I’ve mainly bought UK names recently, including;
GNAR.CO.UK
DanceGames.co.uk
ChinaExport.co.uk
iKALQ.com
I hand regged all of these in the last few days.
ElectricTaxiCabs.Com
SeatToSeat.Com
NextGenEngine.Com
CloseToACure.Com
GigabitInternetService.Com
PastEpisodes.Com
DivideAndShare.Com
CarSharingProgram.Com
BikeSharingProgram.Com
RideSharingProgram.Com
OpenlyGayPlayers.Com
OpenlyGayAthletes.Com
BugEyeCamera.Com
UltraHackable.Com
StreamingLiveTonight.Com
BugEyeCamera.Com
@Kevin – I like Bikesharingprogrm.com and if you find a buyer, I own BikeSharingPrograms.com and would consider selling.
Noted.
Hey Elliot, TropicalBirdTreats.com is available. Can’t believe you dropped the ball on that one π
Picked up some names for two projects:
Overbillings.com and UtilityRefunding.com and 10 others in this niche with a couple hundred uniques per week in traffic so far.
Retreaded.com and 41 others in this niche with 2300 monthly uniques in aggregate traffic so far..
Cheers!
Chris
FYI Retreaded.com was an aftermarket domain…
I registered Roboarna.com
I got two .com domains:
PowersMe
NetworksMe
I recently picked up these:
Sealy.net
Followed.net
PinkSlip.net
DullSkin.com
LetsBowl.com
USGOP.com
Those are the first dot nets that I have bought.
Great news is I sold a dozen names in the last several weeks! Some names that sold:
WhatZit.com
AhHah.com
ReadTo.com
CoolPetz.com
ToolsEtc.com
JNUF.com
BeerVarieties.com
Wilted.com
SWYA.com
Thanks to all for helping me out!
Last couple of months, just some
AutographedJerseys.com
CigarRatings.com
CocoaBeachRealEstate.com
CollegeRoommateFinder.com
MtRainierCabins.com
TimberFlooring.com
WildernessCruises.com
I registered the most domains at a single time since I started domaining.
losangeleshydrographics.com lahydrographics.com
chicagohydrographics.com sanjosehydrographics.com
jacksonvillehydrographics.com austinhydrographics.com
forthworthhydrographics.com charlottehydrographics.com
detroithydrographics.com elpasohydrographics.com
memphishydrographics.com bostonhydrographics.com
seattlehydrographics.com denverhydrographics.com
baltimorehydrographics.com washingtonhydrographics.com
portlandhydrographics.com tucsonhydrographics.com
atlantahydrographics.com raleighhydrographics.com
miamihydrographics.com tulsahydrographics.com
oaklandhydrographics.com tampahydrographics.com
orlandohydrographics.com buffalohydrographics.com
arhydrographics.com ashydrographics.com
cahydrographics.com cohydrographics.com
dchydrographics.com dehydrographics.com
flhydrographics.com gahydrographics.com
hihydrographics.com hawaiihydrographics.com
iahydrographics.com idhydrographics.com
ilhydrographics.com inhydrographics.com
mahydrographics.com mehydrographics.com
mdhydrographics.com mihydrographics.com
mnhydrographics.com
Hi Brian,
May I ask why you hand registered names with hydrographics? I would like to first say that I am not trying to insult anyone. I googled the term and I’m still not sure about what hydrographics is. I applaud learning the market this way and I cannot understand why people would leave dislikes. It seems that you are trying to start a business or sell in one particular niche and I think that is something I am trying to do as well. Good luck
Hydrographics is an emerging business of water transfer printing.
Check out the youtube videos.
https://www.youtube.com/results?safe=off&q=hydrographics&biw=1920&bih=995&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=w1
Many companies are already using the types of domains I just registered.
alaskahydrographics.com
ozarkshydrographics.com
two examples of many.
Here is another interesting link
http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=hydrographics
Thanks for the follow up and good luck with selling these names. I think geo + premium keywords are a great way to go about domain investing. I used to be fascinating by water resources engineering and even bid on the name at NameJet WaterQuality.com. I believe it sold for abotu $3000.
I recently registered GrapheneDesalinator.com, already had GrapheneFiltering.com. Could be the answer for clean drinkable water in the future
Nice acquisitions Elliot.
Here’s a few recent ones of mine (.com):
CucinaItaliana
Predictively
DiningOutGuide
Nice one on:
CucinaItaliana
C
Thanks Chris. I was very happy to get it!
I’ve already turned down a few mid-high $x,xxx offers since I bought it, as I’m not looking to sell, but it’s nice to know that I bought at a good price and that it’s seen as a valuable asset.
I’ve got some big plans for the site, which should be up by the end of the year. It’s a really fun project and I can’t wait to launch it!
good one.
cucinaitaliana.com.au is a cooking school
Thanks Raymond. Yes the cooking school looks great. I’m actually based in Australia and would like to attend one of Luciana’s courses in Sydney one day (when I’m not so busy).
The term is registered in every extension worth bothering with (and many that aren’t).
Incidentally, LaCucinaItaliana.com is owned by Marchex
Working link:
dnjournal.com/pdf/Marchex%20Historical%20Top%20500%20Domain%20Sales-FINAL.pdf
After several months without buying…(all the most common TLD)
SocialMediaBrandCompliance
SocialMediaTrainingCourse
BestMortgagePrograms
Hi Elliot – completely forgot about the auction. Great price
On birdtreats.com
Bought eRealestateMarketing.com
Also aquamarine is wonderful name.
Peer
Like in most industries, you have the manufacturer (hand registrations in domain industry), then you have middle man ( drop catchers and so on), and then retailers…
I like to look at our role as Manufacturer, in the domain industry, I believe you call them hand registration.
Here’s a couple we manufactured recently, Buy or See more by clicking our Name:
RepublicOfChad.com
Preclassics.com
FallRewards.com
FallWise.com
FunBusinesses.com
Domenclature,
I find your comparison of hand registrations as manufactured goods especially illuminating.
Thank you, Adi.
Free-Tablet.com
I don’t like hyphens but some endusers buy them, especially in Europe.
With the prices of tablet devices dropping,
some in the industry predict that they will
start offering free tablets with a paid subscription to their packages. Time will tell.
Love trailmaps.com
Recently acquired:
NaturalAlternative.com
SeattleMover.com
SportsVacation.com
I own KalamazooOpenHouse.com and another local realtor owned KalamazooOpenHouses.com and he let it drop a few weeks ago.
I picked it up from NameJet and developed it into a website using Textbroker for the content and WP Genesis by StudioPress as a theme. I added a slider and learned a few more things about WP.
I offer a free MLS real estate search and open house look-up.
I also picked up USACustomBuilders.com and started a database for custom builders. I still need to get the kinks out of the website.
My new hand reg from $2 to $5+ godaddy codes
ExecutiveDomainer.com
ExecutiveDomainers.com
Mammogram3D.com
Mammography3D.com
Brandable names:
Nameii.com
Dovii.com
Dovii is a name of a fish……
I have absolutely no idea what they think about hyphens in China, but I managed to win this in a Snap auction…
zhong-guo.com
Nice pickups Elliot. Here are a few of my buys (private or NJ) last 2 weeks:
TelephonePayments.com
AdInnovations.com
RenovationLending.com
TelephoneCompany.net
BiggerBang.com
DatabaseWebsites.com
Hand regged LaserLiposuction.co & LaserLipo.me this afternoon π
synthesizers.net. I’m a synth passionate and could not resist to buy it. Although it’s a .net, still a great keyword product related.
Some recent(ish) hand registrations:
peakvodka.com
thrivevodka.com
vietnameseriviera.com
fineartmerchant.com
tablet led dot com
Elliot,
I’m glad you post your recent acquisitions and that you ask to see what other people are buying.
I like to see what people are BUYING too.
The only problem is that people don’t understand the difference between BUYING a domain and REGISTERING a domain.
HUGE difference!
Agreed…a hand-reg shouldn’t qualify as an “acquisition”
Rob,
Would you be interested in a guest post explaining in your view what the difference is
Of course there is a difference, much like there is a difference between milk, yogurt, & cream. But they all come from the came COW…
Thanks but don’t need a long article.
Acquisition = purchased a domain from the current registrant.
Drop catch = Purchased domain through auction or drop catcher that was pending delete or pre-release. If there is only one bidder, I would call the domain at “catch”. If there was more then one bidder then I guess it can be called an acquisition.
Hand registration = a registered domain that no one wanted until time of registration.
MUCH easier to “acquire” hand registrations.
So, if this article is about simply adding domains to a domain portfolio, let’s call these domains “additions” but they are not acquisitions.
Just my opinion.
“Hand registration = a registered domain that no one wanted until time of registration”. – Sequin
You lied about the above. Not all hand registration is domains “no one wanted”, and you know it, that is why you weren’t just wrong, but you lied.
The other simplistic definitions by you is, I guess Okay, but hand registration is defined as the way all domains start, period. The drop catching businesses have hijacked the domain industry, therefore, I am against them on principle basis.
They now even let a few select elites sell domains together with dropped names. I am also against Registrars playing games with expired domain names.
I believe ICANN should remake the rules where all expired names go to ICANN for 45 days, and thereafter released to first come, first served basis, just like unregistered names.
Agreed with Domenclature. Hand Regs are in a sense purchases or acquisitions, which can come from a variety of sources.
“…So, if this article is about simply adding domains to a domain portfolio, letβs call these domains βadditionsβ but they are not acquisitions.”
I call it Domain Collection.
Meaning buying hand reg as a collection purposes, not intented to sell.
Just like collecting stamps, art paintings, sculptures…..
Frankly, I am most interested in seeing what others bought in the aftermarket. I know plenty of people who register hundreds of names a week, and having all of those posted can be cumbersome. I wasn’t necessarily very clear with what I posted.
No harm, no foul, and no reason for anyone to get irritated.
@Elliot,
You are telling me that you have GreenCardLaw.com, SilverFamily.com, Embroiderer.com, and so on…
Those domains ain’t indistinguishable from hand registered domains. Sure you got got aquaMarine.com, even that can be be a hand registered domain. Now, I know what you are trying to achieve, and you can easily get there by asking for recently acquired domains that have, let’s say, an Estibot value of $xyz. You can’t be as elitist, and frankly stupid, as to mandate people purchase a domain name by a certain tangent. That would be unbelievable, right? Right! I know you wouldn’t go that low. The value of a domain is the value, regardless of how you bought it.
Nice list of names Elliot. Aquamarine.com is one of my favorite from the list. Here are a few I’ve purchased
DownloadMusicAlbums.com
AluminumFoil.co.uk
ExpeditedShipping.co.uk
ExpeditedShipping.co
Marinade.co
Graphing.co
Pulley.co
Tiers.co
Billfold.us
Egalitarian.us
Some Geo domains I hand reg’d recently
bostonsfuture.com
summerinboston.com
bostonsportsevents.com
Haven’t bought in awhile, so nice to find these.
I’d like to suggest that you put a ball park range figure for the domains you buy.
E.g. Embroiderer.com $xxx
Knowing the types of domains you’ve bought is a great glimpse into what you think you can make money on but without a price range, I have no idea what kind of a deal you got.
I don’t want you to know what kind of deal I got π
An interesting thought……I did some research that 3dMammogram.com sold $2200 in sept 2012 and 3dMammography.com sold $2200 to the same buyer in medical profession…..
So, I hand reg. with godaddy codes $2+
Mammogram3D.com
Mammography3D.com
These may be quite a valuable generic domain names……for new technology 3D X-ray Breast Clinic Screening device…….just my thought.
I don’t like those name domains.
They sense don’t make. To me least at π
Yeah, it does sounds awkward, not as good as 3dMammogram.com or 3dMammography.com
I can only think that the same buyer may be interested to purchase the reversed version in order to keep away from other competitors in 3D Mammogram business……..
Probably able to flip between $300 to $1500 each from tiny $2+ capital cost…..still not bad for profit…….
The 3D reverse version still got some value eg
Asia3D.com was sold recently for $5839 in January 2013
Just hand reg. using $2.95 coupons :
Chic295
comedy
Top3dPrinterStocks.com
Top3dPrintingStocks.com
hi all, pls let me know your thoughts:
thank u.
247SUPPLIERS.COM
FRUITLANDPARKREALESTATE.COM
FRUITLANDPARKREALTOR.COM
FRUITLANDREALTOR.COM
ONEDOLLARINVESTMENTS.COM
ONEDOLLARSERVICE.COM
CRUISELANDER.COM
please let me know your thoughts on my domains
247suppliers.com
AfghanMines.com
AfghanistanMines.com
FruitLandParkRealEstate.com
FruitLandParkRealtor.com
FruitLandRealtor.com
OneDollarService.com
OneDollarInvestments.com
CruiseLander.com