I currently spend about $500 a year renewing domain names I’m not using. I thought it was about time I sold some of them.
As well as listing the domains below, I’ve provided the backstory behind each one; partly to share what on Earth I was thinking when I registered some of them, but also in the hope that some of you might snap them up and build the things I never found time for.
There’s no price list; just email all serious offers to ndc@me.com. Thanks!
bubl.net — SOLD!
UPDATE: bubl.net sold on flippa.com
A memorable, fun little 4-letter domain name. I bought this from someone I shall generously refer to as a ‘domain name professional’ in the hope of building a browser-based meeting room app with a twist.
My idea? bubl.net would let you create an online room (or ‘bubl’) to invite friends or co-workers into for live group discussions. Unlike similar online meeting services that charge a monthly fee for a permanent ‘room’ online, each bubl would disappear (or ‘burst’) when everyone left the page, at which point you’d each receive transcripts of the chat by email if required.
It was my intention to provide the basic service for free (ad-supported with a banner inside each ‘bubl’), with a pay-per-bubl or pay-per-bubl-pack system for users who required secure chat over https, video calling, file sharing, branded rooms, live annotation, and other more advanced features.
In truth, I still find myself needing something like this from time to time, so I’m a little reluctant to part with the domain. But it’s been many years since I’ve given much thought to building such a service. Perhaps you can breathe some life into it?
*jam.com
I went through a phase of buying and registering domains ending in *jam.com, possibly because I was eating lots of toast at the time. Here’s the full list:
- hubjam.com
- filejam.com
- taskjam.com
- fonejam.com
- salejam.com
- cardjam.com
- helpjam.com
I had high hopes to build a group of web apps around the *jam.com name. It’s hard to find names for web apps that make them feel part of the same family, and I still feel that these domains would be a great way to do that.
I no longer have time to make something of them myself, but perhaps an enterprising soul could do well from these. Would prefer to sell the set of seven at once, but I’ll consider offers for individual domains.
twittergenie.com
Bought on a whim, the Twitter Genie would have been Twitter’s first good samaritan or — if you’re British — the Jim’ll Fix It of Twitter.
I noticed how often people begin tweets with ‘I wish…’, and thought it would be marvellous to make some of those wishes come true, either by encouraging people to tweet directly at the genie account and granting one wish a month, or by searching for tweets featuring the phrase ‘I wish’ and making the most noble or amusing come true.
I’m still rather fond of the idea of Twitter as a wishing engine, but don’t have the time or resources to make it happen right now. Perhaps you do?
For those with more business savvy than social conscience, the Twitter Genie might also be a lovely way for brands to sponsor Twitter giveaways and get their products or services in front of followers.
origarmy.com — SOLD! (via email enquiry)
A lovely compound word I stumbled upon whose domain happened to be free. I had intended to pen a non-fiction book with the title, but have been busy writing short stories instead.
I still consider it a fun play on words and am sure someone can put it to better use than I have.
inboxing.org
Another name registered on a whim, I’d hoped to use this to launch a light hearted book about email. Still tempted to try, but I’m committed to other projects for now.
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That’s the lot at the moment! Happy to consider all serious offers. Send them to ndc@me.com.
And yes, I did consider registering a domain from which to sell my domains, but dismissed it as madness. Especially when I found that my top five choices weren’t available.
