First Domain You Ever Registered?

EroGenius · 08-18-2002, 01:41 AM

I was wondering, what was the first domain name you've registered?

My first domain reg was POWERSURGE.COM.

It was a toss up between that and ARTICULATE.COM, but the other name won out. It was funny though, not a week later I started getting contacted about it. No big money, but people who had been "watching" it, and it happened to expire just when I was looking. I'm still annoyed I didn't pick up ARTICULATE.COM just for the hell of it... someone else eventually got it.

Silly me.

~ EG

**mole** · 08-18-2002, 02:42 AM

Which year did you start registering Ero ?

08-18-2002, 02:48 AM

Originally posted by mole
Which year did you start registering Ero ?

Record created on 26-Jan-2000

http://www.whois-search.com/index.ph...powersurge.com

**pixelman** · 08-18-2002, 03:04 AM

I registered my first domain name "u100.com" in 1999.
It was quite late (after business.com was sold for 7m) so most of the good names were gone.

Mik · 08-18-2002, 06:40 AM

webeducate.org in 1997 let it drop cause I ran out of time to develop the idea fully.
diamondcomputing.com.au 1997, company site, dropped sometime in 99 due to university education getting in the way

I forget which came first. Back in those days you had to fill out forms and fax em away to get the ID and they even mailed you a confirmation letter by post when you registered something and mailed you again when it was expiring. Ahh the bad old days, I think I paid $140Au for the .org for 2 years haha. Not to mention up to $400Au bills from my ISP every month.

People I worked for in 95/96 actually got pulled into the whole au.com scam ozemail ran back then. They thought they got their own domain names.

EroGenius · 08-18-2002, 06:59 AM

Originally posted by goh

Record created on 26-Jan-2000

http://www.whois-search.com/index.ph...powersurge.com

Good guess, Goh, but that was the year it was transferred. A better guess would be "If he said he was going to register ARTICULATE.COM instead, when was that finally registered?"

http://www.whois-search.com/index.ph...articulate.com
Record created July 16, 1997

I first registered PowerSurge.com in June of 1997. I sold it in January of 2000, two and a half >snf< beautiful years later.

~ EG

08-18-2002, 07:09 AM

Congratulation for your sales, second question some people "might" ask is how much?

EroGenius · 08-18-2002, 07:18 AM

I'm not supposed to say. Low 5 figure though.

~ EG

**Whois-Search** · 08-18-2002, 08:09 AM

artwebsite.co.uk Free from FreeNetName

**mole** · 08-18-2002, 08:37 AM

ahhh... 1997 Eros, I remember all those industry names I could have registered even at that time and rule the industry sigh. I regged my personal name early 1998, that was my first.

**MarkMitford** · 08-19-2002, 04:14 PM

search-engine.com and searchengine.co.uk, I really should do something with them

**Bob** · 08-19-2002, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by EroGenius
I was wondering, what was the first domain name you've registered?

Pondhockey.net

-Bob

**jalapeno** · 08-19-2002, 04:51 PM

electriczebra.com

I planned to create something like an online collectibles store there but never did. Someone later contacted me who was interested in using the name, and I transferred it to her for no charge. She never used it either and eventually let it drop.

**fizz** · 08-19-2002, 04:59 PM

Originally posted by MarkMitford
search-engine.com and searchengine.co.uk, I really should do something with them

Welcome Mark. Yes, you should do something with them: they are great domain names

**DomeBase** · 08-19-2002, 08:20 PM

It was Genomunity.com. I made up the word -- for genetic immunity. Interestingly enough, there are now 68 hits for the "word" on Google!

Someday will it become a research speciality? I love language. For each of the words we use today... someone once made it up.

**GeorgeK** · 08-19-2002, 11:52 PM

My first domain was my surname, Kirikos.com. I think everyone should grab their surname.com, if they can. Thankfully, not many people share my surname, although apparently there's some island in Greece with that name, as well as some boat company that has the .gr. I have the com/net/org/ca, though (.biz, .info, .name are a waste, I think, so I didn't grab those).