The One That Got Away ?

[britishbulldog]

The domain's that have got away from you in the past and have been sold on for a small fortune....

a) You forgot to renew.

b) You forgot about it in auction.

c) You got outbid i auction and wished you had bid more.

d) Seen a deal on a website like dnf or sedo but never acted on your insticts.

Name them names ?

Mine was roofrack.com which i forgot about in a GD drop auction and sold for just $121 which then sold on sedo less than 3 months later for $11.3K...

OUCH :-(

 

[David G]

2 biggest regrets: RunningShoes.com (had chance to buy it fer just $350) and UnitedStatesOfAmerica.com (one of my first domains. did not renew).

 

[draggar]

I have a few- GSD.org - I dropped out at $1200 on the auction, it ended up at $1750. Today, I wish I bit that bullet. Laekenois.com - I dropped out at $300, it sold for $350. Today they are fully recognized with the AKC so that domain shot up in value (at least I own the .net)

Not being proactive enough with protecting my brand - I have dogactors.com / .org but forgot the .net

There are so many others that I try to register to see it already registered. When I check the WhoIs it's within a month or two.

 

[ImageAuthors]

Ouch! Those hurt. (RunningShoes.com especially)

I'll resist the temptation to rant about domain bandits who watch Whois lookups and preemptively register the best of what you're checking on ... May they enjoy the money I've made them in Hell!

My regret? Everything everybody else ever registered prior to me learning about the domain industry last summer. What planet was I on?

 

[dcristo]

RunningShoes.com ($350 was all)

do you mean that's what you could have bought it for?

 

[hugegrowth]

Can't say I've owned or dropped a domain that I know went on to sell for a huge payday, but it's something I think about and dread. I'll just have to tell myself it's part of the game, which it is. If you are dropping/selling names that go on to get more, chances are you've kept some that will sell for the same or more too.