Web Domain White Elephant Exchange has concluded

24 pointsby jerevor 13 Jahren29 comments

I can't repost yet, but here's the URL;

http://webdomainwhiteelephantexchange.com/

30 comments

jtheoryvor 13 Jahren

Transferring domains doesn't need to cost another year's registration -- I haven't checked into this for GoDaddy/others, but for NameCheap I know you can "Push Account to User" instead of making them pay to transfer it.

If you're giving a domain, ask the recipient for their NameCheap username, and the authorization code from their push settings (My Account => Manage Profile => Push Settings).

Then go to My Account => Manage Domains => (click the domain) => Push Domain To User

If you're receiving a domain that's already on NameCheap (in the whois info, it'll show with Registrar "ENOM, INC" but -- further down... -- with Reseller "NAMECHEAP.COM"), you can speed things along by providing your own username and authorization code.

danielzarickvor 13 Jahren

Great tip. I was hoping people would figure this out on their own, but I should have made it more explicit in the email. This is exactly what I did with the domains I sent/received.

bronsonvor 13 Jahren

Overall it was fun. For the future:

- run a script to ensure domains actually are transferrable?

- match tld with tld?

- purge the obvious domain squats?

jerevor 13 Jahren

And it appears I am receiving getwinky.com

I guess I have to make a gay dating site now?

[I'm giving away whereisedward.com, which is more or less working as intended at the moment]

t0vor 13 Jahren

I'm in the same boat. smellmybacon.com. Let's do this.

xauronxvor 13 Jahren

When you said "I'm in the same boat" I thought you meant making a gay dating site. I was like "smell my bacon" must be an innuendo for something.

bushidovor 13 Jahren

I'd probably try something like foodgawker but for recipes that contain bacon, its easy enough to build. (hint: I love bacon!! then again who doesn't.)

jtheoryvor 13 Jahren

I have a Jewish friend who claims that the crispiness of a piece of bacon corresponds with its level of kosherness.

refrigeratorvor 13 Jahren

I think the lucky bastard that got bigbang.com wins this

jerevor 13 Jahren

Yea, I couldn't believe that. There's quite a few other decent ones though.

[deleted]vor 13 Jahren

richovor 13 Jahren

I dunno man, fappyholidays.com ?

alaskamillervor 13 Jahren

Awesome ones:

likesecret.com, mixtapes.io, mealguru.com, happyhot.com, bigbang.com, homies and roomies.io, lllllllllllll.com

Then there's cultclassic.xxx

bjeanesvor 13 Jahren

mealguru was mine. Hopefully new owner will make some use of it. I had a great idea once for it but never acted on it. I've had plenty of offers ($2k+) for the domain so at the very least there's that... :)

xauronxvor 13 Jahren

I could see mixtapes.io being huge. I have a coworker who is super into that social music listening stuff, I bet that would be a great application for the name.

hkmurakamivor 13 Jahren

A certain someone on HN may want the reverse.vc domain haha.

richovor 13 Jahren

So how are we organising the transfers? Private message?

jtheoryvor 13 Jahren

I got two emails, one putting me in touch with the person getting my domain, and another for the person giving me theirs.

I've exchanged edofy.com for lb1.net, btw...seems fair enough, as I don't really want either. :)

bronsonvor 13 Jahren

Yea, I sent lb1.net and dinr.org and I'm not confident I'll receive any in return... human01d.org was registered too recently, no word on faithfulpixels.com (that one at least could host a touchy feely technology or design blog). Ah well, worst case just dehording is a step in the right direction.

I say keep trading until value is maximized: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/12/25/167976196/episode-...

Would love to see the final tally on successfully transferred domains.

danielzarickvor 13 Jahren

Not a bad idea. I would like to know how many people actually made the transfer as well. Also, I'd definitely like to see what happens to the domains after a few weeks... if anybody puts anything up.

richovor 13 Jahren

Yeah, seconds after posting I got the same email :)

samelawrencevor 13 Jahren

So, now we know who to contact about buying some of these awesome domains... handy.

richovor 13 Jahren

If only there were some convenient lookup service to tell you who-currently-is the person you'd need to contact.

xauronxvor 13 Jahren

Some dude was actually spamming people on twitter asking to buy the domains they received.

danielzarickvor 13 Jahren

Yeah a few of my friends told me about that. Sent him a message, but still haven't heard back. He's offering $$$, but it still feels spammy and annoying. :-/ Hope nobody was annoyed.

xauronxvor 13 Jahren

It's funny because that's actually how I found out they were even sorted out. I saw his message before I saw your email so I was like "damn, I must have an awesome domain". Still, I haven't replied to him because it doesn't feel right to sell it!

danielzarickvor 13 Jahren

Haha that's funny. He was all over it. He responded to my tweet saying he'd stop if I wanted him to. I just told him to be mindful of annoying people.

bryanthompsonvor 13 Jahren

I'm giving away http://dontgobreakingmyart.com and getting http://kickr.in. No idea what I'm gonna do with this thing. DGBMA was for a friend who made blown glass things. I was giddy when I thought up that name for him :)

jamestomasinovor 13 Jahren

I'm giving away http://notmedia.com and picking up http://nouncd.com/. I'm really not sure what to do with it, but hey, what a neat exchange!

Casseresvor 13 Jahren

I put up 3 domain names. So far I've only been contacted by one of the people I'm supposed to exchange with and gave my domain name to that person.

While I will give away the domain names that I committed, I don't think I'm going to accept any of the domains that I've been matched with.

If anyone wants:

- http://fusevox.com

- http://lastsongkillsaudience.com

- http://bumbafly.com

... you can contact the current owner and see if they'll give it to you.