Vic UzumeriDec 26, 2022
nixCraft 🐧
Poll: How many parked domains do you have without any project attached (you are just paying renewal fees)? Please boost it so that wider dev/IT community can vote it. TIA.
0
29.3%
1-5
55.4%
6-15
11.9%
16+
3.5%
Poll ended at .
Dec 26, 2022 at 1:59pmWeb
Show threadLanius Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft So many 16+!!???
Show threadwolfkinDec 26, 2022
@lanius @nixCraft apparently there's a community of people who park domains as a form of investment. Buy domains people might want and sell it back at a higher price.
Show threadJim MeyerDec 29, 2022
@nixCraft @lanius @wolfkin or, perhaps, because we aspire to do things that we don't end up having the time to manage, thus facing the annual choice of "$12 and maybe I'll do it next year?"
Show threadwolfkinDec 29, 2022
@purp @nixCraft @lanius nah bro, those people are fine. People who buy domains and just own them and they aren't thinking about what to do with them or maybe they are thinking about to do with them. That's an entirely different atmosphere. But I'm saying is there is a real community of people who buy domains explicitly for the purpose of reselling them at a higher value when people determine that they want the name.
Show threadAlex Crocker | Domain InvestorJan 25, 2023
@wolfkin @purp @nixCraft @lanius domain name investing is just another way to earn a living. Despite what you may have heard, there is a code of ethics for domainers. It’s frowned upon for investors to buy up a name of an established business or person. Not all domainers do that!
Show threadPepijn SchmitzJan 7, 2023
@wolfkin @lanius @nixCraft There are also people who buy a lot of domains with the plan of actually doing something with it some day, but never get around to that. I won't go into how I know that.
Show threadLanius Jan 7, 2023
@captainchaos @wolfkin @nixCraft well, been there, done that… Now I only have two domains, and none parked / waiting for the right moment.
Show thread🌈 Kerblambuli πŸ¦„Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft guilty, your honor. ^^
Show threadTravis Newton πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft Last I checked, I had over 90. I’ve actually been letting some drop since as I review my list I can’t even remember why I bought the domain to begin with πŸ˜…
Show threadPA0ETEDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft I was the first. I do have several that are attached to existing projects, where they have lost their real use. Some of them I do plan to cancel, others I will reuse. I have at least 6 domains that I have used for 3 or even more totally different projects :) (I do probably own between 35 and 40 domains now, which are 60% professional and 40% private projects).
Show threadCowgirlcoderDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft Somewhere around 18, but most of them are misspellings of the main domain, and are forwarding everything to the main site. So I’m not sure that counts?
Show threadMigrated to @[email protected] πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŽƒπŸ‡§πŸ‡·LuanaπŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸŽƒπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft 0, my only domain is in use
Show threadI’m Tired And Everything HurtsDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft One day I will do something useful with https://scrotum.rodeo
scrotum rodeo

Show threadJoseph kDec 26, 2022
@guffo @nixCraft Photoshop contests? All (winning,,) entries get randomly displayed on the landing page... All ,(losing) entries spend eternity stuck in your head.
Show threadDeus Ex MacGuffin Dec 26, 2022

@nixCraft

The web portion is parked because I don't have a website, but I use MX and other records.

Show threadLiam ProvenDec 26, 2022

@nixCraft Dammit. My kid broke my glasses and I mis-tapped.

None. Ever. I've never bought a domain. They're a vanity exercise.

Show thread🏴 Greg Sideyr β€‹Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft 20+, iirc
Show threadmasukomiDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft I was feeling really called out by this, but then I went and checked to accurately tally my shame, and it turns out I've actually culled a lot and attached a site to most of the others.
Show threadManawyrm | SarahDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft I used to work at a domain registrar... No comment! πŸ˜† 😹
Show threadbss, super geniusDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft I think I crossed over from 5 to 6 just a couple days ago when I registered a domain one late night and abandoned the idea by morning.
Show threadajdeconDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft Looks like 6 at the moment. Probably will let 2-3 expire in the next few months, but I may get to the others eventually…
Show threadTeal StarsongDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft where are the poll options that go into the 100s 😬
Show threadRobin StephensonDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft @timbray this is why allthegooddomainnamesweretaken.com ← any good ideas for this are welcome
Show threadaprzn Dec 27, 2022
@aglet perhaps you could build a random domain name generator?
Show threadJoshix 🦣Dec 27, 2022
@aglet @nixCraft @timbray inform about sedo and comnercial domain parking. Every time I'm looking for new domains, I come across sedo. I can't stand them.
Show threadhalcy​ @  Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft @evan ooof
Show threadEvan ProdromouDec 26, 2022
@halcy @nixCraft ikr
Show threadBΓΈrgeDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft It's the nerds version of being a supporting member of a gym
Show threadyuletideDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft I’m still paying for my old php/MySQL host for no reason other than I can’t say goodbye to my old 3 Wordpress sites πŸ₯ΉπŸ˜…
Show thread.:. brainsikDec 29, 2022
@yuletide i can recommend turning them into static pages. Then you’re off the hook for maintenance and can even host them then for free at a variety of places.
Show threadyuletideDec 31, 2022
@brainsik interesting!!
Show thread.:. brainsikDec 31, 2022
@yuletide thanks! If you go down that road I can give you some tips. I migrated a lot of blogs years ago and recently (reluctantly) shutdown my wikis as well. Now I only have statically hosted pages.
Show threadyuletideJan 1, 2023
@brainsik that sounds great where do I start??
Show threadJons MostovojsDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft i have 1-5, but soon it's gonna be 0, because we're rolling the projects out.
Show threadSteve ScottenDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft technically none of mine are parked. I have an idea for a project for each of them and for some I’ve actually installed some software in the hope of adding content someday. Others redirect to an active project. I did not count projects that were launched but now lay fallow but I did count those where the site is no longer there but I still have the domain.
Show threadIBBoardDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft Define "parked". I've got a couple of domains that might have been for something separate but ended up being redirects to existing adjacent sites.
Show threadKatherine ☘️Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft 6-15 yes I have a problem
Show threadKaffeetrinkrDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft
I have one, that use solely for more serious emails but that does not have any A or AA records
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Show threadaeriqueDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft Does ENS count? πŸ˜‡
Show threadJuriDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft @azabaro I feel simultaneously called out and comforted. πŸ˜‚
Show threadDanDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft 0.5 here.
I have 1 unused domain that I have cancelled the automatic renewal for but it hasn't expired yet
Show threadyetztDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft well, among others i'm the proud owner of data.porn
Show threadBLURDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft Probably like 10+ now. It is a struggle not to get more. So many ideas, so little time.
Show threadpetur πŸ˜ΆπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft can you un-vote on Mastodon? I voted 1-5, then started counting and found more 😳
Show threadSteve BDec 26, 2022

@nixCraft One of my clients, whose registrar account I have access to, must have over 200 domains registered. We use three.

EDIT: I voted 6-15, but I didn't include variations of active domains that I've bought so others can't. They are not in use, but I wouldn't consider them dormant.

Show threadRyan Pollard πŸ’ΎDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft Embarrassed to say I've still got a dozen after paring them down! I need professional help. πŸ˜…
Show threadMonarkie 🎹🎀Dec 29, 2022
@rdp @nixCraft LOL... I trimmed earlier this year or I would have had to move up a tier from 1–5
Show threadJim P.Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft 0 only because I finally gave up and let a couple expire last year, and the last domain I registered I actually managed to get all the way done and published before my brain lost focus on it (a true Winter Solstice miracle)
Show threadShoq 🌿Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft I'm with the 4%ers (16+). I feel like such a deadbeat.
Show thread4dw@r3  πŸ¦¬Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft does a parking page referencing a TV show count?
Show threadJivesDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft had a couple for years and finally decided I wasn't going to do anything so let them go.
Show threadIan K TindaleDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft none, I don’t understand the whole domain thing
Show threadBaŝtoDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft Dunno, my one domain is only for email, the other for DHCP (named after the SSID) … but I wouldn’t consider those projects
Show threadPatrick SchmitzDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft I only have a few domains and all of them have at least one DNS record pointing somewhere.
Show threadishotjr βœ¨πŸ’™βœ¨πŸ’—βœ¨Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft why are there no three-digit choices? πŸ˜…
Show threadEmanueleDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft @onepict tell me this is a nerd community without telling me this is a nerd community.
Show threadRubyDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft i'll boost if you promise to add alt texts to your posts :)
Show threadWTLDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft It's an alarming number.
Show threadJack Yan (η”„ηˆ΅ζ©)Dec 26, 2022
@nixCraft Trying to cut down but probably still in the 6–10 region. Hopefully will be 1–3 in 2023.
Show threadmatbennettDec 26, 2022
@nixCraft
I feel like the scale on this poll is wrong