More Previously Registered Domains

Recently, bored out of my mind and not focused on getting anything done, I was scrolling through the domain names for sale on Ebay. One interesting name popped up that reminded me of the previous post about domain names that have been owned by other people.

Here's the Ebay Listing


The site has a phenomenal amount of backlinks, more than 400.


Despite the Ebay listing stating a Page Rank of 3 the current parked site has no Page Rank whatsoever. The site has been archived going back to 2004 and their logo, shown below, is easily obtained for building out a relevant site with Google ads relating to comics and comic books. (Which'll only get you $ .80 a click max, but hey)





So if one was so inclined to spend $ .99 for a domain name and managed to get only two clicks in the next couple of months they would be profitable.

My problem is that someone poured their heart into this comic, though I have never read it, and the site was their "baby" for a time.

Sounds a little like Piracy to me. Not in the much used current sense, but in the old, I'll steal and rename your ship frame of mind.

Isn't that what iReit.com tried to do with my old domain name?

Am I trying to distance myself from the fact that I sometimes buy domain names previously owned by other people?

The truth of the matter is that I do not actively search out expiring names in order to snatch them up. And if I happen to catch a name, ThirdMesa.com for instance, that has been previously registered then it is by luck, or fate, or the will of the Creator.

So I'm not going to buy the domain name for $ .99 on Ebay to make into something that would be profitable.

I already have too much to do without daydreaming in the bargain bin on Ebay for Domain Names.

Potatoes Animation

I can't believe I never posted this cartoon before. Potatoes is short but it was always a favorite of mine.

Maybe because Matt Goltz can do a far better job drawing than I can or the fact that I created the audio track from various snippets of Matts recorded dialogue and spliced them together to seemingly make sense.




Either way this animation is fun.

Previously Owned Domain Names

As I mentioned before one of my recent domain name purchases, Third Mesa was doing fairly well. I got curious and found out that it had been previously registered. First by Third Mesa Music then either they either let the registration expire or someone snatched it from them in 2004 and turned it into a bestiality site.

So lucky me, I have a few backlinks from Bestiality sites still linking to my domain which accounts for the traffic.

It seems like Third Mesa Music is still up and running at a 3rdMesa.com which they have owned since ’99. The funny thing is that the singer Casper Lomayesva at 3rdMesa music is from Kykotsmovi Arizona, the other domain name I bought the same day.

I think its cool to see the history of a domain name. A friend of mine bought Bite-This.com not knowing that it had a history going back years. Those Archive.org hits really add to the value of a domain name as he had it appraised a week after its purchase and they valued it at well over $3,000.

I have another friend that foams at the mouth at the mention of lost domain names. He owns well over 100 now but has lost quite a few from failing to renew them. People snatch them up as soon as they come back on the market.

I can sort of understand his anger as there is a domain name I lost years ago that I wish I could get back, if only for sentimental reasons. For years it was listed in the archive but the new owner had the history blocked and it is now parked, owned by iReit.com, curiously purchased right after I sent the owner and inquiry about a possible purchase price.