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Question: What Was Your First Domain Name?

July 27, 2010 by Lori | 75 Comments

We're feeling a little curious today, so we have a couple questions for our community.

  • What was the first domain name you registered?
  • Do you still have/use it?
  • Do you even remember what your first domain purchase was? ;)

We'd love to hear from you! We'll also randomly select a comment and award the poster $25 in account credit, so happy commenting!

  • http://mo7amedfouad.co.cc Mo7amed Fouad
    • http://mo7amedfouad.co.cc Mo7amed Fouad

      yees i still have
      yes i remember it as you can see i wrote it up :D

  • http://twitter.com/anatolie Anatolie Diordita

    My first domain was CitronTech.TV, I still use it and I purchased it around May of 2010 from Name.com ;D Also planning on ordering more domains (from Name.com) later this year :)

    • http://twitter.com/anatolie Anatolie Diordita

      Yes, I still use it ;D

  • http://twitter.com/anatolie Anatolie Diordita

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  • http://twitter.com/BlueEagle Jo’e3o Sim’f5es

    i remember it very well, it was cmsready.org, and i made a blog to help people with cms like wordpress, joomla and phpbb. it was about 8 years ago. I dont have it anymore but still help people on my personal blog. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=514768730 Tommy Lang’e5s Arnkv’e6rn

    hmm

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=514768730 Tommy Lang’e5s Arnkv’e6rn

    funky

  • http://twitter.com/nwgat nwgat

    my first was wiak.net
    payed twice for it at the time hehe

  • http://dan.cx/ Daniel15

    The first domain that I bought myself was dansoftaustralia.net, back in 2005 (at DomainSite!). I've still got it, but the site is quite abandoned now. Before then, I had dansoftaustralia.com bought by a friend in 2004, but it expired and got stolen by domain squatters, which is why I bought the .NET. I finally got it back this year though!

    And even before then, I used free domains like .co.cc and .tk and such. But they don't count as purchases :-)

  • http://tourino.org Antonio Touri’f1o

    The first domain I registered was virtualbits.com but it's no longer mine as I let it lapse. That was almost 10 years ago. heh.

  • Russell B

    the first domain i ever bought was techvision.info for the simple reason that at the time i bought it, *.info domains were very low priced. I planned to use it for hosting although that never really took over but managed to use it to share some files with a couple of people and also run a small blog. Further down the line i bought a couple more domains ofwhich i still use and left techvision.info to expire since it was barely used before it expired. Since then i've gone on to purchase quite a number of domains from name.com for various purposes and have never had a problem with them. I'll certainly be purchasing more domains in the future from name.com

  • http://twitter.com/DIAPMedia DIAP Media

    GetTheInterview.com was my first domain in 2004. Thought I was going to build it into a resume help service but never did anything with it. Still have it but just sitting.

  • http://www.cephalexin500mg.net Cephalexin 500mg

    My first domain is littlebigsite.com which I registered in 2002. Back then, I thought it was cute because it's contradicting "Little & big". It changed from a website offering free homepages to a news-like website. Now it's empty and I'm just using it for email hosting :) I can't believe I've had it for 8 years! :D

  • Jamie

    My first domain was (my first/last name).org, which I got in 2008 at GoDaddy. Since moved to name :)

    I do still have and use it. I currently own about 15 domains.

  • http://www.facebook.com/emorockstar Emory David Dively
  • http://www.lifechanginggroup.com/ Allen Jay Mosley

    My first Domain Name was allenjayonline.com. It was like 2002 I think and I had no clue what to do with it. I had this brillant idea to start a clothing line, but I never used it. LOL

  • drew

    rejectedunknown.com - Feb 7, 2001 - started as a tiny fan site for my uncle Daniel Johnston, and few into a big (mess) site. I haven't managed it in a long time, but it's still going.

  • Jacob

    jwstop.com - probably 8 years ago; was for personal use. Lasted about a year before I forgot to renew it. Won't make that mistake again!

  • http://openid.jeffharris.us/ Jeff

    My first domain was harris.nu, way back when .nu domains were only $20-$30 a year and .coms were still $35 or more. I stopped renewing it when the price shot up to 60 Euros, and some fool picked it up.

    All the other domains that I've picked up I'm still using because of email.

  • Cyn

    I think ModernFreedom.com was the first one I registered. I was going to develop it into a site about how to be completely free in all aspects - physically, emotionally, financially, spiritually etc.

    When I realized I wasn't going to have time to fully develop it, I listed it up for sale and sold it for 25 bucks. Later it was put up on Sedo for $1500 or so.

    I don't think it's worth that much, but what I do know ;)

  • Ariel

    My firstone was ciudadesferica.com
    It was like 3 years ago, still using it, and i hope for lots more years =)

  • http://availabledomainnames.com Nameclerk

    CasualComputing.com about 12 years ago. I don't think I bought another domain until 2003. Dumb move.

  • Dale

    I feel old posting this... On April 9, 1996 I purchased 4web.com and still own it today. Had some plans for it that did not work out and today I still use it for personal stuff. I think I paid $135 a year back then and soon will be moved to name.com. Once a big company offered me a lot of money for it and I turned it down. humm...

  • http://twitter.com/Bonesplitter Bonesplitter

    Gameprops.com way back in August of 2005.

  • Aswin

    my first domain is http://www.urtechnology.com and i purchased that one at Mar 30, 2009. I am very happy with that one.

    I heared about the great service of name.com so i transfer my domain to name.com and i planned to renewal my domain for 8 more years :)

  • http://twitter.com/arunbasillal Arun Basil Lal

    oh yea! my first domain name was millionclues.com and is still my base for all online operations. I still remember how I felt that day. I had to use a friends credit card, and we were on call early in the morning (about 5 am). I was so excited the last night that I couldn't sleep well.

    The feeling of being a part of the internet, that was and is awesome :)

  • Fai9al

    my first Domain was http://www.i4w.com it was in 2003, no i dont have it now

  • coltter

    actually i don't like my first domain name and mention here, it was registered when i purchased for a shared hosting plan. i don't want to renew the domain, then it was quickly purchased by someone in US and then now it's available again, so funny.

  • http://www.webventures.net Mike

    I bought maxpad.com around 1996, and had this big idea I was going to sell over-sized mouse pads on the web. Had a cool logo made up and just never followed through once I started running into production issues. I did not buy another name for 10 years. Sigh. Should have followed through. What I would not give to be sitting back at that keyboard in 1996 again. I can still remember spending hours looking up all these funny foul language domains.

  • rskala

    My first is yourpolk.com since 2007, using it for a Polk County, Florida guide and my nameservers :D

  • Adam

    Back in 2005 I registered sidney87crosby.com and unregistered it days later because I couldn't understand how to make a website. Six months later registered anomalyarcade.com and still have it today.

  • John

    MakeSeriousCash.com 1997 then again in 1999 then again 2010 lol - the only name which happens to be the first that I accidentally did not renew picked it up twice on the drop and the last was an auction... <kicking my own head>

  • http://twitter.com/cfolk25 Chris Folk

    Well, the first domains "I personally" registered were: maaumpires.com, maaofficials.com & mablomaha.com.

    All are still housed in their original home, Name.com, and are still actively used.

    They were registered "Order Date: 09-09-2008 3:29 PM" -- to be precise :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Vinu-Raj-Varma/537023789 Vinu Raj Varma

    hm.. let see.. I still remember my first domain name. It was something like salam.co.cc ( a free domain extension to say and other lots of free domain extensions), then i brought my first paid domain as salamforum.info in the year 2007 i think.I used it for a year and then didn't renewed it.
    I know the domain is still there for me to register it :)

  • matchboxes
  • BullS

    My first domain was http://www.BadKarmaToYou.com in 2001 because I was so piss at my boss but later registered http://www.GoodKarmaToYou.com
    I believe living well is the best revenge.
    Those domains are the best as it brings in $$$

  • http://twitter.com/spyluvs Lala Shourav Das

    Hehe.. So far I remember, I've started my domain registration with Name.com.. I got few paypal credit from a survey site which I used to buy http://www.spyluv.info from name.com, in 2009.. It got expired recently and I moved with http://www.spyluv.com also from name.com.. :-)

  • http://www.thehotiron.com/ Mike Maddaloni – @thehotiron

    My first domain name was monehp.com, which is "phenom" spelled backwards. I used it for years for my personal email, then eventually turned off email as the spam was too much.

    But I am most proud of my second domain name - GoPats.com! It was for my Patriots fan site which is still live today.

    mp/m

  • http://www.facebook.com/rabije.abije09 Reklama Shqip

    i have bought http://www.prishtinacity.com for the first time it was 1999 and my idea was to create a city portal with news, game and everything. but i just payed domain and hosting for 2 years and nothing. but now i have 38 domains :)

  • http://onews.tumblr.com onews

    My first domain is siber.net bought through free hosting, if I'm not wrong mydomain.net but siber.net domain is control by free hosting in the year 1998.

    The only seller that time for TLD is Network Solutions price around 40US 1 year.

    Few year with siber.net and suddenly siber.net changed hand to other user without my authorize as I'm not the person who control that domain name that mean my siber.net gone.

  • http://twitter.com/trypnotik Rick Ramos

    My first domain name was vibe-va.com. I built a site promoting local DJs and music events in Virginia in the early 2000s.

  • Koiphish

    My first domain name was NebulaHosting.com back in 1999 for a web hosting company I had tried to start up. The domain got hijacked back when it was easy to do with Network Solutions. That is why I use Name.com now! :)

  • namedotcom

    Awesome, thanks for the comments everyone! We'll be selecting our winner here shortly. :)

  • andrewhyde

    endoze.com <- portfolio site. Still use it as my email base.

  • Minh Tam

    I bought http://www.luot.net in Name.com Expiring Domains, I'm still using it, 8.99$ :)

  • http://www.zhangjia.com Zhangjia

    I brought siutao.com at 1999.
    On that time, Network Solutions is the only registrar. And I must pay for 2 year, US$35 per year.
    The domain name is for non-profit purpose (for my organization) and now managed by other people on my organization.

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/ajoull Ajoull

    My first registered domain name was mitrakreatif.net in August, 2008.
    Yes, I still use it.
    My first domain purchase was mitrakreatif.com. I was a newbie in web development. It was purchased from a local domain reseller in Indonesia. But then, they didn't give me the ability to renew it by myself. They didn't even register the domain under my name. Since I lost the dot com, I then purchased the dot net from name.com. So, I let the .com expired in another year, and purchased it back from name.com.

    I had been registering domains in many registrants while learning how to control the domain ownership including DNS management. When I found name.com and its facilities and offers, especially the easiness on GoogleApps setup, I transferred all my expiring domains to name.com. I never purchased any domains from any other registrants ever since.

  • http://twitter.com/kartonista Neil Joseph Yamit

    http://www.kartonista.com

    I'm still using it as a blog site and maybe future e-commerce. I remember it really well. It actually wasn't a purchase, per se. I got it through KnowledgeSutra.com (formerly trap17.com) by participating in the site's community.

  • http://www.testingcrunch.com/ Jyotiranjan

    I registered my name jyotiranjanpanda.com in 2004. But after being not renewed it expired and deleted from the registry. But finally in 2009 i registered & secure that name once again and this time i never let it go. Although this domain is in parking stage now, in future i'll build a blog or personal web.

  • jmp3

    jmp3.net , from 2004.

  • Izhupeng
  • Ali Aamir

    First friend, first love can never be forgotten, and I m so lucky that I found the name.com from the begging of my journey, So I can be say that name.com is the first & last registrar of mine, during these days, I m seeing that the working of name.com is "one step ahead from others" name.com really doing the hard working with honesty and punctually, they come and achieve the world! Like us'85'85'85..
    Go ahead.........
    My first domain was http://www.brainshost.com,

  • Mr. David Nelson Jr

    Attention,
    I apologize for intruding into your privacy, especially by contacting you through this means for a business transaction of this magnitude, but due to its seriousness and necessity, it became necessary for me to seek for your assistance. My name is Mr. David Nelson Jr, one of the investment managers of Aviva Investors. Aviva Investors is a business consulting firm, offering business advisory services worldwide. Recently we have been confronted with the task of investing funds for our investors with Aviva which runs into billions of British Pound Sterling and hundreds of millions of pounds was made as profits for our investors but sincerely, I secretly extracted 1.2% from the Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit on each of our investors profit margin there by making a total of 'a328,000,000.00 (Twenty eight million British pound Sterling). I personally cannot lay claim to this fund because of my position as one of the investment managers and I decided to seek your partnership to co-operate with me in laying claim to the fund. Our sharing modalities will be negotiated between us. In View of this foregoing issue, I look forward to receive your response so that I can intimate you with further details.

    Regards,
    Mr. David Nelson Jr.and Mrs.Lisa Kilpatrick
    mrdvnl@aol.com
    kilpatricklisa77@yahoo.co.uk
    +233 266 176 545
    +233 241 101 653
    Investment Project Partners

  • namedotcom

    And our comment winner of the $25 credit is Dustin Overbeck (comment on Facebook)! Congrats Dustin and huge thanks to everyone who commented! This was a fun one, so keep an eye out for more questions like these in the future. :)

  • http://twitter.com/Cesarbsilva C’e9sar Mid’e3o
  • http://www.al3abm.com Alsaggaf

    My first domain was http://www.up3s.com

  • http://twitter.com/itssri itsSri

    The first domain name I registered was itsSri.com and also the .net and .org variations in January 2005. My first transaction at Name.com was also the same domain set when I transferred them here, in January 2006.

    Of course, I still have it and how can I ever forget it :P - it's my brand name that was coined using best branding practices.
    Short,
    6 letter
    2 words - a common word its and other a popular proper name word Sri
    2 syllables
    Have all major TLDs
    No TM issues

    itsSri means 2 things.
    (1) it's Sri (sri is short for Srinivasa, my name) - unforgettable, isn't it?
    (2) The name ITSSRI expands to Information Technology Services, Systems, Resources Integrator - which neatly sums up my business - cool, ain't it?

  • idouglas

    In mid 2000 I bought idouglas.com from a short-lived multi-level domain name scheme called ijoe.com (see FAQ at link)
    http://web.archive.org/web/20000818223229/http:...

  • http://twitter.com/visibleblog anjan bhushan

    "OUR" First name was edukan.com meaning online shop in Hindi and Urdu.Three of friends paid for the domain back in 2000.We registered it for 2 years.Idea was to start an online shop.It never materialized.So we let it drop.We registered it via domaindirect.com. Domain si still registered and owned by a domainer.
    Now I own more than 100 domain.Major portion of domain is with your sister firm domainsite.

  • http://www.facebook.com/orozco.david David Orozco

    My first domain was BAJALOADS.com in 1996 where i loved to share music, the bad things is that i didn't knod that doing that was illegal. But after that I turned it into a music review blog. I lost it after no having money to renew it. but with my new projects I'm doing good enough to keep on bussiness

  • Joveyhong

    My first domain name is yejie.org...

  • tests100.com

    My first domain name is tests100.com that registered in 2009.

    Now i still use it.

  • http://asif2bd.info Asif2BD

    Actually My first domain was DownloadBD.info i bought it locally in beginning of 2005 probably. But I did not have its control, so i lost it. The first useful domain i bought with control is from name.com which is probably haveallfree.com

  • http://asif2bd.info Asif2BD

    Actually My first domain was DownloadBD.info i bought it locally in beginning of 2005 probably. But I did not have its control, so i lost it. The first useful domain i bought with control is from name.com which is probably haveallfree.com

  • AJ

    Mine was HellboundSouljas.com back in 2007
    it was a gaming community, don't have the name anymore.

  • http://kya.nu Kya

    I don't think I will ever forget my first domain, even though I no longer have it, my first domain was magick-me.org which was a personal website and blog. I brought the domain in 2003ish when I knew very little about them and paid $80 for two years PLUS $12 a month. I can't believe I was so silly at the time and thought I was getting a good deal. I was worried about dodgy dealers out there. Thankfully I am a lot wiser now and know where to go for my domain fix. :D

  • Gfxclass

    My first domain was gfxclass.com which was taken by me back in 2006

  • Wombat Boy

    imageek.net in 1998. No longer use it or own it.

  • Sumeet

    My first domain i registered was apunkaworld.com .. Yeah I still use it for my personal blog :)
    My first domain purchase was a long journey though. Had been thinking to hit up and get one but since I didn't own a credit card, I had to wait. I then worked for some one for some dollars and asked him to buy me a domain instead of giving me the money
    Thats how i received my first domain..
    Today I have over 100 domains, but still apunkaworld.com is my most favorite due to obvious reasons

  • http://www.harakim.net Hara Kim

    I believe first one I got was icedincome.com when I first started to get into html. I no longer have it though.

  • http://twitter.com/webdev_ru WebDev Russia

    My first domain was 1ns.com in late 1998. Now I want to make domain registration panel with name.com API for russian users who don't know English:)

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  • Anonymous

    I am a blogger and using blogspot to write blogs and thinking to buy my own domain. I don't have any domain still but thinking to buy one. But confusing about the domain name and lots more thing.

    • Anonymous

      Hey Daniel, you should totally purchase your own domain! If you visit http://www.name.com and type in your search terms (maybe your first and last name, or subject of what your blog is about) you'll be able to see if the domain name you want is available, or if someone has already registered it. Once you find an available domain click checkout and you are on your way (you will have to set up an account). Then I'd recommend using PageZen to get your blog started, PageZen (www.name.com/website-builder) is a really easy drag and drop platform that even has a 'blog' setting where you can create your 1 page blog. Best part, one page PageZen is always free and requires no additional hosting. If you buy a domain and choose not to use PageZen, you'll need to host the domain (http://www.name.com/services/hosting) which basically means you have to purchase a 'place' to store the files on your site. If you go with our hosting, you can use Fantastico to set up a word press blog.

      Does that help get you started? Let me know if you have any more specific questions :)