Free .XYZ Domain - Enjoy!

I have purchased hundreds of domain names from GoDaddy over the years, and for whatever reason, I've been locked out of buying 99 centers (and others) for the past year or so. Switched credit card info etc. and still no go.

I can type 25 current codes in and almost all of the time I get a warning saying it can't happen. GD renewal and transfer discounts...definitely are no go for me. If I get one to go through it is always one and done...it gets to be a pain even trying.

Well, the pool is quite a bit deeper with .xyz.



I have purchased a few .zyz domains...not many though. I also have a few .orgs, .infos, .rocks and a few other TLDs.

If I can get a good four letter domain...or a perfect one or two worder directly related to my projects, I'm in.

Cheers

-don

It used to be that way for me...

I've registered hundreds of domains with GD promotional codes from popular sites that update legit codes monthly. I've been doing this for probably 10-15 years. And yes, I try to get my 99 center straight from the Godaddy site too.

For the first 10 years or so I was able to do a ton of dirt cheap transfers and renewals as well, over the last several years...no such luck. I try it all...new cookies, browsers, billing info, credit cards, etc. No go.

#1 Go Daddy puts a limit on how many times you can use each code...usually it is one time per account.

#2 I have been transferring probably 40 or 50 of the same domains back and forth from Namecheap and GoDaddy using cheap transfer codes for the last 5 or 6 years. Know this...once the domain is transferred, it is not valid for a promotion, same thing goes at Namecheap. No more saving decent bucks transferring domains to GoDadddy every other year.

#3 I do try the ad on Godaddy's site before I grab other valid codes... Like I mentioned before, if a code actually goes through, it's one and done.

#4 I have been registering and transferring domains for almost 20 years...I was registering them at $69.95 for two years when I started...usually I do know what codes to use, and which Godaddy ads to click.

#5 When the coupon codes went south for me --> my wife registered a GD account...all the legit codes worked for a while...but now it acts just like my account. I then registered a "personal" GD account and it worked great for a while...but now it acts just like the other two accounts.

I think what must be happening is when you register a bunch of different categories full of discounts...you eventually hit the limit. If you get anything to go at all after that...it's one and done.

It wasn't always this way for me, but now it is.

I used to be able to register 5-15 domains each time I went to GoDaddy for a total of about 22 bucks using promo codes.

I issue you this challenge --> try to register 5-10 domains for 99 cents on a single account invoice...if you get them purchased I will paypal you ten bucks and you can push them to my account. I'll take anything with the word images or photos in it.

Then I will try using the exact same link/clicks/code you did and see what happens. Like I mentioned, once in a while I can get a single 99 center through on an account...never more than one though.

I'm not a single domain buyer, usually.
I may have overworked the system, who knows.

Cheers

-don

I have been locked out by godaddy after one .99 domain.

If I try to register another it says only one per customer.

I agree that .com is the way to go, for a number of reasons. But I wonder if they will lose some of their "power" in the future as people get more used to all the various extensions available now that weren't available in the past?


We were pretty much brought up on .com. But there's a lot of younger people that have been exposed to the other options.

Destitute? I think you are missing the point. .xyz is not a free domain, it's catchy, it's one of the fastest growing extensions, and in another few weeks it's going to be the fourth most popular extension of all extensions, passing .info. in just TWO short years. It's a decent alternative to dotcoms as it's renewal fee is a lot lower than some of the others, it's catchy, it's short, and the extension is on a roll (quickly becoming more popular).

I think the extension may catch on, and have some value with the young folks and others.

This rest of this is going to be a bit of a ramble, sorry.

While I understand you want the best for your business, great short dotcoms have been long gone for years.

Many of us use many different domains for different areas of business and our personal life... I have domains for my hobbies, my family, my personal stuff, my interest, my businesses, my pets...and I also purchase domains on a whim to make a point, counterpoint or statement.

When I was on a my best internet roll I had roughly 12 or 13 domains pulling most of my traffic....all image domains. Good short image domains have been gone for 10 years...If I can get a killer short image related term in another decent extension I will go for it. I do have 5 or 6 TLDs that I prefer to stick with, however.

An example of a whim purchase --> I purchased a couple of 99 cent anti-Mayweather domains prior to the fight just to spout off on the Pacman/Money fight. I didn't care what what the extension was....all I wanted was the catchy domain names poking fun at Money.

If the fight would have went my way, who knows, those domains could have became semi-popular. I have an adwords account...I throw up some code and make back my 99 cents.

Back to business....

While someone may already have the dotcom you want....many times it's being squatted on, and has been for years, and it's for sale at at an outrageous price. Instead of paying the high price, grab another extension and build your site. The one page undeveloped dotcom is not going to outrank your fully developed .xyz.

You can wait for 10 years until you can afford purchasing from the squatter...or you can get started today with another extension.

I have probably 100 domains in my Namecheap account....none of those are good four letter dotcoms. Can you still get other good four letter extensions...yes you can.

For instance you probably realize I am in the image business, my name is Don, and I love music.

What are my chances of getting my initials dotcom? None. How about my name and middle initial dotcom. None. Yeah ---> I have my full name dot com (took a while to get it) and I have my full name plus the initial dotcom. Do I have my first name dotcom? Nope.

Well then.. I went for .pics, .rocks, .pictures, .guru., .news and a few others.

So now I have a bunch of great, short, directly related to my products domains. In almost all cases when I purchase a non-dotcom, the same dotcom is only a parked page that is be sold for an outrageous price...I can outrank those parked pages in a heartbeat.

I have a "pros" brand of domain names...so how many short good short pro and pros dotcoms do you suppose are left in the photography industry?. Not many...so I grab the best I can instead of negotiating for a $5000 dotcom. I ain't gonna pay the 5K when I get the same thing for $20 or less.

If someone already has a dotcom built out, that I feel will be tough competion, I don't go for another extension as that's usually a fool's play.

Right now I am sitting on about 75 one or two worders that I wanted.. sure some are .guru, pics, pictures, .xyz etc. I have not even touched them yet, ain't even pointed them all to my server yet. Do I care? I probably should, but not really. I know I have the short, catchy, pro, directly related words and terms I wanted. Since most of the TLDs are in my wheelhouse....I will hold them until I build them.

Later this fall I plan on popping out probably 50 of those sites....I am sitting on a million of my own images and artwork --> content simply is not a problem.

I learned long ago that a single monster image site may not be as good for me as many image sites...broken down into niches, events, subjects, types of license etc.

So...what am I talking about, exactly?

For fear of it being tagged as self-promotion , I hesitate to mention them, but here are a few examples. These are not developed, monetized yet, or possibly even pointed properly. I will get to them later....at the price I paid for the domains, I can afford to wait a full year or more.

Here goes a few.

dpn.rocks (Thats my initials and I photograph rock and roll shows)
donp.rocks (same as above)
donp.me (obviously short and catchy)
don.pics (3 letter domain with a related extension right in my wheelhouse)
donp.xyz (obviously short and catchy)
myname.rocks (I do!)
printpros.xyz (not great, but fits my dotcom pro line)
pros.pictures (fits my dotcom pro line)
mylastname.co (obvious reasons)
forumguru.xyz (yep, had to have it)
resellrights.club (Nope, not the best, but not the worst)
concertshots.co (Yeah, I can sell you a few concert shots)

While I have been using my "company brand" for the past 14 years, I also have been working on a pros brand, and since I am the man behind the pictures and artwork, ultimately, I am the brand.

Anyway... I think you may get the picture. Don't bother checking though...nothing to see yet on those sites.

When I get going I can pump out decent image based sites quite quickly.... I plan on doing a 60-90 day binge to pop those 50 I mentioned up...if I only get 30 done, not a problem since I paid dirt for the domains.

I think this may give some folks an idea on when a cheap non-dotcom may be a decent the way to go.

That said, don't start buying all sorts of names that you don't already have content in-hand for --> unless you are in the business of domains. I've been working 4 or 5 of the same projects for 14 years...I know what content I already I have and what I am going to do with it. If you don't already have those two things...buying a bunch of domain names may become an exercise in wasting time and losing money.

Cheers

-don

Well, sorta.

How about the shorts I listed? Not much there, eh?

I admit it's decent, but I did not purchase concertshotpro.com for a few reasons.

#1 My choice is two words (not three) plus the two letter .co (company) extension.

#2) Concertshotpro sounds like a camera line or something to me (think GoPro). I don't sell cameras...I sell pictures. Generally speaking, I don't build sites based on potential ad revenue.

#3) I got the .co for I think 3 bucks --> and since I am a company that sells concert shots, I thought concertshots.co hits the nail on right on the head. If I don't feel like building it...I lost 3 bucks or I try to sell it to another concert photographer or company for a profit.

#4) All of my pros dotcoms are pros, not pro... xxxxx pros or xxx xxx pros --> xxx pro sounds like a single person or a magazine. Now when it comes to pros.pictures...I actually wanted pro.pictures as I have proprints.xxx, proprinting.xxx .etc. That's probably one of the the worst on that list...I got it for almost nothing, and it will be one of the last I develop from that list, if I don't eventually throw it away.

Yes, I am picky with the context of pro and pros... Truth be told, I have probably spent close to a month of my life researching domain names over the years.

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My boat, my float.

In the old days I would have bought the dotcom too...not now though, I've learned my lesson on domain bingeing more times than just once.

Cheers

-don

Yeah, unfortunately a ton of hackers, a ton of scumbag webmasters, and a ton scumbag email and internet marketers have been fueling a lot of the .xyz growth. Indeed they are trying to trash yet another TLD.

https://www.bluecoat.com/security-bl...ady-tld-report

That's what happens when you blow shit out the door at dollar or two pricing too many times. Oh well...I'm not worried about it all, not in the least. I do not rely on spammy email blasts to earn the bulk of my business...

Google chose .XYZ...

Cheers

-don

Almost everyone recommends against .TK --> with today's options, .TK is probably one of the worst choices you can make.

Cheers

-don