What Domains Do you WISH You Purchased 10 Years Ago That Are Now Worth Their Weight In GOLD?

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I was just thinking about this. What domain names do you wish you would have purchased 10 years ago?

I think about it like an investment in gold. It takes time to be worth something, but eventually just having a domain that is 10 years old gives it great value and value in the SERPs as well.

10 years ago I am sure a lot more keyword domains were available...

If you could go back 10 years so that your domain was now 10 years old and look a lot more credible in google's eye what would you purchase?

I was thinking a long the lines of things that will ALWAYS be in high demand:

fatloss.com
seo.com
searchengineoptimization.com
makemoneyonline.com
dogtraining.com

List what you wish you could have purchased, or would still like to purchase in a certain market that if given the chance to go back in time you would snatch up in an instant and why?

P.S. about websites "weighing" anything... I told my GF that I was getting into "physical domains" and told her that it should be shipped here next week and told her that the next new thing was actually physically owning websites and finally being able to touch them. HAHAHAHA she was so confused! She gave me a weird look, squinted and just said "You're weird." LMAO
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Barrs
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    • Profile picture of the author Andrew Prince
      Originally Posted by Paul Barrs View Post

      I'm thinking more like

      warriorforum.com

      Paul

      PS. I actually used to own sunshinecoastonline.com back in 2001 - 2004 (my local area) but let it expire for some reason - really wish I still had it.
      Haha, nice. Yeah, the warriorforum... everything you need to know in one place. Sunshinecoastline ... sounds like paradise haha
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  • Profile picture of the author markowe
    ah, now if you could anticipate trends for 10 years from now, THAT would be something!

    I just wish I had caught onto the niche EMD craze earlier and set up hundreds of those! You can't get so much as a doorhingeoil.com these days.
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    • Profile picture of the author Andrew Prince
      Originally Posted by markowe View Post

      ah, now if you could anticipate trends for 10 years from now, THAT would be something!

      I just wish I had caught onto the niche EMD craze earlier and set up hundreds of those! You can't get so much as a doorhingeoil.com these days.
      I wish I had more EMD's as well. Now they're nearly all gone it seems, at least the good ones!
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  • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
    Originally Posted by Andrew Prince View Post

    I was just thinking about this. What domain names do you wish you would have purchased 10 years ago?
    HalloweenCostumes.com
    DVDPlayers.com
    3DMovies.com
    HDTV.com & HDMICables.com
    VideoGames.com
    eBooks.com
    iBooks.com
    MMANews.com
    GO.com (I still don't understand how Disney screwed this one up)

    Oh and if you told the 14 year old me that in 10 years I'd be using something called "Facebook" to talk to friends instead of MSN Messenger I would've looked at you like you were a space alien...
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    • Profile picture of the author Andrew Prince
      Originally Posted by BloggingPro View Post

      HalloweenCostumes.com
      DVDPlayers.com
      3DMovies.com
      HDTV.com & HDMICables.com
      VideoGames.com
      eBooks.com
      iBooks.com
      MMANews.com
      GO.com (I still don't understand how Disney screwed this one up)

      Oh and if you told the 14 year old me that in 10 years I'd be using something called "Facebook" to talk to friends instead of MSN Messenger I would've looked at you like you were a space alien...
      Good list, like ebooks and hdtv.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Jerky
    How much do domains "weigh?"

    No weight = worthless, even in gold... haha...


    I've interviewed the guy who built and runs bodybuilding.com. He bought that domain while he was in high school, and personally built it into a crazy-huge empire. And he's a year or two younger than me - that's the frustrating part!

    Some others:
    - Whitehouse.com (even the government falls behind on exact matches!)
    - Money.com/net/org
    - WeightLoss
    - InternetMarketing
    - Beer
    - Porn
    - JerkyIsRadAndUses80sSlang

    ... come to think of it, that last one might still be available... probably as a .info, though!
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    • Profile picture of the author Andrew Prince
      Originally Posted by Jerky View Post

      How much do domains "weigh?"

      No weight = worthless, even in gold... haha...


      I've interviewed the guy who built and runs bodybuilding.com. He bought that domain while he was in high school, and personally built it into a crazy-huge empire. And he's a year or two younger than me - that's the frustrating part!

      Some others:
      - Whitehouse.com (even the government falls behind on exact matches!)
      - Money.com/net/org
      - WeightLoss
      - InternetMarketing
      - Beer
      - Porn
      - JerkyIsRadAndUses80sSlang

      ... come to think of it, that last one might still be available... probably as a .info, though!
      GREAT choices! Wow, that's awesome you interviewed the guy who started bodybuilding.com. That's actually one of my favorite forums to read up on as well as this one! You shoulda partnered with him!

      P.S. about websites "weighing" anything... I told my GF that I was getting into "physical domains" and told her that it should be shipped here next week and told her that the next new thing was actually physically owning websites and finally being able to touch them. HAHAHAHA she was so confused!
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  • Profile picture of the author Bicycle Cat
    inter.net

    I don't know why, but I like this domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Worner
    Credit card
    Credit cards
    Make money online
    sex
    naked women
    sexy women
    porn

    The list goes on......

    Chris
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