GigaDomains is still under construction, and it’ll be a major overhaul. Soon this new version will be public, where you’ll be able to search our portfolio by keyword, look at all we have under a category, check out our short names and be able to contact us. Mike is doing the entire site, and the programming is extensive.
He does our other sites, too. Some are not commercialized (yet) but are excellent examples of programming we’ve used later for monetized sites. For example, Mike made what is now one of my favorite news aggregator sites: BUZZPOST.COM. If you like to read tech news, you should visit it.
Most domaining blogs don’t discuss development much, but it’s clear that if you have a good-sized portfolio you must consider putting sites up on some names so they don’t lie fallow. Even minisites are not-small undertakings, but can:
- 1) bring a bit of income;
- 2) demonstrate one type of commercial use of your domain name;
- 3) jump-start the imaginations of end users;
- 4) ward off poachers with (unwarranted) UDRP in their minds; and
- 5) start a history of your name being in use, which is nearly always a good thing.
It’s tiring when people email to ask how much your domain is, “because you’re not using it” — and then go on to make a very, very low offer.
Whether you put a site up or not, you definitely are using it, as inventory in your domain business.
