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Do you own a domain name without a purpose? Let me give you a project for it!

In a rush? Head down to the comments and share a domain name you own without a purpose, I (and hopefully some others) will give you a fun side project idea for it!

For those not in a rush!

I own quite a few domain names. I recently wrote about my emoji domain 👩‍💻👨‍💻.to, I also own a domain name purely for the fact it sits on the million dollar homepage and is a part of internet history!

I even bought a domain name a few years ago that I still think could be great for a codepen competitor - codersplayground.co.uk!

Oh and don't forget ultimatemot*******kingwebsite.com (Warning, do not click this link if swearing offends you), which is probably the naughtiest domain I own and actually use!

Today, for the first time in a while, I bought a domain name that not only fit a big side project beautifully, but would also work for loads of different use cases.

It is probably the "best" (best when talking about commercial viability and an obvious use case) I have bought. In fact, I am that amazed it wasn't taken it prompted this whole article!

The domain is:


[a2z.dev](https://a2z.dev)

I will be writing loads about that domain as it will feature heavily in my content creation strategy over the next year, but it had me thinking about all the domains I have bought over the years that maybe weren't as great!

Then I realised I can't be the only one with random domains (or really good domains that you are surprised weren't taken) sat idle and needing a purpose!

So that leads me to the question:

How many of you have random domains with no purpose?

As I said I have several domains that are good (and some not so good ones!), but have no purpose at the moment.

And I certainly can't be the only one.

So put your unused domain name into the comments below and I will come up with a fun project and possibly a serious project as well that you could build around that domain name!

I want to see who has a) the best domain name (can you beat a2z.dev?) and b) the silliest domain name.

Hopefully a bit of fun coming up with ideas for how to use a domain name will turn into a silly side project, that then turns into something beautiful and massive, and we can all say that it started here and we helped make it happen! 😁


Add your domain name(s) below that you want a project for and I (and hopefully others) will come up with a killer idea!

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Charly Escalona • Edited

Hi!
Recently i've bought leblogdesgensquivontauboutdesblagu... as a joke, but, in fact I dunno what to do with

(In same spirit I've bought lescuilleressontenrealitedespelles... than can be translated by Spoonsareactuallyshovels.fr.. don't ask me why.. dunno..)

(In english we can translate by Blogofpeoplewhogoafterjokes.fr, it's a very litteral translation, I hope you've understood the meaning)

Any idea?

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GrahamTheDev

As I think some of the meaning is lost in literal translation I am guessing this is about people who completely miss a joke and take it literally?

If not let me know what it should be and I will then come up with silly and sensible ideas!

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Charly Escalona

In fact you right, but the meaning was most, I’ll do my best for that joke « exist », to be more funny..

For example, I’ve created a website about spoons and showel because someone gave me the idea, but doesn’t think I’ll buy a domain and create a website.

In fact, the meaning of my domain was « A blog for all who do his best to make real a fictional funny idea »

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Charly Escalona

So, if you have any idea, I'll take it!

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Matt Van Horn

I just got ecosystem.fail, had some ideas but would love to hear more.

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Lucas Zielke

I gotta domain that I'm not using, I bought it as a joke but would really like ideas for what to do with it. The domain is YoureTheOneTripping.org it's currently just redirecting to NA resources because that was the most relevant use i could think of at this time, but any advice is welcome

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GrahamTheDev

YoureTheOneTripping.org

  • A perfect name for a site that generates kaleidoscope effects using generative JS techniques.
  • You sell CBD oil and explain the fact that it doesn't have the same effects as weed!
  • A site dedicated to videos of people falling down, on the side you sell anti slip matting to monetise the site!
  • You find all of the weirdest videos on the internet. But under each one there are fake comments that are written as if the video is perfectly normal. You send it to your friends to freak them out as they aren't seeing the same things as everybody else!
  • The Matrix but with colourful overlays and effects to make it even weirder. You release it to celebrate the new Matrix film coming out soon.
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Stevo Perisic

Ok, I have a few:
flipabot.com
dryicenow.co
dryicenow.net
naturalbot.org

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  • flipabot.com - You create a completely automated burger creation machine. This machine will be used by fast food restaurants to replace their staff as it can make hundreds of perfect burgers per hour. You become a multi millionaire and live on a yacht.
  • dryicenow - I mean, a dry ice delivery service!
  • dryicenow - You find a doctor whose surname is "Yice". You create a podcast discussing medical conditions designed for medical students to learn from and participate in. (Dr Yice Now)
  • naturalbot.org - You sell botanicals (plant derived) for skincare.
  • naturalbot.org - You join the world of creating life like robots of course!
  • naturalbot.org - You create the worlds most eco friendly toilet paper / wet wipe made from bamboo! It is designed to disintegrate within 60 seconds in water so it doesn't create fatburgs and is designed for those with sensitive rears! (natural bot(tom)!) 🤣
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Stevo Perisic

Priceless!
Dryicenow is/was supposed to be the dry ice delivery service, never took off as I never finished connecting the delivery driver with the dry ice production facility. The issue was that you can't by dry ice on demand but have to pre-buy ahead of time, so any unsold/un-delivered dry ice becomes waste

Love the fast disintegrating wipes! good idea!

Flipabot - this might actually be the one ;)

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GrahamTheDev • Edited

As you can probably see, I have had a load of fun with this and people have some really interesting domain names.

The dry ice delivery service sounds interesting if it can scale to the right size - would have been profitable in the pandemic as Pfizer jab needs to be stored in dry ice, I am sure there are loads more medical uses!

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Aditya

I don't have money, so I can't buy domain or get a vps, if I had a domain I would it for my website: foxy4096.github.io

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GrahamTheDev • Edited

I won't give ideas then as this is an advert to sell the site, not ideas for a silly side project you could do in your spare time, so it doesn't fit the idea and theme of the article, good luck in the sale though.

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Gytis Ožiūnas

The one that still looking for it's purpose: iknowmybeer.com

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GrahamTheDev

You send a beer sampling kit to peoples homes. The beers are in cans with no labels except for the numbers 1 to 5.

People try the beers while looking at a custom page designed around the beers they got sent.

You have 5 different descriptions on the page and they have to guess which number goes with which description.

If they get it right they get a discount off those particular beers for a month and a badge they can share on social media.

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Constantin

I used to own 'default.berlin' until I noticed that 'default' is a keyword in most languages which was annoying to say the least

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tharos70

I have one: tharos.org

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  • Fan fiction site for fans of Avengers. Tharos is Thanos's long lost brother, who instead of wanting to bring balance wants to resurrect the Titans and wipe out all other life in the Universe. People build out stories and art around this new character and vote on it.
  • A new lightweight operating system called Thar. It is an OS that has games and applications that are distributed as dApps and purchases are made with crypto-currency. (Thar OS)
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Foo Bar

I have many domains, but below are currently looking for something to be parked.

  • appgo.in
  • smsego.com
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GrahamTheDev
  • appgo.in - you create a custom App launcher that allows developers to share data between applications within the AppGo echo system. This allows for a single login for all of these apps and the ability to fill out a field in one app and make it available to all of the others. A users simply decides what information to share with each App similar to permissions systems currently within your phone.
  • appgo.in - A site that helps people learn how to build web applications with Go programming language (not very original I know!)
  • smsego.com - a site for people to show off pompous and egotistical idiots who message them. It will evolve into a site to share stupid and annoying conversations had via messaging (not just SMS).
  • smsego.com - You sign up to a service that sends you a positive and affirming SMS text message each day designed to make you feel great and stroke your ego!
  • smsego.com - A service that allows a user to send a text with a product they want and you get the cheapest price possible messaged back to you with a link to purchase the product. Money is made through affiliate links etc. (SMS e-go as in e-commerce)
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Ivan • Edited

Hi InHu, I have a lot of domains as well and <3 for accessibility. Ideas for omniratio.com?

Check this one about accessibility if you not already been there.

igda-gasig.org

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  • omniratio.com - This allows you to get the correct ratios for creating cement, epoxy resins, mixing colours...or flour to milk in pancakes, or number of front end vs backend develoeprs - you name it! People can submit ratios for anything and you become the ultimate ratio resource. As a bonus you build in a weights and measures conversions tool to make it easy for people in other Countries to understand lbs, ft, in, gal etc!
  • omniratio.com - a site for fitness fanatics who are more bothered by aesthetics than "gains". It allows them to calculate their personal "golden ratio" for dimensions of muscles etc. You enter your wrist circumference and it tells you how big your thighs, chest, shoulders, bust, waist, hips, etc. should be to be a "perfect" specimen of a human!
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dmoranf

Wow! Such a great post!!! i own many stupid domains ... i give you this two!

doulove.me, always thought about making some crush app around facebook friends ...
networkingcrew.com ... maybe i was drunk when i bought this :D

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  • doulove.me - a virtual "they love me, they love me not" daisy petal picking game.
  • doulove.me - a site where partners can ask questions about their partners and see if they know the answers. Where this becomes fun is that you can play it with friends (probably while drinking) so the questions will probably get a little risqué and you learn if your mates know more about your partner than you do as you can all vote on / give the correct answer!
  • doulove.me - a site for housing stray animals, like the RSPCA.
  • networkingcrew.com - An online business networking site with a twist. You for "crews" with businesses that compliment yours (same customer base but not competitors). The site let's you build a mini site for your crew that you can each refer your customers too and find each other business.
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dmoranf

Im very impressed by your creativity :D thank you so much!

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iivii

pxl.monster
devdo.me
gamefight.me

I own about 100, but these are the challengers.

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  • pxl.monster - You take any image and turn it into one gigantic pixel. It is useful for finding the average colour in an image. It has a second mode where users can decide how many colours they would like extracting from the image (2 to 100) and it then creates a palette for them based on colour frequency.
  • devdo.me - you play with ancient and dead (or nearly dead) programming languages to see what you can create and learn from them. It is a play on "DoDo" being extinct so is pronounced "Dev Doh".
  • gamefight.me - a bot scours twitter looking for people who use the words "fight me bro" or "come at me bro". At that point it invites all the people in that conversation to a fighting game. Like Street Fighter but every attack is an insult. At the end of the fight someone is crowned the winner and then you remind them that it is only the internet and there is no need to be salty.
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iivii

Well, looks like I've got my work cut out for me.
I think I'll tackle these (or a variation on them) in a series of posts right here on dev.to!

As for what I had planned:

  • pxl.monster - A site similar to the SCP wiki where users create an entry in the database using a built in sprite editor, write up an entry and boom. Pixel horror.

  • devdo.me - I read this as "Dev Dome", and it would be a place for me to write my bloggings about programming.

  • gamefight.me - This was going to be a big one where I troll the big game databases, and when a visitor comes to the site they are presented with a "VS" screen.

    • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night VS Super Mario 64.
    • Whoever wins the bout gains a point, and a ranking board starts to form.

Our ideas aren't incompatible. Especially devdo.me. If you wanna help make any, get in touch!

PS THANKS FOR THE IDEAS!!!

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James Anderson

NYC.af

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GrahamTheDev • Edited
  • So this is the equivalent of "tell me you are a developer without saying you are a developer". You must submit a picture of yourself or someone else that has no identifiable landmarks etc. People then vote "NYC AF" or "Not AF" based on whether they think this person is from NYC based purely on stereotypes, dress sense, action etc!
  • merch - perfect name for a NYC clothing brand, things like "f**k you", "Real Talk ", "Frontin'" and "walk fast" on the clothes. And of course the slogan "New York as F**k".
  • A New York Café finder and recommendation service (NY Caf!)!
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Clement

I own elikob.it
It is the french version of dickopt.er

I never found anything to do with it but the joke made me laugh.

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GrahamTheDev • Edited
  • An adult dating site where all you can do is record a 5 second video of you doing the helicopter d**k!
  • Along the same lines as rick rolling, but it is d**k rolling! COnstant loop of gigantic rotating shlong to send to those old enough to be traumatized by it instead of Rick Astley.

I don't think there is much else we can do with a domain like that 🤣