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Discussion on: How many domains have you let expire?

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Junxiao Shi • Edited

65536.cn (2006-2014)
It used to be my blog, but I consolidated the blog onto yoursunny.com/t/ , and the domain became excess.

iloveu4ever.cn (2006-2008)
I wanted to provide free subdomains to lovers, but my school has no lovers because >90% are boys.

openxml.asia (2008-2009)
I got excited on the new TLD and registered this for "investment" purpose, but nobody wanted to buy it.

ext.so (2011-2013)
I don't know why I registered that.

520bus.site (2017-2018)
This is registered with a coupon from a hackathon sponsor.
Using their domain qualifies me for a potential prize.
I didn't win the prize, and renewal is very expensive.

heimerdinger.top (2021-2021)
Somebody on the forum was auctioning off his unwanted domain but nobody was bidding, so I pledged 7 push-ups for JasperNL and got the domain, but I wouldn't pay for renewal.

+ countless .TK free domains

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Madza

I've thought of using .tk and others too, tho afaik the provider still holds all the rights of shutting it down or do whatever they want while you are using it. Plus they are bad for SEO, etc... Great for testing or learning purposes, for sure 😉

Thanks for the expanded list, I see a variety of TLDs there 😉👀