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Post December 17th, 2009, 2:48 pm

If you saw a domain name on a television program or movie (as part of the movie/program script) which was not registered to anyone, would you snap it up?

I have just seen one and very tempted to give it a go just to take advantage of the people who may be curious to check the website out.
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Post December 17th, 2009, 2:48 pm

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Post December 17th, 2009, 2:51 pm

What was the domain name ? :twisted:
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Post December 17th, 2009, 2:53 pm

i knew someone would ask this. The domain name shall remain secret until i have worked out if i want to take it.
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Post December 17th, 2009, 2:54 pm

Well now, I can't give you an honest opinion about whether I would register the domain name without knowing what it is now, can I ? :lol:
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Post December 17th, 2009, 2:57 pm

the domain name is nothing, i would just redirect it to one of my other domains. To be honest, i don't really use my other sites so it would be pointless paying for the domain name.
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Post December 17th, 2009, 3:04 pm

Have you figured out my answer is yes yet ? :D
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Post December 17th, 2009, 3:19 pm

It costs around 10 USD to register a domain or so right? 10 USD isn't that much to just see if you get any traffic from it. Hell I would probably just it and just through google analytics up on it and then have it redirect.
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Post December 17th, 2009, 4:21 pm

Buy it! It's a no-brainer. :P
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Post December 18th, 2009, 2:19 am

Here's what you do.

1) Buy the domain name.

2) Setup something funny/strange/etc that's at least somewhat related to the movie or show the domain name is used in. Think urban myth, or the hidden ding-a-lings in the Disney movie covers, though going the Disney route is probably a bad idea but you get the picture.

3) Start rumors that will have people watching the show/movie and looking for the domain name.
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Post December 18th, 2009, 3:14 am

4) Make millions

5) Retire
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Post December 18th, 2009, 1:01 pm

Well, there is likely to be a smallish audience. A few million in the UK which may decide to look it up despite it having another countries extension on it. However domain name has not really been mentioned alot and will no doubt be forgotton about already by some.

Pointless getting it if only for a few hundred people (if that).
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Post December 18th, 2009, 4:23 pm

Why would you buy craig.co.uk, hell, NOBODY knew about that when you bought it. At least with this new domain there's already a backstory you can tap into to promote it. :D
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Post December 18th, 2009, 5:37 pm

joebert wrote:
Why would you buy craig.co.uk, hell, NOBODY knew about that when you bought it. At least with this new domain there's already a backstory you can tap into to promote it. :D


I didn't buy craig.co.uk

I sort of wish i did, but i didn't.
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Post December 18th, 2009, 7:21 pm

Ah, typo. craigc.co.uk
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