Hi, I am not a game developer but recently I got a pretty good (simple and straight-forward) domain name that can be used for game players/buyers. Anyone knows any low-invested web-sites that are making money by hosting games, user forums or any others game-related services? I want to take some reference, to see if there is any chance for me to make use of this domain name to earn money. Thanks! Martin Lam

You''re squatting on a domain name, and you want to sell it for phat l3wt?

"Sneftel is correct, if rather vulgar." --Flarelocke

whats the name? does not matter to say if you own it.

quote: Original post by Sneftel
You''re squatting on a domain name, and you want to sell it for phat l3wt?

Hi Sneftel,

I am not squatting. This name is a pretty nature top-level domain, but it is not a .com, nor a .net.

Sorry, I do not know what is "phat l3wt". Any typing mistake?

I do not want to just to sell a domain. I want to do something with it.

Martin Lam

quote: Original post by Themonkster
whats the name? does not matter to say if you own it.

Hi Themonkster,

Actually they is a pair of domains. game.st and games.st. Literaturely "Game Street" or "Games Street". They are not yet hosted.

Martin Lam

Well the domain name is not bad but so what, it is the quality of the service you offer that will make money, not the domain name. Just running a forum isn't going to earn you anything. To attract serious numbers of people and make money you will need to provide a great service. That will require investment in content and marketing. The alternative is to make a small hobby site and build up slowly but that wont make money until you have built up a good user base.

Dan Marchant
Obscure Productions
Game Development & Design consultant

[edited by - obscure on November 8, 2003 9:40:45 AM]

If it''s not a com or net then I hope you''re not counting on making any money on selling a loserdomain like a .tk, .ws or .tv to anyone ....

agreed, .st won''t draw in a decent amount of money.

.church will get you respect

games.church?

If there ever becomes a .church TLD, that would have to be the ultimate online arcade site. Otherwise I would have to track down the owners and beat them with a bag filled with turnips until they surrender to my greatness.

games.st actually sounds pretty neat, but to make decent use of it, one would need not only cash, but someone with an MBA (and someone else with a cat-o-nine-tails to keep suit boy from screwing around too much).

Christopher S. ''coldacid'' Charabaruk <coldacid$at$djfly%dot%org> <coldacid.djfly.org>
Meldstar Entertainment -- Creation, cubed.