This is the thing the spreadsheet is easy the hard part is admitting the project is dead I sat on a domain for a "Kubernetes homelab tutorial site" for three years never wrote post one cost me $39 in renewals plus mental overhead of "someday"
Someday is a lie we tell to avoid grief
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Da exactly this I had domain for "distributed monitoring project" three year zero code only thing distributed was my attention
Now I have 6 domain 3 active project 3 personal mail when I think of new idea I use subdomain on existing first prove it lives then buy domain
Did the audit last month 41 domains down to 15 biggest shock was finding 6 I'd auto-renewed at 123 Reg for two years without noticing their prices crept up to £34.99 for .com used to be £12
Transferred the keeps to Krystal saved about £200/year just on registrar spread
Check your renewal prices people the domain isn't the only thing bleeding
Same problem with my local registrar .com started at $10.50 now $18.90 I moved everything to Cloudflare Registrar at cost no markup for the 8 I kept renewal is predictable
For Vietnam domains .vn I keep at local registrar no choice really
Still at 23 looked at my list again after this thread at least 8 are "brand protection" versions of the same three names .net .org .co .io etc
Do people actually do this anymore type the wrong TLD and get hijacked feels like a 2010 worry
I used to do this bought .net .org .co of my main brand never saw traffic on them dropped all but .com and one .io that actually had a landing page
The squatters who grabbed the dropped ones never did anything with them either so the threat was imaginary
Exception: if you have actual trademark issues or operate in a market where typosquatting is common but for most of us it's just fear tax
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I buy dropped domains that's my thing so I'm part of the problem for some of you but I only buy ones with actual type-in traffic or clean backlink profile
What I see: 80% of dropped domains are worthless no traffic no links just someone else's "someday" project even I won't touch them
The real value is in the 12 you kept not the 55 you dropped
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From DDoS perspective fewer domains means smaller attack surface every A record is a potential amplification vector if misconfigured every forgotten subdomain a possible takeover
Not saying this is why you should audit but it's a nice side effect I see too many orgs with 200+ domains and no idea which point where
Following this thread closely I have 17 domains and thought that was a lot feeling better now but also realizing 6 of mine are definitely dead weight
Quick question for those who transferred: any issues with Cloudflare Registrar for .co.uk or should I keep those at my current place
Cloudflare doesn't do .co.uk I keep mine at Krystal works fine Nominet rules are fussy about transfers anyway not worth the hassle for the price difference
