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A Little HQ History
And 52 sales of names ending in HQ since 2020
Travis McKee
December 16, 2025
The word headquarters originated in military usage in the 17th century, derived from the French quartier (quarters or lodging) and quartiergénéral, referring to the central place where a commanding officer was stationed and from which operations were directed. The term emphasized both physical lodging and strategic control, with “head” denoting primacy or authority. By the 18th and 19th centuries, headquarters was adopted into civilian and business contexts to describe the principal office or administrative center of an organization. The abbreviation HQ emerged in the late 19th to early 20th century, first in military dispatches and written orders where brevity was essential, and later became standard shorthand in corporate, journalistic, and informal usage to denote an organization’s main base of operations.
Inspired by BarkHQ.com in the Atom list below and BarnHQ.com in the GoDaddy Expiring list below, I decided to look at other expiring auctions ending with HQ. Here are 52 expiring auction sales since the beginning of 2020.
| Domain | Price | Bids |
|---|---|---|
| PoolHQ.com | $7,400 | 116 |
| CoinHQ.com | $5,850 | 110 |
| RemoteHQ.com | $3,400 | 74 |
| CareHQ.com | $2,550 | 78 |
| CareerHQ.com | $2,130 | 102 |
| PokerHQ.com | $2,075 | 96 |
| RelationshipHQ.com | $1,825 | 30 |
| EvolveHQ.com | $1,525 | 99 |
| DoHQ.com | $1,422 | 75 |
| MarketHQ.com | $1,285 | 43 |
| FunHQ.com | $1,208 | 42 |
| NurtureHQ.com | $1,185 | 53 |
| DoomsdayHQ.com | $1,025 | 39 |
| LearnHQ.com | $1,009 | 29 |
| JollyHQ.com | $1,000 | 35 |
| TripleHQ.com | $810 | 29 |
| FabricHQ.com | $803 | 116 |
| RiseHQ.com | $776 | 5 |
| RespondHQ.com | $750 | 18 |
| AxHQ.com | $655 | 49 |
| TruckHQ.com | $618 | 28 |
| CampHQ.com | $613 | 25 |
| FarmHQ.com | $599 | 58 |
| GamerHQ.com | $580 | 51 |
| MortgageHQ.com | $570 | 29 |
| BetterHQ.com | $570 | 36 |
| NexusHQ.com | $560 | 38 |
| KnowledgeHQ.com | $535 | 83 |
| HazelHQ.com | $525 | 29 |
| BeyondHQ.com | $483 | 19 |
| RateHQ.com | $426 | 20 |
| ComHQ.com | $425 | 38 |
| CorporateHQ.com | $405 | 64 |
| HiHQ.com | $386 | 28 |
| EventsHQ.com | $385 | 26 |
| CelebrityHQ.com | $383 | 22 |
| ConsultingHQ.com | $370 | 62 |
| BailbondsHQ.com | $345 | 45 |
| PusHQ.com | $315 | 30 |
| BlogHQ.com | $306 | 34 |
| SeniorHQ.com | $305 | 8 |
| OfHQ.com | $270 | 20 |
| SysHQ.com | $249 | 22 |
| AlienHQ.com | $241 | 22 |
| DarkHQ.com | $232 | 47 |
| WomenHQ.com | $214 | 24 |
| RestaurantHQ.com | $204 | 9 |
| HandyHQ.com | $184 | 28 |
| PlatformHQ.com | $180 | 28 |
| ClimateHQ.com | $158 | 22 |
| VillageHQ.com | $90 | 7 |
| BalanceHQ.com | $60 | 3 |
Check out the daily recaps to see what sold for how much at the various marketplaces. Here is the most recent one if you missed it. Daily Recap
Godaddy Domains with Bids
Specialty.com Big keyword coming up – going to be costly
JustYoga.com And nothing else
PickleNews.com Pickle = Pickleball now
Godaddy Dollar or Less List
SavvySave.com Nice alliteration
YouDistribute.com The misspell has a bid and the correct spell doesn’t – go figure
Brandable Domains
Other GoDaddy Names With More Than One Bid
Red.fm $86 renewal
WisdomCasino.com Any oxymoron
OWOI.com I see a pattern here
FIGO.com This one should do well
PICE.com Another CVCV
UNDA.com Great name for an underwear company
Yuggu.com the uggu pattern makes it memorable
Ozbid.com auction platform / prediction market
Vixir.com This one needs a logo redesign
DontPay.ai Bill dispute / negotiation platform or a personal finance agent
VJMJ.com The mj makes for an interesting cannabis name
AiRhymes.com Ai lyric generator, a children’s learning / reading tool, poetry assistant
Humano.es Nice one – human in Spanish which fits nicely with dot es
Localize.it Works well as a domain hack
Fitness.life Great combo