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You Can Still Make Five Figures a Month with Hand Regs
if you regged them 17 years ago
Shane Cultra
April 11, 2025
I’ve shared a few of my recent 5L.com sales, and of course, folks on X love spinning their own narratives.
Some are like, “See, hand regs can still make you money!”—well, I registered that name 17 years ago. Others are like, “I would’ve dropped that years ago.”
But here’s the thing: they were solid 5Ls that cost $10 a year to hold. If it’s not worth $10 to hang on to, it was never that good to begin with.
“What was your thought process when picking names?” Honestly? I hand-registered 4Ls and 5Ls that sounded like brands. That’s it. If it felt like a brand and it cost $10, I grabbed it. Simple.
Yeah, I was early—but I also had a process and a belief that I was building a portfolio of brandable assets. I completely missed the parking wave because of that, but as the market matures, the plan is working.
Try getting a good 5L.com now—it’ll cost you four figures. Which means if you’re selling at 10X, you’re looking at five-figure sales.
I also use Atom. If a domain gets a lot of attention, they automatically raise the price—kind of like surge pricing, except the surge never goes back down. Last year, that little feature added $25K to my sales.
This game isn’t as hard as people make it out to be. You just need a little vision… and maybe 17 years of patience.
A Few Posts of Interest
My Business is Intentially Unprofitable: Darpan of Atom tells why he makes no money
NameCheap Joins the Crowd: Namecheap is throwing their hat in the ring
Every Marketing Channel Sucks Right Now Fantastic article by Andrew Chen. Says what every marketer is thinking and gives some tips on the opportunities
AI Logos Need to be Double Checked If you look at Godaddy’s new AI logos they’ve been adding, several are pretty funny
51% of Companies are Already Employing AI Agents
Quote of the Day:
Domain of the Day: GXD.com Hard to go wrong with an LLL.com and Xs are sexy now
Please Note: The list below contains affiliate links and/or names that have been posted for a fee. It is how we pay for our time since it is a free site. More details at bottom of page.
DN.tv Domain TV Reg renewal
Drivewell.com Closes today: Great name for the transportation industry. From engines to FSD
Sustainer.com Closes today: Keep……on…..rolling
Crazor.com Half Crayon , half razor
FKN.org Won’t say what I see
ShadowAgents.com Don’t see them working
809.org NNN.org still have 3 figure or more value
Pump.live Pump.fun What is the most important part of that name. I think Pump is
StackFlare.com Improve your stack
OEMParts.com If you don’t know what these are they are parts that are Original Equipment Manufacturer. Meaning “real” part
PCRT.com Coming for the great letters
SecretGardens.com As a garden or a brand. Sounds like a sex toy manufacturer….sorry
InternetSales.com Sounds like a company from 2007
DontTellMama.com Can’t see this selling for a ton in the aftermarket but fun brand
GoTix.com Ends today. Ticket sales all the way
OMV.org Motor Vehicles
Goscape.com Landscaping company
HearingThings.com Only two bidders. Cheap news or gossip site
GYU.ai The Dot Ai Names are now live and there as some nice ones
SKW.ai At $10
Goal.ai This one is going to do especially well
Drifts.ai The plural takes it down a notch
Bombs.ai This one could blow up
Flax.ai I eat the seed
OKWM.com $720 BIN for a few more days
MGON.com Moved to $1800 BIN
CreditRepair.xyz Ends Today. No bids
UIVI.com At $100. That is a fair price but much more not sure
997.ai Cheapest NNN.ai listed on Sedo
IQW.ai And the cheapest LLL.ai listed
XCorp.com Probably won’t beat opening bid
Yati.io Nice CVCV, no bids
1Wallet.id Dot Id is catching some use in Web3
888.pub You RARELY see 888 available in any TLD
World.co One of the biggest names Catched has caught. Now over $10K
Vision.world Great SLD, catching some bids
Premium.money I like regular money but premium is even better
GPR.es Dot es always catches bids at Catched
Godaddy Domains With Bids
EIO.org Good letters O tells you its an organization
LolaBistro.com Lola must have had a good place
ElGuru.com The Guru
NonStops.com A travel site that only has non stops
Layover.io And you won’t need this name
OldPrints.com As mentioned in my post a few days ago. Good name to build out and sell old prints
HeatSpot.com Heat map for trading?
InternalRevenue.com I had to check the spelling a few times. Only 4 bidders when I wrote this
PortlandBeer.org Portland is the IPA capital of the world
PacificNorthwest.org and are located in the Pacific Northwest
EatPrayWorkout.com Love doesn’t cause you to lose weight
Udoma.com Good 5L brand
Averti.com Another one
NewCalifornia.com Since we burned the old one down
DeskSuite.com Suite of AI tools
GoodRush.com What I get when I do my Zyn
Pavel.org There is a very famous Pavel
PetroleumGroup.com Oil companies have a lot of money
Petroco.com but I like this one more
Soon.cc If you have to buy dot cc this is your type
WalletCapital.com Where I keep my crypto capital