Your first site

[gkd_uk]

Hi

If you can remember, what year did you start your first site?

 

[Bionic_Woman]

A Tomb Raider forum and I started that in 2004. I gave it away and it's still running today.

 

[gkd_uk]

My first site was a university project

What made you give the forum away Bionic Woman?

 

[temi]

My first site is gamesareus I think I registered it in 1998 , domain name registration cost about £200 back then

 

[gkd_uk]

My first site is gamesareus I think I registered it in 1998 , domain name registration cost about £200 back then

£200, that was expensive. Was it an established domain name or was it one that had never been used?

 

[Bionic_Woman]

What made you give the forum away Bionic Woman?

It was such a niche of a forum based around Tomb Raider and it didn't really take off because there are more greater and far better Tomb Raider forums around. I found that the general chat area was the most used of all on the Tomb Raider site and eventually decided to pass it over to the other admin and start a new venture. I spent over 2 and a half years working on it and even got a custom Tomb Raider skin made for it. Here's the link if you want to check it out: http://www.tombraidermanor.co.uk

I very rarely visit there now.

 

[gkd_uk]

It looks quite busy

 

[temi]

£200, that was expensive. Was it an established domain name or was it one that had never been used?

It was just a domain name that has never been used.

 

[gkd_uk]

It was expensive back then

 

[temi]

Yes, it was quite expensive

 

[gkd_uk]

If the prices were still the same, there would probably be less spam sites etc, as anyone can start a website now.

What do you think?

 

[temi]

You are righ, also, lots of good domain will still be available

 

[gkd_uk]

I agree.

It is so diffcult to grab hold of a good domain name. It takes a long time to find one that is available.

People are buying thousands of domains, parking them and then selling them.

Do you think there should be a change in domain name purchasing policy?

 

[temi]

When i registered gamesareus.com and awful lot of domain were available, domain horders cannot afford to hord domain name at about £200 per domain

 

[gkd_uk]

Was that £200 per year?