I Registered a Word!

Rare, 6 Letters, and in the Dictionary!

[emodo]

Today completely by chance I stumbled upon a 6 letter word which for some reason was never registered. The word is actually a pretty nice domain name (short, easy to pronounce, no crazy spelling, good definition). I jumped at the chance and registered the .com, .net, and .org.

I am pretty pleased with myself. I had to doublecheck the webster dictionary before I could believe it was really in there.

Sometimes you just get lucky.

[buckworks]

Sometimes you just get lucky.

Get lucky .... AND have the wit to recognize it!

Congrats!

[cerebrum]

Double Check. Is it a english word?

[emodo]

It is in both the Oxford English Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. But it is a very rare word.

[coolma]

Why not post it here, is there any policy not allowing to do so.
Cheers.

[FrostyMug]

how many google search returns does it have? x,000,000? xx,000,000? #*$!,000,000? :)

[emodo]

Only about X,000. I'd never heard of the word before.

It is more a "this is the name of my company because it is short and means something cool" rather than "this is a word everyone searches". It has a very "Web 2.0" vibe to it.

[FrostyMug]

well, you already have it, so why not post it? :)

[trillianjedi]

He's right not to post it, we do not do self-promo here ;)

Self-congratulations though, very much so... hehe

Congrats - I've also registered a number of fantastic 6 letter domain names in the last year. There's still plenty of them about, contrary to popular belief (haven't had a 5 letter .com for a couple of years though).

TJ

[emodo]

I agree 5 letter would be nice, especially since many 5 letter words are one syllable.

[Essex_boy]

It does happen. I have several domains in English that are one word - just sold one for £200

[cerebrum]

Check the domain name in archive.org and also Google.
May be it is dropped by previous owner and you registered it again. Its very unlikely that you are the first registrant of a word in english dictionary in 2006. I suppose all english words in dictionary are registered as domain names.

[econman]

I suspect it is also unusual for a word not be picked up automatically if the domain is dropped. I've noticed automated systems are even picking up two word domains connected by hyphens the moment they drop; they are obviously being tested for traffic then quickly being abandoned. I would anticipate automated systems like this would grab any single english word, if it is in their dictionary, but perhaps the word in question is just too obscure for these automated systems to recognize -- and they obviously don't worry about subtleties like branding potential.

[Pedent]

Or perhaps they did pick it up, tested it for traffic, and abandoned it.

[squirrelteams]

When you look at the domain parkers theres loads of crap 3/4/5 letter words that are utter crap yet they sell for crazy money

but I agree there is domains being droped everyday its just a case of luck

my regards