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Giving away domain name (sitegarden.com) free I don't want squatters on it

10 points by andrewstuart ↗ HN
I'm giving away sitegarden.com for free which I think is a nice domain name. I can't be bothered selling it but I don't want it in the hands of the dirty domain harvesting squatters. Domain goes to whoever gives the best reason that they should own it. email andrew.stuart at supercoders com au

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fredoliveira
that's a good domain name, and hopefully someone will use it for good (TM). Based on the domain name alone, here's a couple of ideas that come to mind:

1) a blog about building websites/apps. I'd love to see something like A List Apart but more around interviews/tips rather than the issue-based system ALA has had for years.

2) a showcase site for design and (web)designers of today. Like what CSS Zen Garden did for 2004, but for 2010 and onwards.

Would do one of these if I had the time. Do give it out to someone you'll make good use of it.

jtheory
I have some domains like that...

I've thought before that it'd be cool if there were a way to give away (or sell) your domains in a way that would make sure they weren't squandered or squatted.

For example, you'd put the sitegarden.com in a sort of escrow, and whoever you gave it to would use it to develop their site. At the end of N months/years, if they had a real and functional site, they'd get the domain name (and optionally pay you something then). If not -- either their app had failed, or they never got it together -- the site would revert back to you, they wouldn't owe you anything, and you could try again with someone else.