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Ask HN: I once built a domain registrar. How can I make money?

1 points by memset ↗ HN
I once built a domain registrar and have a lot of knowledge about how they work. I’d like to put this knowledge to good use and try to build a side business, but it’s hard to find ideas since it seems like domain registration and availability is a commodity.

Is there an opportunity here?

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getwiththeprog
No, these companies are massively scaled now. The only way you could sell domain names is to run a web-host and then sell domain names combined with other services.

You could pretty easily get a job with an existing registrar though.