Show HN: Giving lonely domain names a new life - name2.me (opens in new tab)

Are you detecting a doorway makers in some way? Your project looks like a Klondike for them.

Hey did this come out of the domain exchange idea I had a week or so ago in one of the threads on HN? If so, great execution. I like the idea of a "kudos" being used as a virtual currency.

Just looking at the instructions now is there any way to make them shorter (maybe 3 or 4 steps instead of 6?) Also step 6 is very vague. What are "golden domains"? I mean I may have some idea but it's really not clear to an average user. What makes a domain a "golden one"? Are my domains "golden"? Anyway you get the picture.

I have around 100 domains and only "use" about 10 of them. I'd be interested in being able to upload a "portfolio" listing all my domains that others could browse. If another user wants one of my domains, a message would be sent to me. I could then browse their "portfolio" and see if I wanted one of their domains. If so, a 1-to-1 trade would be proposed which both parties would then have to agree to. At that point, we would each transfer the domains to the other party (without some type of escrow, you'd be on the honor system and have to trust the other party, but some type of "reputation" or "karma" could maybe be implemented for that?).

Nice idea.

I tried to add a domain and it said it was invalid, looks like a faulty regex or something... http://quickscreen.me/aPEd.png

good idea, will be nice to see if this becomes popular. i think quite a lot of people (myself included) have loads of unused domain names for project ideas that were never finished (or started) that will just be left to expire