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From Domainer Dreams ✨ to Futureen: A Journey of Rejections, Resilience, and Freebies! 🚀

After watching countless videos and devouring expert articles, I set my sights on becoming a successful domainer. My plan was to snatch up a bunch of domains and sell them in top-notch marketplaces like BrandPa or BrandBucket. Easy peasy, right? Wrong. Turns out, it’s tougher than it sounds. Getting those domains listed in those marketplaces was like pulling teeth. They were all like, “Sorry, mate. We reject over 90% of the names to maintain our marketplace’s high quality.” Talk about a rejection slap! 😩

Check out this screenshot of Brandpa giving me the cold shoulder. 📷

Reject Email

But hey, not all hope was lost. I managed to get approval for two domains. Phew! 🙌
Approved

One of my personal favourites, Futureen.com, finally made the cut and got listed on Brandpa for a cool $2495 on October 9th, 2018. Talk about a milestone! But let’s fast forward to the present, shall we?

It’s been nearly 5 years, and I haven’t been able to sell a single premium domain. Some of them even expired during that time. It was tough to accept that nobody saw the value in my beloved domains. Cue the sad violin music. 🎻

So, I made a decision. Time to take matters into my own hands. On May 27th, 2023, the 20th Anniversary of WordPress, I decided to do something extra special to celebrate and make this day memorable for all my life.

I concocted a project that harnesses the power and flexibility of WordPress and perfectly aligns with the brand name: Futureen. 💪
Futureen

For the past two months, I’ve been grinding away, pouring my heart and soul into this project.

I’m planning to launch it on my birthday in mid-August. Let’s light those candles and make a wish, folks! 🎉

During the initial few months of launch, it will be completely free. Soon after, a premium version will be introduced, and you’ll need a subscription to access all the goodies.

However, if you are with me till now, I have a good new for you. :) Once Futureen gets launched, I will keep it free for life for everyone who leaves a comment on this post in next one week. Just type ‘Interested’ or anything, and I’ll keep you in the loop with the next steps to snag this baby for free when it finally blasts off. Buckle up for launch day! 🚀

PS: Futureen.com is still listed on Brandpa at the time of wirting this post. But I will soon take it down to start transferring the local dev. files to the hosted domain.

Futureen

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on July 27, 2023
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