I'm thinking of turning my domain obsession into a side project. Would you subscribe?
I've been into domains for years.
Not as a full-time domain investor or broker - I just genuinely enjoy the hunt. I probably spend an embarrassing amount of time looking through fresh domains, expired domains, marketplaces, and new listings trying to find names that seem overlooked.
It made me wonder if this hobby could become a small side business.
The idea is a free weekly newsletter where I share a handful of .com and .ai domains that I think are interesting, undervalued, or just strong startup brands.
Obviously not every domain will appreciate in value (nobody can promise that), but the goal is to surface names that most people probably wouldn't have discovered on their own.
I know there are already services like Ungrabbed and a few others doing something similar. This wouldn’t be trying to reinvent that, more just my own take on it.
Just wondering if this could be a small, useful side thing.
Before I go spend time setting it up, figured I’d sanity check it here.
- Would you subscribe to something like this?
- What would make it actually useful vs just another email you ignore?
- If you’ve used stuff like Ungrabbed, what do you like / not like about it?
- Or is this just one of those ideas that sounds fun but nobody really needs?
Would appreciate honest takes, even if it’s “I wouldn’t use this.”
Love seeing this. How are you planning to get your first users? I'm at the validation stage myself and finding that the hardest part.
I think the biggest challenge isn't getting people to subscribe it's giving them a reason to stay subscribed.
If every email teaches me something about choosing a great domain or spotting opportunities I would've missed, I'd definitely keep reading. I'd be interested to see where you take this.
Most domain newsletters compete on finding names. That advantage tends to disappear once enough people are looking at the same list.
The defensible part is the judgment behind the picks. If subscribers come away understanding why a domain is interesting instead of just seeing another list, the newsletter becomes much harder to replace.