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by sturadnidge 4893 days ago
@kheruc I know it's a side project, but I own sfmdb.com - was going to use it for something totally different that will probably never happen now, but it's not a bad name for your site - happy to give it to you if interested?
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Thanks for the offer, but it's not necessary. If it was just a "sci-fi movie database" site, your domain would be good, but I plan to extend the site to sci-fi tv shows and books as well, so I'm happy with the current domain.
:O You're just going to give away a five-letter .com domain?
To someone who has built something related to it and fully intends to run with it, yeh. I bought that domain with every intention to build something myself but am fully absorbed with something else... would love to see it put to good use, I fucking hate squatters :)
are they valuable?
Short domain names are hard to get on account of there being fewer possible combinations. Finding a short domain that meshes with your application is definitely valuable, since it is easier to remember and type. We can debate whether or not a five letter domain counts as short, but I'd say it's valuable to someone who wants to make money. Certainly a good deal at $0.