Shoutout to that $12 domain I bought for a side project in 2019 that still has the same placeholder page

I bought a domain called something like 'bestpancakerecipes.net' back in 2019 for a blog I never started, and I checked it yesterday and the same ugly default GoDaddy landing page is still up with zero visits. The hosting coupon expired after the first month so the page is just a broken image and a generic 'coming soon' text that's been sitting there for 5 years. Has anyone else stumbled across a dead domain they forgot about with a cringe placeholder still alive?

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stella_lee6d ago

Yeah but is it really that big of a deal? A domain costs next to nothing to renew and most people forget about side projects after a week. I'd say you got exactly what you paid for, a cheap place to park an idea you never followed through on.

sandraf846d ago

Honestly you're not wrong but ouch, that one stung a bit. Tbh I've got a folder on my laptop called 'brilliant ideas I definitely remembered to renew' and it's mostly just links to expired domains. Ngl I once bought a domain for a blog about my cat and forgot about it until the renewal reminder came two years later. The cat had already retired from internet fame by then. So yeah, I guess I paid for a very expensive parking spot for a dream that never even got a tire down.