Buy and sell expiring domain names
Takes preorders for expiring domains and tries to catch them when they drop, and also holds a portfolio of domains for later development.
At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
- Category
- Rentals and assets68% surex
- Earns from
- One-time salesLow confidence59% surex
- Startup cost (estimate)
- $100 to $1kLow confidence40% surex
- Time it takes (estimate)
- A few hours a weekLow confidence56% surex
- Where
- Online99% surex
- Coding
- No coding needed85% surex
Source
Hacker NewsComment by TheGrumpyBrit in “Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?”, October 30, 2019
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