A family member called me earlier this week to ask if I had ever dealt with a ransomeware hack before. The small company they work for was hacked and all of their important information was encrypted and rendered useless unless they forked over Bitcoin to get the key to unlock everything. Of course, the tiny local IT company they use was backing everything up to a local network drive that was also encrypted so they really were screwed. The hacker group wanted $8,500 to hand over the key which would have been worth it but not knowing if they would really hand anything over after payment, they decided to wipe everything, restore from the last offsite backup (which was almost a year old) and have employees work lots of extra hours bringing everything back up to speed.
There are several things that were done poorly here, but the reminder is to do backups correctly, and this doesn’t just apply to businesses. It is super easy and super cheap to back up your system. One product I really like is Backblaze. If you aren’t backing up your machine, check it out. It’s $6 per month (or $60 per year) for an unlimited backup size with 30 days of version history and for a couple bucks more, you get unlimited version history. That is too cheap and easy to not take advantage of.
While I’m at it, I might as well mention 1password.com. I recently decided to move from my local spreadsheet holding a “different password for everything” solution over to 1password, and I have to say I love it. It is awesome to have the passwords centralized and available across all computers and devices. I keep finding new things I like about it such as using my phone to send login info to apps on the AppleTV with my face. It’s great. It is understandable if you have concerns about storing all your passwords in an online service, but read about their security before you write it off.
I hope you find something you like in the list below. Please click the links to bid if you do.
Park.io Names at Auction
Storing.co lots of money in data storage
gumtree.co the .com is a British classifieds company
Perpetual.io a nice techie name that is perfect for io
Namejet & Sedo Domains at Auction
BirdFin.com memorable as a fintech name
c5k.com no reserve CCC auction
gprw.com two no reserve LLLL auctions
gmbw.com
KingVape.com solid vape brand with current bid at only $200
hozzie.com sedo expiring with brandable potential
Godaddy Domains With Bids
MindMend.com lots to like about this alliterative brain name
SimplyHerbs.com simply + many things makes for a desirable name
WidgetBox.com a collection of helpful software tools
CoinGaming.com Bitcoin betting / casino
FitAbs.com 7 minute abs
Doctorfish.com a type of Tang that I see all the time when diving but had no idea it was called a doctorfish
SOSMed.com 1999 name and taken in several extensions
GroupSolar.com swap them around and you have a stellar name, but it still works ok this way
indish.com sounds like an Indian food brand to me, but it is also an upgrade name for a couple of companies
KeepLeft.com GPS & maps, safety, politics – one of my favorites on the list
Yellowing.com I can’t think of any time that yellowing is a positive thing
PowerConcrete.com upgrade name for more companies that I would have thought
NortheastMedical.com this is a fantastic geo name with a massive number of possible end users
BookingStation.com tickets, travel, betting
LostFortune.com sounds like a game, novel or movie
GamedayApparel.com huge market but not the best consumer facing brand
generalista.com generalist in Spanish
CoffeeGirlz.com lots of girls like and / or sell coffee
makanak.com name of a coworking (like WeWork) company in India
Colima.com Mexican state on the Pacific coast
QuintanaRoo.com Mexican state on the Caribbean coast
Coahuila.com Northern Mexican state bordering Texas
EstadoDeMexico.com State of Mexico containing Mexico city
ptp.net
tvmo.com
fizj.com
555799.com
33446.com
65003.com
45933.com
60797.com
02087.com
Godaddy Names With One or NO Bids
FurnishedHouse.com home staging company
UtahArt.com really solid geo with lots of potential
CasaPasta.com Mexican Italian fusion
LawyersUp.com considering lawyer up is such a common term, this would make for a catchy law firm web address
NewYorkFreight.com as generic as can be but there has to be a ton of potential buyers
QuantFintech.com a great word paired with fintech – so good that someone is already operating on QuantFintec.com
SummitBeauty.com two nice words together that seem like they have potential
DreamsFinancial.com here to make your financial dreams come true
USATeaching.com no bids – this really seems like it should have some value
Brandables
NewAvalon.com
DiceGo.com
xtokyo.com
RoomToRun.com
NewHim.com
RetroMadness.com
petsara.com
zemasa.com
couplify.com
SocioPanda.com
FoodieFox.com
reallyu.com
habitful.com
valrona.com
zeytro.com
GeekSpectrum.com
GalaxyFX.com
The Rest of the Godaddy Names With Two or More Bids
galvinpower.org
art-stl.com
HaveFunWithHistory.com
ProOffReader.com
ScrapsYard.com
HourPay.com
dulansoncrenshaw.com
Map3.com
CarnivalOfPersonalFinance.com
OregonWave.org
hotkitchenny.com
greentech-bg.net
JarRettHouse.com
tmdailypost.com
AtDot.org
polfilms.com
watershedaz.com
BrownBook.me
socgeol.org
soana.org
Learn-About-Tea.com
futurmatix.com
i-acci.org
SeeMoreWildlife.com
Sox-Online.com
LoverToys.com
mzcpunjab.com
InfinityExchange.com
0133.net
64409.com
GeometryAtlas.com
seriesintorrent.com
ezisp.com
SuburbanPonds.com
CindyStable.com
LiveBiography.com
pimpyporn.com
DeepSouthTheBar.com
waiola.com
SeeDish.com
TheRogueGentlemen.com
AndRose.com
mitracker.com
aquamaxx.com
IntrAgalacticComic.com
LinderLegal.com
RhombusTechnologies.com
phpshopxml.com
SeekPoint.com
mucw.net
PurifierForAir.com
NorWealth.com
ButcherTownSocial.com
360Woodworking.com
Write31Days.com
KateFarleyDesign.com
guasavemp3.com
GulfSiamHotel.com
shockoeslip.org
116166.com
hempko.com
staroftheseasf.com
m-weblive.com
NoVanTrone.com
trinacriaphotography.com
3939kaiseki.com
1duip.com
geda16.com
bbngnews.com
9guixian.com
7yiqu.com
halxjx.net
MopBroomNashville.com
aisilitesting.com
flutterbys.com
naveatacado.com
KindlingFund.org
IndiaPalaceUtah.com
VideoLike.me
edesignfun.com
iciicecream.com
kyjlyg.com
cr2222.com
cr1111.com
PatentMiner.com
857567.com
cr3333.com
MyFloridaWholesale.com
SylviaLikens.com
yxdownload.com
cr7777.com
zh76.com
s767.com
2ota.com
Chainlike.com
SexPussyNude.com
janebirkin.com
BlacklightStudios.com
revojuegos.com
AmpersandReview.com
BioChemHub.com
paridaka-info.com
MyGamingCareer.com
OriginalChickenJoes.com
zuvowater.com
rwbowl.com
LightyearWireless.com
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Hey Travis,
Thanks for sharing backblaze.com and 1password.com.
Cheers
Thanks for the comment Ken. I hope you find one or both to be useful. I also just noticed an important typo in the pricing that I have now corrected. I wrote $6 per year when I meant $6 per month for Backblaze. Doh!