EvaSavealot.com - My first ‘domaining’ moment
I was struck today with the memory of what I guess could be called my first ‘domaining moment’. Yes, AndySweet.com was the first domain I ever bought, but I don’t consider that to be ‘domaining’.
The second domain I ever bought, I bought not because I had any intention to monetize it or capture traffic. I bought it because I was a big fan of Alyssa Milano. Hey, what guy growing up with “Who’s the Boss” wasn’t? 
Anyway, in the mid to late 90’s Alyssa was trying to break away from her squeaky clean Samantha Micelli role. She was starring in movies like Poison Ivy 2 and Embrace of the Vampire. She also did recurring role on Melrose Place and starred in a Blink 182 video. I’ve got a great story about that one, but I’ll save that for another day.
In ‘98 or so, she signed on to be the spokesperson for 1-800-Collect. The created a character their commercials, Eva Savealot. As soon as I learned the name, I registered EvaSavealot.com. I never had any intention of profiting off of it, didn’t try to sell it to the phone company or sell it to Alyssa Milano. I was just a fan dork. I think I used one of those free hosts.
Three thoughts came out of that:
1. I can’t believe the phone company didn’t register that domain.
2. If I tried to do that today, odds are good I wouldn’t be the first to try to register it.
3. Lawyers would be on me faster than greased lightning threatening to sue if I tried it today.
So there it is. I guess that would count as my first domaining moment. Can you remember your ‘first time’?
*edit - Some might call this cybersquatting. I wouldn’t be inclined to disagree if I had been intending to profit by some way monetizing any traffic I received or selling high to 1-800-Collect. But I wasn’t. Nobody ever asked me to turn it over.
