Turn Your Idle Domains Into Passive Income

As indie developers, we’re often sitting on a goldmine without even realizing it — our unused or underused domains.

We buy them for projects, ideas, or experiments that never quite go anywhere. But what if those dormant domains could be leased, safely and transparently, without giving up control?

That’s exactly what Sublet enables.

🧠 What Is Sublet?

Sublet is a platform that lets you lease out your domain’s subdomains — think app.yourdomain.com, dev.yourdomain.com, or even coolproject.yourdomain.com — to other developers, teams, or apps.

It's like DNS-as-a-Service with a twist:
You're the landlord, your subdomains are the rental units, and Sublet is the secure property manager.

Example 1: Idle Domains

You own wavy.tech, but you're not using it.
Someone building an AI app wants a cool branded URL like chat.wavy.tech.
With Sublet, they can lease that subdomain — and you get paid, automatically.

Example 2: Surname Domains

You own rodriguez.dev, and you’re proud of it.
You want to share it with others who share your last name — friends, family, even strangers.
With Sublet, you can give them a piece of it — jose.rodriguez.dev, lisa.rodriguez.dev — on your terms.
It’s a way to foster identity and community, without giving up control.

⚡️ Why It’s a Game Changer

Here’s what makes Sublet different — and potentially transformative for indie developers:

✅ Monetize Your Ideas (Without Building Them)

Your domain portfolio may not generate traffic, but it's full of brand value.
Sublet lets you earn from that value without needing to develop anything.

✅ Retain Control (Always)

With Sublet, you never give up ownership or control.
Leases are scoped to specific subdomains, and your DNS is only updated via your agent — software you run and control.
You remain in full control of your domain. Leases can be ended at any time after they expire, giving you the flexibility to manage your namespace however you see fit.

✅ Transparent by Design

The agent is open source, minimal, and built for transparency.
There’s no black box: you see exactly what it does, and only you can authorize DNS changes to subdelegate NS records.

✅ Passive Income for Builders

Set it up once, onboard via Stripe, and let Sublet do the rest.
Whether you earn $5/month or $500, it’s income that doesn’t require your time.

🛠️ How It Works

Sublet is built with simplicity, privacy, and safety at its core:

1. Create a FREE Sublet account to get your API key.
2. Run a small agent (the open-source sauce) on your server or dev box
   This is the piece that actually updates your DNS records — this part is open source for full transparency and your DNS provider's API keys never need to be shared.
3. The Sublet backend handles everything including validation and routing, payment handling, a
   All requests are authorized and verified — no spoofing, no surprises. You simply start getting paid once people start leasing subdomains on your properties.

💡 Who Should Use Sublet?

Sublet is built by devs, for EVERYONE — especially:

• Indie hackers sitting on domain stashes
• Developers who bought "the perfect name" but never built the product
• Teams managing branded dev environments or temporary deployments
• Anyone who wants to earn crypto without selling their domains

And beyond that, it’s for ANYONE who wants a domain that otherwise would not be available — imagine a world where leasing a subdomain from a Fortune 500 company was just... normal:

• urban-farming.walmart.com – a blog about sustainable farming techniques in city spaces, tied to a major retailer’s ecosystem
• indie-books.barnesandnoble.com – a curated collection of indie e-books, hosted right on a trusted domain
• homebrew-beer.budweiser.com – a community space for craft beer enthusiasts, with tips, recipes, and challenges
• 404.netflix.com — a horror short film series about broken links

🔐 Is It Safe?

Absolutely — and that’s the point.

Sublet doesn’t ask for your registrar access.
It doesn’t touch your entire DNS.
It only works through your self-hosted agent, and you can inspect every line of code.

If you stop the agent, updates stop working. Simple as that.

🌍 Join the Domain Renaissance

We all know the cost of cool domains. We snap them up early. We hoard them “just in case.”
Sublet turns that speculative game into a real revenue stream — and helps others launch faster in the process.

It’s time for your ideas (and domains) to start paying you back.

👉 Get started with Sublet

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