How I saved a few bucks on domain name renewals

Four of the domain names I have registered via Dotster were due for renewal in the next month or so. The normal fee for one year .com domain renewal with Dotster is $15.45 but I used the "NVU" coupon code I found at retailmenot.com to get a 15% discount off the price - a saving of $9.27 for about two minutes spent searching for the discount code. Now I just need to find the time during the next year to create the websites for two of these domains that are currently unused. At a bare minimum I'd like to have enough useful content to establish them in the search engines and attract enough traffic to cover holding costs via some passive AdSense revenue.

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Alternative/Passive Income Week

Last week was a good one for 'passive' income. A cheque from Primary Healthcare arrived for the takeover of my Symbion shares ($11,664) and the half-yearly dividend payment season was in full swing, so I received $4,298.71 by direct deposit into my credit union savings account:

26/03/2008 LLC $ 206.83
26/03/2008 QBE $ 394.55
28/03/2008 APA $ 12.76 
28/03/2008 APA $ 679.33
31/03/2008 AEO $ 56.20
31/03/2008 WPL $ 121.00
01/04/2008 SYM $ 144.00
01/04/2008 BSL $ 171.82
01/04/2008 SUN $ 500.76
01/04/2008 BBI $ 4.62
01/04/2008 BBI $ 9.82
02/04/2008 FGL $ 450.12
02/04/2008 CBA $ 146.90
04/04/2008 TLS $1,120.00
04/04/2008 TLS $ 280.00

However I don't count this as disposable income as it all needs to be reinvested (the takeover payment) or used towards the interest payments on my margin loans (the dividends).
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