i actually buy the domain name at the end. i am stingy. which means i do not buy domain names as i always loose interest after some allnighters. but the code base remains until the motivation returns

That's not stingy, that's sensible :-) After spending far too much money buying things to support some planned activity that I never actually carry out, I now try to follow the rule that I only buy the thing when I actually need to use it.