Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > chi.internet > #3357

Re: Spam

Show all headers | View raw

Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote:
> Cydrome Leader <presence@mungepanix.com> wrote:
> 
>> Nice research on the results for the hod dogs and gyros. The "most badass" 
>> domain we snatched up years ago when things were still free was 
>> "glass.com". That thing was going to make money, and everybody was going 
>> to get rich. Then you had to pay for stuff and somebody forgot to renew 
>> it, and we lost it. We also "lost" a /16 too, back when that shit was free 
>> too, if you asked.
> 
>> Take a look at glass.com these days. Any money spent registering that 
>> domain would have been a loss of the $5 it cost back then.
> 
> 
> And that's why this whole domain name business actually turned into one
> stumps me.
> 
> We aquired dildo.com back in the mid 90's, some guy in Oklahoma wanted it
> registered (still in the internic days) and couldn't find anyone down there
> to do it. They considered it obscene or something, the bible belt, what you
> expect. Called us, no problem, registered the domain name for him, but the
> website/email was "to come later", so all we had were zone records for it.
> 
> A year went by, never heard from him, the phone (which I think was in
> norman), disconnected. Tried the u.s. mail, nothing.
> 
> I was going to drop it when they started to charge for annual renewals but
> at the last second figured there was some novelty owning it, so I changed
> all the registration records over to ripco and paid for it.
> 
> Long story on what happend next but the only money that domain name ever
> made for us was it being used as a gateway. Even now I think if you hit
> dildo.com it goes to some adult novelty company in Las Vegas. The idea is,
> if you purchase anything that way, there is a cut or split of the sale. I
> don't really handle this anymore and haven't seen a check in years.
> 
> But my point is, at least a half dozen times, we've been offered money to
> sell the domain for the intent purpose of using it for a web site and it
> just doesn't work. One guy even thought it was worth "millions" and we
> couldn't keep a straight face. He "borrowed" it for a few months (the
> domain, under our control, pointing to his website). He silently disappeared
> along with the rental checks. Everyone else that did the same setup (try
> before you buy) ended up the same way.
> 
> It just isn't worth shit for what it is.
> 
> But yet if it goes up for speculative value, see like:
> 
> http://www.ha.com/information/sell-domain-names-and-intellectual-property.s?type=surl-ip?ic=ih-domain-ip-consign-clickImage-012516
> 
> There is a possibility of making 5 or 6 figures from it, just because some
> idiot out there thinks it'll make a great investment.
> 
> Just doesn't make any fucking sense.

Agreed. If I'm reading right they were actual sales;

py.com for $358,000 py?
nl.com for $575,000 netherlands? National Limabean?

> If you are asking why we don't pull the trigger now, it comes down to once
> it's gone, it's gone. Unlike a 66 Chevy Malibu for your first car, you can
> always get one later on to make your own. Domain names are one of a kind so
> unless you pay to get it back, you can't get another one "just like it".
> 
> I think I mentioned recently there was domain name (qnb.com) that recently
> sold for like 1.7 million dollars, to the Qatar National Bank.
> 
> I remember, probably in 1997 or 98 where nearly all the 3 letter domain
> names were registered, except for a few that were at the bottom of anyones
> list, I'll bet qnb.com was open and available. Paying the $35 a year
> (remember godaddy and the others weren't around yet) would of been stupid.

There were some weird restrictions on the 2 letter domains, and I think 
there was a premium on any 3 letter ones for a while too. Wasn't any 
$575,000 though. Of course sgi, bbn and ge were old enough probably have 
them for free though.

Back to chi.internet | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Spam Crawford Sausage Company <mea@brandylion.com> - 2016-01-31 13:01 -0800
  Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-02 14:00 +0000
    Re: Spam Max <betatron@gmail.com> - 2016-02-02 18:15 -0600
    Re: Spam Michele <eatshitanddie@spammers.com> - 2016-02-04 15:11 -0600
      Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-05 12:24 +0000
        Re: Spam Michele <eatshitanddie@spammers.com> - 2016-02-05 12:40 -0600
          Re: Spam core <core@pt40.net> - 2016-02-05 19:52 -0600
            Re: Spam Michele <eatshitanddie@spammers.com> - 2016-02-06 01:02 -0600
    Re: Spam Crawford Sausage Company <mea@brandylion.com> - 2016-02-04 16:03 -0800
      Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-05 12:09 +0000
        Re: Spam Crawford Sausage Company <mea@brandylion.com> - 2016-02-06 11:11 -0800
          Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-07 12:58 +0000
            Re: Spam Michele <eatshitanddie@spammers.com> - 2016-02-08 02:58 -0600
              Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-08 18:55 +0000
                Re: Spam Michele <eatshitanddie@spammers.com> - 2016-02-08 22:15 -0600
                Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-09 14:10 +0000
                Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-09 19:26 +0000
                Re: Spam barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2016-02-09 15:45 -0600
                Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-09 22:20 +0000
            Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-08 18:48 +0000
              Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-09 14:52 +0000
                Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-09 19:50 +0000
                Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-10 12:51 +0000
            Re: Spam Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> - 2016-02-13 17:16 +0000
              Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-14 13:29 +0000
                Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-14 14:09 +0000
                Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-15 17:08 +0000
                Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-16 12:57 +0000
                Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-16 16:30 +0000
                Re: Spam smr <me@shawnritchie.com> - 2016-02-16 17:54 -0600
                Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-17 12:44 +0000
                Re: Spam smr <me@shawnritchie.com> - 2016-02-17 11:57 -0600
                Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-17 18:15 +0000
                Re: Spam Michele <eatshitanddie@spammers.com> - 2016-02-16 11:13 -0600
                Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-02-17 13:39 +0000
                Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-17 18:20 +0000
                Re: Spam Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-02-17 18:29 +0000
                Re: Spam smr <me@shawnritchie.com> - 2016-02-17 17:43 -0600
            Re: Spam Crawford Sausage Company <mea@brandylion.com> - 2016-10-18 12:34 -0700
              Re: Spam Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-10-19 11:26 +0000
                Re: Spam Crawford Sausage Company <mea@brandylion.com> - 2016-10-19 09:51 -0700
            Re: Spam tert in seattle <tert@ftupet.com> - 2016-11-14 22:50 +0000

csiph-web