[ExI] selling domain name real estate

[William Flynn Wallace]

I remember the early days of the internet.  Squatting on domain names was
common.  One man got business.com and squatted on it until he got 7 million
dollars for it.  bill w

On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 5:34 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 8:03 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> Back in the olden days when the internet was taking off, some had the
>> insight to buy and hold domains with their names.  Common names are
>> valuable real estate today.
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>> On a camping trip recently I met the guy who owns Tom-Johnson.com.  His
>> name is Tom Johnson.  A remarkable coincidence it is that he should own
>> Tom-Johnson.com.  He is near retirement and would part with that name for
>> some cash (the domain name (not his own name (the sale would be conditional
>> upon his being able to stay Tom Johnson himself.)))
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>> I don’t know how to auction valuable domain names.  Are there internet
>> hipsters among us who know from selling domain names?
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> I don't know what the best site is for this the best site, but there are
> auctions for domains hosted by godaddy and ebay:
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> https://auctions.godaddy.com/
> https://www.ebay.com/b/Sell-Domain/3767/bn_7023258241
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> This article lists 15 other sites for listing domains for sale:
> https://medium.com/@daica85/top-15-places-to-sell-your-domain-names-easily-and-quickly-d2da1d695076
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> Perhaps the best place to advertise would be on the homepage of the domain
> itself, since any stray visitors to that domain might be interested in
> purchasing it.
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> Jason
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