<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">I remember the early days of the internet. Squatting on domain names was common. One man got <a href="http://business.com">business.com</a> and squatted on it until he got 7 million dollars for it. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 5:34 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 8:03 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.)))<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know how to auction valuable domain names. Are there internet hipsters among us who know from selling domain names?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> </p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://auctions.godaddy.com/" target="_blank">https://auctions.godaddy.com/</a></div><div><a href="https://www.ebay.com/b/Sell-Domain/3767/bn_7023258241" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/b/Sell-Domain/3767/bn_7023258241</a></div><div><br></div><div>This article lists 15 other sites for listing domains for sale: <a href="https://medium.com/@daica85/top-15-places-to-sell-your-domain-names-easily-and-quickly-d2da1d695076" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@daica85/top-15-places-to-sell-your-domain-names-easily-and-quickly-d2da1d695076</a></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Jason </div></div></div>
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