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I don't know about you, but I always kick myself for missing the gold rush to buy hot domain names. It is so obvious in retrospect.

by ctingom 18y ago

allenbrunson 18y ago
yeah. i could have registered "sex.com" for FREE at the right moment in time, and i would be set for life.
nikblack 18y ago
how about instead of thinking about all the things you have already missed, think about what you could be missing right now. there is always a new opportunity - better to take part in them than to read about them in retrospect.
daleharvey 18y ago
I dont, I like to spend my time actually creating wealth and helping people. not taking advantage of a system that was just too well meaning from the start to try and screw people out of a few million. how nice would it be if the domain hoarders werent around now. "this is why we cant have nice things"
axod 18y ago
I'd much rather be known for doing something vaguely worthwhile, than being the guy who grabbed all the domains. Grabbing domains, not using them, and trying to sell them is pretty much blackmail. It's certainly not a nice way to behave IMHO. The issue though is that domain names are pretty much free to register, but obviously have a far higher value to some people - a loophole that people exploit to make a quick buck. The other funny disconnect is how little traffic some "premium" domains get. >> "Greetings.com, but Ham grabs it anyway, for $350,000." Quantcast says it gets 8,100 US visitors a month.
- omouse 18y ago
  I think the reason it gets a low amount of visitors is because it redirects to another website so if someone bookmarks the website, they aren't bookmarking the greetings.com domain. So those 8,100 US visitors a month are probably all new visitors. It sure doesn't hurt Hallmark to get new visitors that way.
- krav 18y ago
  Looks like Hallmark owns it now. He must have sold it to them for a tidy profit: Whois Record Registrant: Hallmark Licensing Inc. Hallmark Domain Administration 2440 Pershing Rd. MD 339 Kansas City, MO 64108
  - rjprins 18y ago
    No, Ham grabbed "Greeting.com" not "Greetings.com".
alecco 18y ago
DNS was an elegant idea from more civilized times. Domain squatting should be punished in some way.

I don't know about you, but I always kick myself for missing the gold rush to buy hot domain names. It is so obvious in retrospect.

by ctingom 18y ago

I don't know about you, but I always kick myself for missing the gold rush to buy hot domain names. It is so obvious in retrospect.

allenbrunson 18y ago

yeah. i could have registered "sex.com" for FREE at the right moment in time, and i would be set for life.

nikblack 18y ago

how about instead of thinking about all the things you have already missed, think about what you could be missing right now. there is always a new opportunity - better to take part in them than to read about them in retrospect.

daleharvey 18y ago

I dont, I like to spend my time actually creating wealth and helping people. not taking advantage of a system that was just too well meaning from the start to try and screw people out of a few million. how nice would it be if the domain hoarders werent around now. "this is why we cant have nice things"

axod 18y ago

I'd much rather be known for doing something vaguely worthwhile, than being the guy who grabbed all the domains. Grabbing domains, not using them, and trying to sell them is pretty much blackmail. It's certainly not a nice way to behave IMHO. The issue though is that domain names are pretty much free to register, but obviously have a far higher value to some people - a loophole that people exploit to make a quick buck. The other funny disconnect is how little traffic some "premium" domains get. >> "Greetings.com, but Ham grabs it anyway, for $350,000." Quantcast says it gets 8,100 US visitors a month.

omouse 18y ago
I think the reason it gets a low amount of visitors is because it redirects to another website so if someone bookmarks the website, they aren't bookmarking the greetings.com domain. So those 8,100 US visitors a month are probably all new visitors. It sure doesn't hurt Hallmark to get new visitors that way.
krav 18y ago
Looks like Hallmark owns it now. He must have sold it to them for a tidy profit: Whois Record Registrant: Hallmark Licensing Inc. Hallmark Domain Administration 2440 Pershing Rd. MD 339 Kansas City, MO 64108
- rjprins 18y ago
  No, Ham grabbed "Greeting.com" not "Greetings.com".

alecco 18y ago

DNS was an elegant idea from more civilized times. Domain squatting should be punished in some way.