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03-08-2004, 09:12 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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What Is The Most Valuable Domain Name In The World?
I'm curious about different people's opinions.
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03-08-2004, 09:30 AM #2Web Hosting Guru
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Hmm... in terms of traffic and userbase - and just generally something that would be cool to own, I would say Google.com
... but if we are talking about the actual name itself, I'm not really sure - maybe something like sex.com, com.com, news.com or some other very common word.
I think everyone will have a different opinion on this one
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03-08-2004, 10:21 AM #3Junior Guru
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a long long time ago:
Business.com was sold for $7,500,000.
Cool.com got a $38,000,000 bit-offer(buy-offer), but the domain owner refused it.
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03-08-2004, 12:38 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by papepo55
a long long time ago:
Business.com was sold for $7,500,000.
Cool.com got a $38,000,000 bit-offer(buy-offer), but the domain owner refused it.
Cool.com... $38,000,000 turned down?? help me to count those zeros....
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03-08-2004, 12:59 PM #5Temporarily Suspended
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Cool.com got a $38,000,000 bit-offer(buy-offer), but the domain owner refused it.
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03-08-2004, 01:06 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Another way to look at this question, I think:
If you could have ANY one domain -- what would it be?Jim Reardon - jim/amusive.com
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03-08-2004, 01:07 PM #7Web Hosting Guru
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Maybe he/she was making 1 million a day for owning it (and using it of course).
Or maybe not.
But if that was the case, he would have been an idiot to sell it.
I'm sure that on these terms you'll agree!
Now I'm gonna check those sites, I just realised I never did!
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03-08-2004, 01:12 PM #8Temporarily Suspended
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Maybe he/she was making 1 million a day for owning it (and using it of course).
Or maybe not.
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03-08-2004, 01:16 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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Even amazon doesn't net profit $1 million a day yet
Although I'm sure there have to be sites out there with a net profit of over $365 million per year.Jim Reardon - jim/amusive.com
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03-08-2004, 01:20 PM #10Temporarily Suspended
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How much do you think webhostingtalk will earn?
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03-08-2004, 02:04 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by amusive.com
Another way to look at this question, I think:
If you could have ANY one domain -- what would it be?
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03-08-2004, 02:07 PM #12Temporarily Suspended
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If you could have ANY one domain -- what would it be?
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03-08-2004, 05:14 PM #13Disabled
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I say Google would be number one, followed by Yahoo.
I have one great domain name under .com and .net which I registered last week, fits any business model, and very easy to remember. If the right person gets their hands on it they could turn it into something great which could be worth millions, but for now it's worth $50 starting in my auction this coming Thursday, but I might keep it.
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03-08-2004, 06:02 PM #14Web Hosting Guru
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I really would like to own a.com! Short domain easy to rember first of the alphabet. Great domain.
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03-08-2004, 06:07 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Would love home.com so I could have me@home.com but of course the amount of spam would be terrible..
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03-08-2004, 09:36 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by kjmz
I really would like to own a.com! Short domain easy to rember first of the alphabet. Great domain.▒UrlRedo.com - short URL service
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03-08-2004, 09:46 PM #17Junior Guru
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Originally posted by papepo55
a long long time ago:
Business.com was sold for $7,500,000.
Cool.com got a $38,000,000 bit-offer(buy-offer), but the domain owner refused it.
He must have been dreaming.
http://zdnet.com.com/2102-11_2-519606.html
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03-09-2004, 02:39 AM #18Retired Moderator
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i'd say yahoo.com since its #1 website that gets visits/day
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03-09-2004, 02:42 AM #19Retired Moderator
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Originally posted by papepo55
I found the cool.com story on google.
He must have been dreaming.
http://zdnet.com.com/2102-11_2-519606.html
fear the pawaBashar Al-Abdulhadi - KuwaitNET Internet Services Serving customers since 1997
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03-09-2004, 04:23 AM #20Junior Guru
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Originally posted by Bashar
and guess who owns COOL.COM now
fear the pawa
http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/coverstory2.htm
Elequa is a Kuwaiti. By any chance he is a Bashar's friend?
Elequa has been here (webhostingtalk) only once.
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03-09-2004, 04:53 AM #21Resident Liverpool FC Fan
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bbc.co.uk, cnn.com and google.com would be up there IMO. Much more popular to the masses then the likes of cool.com
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03-09-2004, 07:36 AM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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Is it true that all 1 and 2 character domains are reserved? Like it is impossible to register 1.com or a.com - I did a whois search and thats what it came up with
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03-09-2004, 08:17 AM #23Web Hosting Master
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1 letter names are now reserved. However, I believe two letter domains for all gTLDs except .org can still be registered. For the .org registry, all three (or less) character domains can no longer be registered.
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03-09-2004, 10:52 AM #24WHT Addict
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sex.com beats any website with any traffic, it needs no promotion and as they old saying goes "Sex sells"
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03-09-2004, 10:57 AM #25Web Hosting Master
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Yea, I would agree with sex.com.
Though if I could have any domain, I think I would go for brad.com (my name )* Best Web Hosting - Submit your host to our directory and become one of our top 10 web hosts.