Domain Names Worth Their Weight in Gold Again

prostoalex writes "So far in 2006 domain name on.com fetched $635,000, Macau.com was sold for $550,000, blue.com was sold for half a million, and Jasmin.com was bought for $310,000. With the exception of the last domain name, which is currently used for erotic video chat, the rest of the domains run some sort of domain parking ads. USA Today talks about revived interest to domain name trade, and companies like Marchex, a 'leader in vertical and local traffic', which happens to own a .com domain for every single zip code in the United States. There's also a report that in the few days that .eu domain names were made available, 1,454,218 European domains were registered."

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Ok, the time is NOW

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been holding back on this one but ... OK, that's it.

shavedteenasiancamwhoremyspacediggxenisucks.com is now for sale.

Bidding starts at $500,000.

Re:Bah!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's $1200. Go buy someonewhogivesashit.com.

Capital Gains tax?

[Laven]

If you buy and hold a domain name for more than a year before selling it for thousands of dollars, do you pay the U.S. IRS long-term capital gains tax? =)

How much does a domain name weigh?

[Jimhotep]

How much does a record on hard drive weigh?

Think about it.

Thanks Slashdot!

[bort27]

With the exception of the last domain name, which is currently used for erotic video chat, the rest of the domains run some sort of domain parking ads.

And now, thanks to Slashdot, they've got tons of extra traffic plus a one-way link from a PR9.

bort.

Weight a minute

[Tx]

Domain Names Worth Their Weight in Gold Again

So how much exactly does a domain name weight? I'm thinking those that paid half a million dollars got ripped off badly.

Re:Weight a minute

[slughead]

Well, one of the domains I own (stampoutliteracy.com) has been compared to a mountain of "bullcrap." It's currently for sale for the low, low price of $8.3 million.

Any takers? We're talking a whole mountain here...

Shit...

[StevenHenderson]

...and to think I just wasted money on a house.

I have one thing to say to that

[Anonymous Coward]

* * Beatles Beatles

Re:Bah!!!

[BWJones]

Here's $1200. Go buy someonewhogivesashit.com.

Well, if you really are willing to hand over the $1200, then that would be funny. It might be even funnier if you posted as someone other than an anonymous coward. As it is, it's a troll, but here, I'll rescue you and make it funny.... someonewhogivesashit.com is already registered to someone in the UK (go figure). :-)

Re:Name my kid!

[bbkingadrock]

Charlie?

Re:Domain names worth their weight in gold!?

[ZombieWomble]

May god have mercy on me for actually working this out:

Borrowing some figures from another post, I get a value of $1357.15 per kilo.

The mass of a single electron is 9.1x10^-31. Putting these two values together gives a value of $1.23x10^-27 per electron. Not something you want to plan your retirement around.

Of course I feel I must point out that this neglects binding energy and such, but hey, it's late, I already feel like enough of a nerd for working this much out.

Re:Bah!!!

[NilObject]

Oddly enough, I think "mortage.com" could be a clever company name for a mortgage company:

"Mortage: When you need some G's."

Re:Rules for Domain Names

[LordLucless]

You do realise that the period character exists for a reason other than as a separator in domain names? Although, credit where credit's due, you did use a comma. In the wrong place.