$18,000 DOMAIN SOLD.. on auction

SiteTutor · 06-04-2002, 07:29 PM

YES..
the new .us extension..
Bank.us

SOLD.. on www.Afternic.com for $18,000 recently.

wow........
nice turn on the $10 investment.. would ya say?:o

sde · 06-04-2002, 10:29 PM

wow!

i recently had an interesting endevor with domain resalers... my father has wanted a domain for the last year.. and these people wanted to sell it for $8,000 cause they new it was his business name and that he would probably pay it ...

after watching it very closely, i noticed it expired 4/19 . and they did not renew.. so 40 days after it expired the registrar released the domain and the day it was released i got it for $17.

then the previous registrar was the same as my registrar and i asked them if they could expidite the transfer cause it was my father's birthday .. and they activated it the same day for me =)

it was kinda neat to suprise my dad with his comming soon logo on the domain he wanted.

uhh.... too much information ? hehe... it was fun

SiteTutor · 06-04-2002, 10:42 PM

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Originally posted by mmilano
wow!

i recently had an interesting endevor with domain resalers... my father has wanted a domain for the last year.. and these people wanted to sell it for $8,000 cause they new it was his business name and that he would probably pay it ...

after watching it very closely, i noticed it expired 4/19 . and they did not renew.. so 40 days after it expired the registrar released the domain and the day it was released i got it for $17.

then the previous registrar was the same as my registrar and i asked them if they could expidite the transfer cause it was my father's birthday .. and they activated it the same day for me =)

it was kinda neat to suprise my dad with his comming soon logo on the domain he wanted.

uhh.... too much information ? hehe... it was fun

Good info @ that.

that's what happens sometimes.. ya get lucky.. good for your dad.. he waited it out....

did he have a TM or SM on his name? If so anyone can go through WIPO and get the name if there is a protected TM on that name..

Good read here!

sde · 06-04-2002, 11:25 PM

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did he have a TM or SM on his name? If so anyone can go through WIPO and get the name if there is a protected TM on that name..

now that's some good info.. i had no clue

revolution · 06-07-2002, 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by SiteTutor

did he have a TM or SM on his name? If so anyone can go through WIPO and get the name if there is a protected TM on that name..

SM? WIPO? I cant seem to remember what they are

SiteTutor · 06-07-2002, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by revolution

SM? WIPO? I cant seem to remember what they are

TM= TradeMark
SM= ServiceMark
WIPO= World Intellectual Property Org.

here's their link... good one to BookMark..
http://www.wipo.org/

WIPO handles the domain disputes.. & more.

TooTaLoo!

revolution · 06-07-2002, 05:41 PM

ahh, thanks

/me goes off to do some reading