I was surprised as I just received an email from Snapnames (a domain drop catching service) concerning a *.org domain which I’ve backordered last year has dropped and was successfully captured.
And since there was another person placing the same order the domain was entered in a private auction between us (the domain goes to the highest bidder and Snapnames earn more moolah!). Luckily there was no bidding war and I won with my default bid of $59.
Since now I own the *.org name I might as well try and get the *.com and *.net version right? Too bad for me the *.com name is under the ownership of a cyber squatting company, unless I pay a premium price of five digits and above there’s little chance of me ever getting it. A quick search for the *.net version brought me to a Sedo (a marketplace for buying and selling of domain names) listing. The owner wanted to sell the *.net name for $60 which I promptly offered.
The domain name is nothing to shout about, I’m not even sure if it’s a good investment. It’s related to a hobby and quite popular in Asia. Do I even have the time to develop it? Will update this post once I’ve acquired the domain.
And since there was another person placing the same order the domain was entered in a private auction between us (the domain goes to the highest bidder and Snapnames earn more moolah!). Luckily there was no bidding war and I won with my default bid of $59.
Since now I own the *.org name I might as well try and get the *.com and *.net version right? Too bad for me the *.com name is under the ownership of a cyber squatting company, unless I pay a premium price of five digits and above there’s little chance of me ever getting it. A quick search for the *.net version brought me to a Sedo (a marketplace for buying and selling of domain names) listing. The owner wanted to sell the *.net name for $60 which I promptly offered.
The domain name is nothing to shout about, I’m not even sure if it’s a good investment. It’s related to a hobby and quite popular in Asia. Do I even have the time to develop it? Will update this post once I’ve acquired the domain.