Dude gets $2.6 Million for "pizza.com"

[oestek]

Man, I wish I bought a bunch of domain names back in the day...

From the BBC:



US man gets $2.6m for domain name


The domain name was registered in 1994

A US man has sold the domain name pizza.com for $2.6m (£1.3m) - after maintaining the site for just $20 a year since 1994.
Chris Clark, 43, accepted the offer from an anonymous bidder after a week-long online auction.
"It's crazy, it's just crazy," Mr Clark, who lives in North Potomac, Maryland, was quoted as saying by the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
"It will make a significant difference in my life, for sure," he added.
Regret
Mr Clark registered the domain name in 1994, when the world wide web was just starting.
He had hoped that pizza.com would help to get a contract with a pizza firm for his consulting company.
He sold his business in 2000, but kept paying the $20 annual fees for maintaining the domain, which he also used to sell advertisements.
In January, Mr Clark decided to sell it after hearing that another domain - Vodka.com - was sold for $3m in 2006.
"I thought, 'Why don't I just try to see what the level of interest is?'" Mr Clark said.
"If someone's willing to pay that much for Vodka.com, maybe there's more interest in pizza.com."
The online auction was launched on 27 March. The first bid was $100, jumping to $2.6m a week later.
Having accepted the latter offer, Mr Clark hopes to get his windfall in a few days' time when the transaction is completed.
He said he now regretted not buying more domain names in the 1990s.

[WS6]

hey good for him. I just hope it doesn't go to his head and he ends up being penniless and in a gutter after about 3 years.

[Aceshigh]

Wish I had known about this back then

[Young Gun]

props to him!

[Beige]

The only thing suprising about this is that his domain registrar didn't fubar and lose the name over the years.

[Nine Ball]

That is a cool story. Happens more often than you might believe too.

I own about 35 domains right now. All it takes is one good one!

[Tony_SS]

Bah! Hamburger.com is taken. $E%@#$

[MarkM66]

When you purchase a domain name, who actually gets those fund?

I mean, who "owns" the internet?

[rob07002]

When you purchase a domain name, who actually gets those fund?

I mean, who "owns" the internet?

Al Gore

[oestek]

Al Gore

Nice!

[gordonquixote]

I just hope it doesn't go to his head and he ends up being penniless and in a gutter after about 3 years.

Ha! - I do!

[GMracer]

I have always wondered about this, but good for him, pretty cool how things work out.

[shmoov69]

Al Gore

Noooo, he doesn't own the internet, he owns global warming!!
Because he DID invent that!

[Beige]

When you purchase a domain name, who actually gets those fund?

I mean, who "owns" the internet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_registrar