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Angel from Heaven -

I've seen this done, and it just doesn't seem fair to me. People buy a domain name for a famous person or event hoping to sell it for a lot of money later. For instance, "clinton2008.com" is taken, and it's for sale. Now, what happens if Hillary decides to run in 2008? How much will she have to pay this person for a name that should have been hers in the first place? I just don't think this is fair.

Comment #1 Nancy from Los Angeles -

When was life fair? Clinton can take clinton-2008.com

Comment #2 Angel from Heaven -

Life was never fair, but I just don't like the practice of making someone pay top dollar for a domain that should have been really cheap.

Comment #3 Nancy from Los Angeles -

Why is any one guaranteed a domain name? Why shouldn't someone like Hiliary Clinton cover the bases she wants for a possible campaign. She should have the budget.

She never has to buy clinton2008.com... and maybe could get something better like firstwomanpresident.com (which surprisingly someone didn't grab until 2 months ago).

I believe that the site names the name. The domain name doesn't make the site. How many sites do you think are successfull *ONLY* because of the domain name?

I seem to really men.com sold for some ungodly some. It's a men's magazine. Are they sucessful because of their content or because they are men.com. Maybe they would be even more successful with a differnet domain, or one they didn't invest a wad into and spent the money on something more productive.

What about whoever bought clinton2008.com when they will have wasted all their money when Hilary comes up with an even better domain name and leaving them holding the bag?

Comment #4 Paul Roupinian from Redondo beach -

If Hillary Clinton wants the domain name her marketeers would have bought it for her.

How is it not fair if someone wants to speculate and invest in what they have money for? That's like saying it isn't fair for someone to buy the Ralph Lauren clothing in the Macy's because you want it and can't afford it.

Comment #5 PokerPrincess from Hogstown, The Universe -

Cashing in on a domain name is called free enterprise. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose. When I was registering a few names for friends on Go Daddy I also registered a couple of potential Poker Site names. Cost me all of $9.45 for each name for a year which I felt would be long enough to get one set up. However, it didn't happen because my life took a different direction. At the end of the year I gave it back and lost $20.00 total. $20.00 to speculate is not a lot to put out and if people want to do it and then they "make" money on it that's what entrepreneurship is all about.

Comment #6 Kaabi from Maryland -

Nuts, Kerry2008 is taken. If that thing was open I would have taken it so fast.

Comment #7 Angel from Heaven -

Wow... truce please? Didn't mean to start a fight, I was just voicing an opinion. Obviously an opinion nobody shares, but that's fine. That's what makes us all unique. If you want to buy and resell domains, then good luck to you. I'm just saying it's not something I could ever do. Maybe going with a political example was where I went wrong.

Comment #8 Paul Roupinian from Redondo beach -

Things in the domain world are going to get more competitive. ICAAN or the government (who can say which is which anymore) is handing over control of Internet domain names management to a private company (Halliburtonym.com?) and then we will really see what goes on.

Comment #9 Lacie from Denver, Colorado -

I think first come first serve. Too bad, you snooze, you lose. If you want a site and it isn't there you just need to tweak what you were going to claim and come up with something new that isn't taken.

Comment #10 JKander from Land -

I would like to do that; I searched for other names like that, but they are so taken.

Comment #11 Ben Scudder from Kansas -

"I think first come first serve. Too bad, you snooze, you lose. If you want a site and it isn't there you just need to tweak what you were going to claim and come up with something new that isn't taken."

Absolutely right. What's more people forget that they can just buy the name. Negotiate over the long term. I have seen people so jazzed up over a site then refuse to pay whatever the domain holder wants. Then they just walk away from the whole thing.

If the name is that special, buy it.

Comment #12 RiverQueen from Anywhere You Want -

Most people have ideas about what they want their domain name to be but when they look they see it has been taken. So they will mix the words around, vary the original idea with other key words and usually find the one that they like or can live with.

Also in the domain name seller's site they have a place to find the person who has purchased the name and can start negotiations with them. If the domain name is something that you feel is absolutely necessary to make money with rather than the product you have to sell then perhaps you are looking at the wrong product. Products are not sold because of the domain name, they are sold because they are what someone is looking for and priced right.

So as far as I'm concerned you can call your domain Bugga Boops which is kind of catchy but if you don't have the product au le jour (product of the day) then it really doesn't matter if the name is catchy or not.

So I would suggest you put more effort into getting the right products on your domain than in getting the name itself.

Comment #13 webferret from Irvine -

I just got a great domain. I was just the one I thought of. i was reading a article about business slang and i married one of the slang terms to one of my favorite keywords and voila!

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