US man gets $2.6m for domain name

**MIG-31** · Apr 4, 2008, 02:18 PM

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.
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Source: BBC News

Tipstaff · Apr 5, 2008, 03:12 AM

I still think that if he had publicized it a bit more, or went to some of the bigger pizza chains that he would have gotten a lot more bids for it, or even a very large offer from one of the chain guys.

Still, $3360 investment paying out $2,600,000 in the end.... I could handle that.

Matth · Apr 5, 2008, 10:39 AM

Lucky sod, yeah, should have touted it to the major chains though.

Is that the last good .COM to be on the market, I wonder. Are there any good domains left?

Unlike cybersquatting, nobody has any specific claim on "pizza". Generic named .coms was probably a good field to invest in.

Apr 4, 2008, 02:18 PM	#1
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Tipstaff DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,514 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	I still think that if he had publicized it a bit more, or went to some of the bigger pizza chains that he would have gotten a lot more bids for it, or even a very large offer from one of the chain guys. Still, $3360 investment paying out $2,600,000 in the end.... I could handle that. __________________ >><<

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Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,198 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Lucky sod, yeah, should have touted it to the major chains though. Is that the last good .COM to be on the market, I wonder. Are there any good domains left? Unlike cybersquatting, nobody has any specific claim on "pizza". Generic named .coms was probably a good field to invest in. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread