Thick Crust or Thin
Talk about a smart purchase or early bird gets the worm–those who bought a few key one word domain names in the early 90s are being rewarded these days with big sums. Now there are very few if any one or two word domain names left of any value. What happens when a movie comes out and someone owns the title of the movie? Do these people get paid off too? More likely is the use of creative type of names or ad campaigns that incorporate a concept and promote the brand that way, but with solid one word domain names like Vodka or Pizza, the money is rolling in for some fortunate domain owners:
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.
In January, Mr Clark decided to sell it after hearing that another domain - Vodka.com - was sold for $3m in 2006.