This morning I received an offer to purchase one of the domain names that I own. Being a person with a million ideas coupled with relative inaction, I  tend to accumulate these things. So abodenode.com, a would-be home for an apartment finder type website, is on the bidding block! The would-be buyer, in a kick-the-tires bid, offered $100. The email said I needed to head over to GoDaddy.com in order to negotiate, so after registration I was able to enter in a counter offer, which I did off the top of my head: $5,000. However, after looking at the other domains currently up for sale and viewable, thankfully, by you and I, I’m thinking I could have 1) asked for much more, and 2) found a new hobby.

Apparently how it works if you pay a small amount each month so you can list your websites for sale, along with an asking price. From there, it’s an auction. There are some classic categories, I guess, if you’re trying to sell a domain. First, you could try to come up with a sexy domain: officeboobs.com (asking price $10,000 / 0 bids) or forbiddenhotties.com ($50,000 / 0 bids). Or, a possible sex-related domain: widespread.com ($10,000 / 1 bid), yougavemeanstd.com ($29,999 / 0 bids). This one I hope is about golf: get-in-the-hole.com ($49,999, 0 bids).

Political domains abound around election time, where Obama seems to be way ahead of McCain in popularity by an approximate 5:1 ratio: barackspeaks.com can be had for $10k, bidenobama.com for $50k, and this misspelling can be had for a bargain: barckobama.net for only $249. There seems to be some Obama fear as much as McCain support: pleasenotobama.com ($249), justsaynotoobama.com ($10k), donotelectobama.com ($25k). Even some curious proposals: mccainnowgore2012.com ($39k).

Given the popularity of both porn domains as well as political domains, I’m wishing I didn’t let one expire that I registered for the DeVos gubernatorial run in Michigan. I really could have done well with ifyoulikebush.com.

A good domain name states the purpose of the website. That’s why I’m hoping I get something out of abodenode.com someday, and that’s why I also like the succinctness of this one: kidsaprons.com. I just can’t afford $15,000 right now.

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