A listing you just have to read, the comedy side of Domaining

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Domain - what domain name to choose

Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up, if you have a little time, need some comedy in your life, I invite you to go check out this thread on Flippa.

We get some wild pitches and stories in the domain business, this one is at the top of the list for 2015.

The seller is saying he already rejected a $25,000 offer on 3 day old domain  in cash or 10,000 Bitcoins (BTC) which would equate to over $2.5 million.

The seller says he would prefer $25,000 in cash than the 10,000 Bitcoins however as BTC seems to confuse him.

Interestingly although the starting bid is $25,000 the Buy it Now price is only $30,000 or about 125 Bitcoins.

You need to read the comments, as well as the listing, to get the full effect.

Shout out to Shane Bellone for pointing this one out.

Comments

  3. VanDenBerg says

    How does flippa allow its members to be subjected to such utter nonsense ? Where is the great Kevin Fink on this one ?

    Hello, Kevin can you hear me ?

  5. August says

    Flippa is ebay for domains and websites, so it’s no wonder (although admittedly i bought some domains there)

  7. Jason NZL says

    I had to leave a comment on it as I found it a hilarious read for the day… Thanks for the post!

    I thought for amusement he should throw in one for FREE as a added bonus as its a free hand reg… Buy one and get a solidF#@k.com for FREE lol

    This is a newbie domainer that tops the charts for the week of one of the most amusing listings…

  8. Danny Pryor says

    The listing, itself, is beyond amusing. The term, “contractor as fuck,” is not what I would call widely used. With 524,000 search results for that phrase, there are about half as many as for my own name, “Daniel Pryor.” Of course, the NZ personality is the reason for that, but you get my point.

    Meanwhile, this is for you, Raymond. I would suggest at least putting the domain name in question into the body of your own story, rather than making people click to see the listing, after a vague reference. If you’re writing about something, on a domain and blog that have become, essentially, a part of industry record, making posts that resemble a Facebook wall diminishes your efforts, even when the story is purely human interest or a sidebar or humor.

    Just a suggestion.

    • Raymond Hackney says

      Yeah that was done purposely Danny, as no one checks stats and click throughs more than I do. Many times we have a story where there is only a 20% CTR. The whole purpose of this post was the listing so I wanted to make sure people read it.

      Thanks for the input.

      • SoFreeDomains says

        I strongly agree with Danny, even if you want us to click your link, you should have provided enough background for us.

        • Domain Shame says

          Enough background was given like the name would’ve made any difference ? the whole purpose was to read the listing I think that’s quite clear from what he said.

  10. Desus Nirist says

    Wow, what a great deal. Would hate to lose that deal and instead demand real money.

    Very easily could he have sold enough of the Bitcoins to equate to the $30,000 he wanted. Tough loss.

  11. Joseph Peterson says

    I love this sentence from the listing:

    ‘Ask anyone what contractor as fuck means and they will tell you, “its a bad ass, in shape, tattooed, full beard, geared up, not afraid of shit, backwards baseball cap wearing motherfucker about to go fuck a terrorist’s day up.”‘

    Nothing is more terrifying than a “backwards baseball cap”!

    And this:

    “The world highly respect and glorifies our Private Military Contractors for the work they do.”

    I’ve known my fair share of military contractors. Even rented out my spare room in Charleston to 1 of them for awhile. Don’t recollect the neighbors glorifying him. But, then again, he was gentle if a bit shy, out of shape, un-tattooed, beardless, very sanely afraid of IEDs, and forgot his baseball cap.