c0unterph0bia
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It's probably worth about $14,000
RonPaul.com is for sale!
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mexicanpizza
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Pretty easy to figure out his reserve. 
Sey.Naci
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Yup. He's back trying to sell the thing again.
wev already had this discussion. the guy who is selling it initiallay asked for 5 figures and now that the ronpaul2008 is widely known he is trying to make whatever crumbs he can. i dont have much respect for some guy who tries to make money off another persons name
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Dude.
Fair market for domain names is not more than $2,000
I worked for a company that bought two of them and neither was anywhere near what you are thinking.
I'd be surprised if this thing sells for more than 1K.
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=160200136033
I'm not a frequent ebay user myself, and tbh, I'm not very familiar with it. Looking at this though, I would assume that its just him with multiple accounts trying to generate false interest in an effort to get a real bid from someone. Unless that's one of you guys trying to make sure that someone here gets the domain if this auction holds any validity....?
As for the post above me, seeing how the domain name receives quite a bit of traffic on its own already, I'd assume just parking it is giving him some fair money. 4k visits per day to that domain is enough for some fair cash. Not to mention that the keywords 'Ron Paul' in the domain are searched for about 20k times per day on the search engines. The fact that its a name would decrease the value, but the domain really is worth quite a bit.
I'm not a frequent ebay user myself, and tbh, I'm not very familiar with it. Looking at this though, I would assume that its just him with multiple accounts trying to generate false interest in an effort to get a real bid from someone. Unless that's one of you guys trying to make sure that someone here gets the domain if this auction holds any validity....?
As for the post above me, seeing how the domain name receives quite a bit of traffic on its own already, I'd assume just parking it is giving him some fair money. 4k visits per day to that domain is enough for some fair cash. Not to mention that the keywords 'Ron Paul' in the domain are searched for about 20k times per day on the search engines. The fact that its a name would decrease the value, but the domain really is worth quite a bit.
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What is this worth to:
a) a RP fan
b) The Enemy
c) an adsense entrepreneur
?
a) a RP fan
b) The Enemy
c) an adsense entrepreneur
?
mikeInAZ
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I am almost positive his reserve is over $50,000. And it's not a squatter. The guys name is Ron Paul and he has been using it.
I'm sure it gets huge traffic spikes at times. But after super Tuesday it will either be worth a lot or not much.
For that reason I don't think it will go as high as he wants. Someone should inquire about leasing it if it doesn't sell.
I'm sure it gets huge traffic spikes at times. But after super Tuesday it will either be worth a lot or not much.
For that reason I don't think it will go as high as he wants. Someone should inquire about leasing it if it doesn't sell.
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At this point, (B)would probably have the best use for it.
he was asking 50k in July.. And 150k in december.
Best part is, unless the new owner is named ron paul, or creates something totally unrelated to the candidate, he will be a squatter and if HQ pursues it, will have to relinquish the domain and give it to the campaign. Lolz.
Best part is, unless the new owner is named ron paul, or creates something totally unrelated to the candidate, he will be a squatter and if HQ pursues it, will have to relinquish the domain and give it to the campaign. Lolz.
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Interesting....so you can be a squatter even if you buy it for more than the market value, I assume?
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Dude.
Fair market for domain names is not more than $2,000
I worked for a company that bought two of them and neither was anywhere near what you are thinking.
I'd be surprised if this thing sells for more than 1K.
Think again.
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It's really not worth that much - in terms of dollars. One word nouns go for huge amounts, but even they don't get what they used to because type-in traffic makes up a much smaller % of hits in the Google era.
Campaign should offer $5000 for it - take it or leave it. Beyond that, anyone who buys it will be subject to cyber-squatting laws and be forced to give it up.
Campaign should offer $5000 for it - take it or leave it. Beyond that, anyone who buys it will be subject to cyber-squatting laws and be forced to give it up.
My firm posted the auction for my friend/client Ron Paul, and it is totally real. If you do your due diligence, you can quickly verify that this is the case and that I am a reputable business person. This was my first eBay posting, thus no feedback score. This is also the first time that the domain name has been put up for auction.
Also, I would never bid on an auction that I setup, that would be against the rules. When the reserve gets met, you will all see that the reserve is pretty reasonable, not as high as most folks here are guessing.
I'd like to thank all of you who have been supportive during this process.
Also, I would never bid on an auction that I setup, that would be against the rules. When the reserve gets met, you will all see that the reserve is pretty reasonable, not as high as most folks here are guessing.
I'd like to thank all of you who have been supportive during this process.
Save your money. The campaign has already promoted the hell out of ronpaul2008.com While having ronpaul.com would be cool, at this point it doesn't matter, honestly. Anybody who's political who knows how to use the web will eventually find ronpaul2008.com in like 5 seconds.
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You're very wrong about that. No offense, but working for a company who bought 2 domains doesn't make you an expert. But, thanks for mentioning your evidence.
Go look around here for awhile. http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm
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