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This news article is a diamond. 50 Million 'hits' since January and the owners only make $300 / month. Are they missing something?
Here's the article:
Monday, September 30, 2002
Hornets fan scores with Internet site
Kevin Walters
American Staff Writer
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A University of Southern Mississippi student got the fast break on the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Hornets when the North Carolina-based team decided to pack up and move to New Orleans late last year.
Poplarville resident Brad Coburn, 26, registered the site name "NewOrleans Hornets.com" for $35 before the team's move, ensuring he would have the rights to that site's domain name.
Little did Coburn know that the Web site he helped create - devoted to all things related to the New Orleans Hornets - would score a slam dunk with fans, racking up about 50 million "hits" since its launch in January.
Coburn's interest in starting the site isn't financial. The site, which features news of Hornets goings-on, message boards for Hornets fans to trade information and a calendar, only makes enough money in donations and sponsorship to cover its server costs of about $300 per month.
"It's more of a fun thing," Coburn said. "We have sponsors but that's just to pay server costs. You really can't sell anything nowadays."
He said he and his partner, Andrus Whitewing, who founded a site devoted to the New Orleans Saints, have fielded offers from buyers wanting to acquire the domain name and all its visitors.
Though Coburn thought about taking the money, he eventually turned it down.
"I'm having so much fun doing it," he said. "I don't anticipate selling the name."
What the site does provide is news pertaining to all things relating to the Hornets. In the vein of popular Web sites like the political site The Drudge Report or entertainment-based site Aint-It-Cool News, Coburn's site posts news about the Hornets that comes from outside the NBA pipeline.
For instance, Coburn found the Hornets' new logo and posted before it was officially unveiled by Hornets' upper management earlier this year.
"I heard through some channels that they (Hornets) weren't pleased with that," Coburn laughed.
But Coburn maintains he only wants to post news that's verified and not rumors.
"We're more inclined to provide news that they can't provide," Coburn said. "We just want to find the news that's really going on behind the scenes."
The New Orleans Hornets, who have yet to play a game in the Crescent City, welcome the buzz about their team, who wore out their welcome in Charlotte, with ownership feuding with fans over constructing a new arena.
ref: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20020930/localnews/191735.html
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Here's the article:
Monday, September 30, 2002
Hornets fan scores with Internet site
Kevin Walters
American Staff Writer
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A University of Southern Mississippi student got the fast break on the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Hornets when the North Carolina-based team decided to pack up and move to New Orleans late last year.
Poplarville resident Brad Coburn, 26, registered the site name "NewOrleans Hornets.com" for $35 before the team's move, ensuring he would have the rights to that site's domain name.
Little did Coburn know that the Web site he helped create - devoted to all things related to the New Orleans Hornets - would score a slam dunk with fans, racking up about 50 million "hits" since its launch in January.
Coburn's interest in starting the site isn't financial. The site, which features news of Hornets goings-on, message boards for Hornets fans to trade information and a calendar, only makes enough money in donations and sponsorship to cover its server costs of about $300 per month.
"It's more of a fun thing," Coburn said. "We have sponsors but that's just to pay server costs. You really can't sell anything nowadays."
He said he and his partner, Andrus Whitewing, who founded a site devoted to the New Orleans Saints, have fielded offers from buyers wanting to acquire the domain name and all its visitors.
Though Coburn thought about taking the money, he eventually turned it down.
"I'm having so much fun doing it," he said. "I don't anticipate selling the name."
What the site does provide is news pertaining to all things relating to the Hornets. In the vein of popular Web sites like the political site The Drudge Report or entertainment-based site Aint-It-Cool News, Coburn's site posts news about the Hornets that comes from outside the NBA pipeline.
For instance, Coburn found the Hornets' new logo and posted before it was officially unveiled by Hornets' upper management earlier this year.
"I heard through some channels that they (Hornets) weren't pleased with that," Coburn laughed.
But Coburn maintains he only wants to post news that's verified and not rumors.
"We're more inclined to provide news that they can't provide," Coburn said. "We just want to find the news that's really going on behind the scenes."
The New Orleans Hornets, who have yet to play a game in the Crescent City, welcome the buzz about their team, who wore out their welcome in Charlotte, with ownership feuding with fans over constructing a new arena.
ref: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20020930/localnews/191735.html
quack