uBuy (.) com Dropped and I got it!!!!

[topfetch]

I wanted to share this with others.

on November 25th last week I surprisingly received an email that I was the new owner of uBuy dot com. in early 2004 while playing around with drops I tried out a backordering service on a GoDaddy reseller site and paid the $18 to backorder the name. I had completely forgotten about it as I knew there was a very slim chance of it ever working because of all the drop catchers these days and it being a premium name.

Does anyone here know the story behind this name? I have been after it for about 6 years since I also own the .net and sent numerous emails to the previous owner with no replies. I know they were a publicly traded company at one point and there were a few others trying to contact them as well.

It finally hit me of how lucky I really got with this. There must have a been a very very slim chance of this ever happening.

Any ideas you guys have for the name also let me know. I have already received 5 unsolicited offers on the name through whois but I would preferrably like to find a codeveloper and have this developed.

 

[Sonny Banks]

Nice domain

 

[owntag]

Congrats, you beat ZL.com deal.

 

[Chuck]

Very nice grab for GD and you ....of course

 

[topfetch]

Congrats, you beat ZL.com deal.

Same thing happened with ZL.com?

 

[DomainsInc]

Damn. Thats sweet. Even got to keep the original creation date. 1995 domain for $18...why can't something like that happen to me.

 

[BostonDomainer]

YES WE CAN!!! Sorry couldn't help myself.... a great story. Congratulations! I wait for the day when something like this happens to me.

 

[stewie]

congrats!!! nice catch

 

[nattydomain]

Indeed a HUGE catch.........and yes with the date and history....You won the domain lottery!

 

[PRED]

u kidding?

godaddy couldnt catch a cold

 

[DN BROKER]

i found this

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_July_6/ai_55922362

 

[Sonny Banks]

i found this

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_July_6/ai_55922362

Wow!

 

[PRED]

u just beat me to it, i found this lol
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ubuy....Microsoft;+Chooses+MSN+Internet...-a055922362

dont get any traffic to speak of now though by look of alexa and also archive.org

 

[topfetch]

u just beat me to it, i found this lol
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ubuy....Microsoft;+Chooses+MSN+Internet...-a055922362

dont get any traffic to speak of now though by look of alexa and also archive.org

Its getting over 100 uniques a day and nearly $10 in revenue a day. Not too bad. I saw that article but its almost 10 years old. I wonder if its been the same owner up until me.

u kidding?

godaddy couldnt catch a cold

LMAO, I know tell me about it. Thats why I couldnt believe it. It was a GoDaddy reseller by the name of InternetHostCafe.com

 

[DNBA]

wow what a slip up by the owner. Im sure lots of great names will be coming around in the next 2-3 years. All of these .coms that lost their asses that reged names for 10 years more likely lost the contact info in the whois.

 

[diecipher]

Awesome... that goes to show that anything is possible (even with godaddy)

 

[DN BROKER]

Congratulation! It's a great achievement, you have once again shown us the power of possibilities with the .com sector. $18 for a domain that will fetch a healthy profit.

All the best

 

[lotk.com]

Very nice domain topfetch! Congrats!

 

[DNP]

Can uSell it to me? I have some cash available! LOL

 

[michaelg314]

Wow. incredible. Congrats!!