Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007)

Re:Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007) by ctingom on Saturday March 14, 2009 @02:51AM (#515704)

I don't know about you, but I always kick myself for missing the gold rush to buy hot domain names. It is so obvious in retrospect.

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Re:Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007) by axod on Saturday March 14, 2009 @06:54AM (#515799)

I'd much rather be known for doing something vaguely worthwhile, than being the guy who grabbed all the domains.

Grabbing domains, not using them, and trying to sell them is pretty much blackmail. It's certainly not a nice way to behave IMHO.

The issue though is that domain names are pretty much free to register, but obviously have a far higher value to some people - a loophole that people exploit to make a quick buck.

The other funny disconnect is how little traffic some "premium" domains get.

>> "Greetings.com, but Ham grabs it anyway, for $350,000."

Quantcast says it gets 8,100 US visitors a month.

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Re:Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007) by omouse on Saturday March 14, 2009 @01:24PM (#515979)

I think the reason it gets a low amount of visitors is because it redirects to another website so if someone bookmarks the website, they aren't bookmarking the greetings.com domain. So those 8,100 US visitors a month are probably all new visitors. It sure doesn't hurt Hallmark to get new visitors that way.

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Re:Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007) by krav on Saturday March 14, 2009 @07:10PM (#516296)

Looks like Hallmark owns it now. He must have sold it to them for a tidy profit:

Whois Record

   Registrant: 
      Hallmark Licensing Inc.
      Hallmark Domain Administration
      2440 Pershing Rd. MD 339
      Kansas City, MO 64108

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Re:Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007) by rjprins on Sunday March 15, 2009 @06:41AM (#516752)

No, Ham grabbed "Greeting.com" not "Greetings.com".

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Re:Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007) by daleharvey on Saturday March 14, 2009 @06:43AM (#515798)

I dont, I like to spend my time actually creating wealth and helping people.

not taking advantage of a system that was just too well meaning from the start to try and screw people out of a few million. how nice would it be if the domain hoarders werent around now.

"this is why we cant have nice things"

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Re:Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007) by nikblack on Saturday March 14, 2009 @03:36AM (#515728)

how about instead of thinking about all the things you have already missed, think about what you could be missing right now.

there is always a new opportunity - better to take part in them than to read about them in retrospect.

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Re:Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007) by alecco on Saturday March 14, 2009 @11:32AM (#515886)

DNS was an elegant idea from more civilized times. Domain squatting should be punished in some way.

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Re:Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains (2007) by allenbrunson on Saturday March 14, 2009 @03:27AM (#515725)

yeah. i could have registered "sex.com" for FREE at the right moment in time, and i would be set for life.

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