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Re:Tr.im is now in the process of discontinuing service by mryall on Sunday August 09, 2009 @07:28PM (#751507)
I'd buy the domain name, but I suspect it will go for a lot more than $1000.
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Re:Tr.im is now in the process of discontinuing service by YuriNiyazov on Sunday August 09, 2009 @07:33PM (#751512)
If they were trying to sell the whole package, including the domain name, which is required for the service to continue supporting all the existing links, and no one would buy it even "for a token amount", then why would the domain name alone go for more than that?
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Re:Tr.im is now in the process of discontinuing service by sachinag on Sunday August 09, 2009 @08:10PM (#751574)
Because the domain doesn't cost anything to maintain. The service has hosting and bandwidth costs, which must be relatively substantial for a service of their scale.
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Re:Tr.im is now in the process of discontinuing service by mryall on Sunday August 09, 2009 @07:42PM (#751528)
Because I think "a token amount" is (much) more than $1000 for a business. As it is for a short and readable domain name.
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Re:Tr.im is now in the process of discontinuing service by zokier on Sunday August 09, 2009 @08:52PM (#751636)
Domain name alone is more valuable than whole package with a requirement to keep the service running
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