UK based charity AutismRocks.com purchases Autism.rocks for $100k

[domainseller200]

AutismRocks.com recently paid $100,000 for the domain name Autism.rocks and are now redirecting their .com domain to their newly acquired Autism.rocks domain name.

They obviously don't see .com as king; a bold move on their behalf? To me this seems a very strange thing to do, let alone spending $100,000 for the privilege also.

The purchaser is a very successful trader who is the boss of Solo Capital and operates from Solo.com (which he purchased in late 2011 for $133k) which is why this purchase and decision to redirect the .com has surprised me even more.

 

[Murray]

AutismRocks.com recently paid $100,000 for the domain name Autism.rocks

Good to see they're using their donations wisely :shock:

 

[monaghan]

Good to see they're using their donations wisely :shock:

Just what I was thinking

 

[ian]

Still using the .com email address!

I truly hope that donations made have not paid for this ridiculous acquisition!

 

[Retired_Member42]

Still using the .com email address!

I truly hope that donations made have not paid for this ridiculous acquisition!

Exactly. Even if the owner has paid for it out of his own pocket it's definitely money which would be much better spent on his charity. Ridiculous. Domain is shite too.

 

[scottmccloud]

I don't get this at all. How did they end up paying $100,000? I don't know how big or how well known Autism Rocks is but surely nobody else is going to be able to use this domain name, which almost renders it worthless.

 

[Retired_Member42]

Just read a few articles on it. Sounds like both the buyer and seller are involved in Autism charities, perhaps it's some kind of donation from one organisation to another rather than an outright domain sale?

 

[Adam H]

Just read a few articles on it. Sounds like both the buyer and seller are involved in Autism charities, perhaps it's some kind of donation from one organisation to another rather than an outright domain sale?

Or an employee says to his boss "hey ill buy this crap domain and sell it to the charity for 100k, you convince the board its an awesome acquisition , ill give you half............win win. "

 

[ChrisMM]

It appears the domain was purchased privately rather than through the charity, and that the seller said "it will help his family out greatly, and a big portion of it will go toward charity."

Sounds a bit retarded to me.

 

[aZooZa]

Very stupid indeed.

 

[Edwin]

This narrative, if true, sheds more light on the situation...
http://www.thedomains.com/2015/06/2...ear-sedo-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-202597

 

[ian]

Doesn't wash with me, especially if as it says, sedo/escrow charges applied!

 

[humble pie]

sad that barclays feel a similar way using home.barclays.. (.co.uk not though)


http://www.thedomains.com/2015/06/3...barclays-dot-com-redirects-but-not-the-co-uk/

 

[Murray]

so wanted to make me out to look a fool for bringing it up.

I bet you didn't appreciate that

 

[Edwin]

One of the problems with dotless comes from the disappearance of the address bar in many browsers. So allowing people to just type "barclays" to go to the .barclays main site breaks search completely and makes it impossible for any other business relating to or trading off the term to see any traffic.

dotless is an issue that has been discussed at great length at ICANN in the past before they issued their ruling prohibiting such domains
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-08-30-en

That may be one of the reasons why people didn't seem v. interested ie you were rehashing an issue that was put to bed several years ago...

 

[ian]

It just looks a complete mess, since when did anyone think that home.barclays (for example) is a smart move, looks horrible. We should just do away with www. in the same way as http:// is no longer displayed! With that approach though, shortening what is displayed, .com and .uk would be preferred over .co.uk

 

[Skinner]

Isn't http://barclays./ a qualified address, much like they did with http://to./ shortener back in the day, not quite dotless and a huge headache educating people to do brand DOT Slash.

I wouldn't be surprised if google bring out "AdURLwords" where you can bid on words typed into the address bar, so type barclays, hit enter and it takes you to barclays site, creating dotless urls of sorts.

 

[mat]

The world is moving fast, including how companies use domain names and how people find and use sites. Like it or not we just have to deal with it.

Putting any opinions aside about what is "right" you just have to adapt and get on with it.

I am sure most of these massive companies and organisations would just laugh at the opinions of members of a domain name forum.

 

[bensd]

I wouldn't be surprised if google bring out "AdURLwords" where you can bid on words typed into the address bar, so type barclays, hit enter and it takes you to barclays site, creating dotless urls of sorts.

Brands would love this, surprised google don't do it already. Seems like a no brainer assuming there aren't any restrictions.