Sticks and stones

Howard Lake | 25 May 1999 | News

The Web address www.computer.com has just been sold for a remarkable $500,000. Internet company Zappy Zapolin bought the memorable address from a US man whose computer programmer wife suggested he might like to register such generic names in 1994. This beats the $150,000 paid for www.business.com in 1997.

The Web address www.computer.com has just been sold for a remarkable $500,000. Internet company Zappy Zapolin bought the memorable address from a US man whose computer programmer wife suggested he might like to register such generic names in 1994. This beats the $150,000 paid for www.business.com in 1997.

Sadly, it is unlikely that any charities are going to be able to sell any of their domain names at such profit. But you never know. If we hear about any entrepreneurial foresight by UK charities we’ll report it here.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.