Proof I know nothing about the domain name market
While surfing today, I came across some evidence that, despite reading up on it for years and owning several domains, I know absolutely nothing about the domain name market. Behold:
For the image-impaired, that right there is a screenshot of the Sedo.com domain name auction site’s “featured domains.” And highlighted in red is the domain whypaintcat.com with an asking price of $3250. That’s over three thousand dollars for whypaintcat.com.
What the hell! It’s gibberish! It’s not even whypaintacat.com, which would at least be grammatically correct. (Or perhaps whypaintcats.com.) By that logic, my domain hiareyou.com has to be worth at least five grand– it’s equally nonsensical, but it has shorter words in it.
And kind of website could you possibly put at whypaintcat.com!? Is it an educational site for cat owners who want to justify their irrational need to put a coat of latex-based on their pets? Is it a new soft drink with a surreal name to attract hipsters? I don’t get it.
If you own whypaintcat.com, or you recently bought it for an outrageous fee from Sedo.com before Googling it and finding this blog posting, please send me an email. I’m bubbling over with curiosity. Was it worth the money?
And for God’s sake: Why paint cat? Inquiring minds want to know.
“Why Paint Cats” is a picture book related to the painting of felines. This person probably made a grab for the non-plural version of the domain after seeing the book and was hoping to sell it to the publisher for some cash.