Webwork - 12:15 am on Aug 16, 2006 (gmt 0)

WolfLover, I've been letting this thread ride for awhile, if for nothing else but its entertainment value. Ordinarily I'd look upon a post saying "I've got this $17,000 domain" as a 1) violation of the Charter; and, 2) someone trolling for bids for their "valuable" domain. This time I'm going to make an exception, in hope that there's some educational value in the effort.

First, though, allow me to say in all honesty that I sure would be happy for you if you were able to unload a recently registered domain for anything near $17,000. I cannot blame you, a newcomer to domaining, for being excited by the appraisal. Such recent success would likely infect many of us with irrational exhuberance and cause some of us to begin recklessly spending our credit limits - save for some well earned cynicism. But who know? There's always a chance . . :)

Now, just for the unruly heck of it - and to perhaps shed some light on the merits of such "almost free" appraisals - allow me to invite you to post up your domain and your $17,000.00 appraised domain only in this thread. Let's all see what a newly registered $17,000 domain name looks like and then we can analyze the merits of the domain appraisal tool that placed that kind of value on the domain.

Who knows? Maybe WolfLover just registered a winner? Or maybe WolfLover totally has the wool pulled over my eyes and IS simply looking to hawk his wares here. :0)

Show your cards WolfLover and let's talk.

Caveat to anyone reading this post: Be advised that anyone who would post up a domain in this forum, at any time for any reason, that is not their own domain name would run afoul of the WebmasterWorld anti-outing policy. Outing of someone else's website OR domain name stands to get you banned from WebmasterWorld. (Read the TOS.) Obviously this would not apply to discussions of domain names in the mainstream media. For anyone else reading this thread be advised that yours truly, sometimes also known in other realms as CrankyOldMan, does not intend to suffer a succession of similar "I just registered a domain and it appraised for $$$$" posts. It just ain't gonna happen. Sorry,(not really. :-P) but this exception applies to WolfLover only - assuming he/she wishes to continue participating in the discussion.

[edited by: Webwork at 1:07 pm (utc) on Aug. 16, 2006]