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Re: [AWNews] Domain Update (was Re: uhhhhh) (Community)
Re: [AWNews] Domain Update (was Re: uhhhhh) // Community
Sep 18, 2002, 7:54pm
Pricks!
Ive been waiting or the site to come back online , one of my fav's :)
F.
[View Quote]"goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
news:3D88680F.8000000 at utn.cjb.net...
> I suppose now would be a good time to give everyone a heads up as to our
> situation with AWNews.com
>
> As some of you may know, we've been in the process of transferring all
> AWNews property from Cybor, the former owner, to myself. The website
> hosting has been secured, but the awnews.com domain name is another
> matter entirely.
>
> The story goes like this: It didn't seem as if there was any
> straightforward way to transfer the domain from one owner to another.
> So, Cybor decided to just let the domain run out and I would have to
> pick it up when it went on the public market. Unfortunately, I couldn't
> get a straight answer out of register.com, the domain's registrar, as to
> when the domain would go public. Still, since all the other "awnews"
> domains (awnews.net, awnews.org, etc) have been available for months, I
> figured no one would go for awnews.com, so I didn't watch it very
> closely. Boy, was that a mistake.
>
> On Sept. 8th, soon after the domain went public, some domain-grubbing
> outfit called MostWantedDomains.com snatched it up and posted it as
> being "up for sale". When I asked them how much they wanted for it, they
> told me $1,250. I essentially told them to stuff it, since I would've
> only had to pay $35 for it had I picked it up in time, and that they'll
> never find another buyer for that domain.
>
> Which brings us to now. Since I doubt MWD.com is going to be generous
> enough to simply drop the domain, we're in the process of trying to
> decide on a new domain name for AWNews. Possible suggestions include
> domains like aw-news.com and awnews.org. If any of you has a suggestion
> you think would be a) easy to remember, and b) has something to do with
> "AWNews", feel free to post it here and we'll consider it.
>
> Thanks for your help, and we're sorry for any disruption/inconvenience
> all of this may have caused you. :-/
>
> --
> Goober King
> AWNews.? Editor in Chief
> robrod at prism.net
>
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