Looks like yesterday’s post about Cowboys.com hit a sensitive nerve with some; the truth is that there is so much finely sliced bologna surrounding such big sales stories that we decided to dig further into the Wild West of domaining.
Enter, CowboysAndIndians.com
The domain was auctioned at Namejet on August 20th of this year, selling for the rather low price of $1,609.
Now, keep in mind that the domain was never developed as a store; since its registration in 1998 it has been a developed, online magazine about the West, as a link to an archived 2008 page reveals.
Two months after it was auctioned, CowboysAndIndians.com displays the following incredible statement:
Welcome to Cowboys & Indians Superstore – Cowboys & Indians Western Wear superstore has unfortunately closed its doors. We’re currently liquidating our web assets. Our web domain name CowboysAndIndians.com, is currently for sale and listed up for auction at Sedo.com, with an opening bid of $2,500
What a load of freshly pooped horse manure. The owner even states in his LinkedIn profile the following:
…I actively design, develop, and manage a network of advertising & affiliate-based properties […] I’m entirely responsible for all product development and management issues, as well as traffic analysis, content creation, web design, and monetization efforts for each asset.
Peter, if that page you slapped up is anything remotely related to development, I will gladly eat my entire Photoshop toolbar for lunch. And nice try there – the Cowboys and Indians “superstore” apparently closed its doors before it even opened up for business.
What happened to honesty these days?
From the Sedo page.
Seller’s Listing Price: – 8,000 $US
Lucius are you jumping to conclusions?
How do you know if he put up a store for 48 hours and realized
people were not beating down the doors.
So, he decided to liquidate his extensive inventory and sell the domain.
Lucius – create catch.
“Create catch” – English please 😀
On the subject of your argument, are you just being devil’s advocate? Because what you say doesn’t have an ounce of common sense. The entire message at his web site implies that once upon a time in the Wild West there was a store under CowboysAndIndians.com and it is no more; hence the domain and other (imaginary) assets are for sale. That’s a phony sales pitch, don’t you think?
wow, tough audience here : )
In all fairness, I was gonna develop it.. but two projects popped up that took precedence.. so I bailed on it..
so, you’re correct – the store closed before it even opened. But hell, I’ve seen real brick and mortar stores do that..
Don’t forget though, it’s a darn fine domain name.. and it’s for sale! Cheap! Gettin around 35 uniques a day!
how ’bout I knock $10 off the price for all DomainGang.com readers?
-peter
: )
Hey Peter – it’s tough love that keeps the domain market rolling forward. Welcome to DomainGang and best of luck with the sale of the CowboysAndIndians.com domain and its inventory of Western items; if you have any Apache moccasins I’d like to buy a pair.