Should the Ebola.com sale be recorded at $50,000 dollars instead?

Today’s big news was covered by Elliot, in a post about the sale of Ebola.com; the valuable tip came from Canadian domain investor, George Kirikos. The domain name received plenty of – mostly negative – coverage recently, from higher-than-thou reporters with obvious personal agendas. Mr. Jon Schultz is probably laughing all the way to the […]

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Going viral: Ebola.com strikes back with web site upgrades

For the best part of last week, Ebola.com and its owner received plenty of unwarranted negative coverage by mainstream media, that blasted its “for sale” status. Jon Schultz, owner of the domain he lawfully acquired for $13,500 in 2008, was verbally assaulted in a series of sensationalist posts that reeked of anti-entrepreneurial bias: The Washington […]

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Want Ebola domains? You got them!

Ah, it’s Friday, and President Obama just announced the appointing of an “Ebola czar.” While the matching dot com – EbolaCzar.com – has already been registered as of four days ago, you can still get “Ebola domains” for a registration fee. That’s right, we did all the hard work for you. Here’s a list of […]

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Parasitic Capitalism? Ebola.com domain owner called a ‘Squatter’

Parasitic capitalism. This is the latest and greatest reference to the availability of the domain, Ebola.com, for $150,000, by the Foreign Policy – a publication that describes itself as “A Trusted Advisor for Global Leaders When the Stakes are Highest.” Describing Jon Schultz, owner of the domain name Ebola.com as a “squatter“, the article attempts […]

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Gizmodo: Ebola.com owner is an “opportunistic piece of human garbage”

An article slash opinion piece in Gizmodo, announces the well-known by now fact that Ebola.com is being offered for sale by its owner, Jon Schultz, for $150,000 dollars. The article’s writer, Matt Novak, focuses on this sale as if it were a way to make money in times of fear. Alongside the Washington Post article […]

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The Washington Post calls Ebola .com owner a ‘merchant of disease’

A quasi-promotional article in the Washington Post covers the domain Ebola.com, and refers to its owner, Jon Schultz as a “merchant of disease.” It’s not just that Schultz is seeking six figures for Ebola.com, a conservative amount by all means. According to the article, Jon Schultz’s other domains include BirdFlu.com (acquired for $20,000), H1N1.com and […]

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Domains owned by Ebola “patient zero” were quarantined

The so-called “Patient Zero” in the recent Ebola virus incident involving a Liberian man who traveled to Dallas, Texas, owned several domain names and even active web sites. According to research data provided by DomainTools, Thomas Eric Duncan personally managed domains and web sites, mostly .com, .net, .org, one .info and one .biz. “These domains […]

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GoDaddy: Ebola domain names in registration epidemic!

The outbreak of Ebola domain names is going global; thousands of such domains were registered since the virus gained strength in Africa. Hundreds of new viral cases, which is lethal about 90% of the time, have led to numerous domain registrations of Ebola domains. GoDaddy, the #1 domain registrar in the world, quickly moved in […]

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