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- perryc, on 03/06/2009, -0/+89whoever bought a bunch of simple name domains in the beginning of the Internet is making a fortune now.
- augustojr, on 03/06/2009, -0/+63thank god, cause i could never find the backwards R on my keyboard before
- Jericho6, on 03/05/2009, -2/+52Doesn't seem like a great investment, but then again I don't know how many people type in toys.com. I'd think Toys r Us is big enough that people just type in their name instead.
- AmyVernon, on 03/06/2009, -2/+33The only thing that surprises me is that it only happened just now.
- showmii, on 03/06/2009, -0/+21Maybe they're trying to win back the business of the "unable to find a backwards 'R' on their keyboard" demographic...
- GlobalGizmo, on 03/06/2009, -1/+20Wow...maybe i just don't realize the dramatic difference between toys.com and toysrus.com
- WhoDoneIt, on 03/06/2009, -0/+17You're a good 10 years too late on that. Good luck with that though.
- IvanB, on 03/05/2009, -0/+16On that from the article:
""In the case of ToysRUs it could be that they are thinking of rebranding or increasing its online presence," she said. "Toys.com is going to put them in the top search ranking and is likely to give them kudos in terms of brand recognition," she added. " - MrTea, on 03/06/2009, -0/+14last I heard, Toys R Us was tanking
- inactive, on 03/06/2009, -2/+15go to nissan.com
- vertigelt, on 03/06/2009, -0/+13I think that a lot of the folks trying their name directly got stuck on figuring out how to type a backwards "R" into the URL.
- PleasantKiller, on 03/06/2009, -0/+13people did make a lot of money but people such as Gurbaksh Chahal almost got sued for buying domain names like hp.com
- Jericho6, on 03/06/2009, -0/+12Yeah, I saw that. But I still don't get it. If I type toys into Google, the very first link I get is www.toysrus.com
Note: Toys.com actually comes up fifth - theword12, on 03/06/2009, -0/+11I feel like such an idiot. I almost bought this, but I bet on toyz.com instead.
- fajitamelt, on 03/06/2009, -1/+12One sounds like children's playthings while the other sounds like a gay porn site featuring Russell shoving toys up his ass. But that's just me.
- MarkBrent, on 03/06/2009, -0/+10Well maybe now at least all of their domain names (i.e. babiesrus.com, ect..) will be hosted on the same domain name, just different sections.
- Zeigy, on 03/06/2009, -0/+10The things I'd do if I could go back to the nineties.
1) Purchase toys.com, porn.com, tv.com, news.com.
2) Advent of broadband, invest in Facebook, Google, start Youtube,
What else? - inactive, on 03/06/2009, -3/+13Toy R Us blows. I know there has to be some parents that have dealt with these douche bags.
- HigherLogic, on 03/06/2009, -0/+91a) Program a script to buy a domain for every word in the dictionary, and buying both singular and plurarl form of Top 100 most commonly used words
Then again, domains back then were like $70+ and wasn't anywhere as easy to buy as they are now. - CVL4317, on 03/06/2009, -0/+9if they request bailout, screw them.
- maqikelefant, on 03/06/2009, -0/+9How in the world does Toys 'R' Us still have the money for this? I thought they've been on the verge of bankruptcy for like, 10 years now...
- Branchex, on 03/06/2009, -0/+7Or being bought, like Cnet, that had news.com and tv.com.
- MtheoryX, on 03/06/2009, -0/+7Maybe not...
http://www.digest.com/Big_Story.php
Looks like Nissan is suing them. - jlimon, on 03/06/2009, -0/+7Я
- Hobbes24, on 03/06/2009, -0/+6not quite.
as the internet was gaining popularity, some people would do as you said, and purchase thousands of ip adresses for things like "fassion.com" "movies.com" "whatever.com", and even brand names like "burgerking.com"
becasue there were no laws, they could then sell these domains at big profit to people later.
i'm not sure how this worked out in other countries, but in the us, where most purchasing was being done at the time, these ip grabbers were brought to court.
the judge ruled that if they were going to buy these really popular ips, they had to actually use them for legit websites.
and thusly, they had to use them, or sell quickly (read: for not much), or lose them.
so no, people aren't making bank for buying up tons of ips.
whoever was using toys.com as a legitimate ip is though. - nextekcarl, on 03/06/2009, -0/+5What happened?
- inactive, on 03/06/2009, -1/+6The point is, eventually nissan will offer the owners of that ***** site millions.
- augustojr, on 03/06/2009, -1/+6probably, since they already do that with TRU.com
but damn 5 mil just to redirect something, seems a bit much. - inactive, on 03/06/2009, -1/+6I registered at babies r us when I had a kid. Worst mistake ever. Next time I'll stick with Target.
- cloudberries, on 03/06/2009, -1/+6sex.com also. And buy your own name as a domain too, since you'd no doubt also use your new-found time travelling powers to become King of the World. Hell, I know I would*
(*somehow) - stevenk87, on 03/06/2009, -0/+5$5 million for a domain name during these times? And they try to tell us we're in a recession...
- Branchex, on 03/06/2009, -1/+5Hopefully this helps them fight off Wal-mart in the toy and video game market.
- bertsbrother, on 03/06/2009, -2/+6GOD it seems so easy...
Now I must predict the names of future companies and register lots of domain names - inactive, on 03/06/2009, -0/+4i saw that toys.com just forwards. can you legally buy a domain name like, dildos.com and forward it to a reputable site?
- cloudberries, on 03/06/2009, -0/+4Nah, just grab 5 super-high value domain names - that would see you minted for life.
- inactive, on 03/06/2009, -0/+4Why do I suspect that you own that domain and why do I suspect you flip domain names for a living?
- voxtarri, on 03/06/2009, -0/+4i don't understand why this is news. companies do this ***** all the time
- inactive, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3O RLLLLLLY?....a 5 year can think that up...you are NOT a marketing genius
- seanovan, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3I don't wanna grow up...
- newman8r, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3yeah he is man... kram is the marketing guru of the 21st century
- inactive, on 03/06/2009, -1/+4"if they request bailout, screw them."
damn!! I was just about to write that same thing!!! - inactive, on 03/06/2009, -5/+8I bet toys.com gets a lot of direct traffic by people inputting the site alone. If Toys R Us decides to market the fact they have toys.com, they could get a lot of sales. I would integrate the toys.com domain into their current marketing commercials.
- matude, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3The other one is a Russian fake copy.
- NegativeDigg, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3Nissan has lost every case brought by them to Nissan computers.
- zulfy26, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3Except Nissan is that guys family name.
- ethana2, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3Yeah, Я. It's AltGr+shift+\, <super><fn><shift>r
- Nimsim, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3What about the people that buy up things like:
Piratebay.com (not .org)
bank.com
yourstruly.com
and just stuff them with ads?
I heard the guy that owns most of these ***** ips is raking in the dough.
Then again, i tried googling it, and didn't find him. - subeta, on 03/06/2009, -0/+3Do none of you know they are changing their name to "Toys" and not Toys r Us?
- tidu, on 03/07/2009, -0/+2Yeah, because when I'm looking for porn, the first place I go to is porn.com.
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