Guess Who Owns EmptyChair.com
Without looking at the Whois (unless you’ve already done that) guess who owns the EmptyChair.com domain name.
If you guessed Mike Berkens, you’d be right. If you guessed that he was watching Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican Convention and immediately jumped on to his computer to hand register it, you’d be wrong. Mike’s company has owned EmptyChair.com since at least 2005, according to the Whois history tool.
It seems that the “empty chair” phrase is catching on and has become a hot trend. Apparently, some people put out empty chairs on their lawns yesterday as a sign of frustration at the jobless rate. A union leader apparently threw an empty chair after pretending to speak to Clint Eastwood in the chair.
In any case, if you want to purchase EmptyChair.com, you are in luck. According to the landing page, which does not have any PPC links on it, you can now buy the domain name.
“The hottest political term coming out of the Republican National Convention is now available for immediate purchase!
This domain is priced at $50,000.“
It’s serendipitous when you own the domain name of a hot trend. Hope Mike makes a nice sale.
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Ron
$50k can buy a lot of empty chairs
September 4th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Ron
What is even funnier is, the person who owns EmptyChairs.com lol R. Schwartz
September 4th, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Jay
Which means that R. Schwart made a better deal, because for reg-fee he bought not just one chair, but more chairs
September 4th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Josh
Both wealthy older men, just like Clint lol
I kid I kid.
September 4th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
M Husain Yatnatti
OccupiedChair.com is available now!.. After this post.. it won’t be i guess..
September 4th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Elliot Silver
Is the Occupy movement still moving?
September 4th, 2012 at 9:51 pm
Michael Berkens
Josh
Give me a break, Clint is 82 about 30 years older than I am
As for Rick he is closer in age to Clint
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September 4th, 2012 at 7:24 pm
BullS
soiledchair.com is open
September 4th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
MicroSourcing
Some domain names go up in value on a seasonal basis, which can be lucrative for those who own domain names that people in politics are willing to spend on come election time.
September 4th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
dues paid
curious what people here think most likely buyer for 2POT.US (domain hack on POTUS acronym for Pres of US) is likely to be
September 4th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
Elliot Silver
I don’t get it. I would say it’s most likely going to drop.
September 4th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Website Tv
me thinks your name …….
September 4th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
AB
POT.US I get, but where does the “2″ come from?
September 5th, 2012 at 8:58 am
Garry Epperson
That’s one of the sweetest feelings in the world when one of your domains hits a trend. I’ve had it happen once recently.
September 4th, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Ron
Only if you can cash in……….
September 4th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
Darryl
Please tell us more.. Trends are good, seek the future not the past.
September 5th, 2012 at 11:13 am
Garry Epperson
I don’t spam the comment section. Sorry.
September 6th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
jayjay
“The hottest political term coming out of the Republican National Convention is now available for immediate purchase!
This domain is priced at…“
Déjà vu ~
http://www.elliotsblog.com/sedo-gets-exclusive-listing-on-teaparty-com-02724
Still least the band have a g8 domain name!
September 5th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Paul Omego
Since the Empty Chair issue was made on TV, i have CHAIR.TV available.. LOL
September 5th, 2012 at 5:41 pm