{"id":43675,"date":"2015-10-02T10:29:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T04:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=43675"},"modified":"2020-05-24T11:06:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T05:36:24","slug":"google-com-domain-sold-for-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2015\/10\/google-com-domain-sold-for-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Buys Google.com Domain Name for $12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google.com\u00a0 domain name was purchased by Sammy Ved for a mere $12, though the joy lasted for few minutes as the system recognized the problem and cancelled the sale, refunding the money. It is an example of how big companies need to\u00a0realize how vulnerable domain name systems are and the need to protect and\u00a0manage their domain names. Glitches do happen, if it can happen to Google, it can surely happen to your domain name!<\/p>\n

Sammy Ved details his\u00a0experience on Linkedin of how he ended up\u00a0owning Google.com though for a\u00a0small while.\u00a0Searching through the Google domains<\/a> interface, he found Google.com was available, he added it to his domain buying cart, and did actually manage to buy Google.co domain name. he completed the purchase, and his credit card was charged. The domain also got added to the Google webmaster console and he got confirmatory details of domain ownership!<\/p>\n

\"buy<\/p>\n

Obviously the system realized the problem, cancelled the sale and fixed the issue. Incidentally Sammy is an ex-Googler and reported it to Google security.\u00a0 Well so Google.com is back with Google.<\/p>\n

Incidentally Google also has a history of deleting the official Google blog<\/a>, and someone else grabbed the blogspot url! Of course it was a Google service and they could get it back easily.<\/p>\n

Either way buying expired domain names<\/a> is a big business and you should always be careful to protect your domain name. Its a good idea to lock domain names<\/a>, register domains for a long 10 years,\u00a0 remember to check that domain contacts are working and of course set it to autorenew. Remember when 9rules domain expired<\/a> …<\/p>\n

Buying domains of brand names \/ celebrities (remember Jeffery Archer!) is big business and called cybersquatting. Selling the owners back their rightful domain earns huge money for the cybersquatter, unless a legal course might let the owners get back their domain name without the premium. Google got lucky Google.com\u00a0was registered with their own service Google domains – any other registrar and it would have been gone…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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