First names in .com are some of the more valuable virtual real estate out there online, Susan.com sold for $34,000 at the 2015 NamesCon auction. Justin showed the world his life on Justin.tv. Some use modified or less popular versions of a first name to brand their business, Lynda.com is one popular example.
Mike stumbled upon Gail.com and the FAQ on the site is rather interesting, the domain was a gift from a husband to a wife back in 1996 when most did not even understand domain names.
Hello and welcome to the gail.com FAQ.
Q: Why isn’t there any content here?
A: All personal web content is hidden on back pages to conserve bandwidth.
Q: Interested in selling gail.com?
A: Sorry, no.
Q: How did you manage to get gail.com?
A: My husband registered it as a birthday gift back in 1996.
Q: How many times a day is this page visited?
A: In 2014 this page received 1,829,385 hits, which is an average of 5,012 per day. Eighty-five percent of those hits were from unique IP addresses. Occasionally, we get Redditted and get several tens of thousands of visitors over a day or so.
Q: I think you’re infringing on my trademark…
A: You can’t have an exclusive trademark on a common word or name. My husband and I successfully defended ourselves against an attempted domain coup d’état in 2006; see WIPO Case D2006-0655 for more information.
Q: Don’t you know that you could throw some ads up and make money?
A: Yes, I know, thank you. For those who feel they need more advertising in their life, have a look at our nifty EFF ad below.
Thanks for visiting,
Gail (faq at gail period com)
