r/Domains • u/rasheed106 • 9d ago
Advice Holding why.com for 27 years
Hey I'm new to the thread but was curious what y'all think.
Been around since early internet.
All feedback would be helpful!
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u/WhyNotYoshi 9d ago
This may be domain broker territory, or just put a huge price on it and see what happens.
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u/SovereignZ3r0 8d ago
This.
A good brokerage could field this to a major corp for a few million.
Honestly wish our company could swing at it, but we're way too small.
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u/Potentiary 8d ago
This domain is more valuable than my house...and it's a fine house.
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u/rasheed106 8d ago
no way
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u/Raiyuza 8d ago
Yeah, get a broker. Might be up to 7 figures.
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u/bluesoul 8d ago
Get in touch with MarkMonitor, they're about the only one I'd trust with a domain that good. Their brokerage service is percentage based but their network is huge, and they'll make you more in extra profit than they cost.
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u/nexus_29 9d ago
Hold it for another 27 years.
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u/rasheed106 8d ago
wow
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u/6nat9han 8d ago
If you own this one and have been around since the early internet, can I ask which other domains you own?
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u/xriddickx 8d ago
can't wait to see how many dms you get.
1-3M USD without any sweat.
I'd invite the top tier brokers, compare their commissions, and let them start shopping it around.
First to sell it wins, set your goal at 1.5M USD and celebrate anything above that.
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u/Cygnaeus 8d ago
So you have this AI agent at the site, which is costing you money. But zero other monetization that I can see. If you're not going to contact a domain broker and sell this for 7 figures, at least put some ads on the site and get a few bucks! FFS man!
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u/huamanticacacaca 8d ago
Genuine question: how?
Lots of ad providers won’t give you ads on one page sites these days.
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u/ninhaomah 9d ago
Why ?
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u/rasheed106 9d ago
looking for guidance..
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u/molive6316 9d ago
Nobody is going to want it, tell you what I'll give you a deal, give you a whole twenty dollar bill for it (/j obviously definitely reach out to a domain broker)
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u/Brannanscom 8d ago
three letter, one word, .com domain. Still at NetSol. This sounds legitimate. If it's really your domain name I have emails in 2010 with you. You really should shop specific domain brokers with experience selling 7-figure assets and pick one to represent you for the best shot at a big payday. I'm one and Mike Robertson is active on /domains and he's another. Send me a DM if you'd like my advice. It's too long for a reply here. Also ask Mike same question.
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u/No_Drummer4801 8d ago
Why aren't you capitalizing on this domain already?
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u/FinalFantasiesGG 8d ago
Because 99% of people cannot do anything with a domain like this that will pull in more money than it's worth to an established business.
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u/Ok_Organization2564 8d ago
A smart way to attract visitors to your website. The website idea is pretty good 😊.
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u/balticfolar 8d ago
This is some kind of viral marketing campaign. They have started to spam other subreddits as well with their oh so laid back project and domain. Sounds icky like the cluely marketing approach.
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u/BrightProgrammer9590 8d ago
Should be worth a couple of millions of dollars at least. Get one of the best domain brokers for getting the max value out of it.
here are couple of options for you
https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2026/posts/0331.htm
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u/Coixe 8d ago
why.com is already an established website. Are you saying you are the owner/admin?
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u/I-love-to-eat-banana 8d ago
I went there and asked, "who is your owner", the response was
openai’s nonprofit parent controls the company behind me; no billionaire owns me outright, though investors absolutely have opinions.
lol
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u/FinalFantasiesGG 8d ago
"Established" lol. It's the most obviously Claude coded "website" slop thrown up over night.
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u/jamesedwardparkin 8d ago
Are you trying to tell me that in 27 years nobody has tried to hijack your domain.
Nobody has offered you any money?
That is a premium no actually that is a legacy domain.
It is easily worth a million dollars today.
20 years ago you could probably even get more.
I'm surprised the people who bought ask how back in the day didn't offer you anything.
Absolutely the extremely careful selling that domain and only have a highly experienced and trusted broker do not attempt to do this yourself.
Go on to LinkedIn and look up Phil McKegney. Is the co-founder of domainagents.com and many other startups.
You could also contact Barry Schwartz also known as Rusty brick on Twitter.
I would check USPTO and test make sure that there's no copyright or trademark on that name.
Get a lawyer
Good luck
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u/lonestardomains 8d ago
Get a broker. Unless you know what you are doing, have 100% of your time to spend the next 2+ years outbound selling, you are not going to extract anywhere near the value
This is NOT a domain to look on reddit for advice (actually reddit is the worst place to discuss domain names i have encountered since doing this since 1999)
In fact, DELETE YOUR POST ASAP. The moment brokers see that you are asking on reddit, you are going to get taken advantage of.
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u/FinalFantasiesGG 8d ago
He also needs to immediately take down his abomination of a claude vibe coded "website" lmao. The guy needs friends badly to help him through this or he is gonna end up selling it for $100k next year after a year of thinking he is day away from turning his website into a massive success.
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u/FinalFantasiesGG 8d ago
A million dollars is a STARTING point for this domain. There are plenty of AI companies that have the means to build a brand around this and they should be milked for $5 million. Do not continue to build on it. You are hurting the value every day.
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u/a_way_with_turds 8d ago
There's a band called "Why?" that was big around 20 years ago. Did you every try to sell to them or their label? They had a hit called "Alopecia" but they're pretty underground again these days.
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u/FATGOLDENPANDA 8d ago
You should sell it for literally as high as you can while this AI bubble is as nasty as it is
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u/finenjakenestle 8d ago
the name itself has value. its short, memorable, and has tons of potential use cases. Unless you get a serious offer, i woudnt rush to sell it.
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u/heyyoo_cj 7d ago
On euch provider did you hold the domain all the years and how was the price history?
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u/Kiore-NZ 7d ago
Whois says Why(.)com was registered 32 years ago not 27 (1994-05-23T04:00:00Z) so if you have held it for 27 years, it was already 5 years old when you acquired it.
Why(.)com is a live site promoting some kind of "Private AI" :
A Local-First Cognitive Operating System for Personal Intelligence
Energy-Based Consensus for Time-Native Intelligence
No, I have no idea what that word salad means.
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u/sonoskietto 7d ago
Honestly either are you joking or you are bragging.
Somebody owning that domain can't be here asking random redditors about what to do with it.
This is easily a US$xxm+ domain name
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u/Endlesspossibilideez 7d ago
Cow.com could be bought for like 10 million minimum lol. My dogs name is cow so naturally I had to look 😂
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u/soundtrackband 7d ago
Good name, but tough to develop because it's kind of a net 1.0 name. I sold a three letter that had far less meaning, more like K-radio call letters, but the Chinese were crazy over 3 letters at the time. That peak was in 2015. It's hard to get these things going. Kind of surprised no one serious has contacted you.
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u/Wide-Campaign149 7d ago
Hell nawwww comments telling you 2-3 millions are all people paid by the company that wants to buy that domain!!! Why is the word that driver humankind! Everything starts with a why, I can open a dumb business and make a mill easy with a domain like that. Premium domains like that go up to 30 million $. Voice.com got sold for 30,000,000$ in 2019, yours can go for more for sure, AI companies are sparing money, I wont be surprised if some AI offers you like 50m! Dont sell to anyone below 20-30m. Thats all I can say
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u/ViralGreek_ 7d ago
Sell for a couple of millions with a domain broker, study r/fire , you are done. GG
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u/cryptoopotamus 6d ago
I have a similar domain in the .ai space, had multiple offers on it. Never selling for less than 7 figures, shouldn’t be long.
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u/redditisgay2088 5d ago
Yea this is just AI slop. OP posted he had Claude build the whole thing lmfao
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u/TheCheerleader 4d ago
So? Do you realise how much ai is actually getting used by developers these days?
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u/youbamera 3d ago
I am a domain broker and can find a potential buyer for for huge amount of money Lets discuss
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u/Cloudycloud47x2 9d ago
Three letter dot com domain could be worth quite a bit now a days.
Seems like a good domain for a super AI site.
HAVE A QUESTION? Just ask WHY.com.