Current Events > ATTENTION ALL CE'ERS: We need to pool $70,000 to make an offer for mario.com

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We could be the proud owners of mario.com, but imagine the possibilities of owning mario.com (or at least a share of it).

The price could be a lot more as well.

sure i'll lead the funds, you can venmo or paypal me

Bump guys. 70,000. Imagine what we could do with Mario.com

PiOverlord posted...

Bump guys. 70,000. Imagine what we could do with Mario.com

we could sell it to Nintendo for $75,000!

Honestly it's an investment. You know Nintendo is gonna shell out more than that to get it themselves.

Edit: ninja'd. So we're all in agreement then.

I got 5 on it

Hambo posted...

Honestly it's an investment. You know Nintendo is gonna shell out more than that to get it themselves.

Edit: ninja'd. So we're all in agreement then.

I'm just wondering how the heck has Nintendo not bought Mario.com?!?

I wonder if Nintendo has tried in the past, you would think after all these years of the internet, Nintendo would have wanted the domain name.

VeggetaX posted...

I got 5 on it

Perfect!

I would consider contributing to this if there was a way to properly vet it and the the process behind it.

I can only donate like 10 bucks.

I'd be willing to contribute $10,000.

Im in

TC, where did you come up with $70k?

Giant_Aspirin posted...

TC, where did you come up with $70k?

an independent 3rd-party. Full transparency, this was through a medium, so I don't know what price the domain owner would actually want, could be significantly less or significantly more.

PiOverlord posted...

an independent 3rd-party. Full transparency, this was through a medium, so I don't know what price the domain owner would actually want, could be significantly less or significantly more.

I would like some details, since I could potentially put a significant amount into this under the right circumstances.

FigureOfSpeech posted...

I would like some details, since I could potentially put a significant amount into this under the right circumstances.

It was through DomainAgents considering that is what you are redirected to when you search mario.com. They act as a medium to make and accept offers on behalf of the client they are working for. I received an email stating that this is a premium domain name and could likely go above 70,000. According to other 3rd party valuation sites, though, I am seeing other values closer to $25,000. I asked the agent if a lower bidding offer could be made since it would be ridiculous to make a bid for a price they are expecting, when the owner may be willing to settle for less. After all, I feel there has to be a reason Nintendo is not interested, and it's either that the domain owner is asking for way too much (in that case, we probably would have no chance at getting it), or that Nintendo just does not care about owning mario.com, which would mean the domain is not as valuable as the owner was hoping for originally.

I made the topic a little in jest yesterday, but after reviewing the information, I think DomainAgent possibly is just trying to drive the bid up in order to get a higher commission. I wouldn't be surprised if 25k is closer to the value.

On the other hand, I have no expertise in domain ownership.

PiOverlord posted...

It was through DomainAgents considering that is what you are redirected to when you search mario.com. They act as a medium to make and accept offers on behalf of the client they are working for. I received an email stating that this is a premium domain name and could likely go above 70,000. According to other 3rd party valuation sites, though, I am seeing other values closer to $25,000. I asked the agent if a lower bidding offer could be made since it would be ridiculous to make a bid for a price they are expecting, when the owner may be willing to settle for less. After all, I feel there has to be a reason Nintendo is not interested, and it's either that the domain owner is asking for way too much (in that case, we probably would have no chance at getting it), or that Nintendo just does not care about owning mario.com, which would mean the domain is not as valuable as the owner was hoping for originally.

I made the topic a little in jest yesterday, but after reviewing the information, I think DomainAgent possibly is just trying to drive the bid up in order to get a higher commission. I wouldn't be surprised if 25k is closer to the value.

On the other hand, I have no expertise in domain ownership.

good to know. Thanks for the info

I've got a 10p coin somewhere I can chip in.

Damn? Only 70k? If I cash out my 401k I can buy that outright. Then I wouldn't have rent next month but it pays for itself I assume

Additionally, there are other mario sites you can buy. For instance, you can buy mariobros.com, mario.store or more surprisingly, supermariobros.com

I'm seeing a listing for supermariobros.com at 8,000.

Literally, you could own SuperMarioBros.com for 8k. It doesn't get much traffic, though, but it almost feels worth it.

EDIT: What would be more worth it? Mario.com or SuperMarioBros.com?!?

FelineCyborg posted...

Damn? Only 70k? If I cash out my 401k I can buy that outright. Then I wouldn't have rent next month but it pays for itself I assume

Nice, just gotta monetize the hell out of it! Ad on every square inch of the screen.

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Yeah, maybe it's to make sure people who have no money, i.e. teens and such, won't waste their time with bid requests.

Mario Lopez will pay us billions for it

I pledge $3.50

MabusIncarnate posted...

I pledge $3.50

Hellz yeah!

We're on the way to success.

PiOverlord posted...

What would be more worth it? Mario.com or SuperMarioBros.com?!?

we can get both

i can contribute 10 bucks to each

If we become part shareholders in mario.com, do we earn the right to say "It's a-me, Mario!"?

This will color how much I am willing to spend.

DrizztLink posted...

If we become part shareholders in mario.com, do we earn the right to say "It's a-me, Mario!"?

This will color how much I am willing to spend.

I mean, I gotta imagine that we do. What's Nintendo going to do? We literally will own Mario.com at that point!

Dude, there are actually so many ways we could troll with Mario.com.

I like how TC followed up with an agent, excellent fact work! :D I sent a co-worker at work this story because I thought he'd find it amusing. Most I could pony up now comortably is like 500 bucks and even then that's nothing compared to even 25K.