Can iLightning Strike Twice? iReport Added to Free Celebrity Giveaway!

In a related post, below, I offered several celebrities and high-profile organizations their numeric domain for free. I'm pleased to announce a late entry to the field.

Ten years from now, some people will perhaps look back at this post and have an opinion. If they do, I suspect most views will be situate in the “eh, …whatever, who cares” middle ground. But if I know Domainers, and more specifically NuDoms (Numeric Domainers), some opinions will be firmly entrenched at the poles, either:

1. He GAVE that domain away? For FREE? What a/n idiot, putz, bonehead, friggin’ newb (add your own expletive), or

2. He GAVE that domain away? For FREE? Wow! (again, add your own)

WHY?

Like many Domainers, I look to my more esteemed peers (Ham, Schilling, Ye, Ostrofsky, Zappy etc) for ideas, experience, knowledge, guidance, inspiration (ok, that’s enough brown nosing, ed.). In this case, the guru of choice, not surprisingly, is Rick Schwartz. It’s the self-proclaimed “Domain King” for a number of reasons. (many of which can be found on his blog http://www.ricksblog.com). Rick advocates:

   * Domain appraisals are ALL worthless

   * You advertise NOW

   * We are all self-appointed

   * Follow the money

   * People called me a fool

   * Circumstance drives deals, and…

   * He sold iReport.com for $750,000

My objective is crystal clear. I aim to raise the awareness of the use and utility of numeric domains, to help to enable their use and ultimately to raise the value of numeric domains across the board. In a recent, well publicized sale…

CNN was sufficiently prepared to:

   * Commit the time and people to negotiate for months

   * Spend 750k to buy iReport.com and:

   * Launch a Web site dedicated to “uncensored, user-powered news”,

Maybe CNN is prepared to:

   * negotiate for a few hours

   * spend $0.00 for the numeric domain equivalent for iReport (4737678.com) and,

   * run a parallel wireless Web site specifically formatted for cell phone and other mobile device access - and worldwide delivery of “uncensored, user-powered news”

Maybe they’ll get it. Maybe they won’t.

I guess it really depends on CNN’s/iReports view of what the Domain King describes as “circumstance”.