Now I thought domains were a big market especially when new popular products are announced. I remember all of the domains that sprung up for the Playstation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 when they were announced. There were tons of auctions going on over at
Sitepoint. Well the biggest product announcement right now is the iPhone. There are tons of domains for sale with “iPhone” in the name, but I did not think people were selling e-mail address’s with “iPhone” in them. Well even if they were I did not expect one e-mail address to
sell for $355!! The e-mail address is iPhone_Wholesalers@yahoo.com. I’m not sure if people bidding thought the
auction was for an actual iPhone although the auction clearly states that it is for the e-mail only. You rarely see domains going for that much, especially since there are tons that are almost the same. Who knows, wonder who actually paid $355 for a single e-mail address!
Isn’t selling a @yahoo.com e-mail address against their Terms of Service?
Yes, selling Yahoo email addresses is against their terms of service. We know who won the auction, but due to changes in eBay, it is no longer possible to identify the other bidders.
This reminds me of when people were selling gmail invites left and right.
Seriously, who’d buy that?
I just checked, and iphonewholesalers.net is still available… maybe I should buy it and sell on, maybe I’m not that lame…
You should really credit Techeblog as this was the first site to post about this auction, not sourcing is a big no no, especially for a new site
Some people really need to learn to read everything before they buy something, instead of only looking at the pictures.
Last year there were people who paid hundreds of dollars for an empty Xbox 360 box..
omg!!!!!!!!!!! That is insane for a yahoo email address!!! That is insane for an email address!!!
Keep the work up Bob. Great blog