FAQ
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What's the
idea?
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Is this for
real?
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Is this the
authentic record-breaking
domain?
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How did you come up with
the name?
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What makes
this domain so
special?
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Isn't this
domain a little too long to be
valuable?
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I can offer you
$7,500,000, will you sell it to me?
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Who are
you?
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Why are you
doing
this?
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How'd you
come up with the
idea?
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Do you
seriously think someone will
actually buy this
domain?
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Who do you
think will buy this
domain?
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How long do
you think this record will last
once someone buys this
Domain?
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What will keep you or anyone from
repeating this feat after someone
buys this
Domain?
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What will you
do with the
money?
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How long will the domain be
online?
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Why are you
giving $2 Million to your
supporters and only $1 Million to
charity?
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Are you
worried about
copy-cats?
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Do you
currently hold any World
Records?
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Are you
dedicating this World Record
attempt to
anyone?
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What's the
idea? |
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To break
the World Record for Most
Expensive Internet Domain
Name by selling this domain
for $1 more than the
current record.
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Is this the authentic
record-breaking
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Yes.
this idea is 100% my own
and I am the first person
after Marc Ostrofsky to
officially register this
world record breaking
attempt with Guinness World
Records. Also, I have
registered
over 120
domains
related to this
world-record attempt, all
of which lead to this
domain. This is not a joke.
Also, the Guinness category
for this record is "Most
Expensive Internet Domain
Name." Now go to
MostExpensiveInternetDomainName.com.
That's how you know.
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How did you come up with the name? |
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It's was a
lot harder than you think. I needed a
catchy name that was really easy to
remember, would make a great logo, and
that would grow on people the more they
thought of it. I also needed a name that
was self-describing as far as the record
was concerned, but that did not reveal
what the site the new buyer linked it to
would actually be about. See,
business.com is the opposite. It doesn't
reveal it's the current record holder,
yet it does reveal what the site is
about, which does not make people
curious enough to visit it. I also
needed to create a completely new domain
name that had no competition and that
would therefore allow me to register all
its variations and avoid any confusion
with any other pre-existing domain name.
There is no point in making it a name
that might confuse people because the
last thing the buyer of this domain will
want is for other sites to benefit from
their investment at their own cost. For
example, there is no point in making it
"TheRecordBreaker.com" if "RecordBreaker.com"
is taken because people might forget to
put the "the" in front and end up at the
wrong site. Also, I own "RecordBreaking.com"
but I won't make that the
record-breaking domain because people
might type in "Record-Breaking.com" and
I don't own that. So I needed a name
which would be 100% unique so I could
take advantage of it and register every
single variation of it myself and avoid
any and all confusion. This way, no
matter how people choose or remember to
type it in, they will be taken to this
domain. Try it out:
RecordBreaking.com,
RecordBreakingDomain.com,
TheRecord-BreakingDomain.com,
Record-BreakingDomain.com,
The-Record-Breaking-Domain.com,
TheRecordBreakingDomainName.com....it
doesn't matter how you type it in, as
long as you remember that this is the
record-breaking domain, because you're
going to reach
TheRecordBreakingDomain.com
anyway. Damn, I love that name!
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What
makes this domain so special? |
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The curiosity factor. See, when
most people find out that business.com is the worlds
most expensive domain name, then don't actually
visit the domain because they know it's going to be
about something BOOORING, plus, they already expected
something like that to hold the record anyway. Likewise, if
the record were held by CustomerService.com, no one
would care. But, if the world record for most
expensive internet domain name was
TheRecordBreakingDomain.com,
everyone would be like "What the heck?? What
is that? Why would anyone buy that? How the heck can
that hold the record? I HAVE to find out where this
mysterious little domain leads to..." because it
would be completely UNEXPECTED. And THAT'S
where the value is...that's the magic touch, what I
like to call the "Eyebrow-Raising, Mouth-Opening,
Gasp-inducing, WOW Effect", that makes this domain
so special. Curiosity is a beautiful
thing...and it's going to make me and several others
very rich people and give the buyer publicity they
never thought possible.
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Isn't this domain a little too
long to be
valuable? |
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Not at
all. Most people in the domain name
business
think that only short,
one word domains are of any
value because they're the
easiest to remember. I want
to challenge that
notion. My domain name
is as easy to remember as
many one-word domains. You
only need to hear my domain
name once and it sticks in
your head and even GROWS on
you! Plus, a domain
is really worth what
someone will pay for it and
is as valuable as the
publicity it gets,
regardless of the
length. And my domain
will be getting A LOT of
publicity. Also, the second
someone buys my domain for
$7,500,001, it will be
worth at least that, but
probably a lot more. My
domain is unique,
self-describing, to the
point, and easily
remembered...and, c'mon,
it's a lot juicier than
business.com! And if you
ever saw it in the Guinness
Book of World Records, it
would SHOCK you so much,
you'd actually pay it a
visit it. And that's
exactly what I'm going
for...
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Who are
you? |
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I'm a 25
year old Internet
entrepreneur who quit his
day job as a boring
financial consultant to
make a living on the latest
capitalist frontier. I hate
office jobs, water coolers,
being strangled by a tie,
having a desk that doesn't
really belong to me,
working for someone else,
and having to ask
for permission to take a
vacation. I like being my
own boss. I'm as
international as the
Internet itself. I was born
in Argentina, have a
Spanish passport, yet have
lived in Boston, Montreal,
Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo,
and Sydney. My first
language is English
although my native language
is Spanish. I also
speak fluent Portuguese and
a little French. Just don't
ask me where I'm from cuz I
have no idea. I did two
years of Computer Science
at Tufts University in Boston but
ended up with a Bachelor of
Commerce and a double-major
in Finance and Management
from the
University of
New South
Wales in
Sydney, Australia. I have
more awesome ideas than my
wallet can afford, and I
need to sell this domain to
raise enough for my next
JUICY one. And I'm not just
saying that to be cute. If
you want to know anything
else about me, just
e-mail
me or ask me
in the
forum.
I'm friendlier than a
poodle.
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Why are you doing
this? |
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Because
I can. Why not? And I'm not
going to lie to you, all my
life I've wanted to become
a multi-Millionaire...those who know me
well can attest to that...and
if I can do it before I'm
30 and give millions away
to my supporters and
charity at the same time,
even better! I will stop at
nothing. I'm
also doing this for the
absolute adrenaline,
because I love the thrill
of a good challenge and,
believe me, selling this
domain for the
record-breaking amount is
going to be the biggest
challenge of my life. I
wouldn't mind becoming a
World Record holder either.
But I'm NOT doing this for
my 15 seconds of fame.
Fifteen seconds is not
enough to get you anywhere
in life. I want
more.
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How did you come up with the
idea? |
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I was
actually browsing the
Guinness World
Records site
and saw the world record
for Most Expensive Internet
Domain Name. I just sat
there and thought to
myself, hey, that's a lot
of money, but you know
what, I think I can beat it
and do it in a completely
original way. And the idea
was born right there and
then. I had to come up with
a domain name and
TheRecordBreakingDomain.com
had a good ring to it.
Seriously though, why
should Marc get to have all
the fun and make millions
from the sale of his domain
name? Fair enough, he had a
pretty damn good domain
name. But I want to have my
cake and eat it too.
Difference is, I will have
to MAKE mine worth millions
through publicity and a
great idea, not intrinsic
value.
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Do you seriously think
someone will actually buy
this
Domain? |
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Of
course! But not right a
way, though, because
the buyer will wait to
see what kind of
attention this gets
before deciding to buy
it. This is why
I need
your
support.
When you think about
it, though, $7,500,001
is only equivalent to a
one and a half minute
television commercial
during the Super bowl,
yet this domain and the
publicity it will
experience has a lot
longer shelf life,
greater impact, and
much more overall ZING.
And here's the paradox.
This domain is worth
nothing unless someone
buys it for the
record-breaking amount.
Yet as soon as someone
buys it, they break the
record, and instantly
make it worth that
much. That's what's so
intriguing about it. So
whoever buys it will
have realized this
beforehand.
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Who do you think will buy this
domain? |
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Maybe a
billionaire who has everything in the
world except a World
Record. Maybe an online
Casino hungry for a new
publicity stunt (although I
think this is even too big
for the likes of the
Golden
Palace).
Maybe even a serious
multinational corporation
that realizes the great
bang-for-the-buck of this
type of publicity and wants
to put an Ad here for their
latest product. Or perhaps
a small island country in
the Pacific looking to
revive their tourism
industry. The most obvious
seems to be a domain
registrar company seeking
to establish its dominance or the very
own Guinness World Records looking to
claim the title and link it to its own
site.
Whoever it is, I am sure
we'll soon find out, and
the whole world will be
watching.
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How long do you think this
record will last once someone
buys this
domain? |
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A VERY
long time, if not forever.
There is no indication that
any domain is for sale at
anywhere near this price.
If the buyer is worried
that $1 is too small a
buffer to break and
maintain the record, they
can always buy it for more,
but I personally don't
think that's necessary.
This is a
once-in-a-lifetime concept.
All imitations will be
worthless.
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What will keep you or anyone
from repeating this feat after
someone buys this
domain? |
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Let me
answer with a question:
Have any of those Pixel
pages been anywhere near as
successful as the Million
Dollar Homepage? No. Why
not? Because none of them
got the publicity it got
for being the original. The
Internet is hungry for
original ideas. Copy cats
end up nowhere. Also, once
this domain is sold, that's
it, the one and only record-breaking
domain will already be
taken. The allure for
repeating it will have been
lost since the novelty of
the idea will no longer
exist. People will shrug
off any further attempts as
a "copy cat" and ignore it.
It will lack the publicity
reserved strictly for
original ideas and required
for someone to pay
millions. The reason this
idea will have so much
publicity is because no one
has thought of it or done
it before. Once it is done,
this will no longer be the
case. Plus, I've already
registered all the relevant
domains.
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What will you do with the
money? |
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Well, $2
million will go to my supporters and $1
million will go to charity. That leaves
me with a cool $4.5 million and one. I'm not
going to retire on an
island and sip margaritas
for the rest of my life, if
that's what you're
thinking. Even that gets
boring after a while. Plus,
a few million dollars may
buy you security and keep you away from
a desk job and having a boss, but it
doesn't buy you a private
jet. I want a private jet.
I hate waiting in line to
check in. In order to do
that, however, I will need
to invest those few
millions into my own
business to bring to
fruition my many awesome
ideas that will give me a
return on investment worthy
of a private jet. I'm not
even kidding. There is so much I want to
do online but I just don't have the
resources yet. That will all change very
soon.
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Why are you giving $2 Million
to your supporters and only $1
Million to
charity? |
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Because
if I don't offer $2 Million
to my supporters, this
domain will simply not sell
and charity will never get
those $1 Million. And the
reason I'm not pledging
more than $1,000,000 to
charity at this moment is
because I've calculated
roughly how much I would
need for my next big ideas,
which is around $5 million give or take.
But I also want to do my
part, and that's why I
added
TheHungerSite.com
as a Main Sponsor, so it
can benefit from the
publicity this domain gets.
Also, this doesn't mean I
won't give out more to
charity from my own pocket
once the sale goes through,
I just wanted to commit to
at least $1,000,000
now.
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Are you worried about
copy-cats? |
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Not at
all. There can only be ONE
record-breaking domain. And
this is it. One of the
things that makes this
domain so valuable is that
the name is
self-fulfilling. The name
describes exactly what it
is, without giving away
what's behind it, making
people curious enough to
want to find out. I mean,
someone could register
SuperDuperDomain.com and
try and sell it for
$7,500,002, but it won't be
TheRecordBreakingDomain.com,
of which there can be only
one. To ward off
opportunists, however, I
have registered OVER 120
other domain names
synonymous with this one
plus the top misspellings
and typos for this domain
name. The buyer of this
domain will be given the
opportunity to buy
these other
domains
separately for $1 to ensure
that this domain alone
sells for the
record-breaking amount and
satisfies the requirements
for a world record. Accept
no imitations.
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Are you dedicating this World
Record attempt to
anyone? |
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Yes, I
am dedicating this World
Record attempt to my
girlfriend, Aleksandra, (sorry ladies,
I'm taken ;-) and
to all the young
entrepreneurs out there who
have a BIG and original
idea but aren't sure what
to do with it. In the wise
words of Nike, JUST DO
IT!
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