Tows.com has met its reserve on Afternic. Is Oprah Winfrey the buyer?
I know it’s a little weird, but I have a daily habit of checking out the “closing soon section” at Afternic. This section includes domains that have met their reserve price and are closing in the next seven days. I figure if someone makes a bid on a domain then it’s worth my time to consider buying it.
Tows.com is on the list and it ends in about 4 days. The current bid is $2,625 with a “buy now” price of $3,000. I had no idea what this could be used for other than a car towing service, so I searched for “tows” on Google. Here’s the first listing:
E-MAIL THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
E-MAIL THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW Do you have an idea for a show? Do you have a
comment you’d like to share with us? Please fill out the form below, …
www.oprah.com/email/tows/email_tows_main.jhtml – Similar pages
I’m not an Oprah regular (seriously), so I don’t know if people frequently abbreviate “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as TOWS. But could it be Oprah that is buying Tows.com to use for her show? Granted, I would think Oprah would just pay the $3,000 “buy now” price to make sure no one else snags the domain.
I’ll check in on the domain in a few weeks and see who the new owner is.
Matt says
Oprah is not buying it! It’s a birthday gag gift for a friend of mine who happens to be a podiatrist. Toes.com is not for sale so this one will do. Sorry if I rained on your parade 🙂
Matt
Editor says
Oh well. Maybe Oprah will call your friend and offer lots of money for it in the future 🙂
That’s quite a gag gift!