Republican presidential candidate could have easily gotten his .com domain name.
Over the weekend Texas governor Rick Perry confirmed what a lot of us already knew: he’s running for president in 2012.
Perry’s official web site is RickPerry.org, which makes sense.
But unfortunately for Perry, he doesn’t own RickPerry.com. Even more unfortunate is that he could have easily acquired the domain name last year.
As I wrote in May of 2010, the domain name RickPerry.com had expired. The domain name was previously owned by an outfit called “campaignweb”, which had forwarded the domain to RickPerry.org.
Someone from Rick Perry’s office viewed the story I wrote about the expired domain. Yet they didn’t do anything about it. Instead, someone from Mexico registered the domain name. According to a Domain Name Wire reader, the buyer paid $2,100 to get the domain name in an expired domain auction at NameJet.
The domain name currently doesn’t resolve, but you can bet a lot of traffic is hitting it.
Photo from RickPerry.org.
steven says
It sold at namejet for $2,100
I thought he was washed up or I would have bought it.
Domainer Extraordinaire says
George Bush was smart enough to acquire georgebush.com from a watermelon farmer.
Poor Uncle says
These stories are so much fun.
John Berryhill says
“In an interview with The Des Moines Register this weekend, Mr. Perry used spiritual references to suggest that a presidential bid would be something that God wanted him to do.”
It’s okay. Since God wants Rick Perry to run, surely the Good Lord will take care of the domain name problem.
John Berryhill says
Just think what Rick Perry will do to this domain registrant, now that Perry has threatened the Fed Chairman with “treason” (a capital offense) and said “I don’t know what you all would do to him in Iowa, but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas.”
I guess Chairman Bernanke wouldn’t be the first of his religious persuasion beaten up by Texans.