Name game
It might make some Seattle SuperSonics fans’ heads explode, but folks are already positioning themselves to own the Internet domain for whatever name the NBA franchise adopts when it arrives in Oklahoma City. In late March and early April, someone or several someones began buying up Internet domain names related to new names for the franchise currently called the SuperSonics. A quick search finds all of the following have been purchased:
okctbirds.com
okcenergy.com
okcoutlaws.com
okctwisters.com
okcbarons.com
okcstallions.com
okcthunder.com actually got snapped up more than two years ago. I’m sure many other domains representing potential franchise names also have been purchased. Still available, however, are okcscissorstails.com and okcflamingchilipeppers.com.
Most of the purchasers have obscured their identities, so we can’t tell which are domain squatters and which might actually be agents of the team’s ownership group.
None of these are going to produce the bonanza of pizza.com, which a fellow bought more than a decade ago and recently auctioned off for $2.6 million. The most lucrative sales of domain names belong to sex.com, sold for $12 million in cash and stock, and fund.com, which sold for $10 million.
Don Mecoy
Business Writer
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