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Re: Gift HN: Anybody want a subdomain of ww.com?

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Oh shoot, I just deleted my comment because I went back and saw that it looks like aph.ww.com isn't redirecting to the home page and I didn't want to bother you if it did. If it's available, then, I'd appreciate the aph.ww.com -> aph.erikd.org Thanks! :)

It's ok, lots of people forget to check so I check them anyway, and if the user that used that page hasn't used it in a bunch of years then I'm cool with it. Don't forget that the first users signed up in '98 and they're long gone, most of the first names were nice & short so there is a good chance they're not actually in use. I will still have to go through the logs to see if these don't have backlinks pointing to t…

In that case, could I please have asif.ww.com if that user isn't using it?

Thanks for your generosity again :)

Re: Gift HN: Anybody want a subdomain of ww.com?

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I'm curious, is there a backstory on how you came to own ww.com?

Yes, the short version is someone auctioned it off on ebay (I never went to ebay in my life before then) and was apparently negotiating with weight watchers.

I had a lot of money set aside from the sale of 'gameplay.com', so over Christmas I negotiated with the guy (while all of Weight Watchers was on a holiday they well deserved) and by the 27th we had a deal. We set up an escrow, I paid, he transferred the domain.

Weight Watchers came back from their holiday and was sorely pissed off :)

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