information Coronavirus.es confiscated temporarily by Spanish Government.

[WhoaDomain.com]

Alright alright. Get ready for a chuckle. As I hinted before in other threads. Government's might confiscate domains using country code extensions.

In this case it was .es .

Not going to complain as they said they would give back the domain after this crisis is over (supposedly).

I should have grabbed that $10k offer.

But after I blew off that offer because they tried to scare me that Spanish Gov would take it. I cut all communications. I don't like scare tactics just to get my domain.

I suspect buyer took revenge and notified Spanish Gov and they took action. Or maybe not and Spanish Gov did so anyways.

Marcaria said this domain would be "returned".

What are my rights in regards to this? I guess they can legally do this?

I mean after coronavirus is "over" what point is it to own coronavirus.es?

Also FYI as part of this also COVID19.es and covid-19.es was confiscated "temporarily".

Currently the domain resolves to no where but I'm sure soon it will.

Is this all legal? Will I lose this domain completely?

The wording from Marcaria is that it will be eventually returned after this crisis is over.

Pretty slick. Spanish Gov. I had planned on developing this domain to monetize now nothing.

Wonder what other. Countries will do this?

Are my rights being violated here by a Government? I suspect no but just curious.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I think you mislead yourself by trying to look at the value through search volumes. You forgot that, unlike sex, Coronavirus is just a flash in the pan. Few months it's over. A domain like that is worth very little.

It was a huge mistake to have tried to play hard to get. Not for this type of domain. And by the time it will be finally returned, it may worth a little more than the reg fee.

Sorry about that

you're probably right. right now people are rushing rushing rushing and bulk registering coronavirus + whatever.com and whatever+coronavirus.com.

no disrespect on those but unless it's something really exact like say

coronavirusnews or coronavirus360 or coronaviruscure or whatever now those are a waste of money in bulk for sure. I'd rather go for emd short as possible. There's 7,951 domain names registered. many for sure are of the combos I mentioned above because everyone loves a .com.

Marcaria already told me if the domain won't be returned that I'll be refunded. so no big deal really.

 

[dande]

You registered it for sale.
You know it.
You know I know about it.
I know you know I know about it.
All here know why you registered it.

It's neither a crime nor immoral to register a pandemic related domain with the hope to sell for profit. How about people that sells hand sanitizer, nose masks, drugs, etc? Are they immoral too? Domainers are known for trying too hard to be more "righteous than thou" and that's why few people respects the industry. The disrespect comes from within.

People sell all sorts of things, including this related to deaths. Why would domain be different?

 

[alcy]

on another thought, icann (for non cctlds) or various country governments (for cctlds) could and can easily protect certain domains and keywords during times like these.

and maybe some governments do.. or did.. for coronavirus

apparently spain did not protect this domain, or take it for themselves etc.

i mean if we know about a keyword.. and reg something even before it turns into a crisis.. then at that same time, governments already know about it too.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

on another thought, icann (for non cctlds) or various country governments (for cctlds) could and can easily protect certain domains and keywords during times like these.

and maybe some governments do.. or did.. for coronavirus

apparently spain did not protect this domain, or take it for themselves etc.

i mean if we know about a keyword.. and reg something even before it turns into a crisis.. then at that same time, governments already know about it too.

wait for it. I already know what someone will say next.

that "do you expect the Spain Gov has time to be monitoring certain keywords? They have better things to do like run an entire country and all the problems that job entails."

or something like that.

can't win buddy. some people just want to argue and find a target and hammer them down because they feel they've found a moral high ground.

The thing about moral high grounds though. Those who are on it tend to abuse it. Think Salem witch hunts or Spanish inquisition.

 

[alcy]

wait for it. I already know what someone will say next.

that "do you expect the Spain Gov has time to be monitoring certain keywords? They have better things to do like run an entire country and all the problems that job entails."

or something like that.

its that not long and hard.. governments are big institutions with alot of people..
they have many people work doing jobs far less important or useful than ensuring a domain for upcoming crisis or worldwide infection is reserved.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

its that not long and hard.. governments are big institutions with alot of people..
they have many people work doing jobs far less important or useful than ensuring a domain for upcoming crisis or worldwide infection is reserved.

naah. they have more important things to do. Trust me.

 

[alcy]

naah. they have more important things to do. Trust me.

you mean they think they have more importnat things to do

yeah... i get it... yuor right on the money there lol

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I think you mislead yourself by trying to look at the value through search volumes. You forgot that, unlike sex, Coronavirus is just a flash in the pan. Few months it's over. A domain like that is worth very little.

It was a huge mistake to have tried to play hard to get. Not for this type of domain. And by the time it will be finally returned, it may worth a little more than the reg fee.

Sorry about that

yea forgot to say. The way things panned out. It went pretty quick. (assuming the $10K offer wasn't from Spain).

I mean if me and this guy were talking about the buying of this domain. by the time we got to a deal finally and to figure out how to get payment for the domain. Spain would have already taken the domain.

So I think me taking the $10K or not is a moot point really given how quickly Spain took this domain.

Many have said I was greedy and shoulda grabbed the offer but the timing would have worked against the deal. Again this is assuming Spain wasn't the $10K offer.

 

[alcy]

yea forgot to say. The way things panned out. It went pretty quick. (assuming the $10K offer wasn't from Spain).

I mean if me and this guy we talking about the buying of this domain. by the time we got to a deal finally and to figure out how to get payment for the domain. Spain would have already taken the domain.

So I think me taking the $10K or not is a moot point really given how quickly Spain took this domain.
Many have said I was greedy and shoulda grabbed the offer but the timing would have worked against the deal. Again this is assuming Spain wasn't the $10K offer.

i guess for fun of it and to have clarity in your mind instead of speculate, u could have asked those who took it if they tried to buy it for 10k before?

but then if they said yes.. maybe you would become tempted again.

 

[branding]

feels good to donate and do good. but if someone forces you to donate or do good? I don't know isn't that bad? THE WAY it SHOULD go down is. "We're collecting money for the poor. Would you care to donate for a good cause?" And THEN you have the option to give or not give.

I seem to recall someone quite noteworthy once said:

"ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country"

Fitting, concidering the circumstances. If they'd come and seize my property for the greater good by force I would have no issue with that. As long as they don't abuse their temporary powers.

They reason governments take things by force instead of asking us is that it saves time. Every hour/day matters. They've probably confiscated more domains and what not so again, the best option to protect your country is taking things by force in a time of pandemic/war. Nothing shady about it. If you're worried, read up on Trump's newly obtained powers because of this pandemic. Scary stuff.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

you mean they think they have more importnat things to do

yeah... i get it... yuor right on the money there lol

I understand this coronavirus thing has people on edge and emotional and it's a hot button topic right now. I can respect that. It's like people just BLACKOUT on this topic and don't listen or read or care about the facts on how this whole thing went down. It's like all reason stops at me being pissed they took it or how I didn't get paid.

I've explained it over and over again but no one wants to listen. so I think I'm done here really. I'll just let all the pissed people talk now but I'm not going to participate.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I seem to recall someone quite noteworthy once said:

"ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country"

Fitting, concidering the circumstances. If they'd come and seize my property for the greater good by force I would have no issue with that. As long as they don't abuse their temporary powers.

They reason governments take things by force instead of asking us is that it saves time. Every hour/day matters. They've probably confiscated more domains and what not so again, the best option to protect your country is taking things by force in a time of pandemic/war. Nothing shady about it. If you're worried, read up on Trump's newly obtained powers because of this pandemic. Scary stuff.

Yea I read about Trump's new "powers". It's nothing new. It's like that one ACT I forget the name that was enacted I think around WW2 that the US government can at any time confiscate your gold if you have any from your home. I hear it was never removed from the Constitution.

edit: Executive Order 6102

Executive Order 6102 is a United States presidential executive order signed on April 5, 1933, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt "forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States".

Gold Reserve Act

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

i guess for fun of it and to have clarity in your mind instead of speculate, u could have asked those who took it if they tried to buy it for 10k before?

but then if they said yes.. maybe you would become tempted again.

nah rather not stir up a hornets nest. I have my reason for not contacting them directly.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I seem to recall someone quite noteworthy once said:

"ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country"

Fitting, concidering the circumstances. If they'd come and seize my property for the greater good by force I would have no issue with that. As long as they don't abuse their temporary powers.

They reason governments take things by force instead of asking us is that it saves time. Every hour/day matters. They've probably confiscated more domains and what not so again, the best option to protect your country is taking things by force in a time of pandemic/war. Nothing shady about it. If you're worried, read up on Trump's newly obtained powers because of this pandemic. Scary stuff.

"They reason governments take things by force instead of asking us is that it saves time. Every hour/day matters. They've probably confiscated more domains and what not so again, the best option to protect your country is taking things by force in a time of pandemic/war. Nothing shady about it. "

I have no problems with any of the above but there has to be some sort of civilized process to it. I mean I've seen people evicted from their foreclosed homes. Even in that situation. you are given time to pack up your stuff and vacate the premises. Some take their sweet time or some just don't plan on leaving. until of course the Sheriff shows up.

But even THEN there is still a civilized process to it all. I mean the sheriff can't drag you out by your hair out the house. They can't come in the house while you are sleeping and drag you out in your bed while you are on it and you wake up and you are on the sidewalk already.

 

[branding]

"They reason governments take things by force instead of asking us is that it saves time. Every hour/day matters. They've probably confiscated more domains and what not so again, the best option to protect your country is taking things by force in a time of pandemic/war. Nothing shady about it. "

I have no problems with any of the above but there has to be some sort of civilized process to it. I mean I've seen people evicted from their foreclosed homes. Even in that situation. you are given time to pack up your stuff and vacate the premises. Some take their sweet time or some just don't plan on leaving. until of course the Sheriff shows up.

But even THEN there is still a civilized process to it all. I mean the sheriff can't drag you out by your hair out the house. They can't come in the house while you are sleeping and drag you out in your bed while you are on it and you wake up and you are on the sidewalk already.

Agreed. Not sure how that works in the us but I would suspect it's not much different from how it works over here.

The laws during a state of alarm/emergency are different though. They're designed so you can bypass the whole civilized time consuming process. You just get notice and that's it. Harsh but necessary.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

Agreed. Not sure how that works in the us but I would suspect it's not much different from how it works over here.

The laws during a state of alarm/emergency are different though. They're designed so you can bypass the whole civilized time consuming process. You just get notice and that's it. Harsh but necessary.

yea that's fine. can't really complain about something I know nothing of the process. If that's what it is than that's what it is. I guess my initial anger stems from not knowing if this was all legit. That's it's typical.

I guess it is. so as I've said many times. I've chalked this up as a loss and move on. waste of time thinking about it. time better spent on domaining. I'll make up for it like someone said with my other domains.

 

[poweredbyme]

governments pay something if they confiscate something you own. Here the domain is not confiscated, is borrowed, hence payment is not needed.

Quantity argument used in the reply below is not correct or is not rational.

If something is bad, it is bad. It does not matter how many people are doing that wrong action or how many similar bad things are already happening. When number of similar bad things or number of people who are doing wrong increases, does the wrong-doing or bad thing become less wrong or more correct? No. This is a fallacy. Quantity of similar examples does not justify a bad thing or does not prove that it's a good thing.

ok guys. I know I look like an opportunist from my complaining and unsympathetic. and every other label you want to put on me.

Let me give you all a reality check here. who will take sympathy for me actually forget me.I don't really care about what happens tome. what of my family? my family in these times?

I'm lucky that I am a full time domainer and not like most who are losing their jobs right now with no help from the gov and no help from jobs. But that does not mean I am out of harms way as far as financially because I do everything myself and every day as far as sales is not guaranteed.

I do believe this crisis will last a very long time.

I also believe it will dry out the well of domain purchases.

Also there seems to be this odd idea that I am taking away the benefit of this domain from the people of Spain.

As if I were asking the people of Spain to give me $200,000 for coronavirus.es out of their own pocket.

But let's forget about all that talk about money making at this point because that's NOT what this is all about.

Yea sure I wish I would have gotten some money for it for me to help support my family to make sure me and they aren't on the streets when this economy gets worse.

People on here seems to assume I'm some rich guy or perhaps someone who will survive in this crisis and I am not in the same boat as everyone else.

Is it wrong to want to have enough money in the bank during this crisis? so that your family won't have to worry? That money would have helped make sure if this crisis were to last 3 months or 6 months or 12 months or 10 years that my family would not have to worry much.

no one really knows.

You guys want to label me as some guy who wants to profit from the misery of others because of the keyword "coronavirus" in my domain.

So let's talk then about "unsavory domains" that people register to sell or develop.

1. R*pe 3,139 domain names
2. Ch*ld Abuse 350 domain names
3. Molested 37 domain names
4. Cancer 25,258 domain names
5. Death 17,985 domain names
6. Asbestos 6,488 domain names
7. accident 15,994 domain names
8. Injury 11,699 domain names
9. Malpractice 1,294 domain names
10. hate 9,782 domain names
11. racism 602 domain names
12. n*zi 3,918 domain names
13. poison 4,606 domain names
14. flu 72,986 domain names
15. Swine flu 211 domain names
16. hiv 19,449 domain names
17. aids 3,718 domain names
18. suicide 3,364 domain names
19. sexual harassment 404 domain names
20. pain 93,639 domain names
21. diabetes 19,728 domain names
22. abuse 2,798 domain names
23. Drug 37,888 domain names
24. heroin 2,728 domain names
25. cocaine 1,653 domain names
26. ebola 6,168 domain names
27. sars 2,175 domain names
28. Murder 4,894 domain names
29. crime 12,476 domain names
30. debt 28,117 domain names Debt causes misery
31. Genocide 437 domain names
32. Leprosy 140 domain names
33. War 184,102 domain names War causes misery
34. Guns 13,773 domain names
35. Virus (short for Coronavirus) 19,779 domain names
36. x** 53,102 domain names
37. Ad*lt 52,269 domain names
38. P*rn 92,000 domain names
39. herpes 2,530 domain names
40. Trump 48,647 domain names
41. Satan 3,854 domain names
42. Smoking 9,542 domain names
43. Vape 32,973 domain names
44. Smoke 31,656 domain names People die from smoking every year. Misery
45. vaping 3,666 domain names
46. slave 4,479 domain names
47. jav 56,017 domain names ( yes I know many can be longer than just JAV but you get it)
48. an*l 47,275 domain names
49. b*sm 6,465 domain names
50. Kill 39,118 domain names
51. Bet 381,149 domain names (gambling causes misery because people get addicted and start to bet beyond their means and go broke and end up homeless or worse.)
52. Casino 71,491 domain names (same as above)
53. Gambling 6,897 domain names (same as above)
54. Coronavirus 7,031 domain names
55. Corona 25,602 domain names
56. Covid 7,794 domain names
57. covid19 3,374 domain names



Many domains are registered with the keywords above. Why? Many of these have caused misery since the dawn of time. yet many of these keywords have been registered in many extensions. why?

you can "say" that many of these are being used to help people.Sure but in the light of day we "all" know what these domains were registered for.

for example. Cancer. Cancer kills and has been killing people for a very very long time. Still is. Do we automatically label the registrant of such domains as some disgusting profiteer? Are they all donated to some organization?

Most of these are owned by lawyers.

Injury
Accident
Asbestos

Lawyer is a respectable profession is it not?

How about diabetes? I have diabetes. many die from this eventually. Lose their eyesight and a leg. Misery.

Ebola.
Suicide
Asbestos Causes cancer. misery
Accidents many accidents end in death. Misery
Injury many injuries are painful and by default cause misery.
Death Death is death. Can't be more misery than death. misery
Guns Guns have killed more people than any Virus ever has or will. Misery
Firearms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate



Many many keywords. so much misery.

I mean heck. even adult industry is not exempt from this. I know it's sexy but the things women and men are put thru in that industry just because they "need the money". that's misery.

imagine some girl in Thailand who needs money to feed her family or kids giving her body to some fat hairy European man for just $25?

that's misery.

yet. this misery content seems acceptable these days. Everyone looks at this content but never think of the "cost" these "stars" have to pay just so you can get your "jollies"

No one complains about domainers profiting from the sale of such domains. in fact there is a section dedicated to such domains on Namepros.

what makes coronavirus.es any different? because it is the current trending thing that's killing people?

I get it guys. when a thread like this pops up people need to take sides and feel the need to speak out and take the moral high ground or risk being assumed they are "For" the registering of unsavory domains.

it's good for business to throw another domainer under the bus to make yourselves look goods.

Did I register coronavirus.es with the hopes of selling it. Honestly? I don't really know anymore.

Sometimes. when I get the idea to register a domain it's on my mobile when I'm about to go to bed tired and it's about 2-3 am Kinda like right now typing this.

and registering a domain like coronavirus domain was just a quick reg and forget about it.

really isn't as sinister as you guys are protraying it to be.

When I register domains it's usually on impulse. after which I decide what to do with it.

Did I really know know what I was going to do with it? not really. The basic idea is to sell it yes.

but ideas change over time. One minute you reg a domain to sell the next you decide to develop. or even worse. you forget you own it.

but if there's an offer for it. you're glad you have it.

that's it in a nutshell. If you want to label that as sinister be my guest.

it's all about getting it first and then figure out later. in this industry you need to act quick so at least you have options on what to do with it. As opposed to not having the options because someone else got it first.

and based on the fact coronavirus got registered in pretty much all extensions it was a good idea. not that I can make money from it. but because I'm one of a handful of domainers who got to register an EMD before the registries got to it or someone else.

I really did not know what I was going to do with the domains. Thinking now about it.
The registries themselves should have purchased these domains back from me and used them for self promotion.

Also, come to think of it. I haven't even actively marketed any of my coronavirus domains. so why is it automatically assumed my ultimate goal was to make a killing on these domains? I have an efty account. Never got around to even linking these domains to that.

If anyone were to ask me about these domains personally yea sure I'd be happy if I sold this domain for big bucks. who wouldn't during these scary times? would be nice to have that money in the bank while the economy recovers and not have to worry about your family eating and bills paid.

I'll admit. I feel attacked right now because of the opinions of a few.

So let me throw some "logic" into the mix.

anyone who is reading this thread right now and trying to figure out what to side to take based on the few opinions on here.

because of the opinions here I feel singled out as "that one guy who registered a coronavirus domain and is wanting a big pay day"

that's the opinion of a couple and I admit it's damning to my credibility as a domainer

I see there are currently 64 replies to this thread. yea? let's assume all of them are against me. most likely this is true.

most reading this will say "damn! 64 people against this guy? I guess that must be the concensus. So we should take the side of those 64 people because it's so many so they must be right."

ok if this is how you all will "vote" I can respect that.

but here is the thing. READY? are you listening? How many "coronavirus", "covid", "Covid19", "covid-19" domains are registered out there?

Covid - 6,930 domain names
Coronavirus - 6,756

6756+6930= 13,686

My point is simple. Whoever these 13,686 people or registries are. felt compelled to secure these domains. Sure some did so for humanitarianism but let's be real many expect to profit from it.


But forget these 13,686 domains for a minute. Add up all the numbers above for all the "unsavory domains" I listed above. That number? It's going to be in the hundreds of thousands.

That's hundreds of thousands vs. 64.

each one of those are of the "opinion" FOR the registration of unsavory domains like Coronavirus.

These registrants many are probably not on this forum to voice their opinion on registering coronavirus domains. OR because of how I am being witch hunted on here are SCARED to admit they own such domains.

but NEVERTHELESS I count each registration as a an unspoken OPINION that is FOR the registration of coronavirus domains.

64 opinions versus 13,686 silent opinions that we'll never hear from but STILL COUNT because hey. Each one of these "opinions" these registrants PAID FOR. It's literally a PAID OPINION.

So in a way paid opinions carry more weight because it's not an opinion that people did not pay for.

So if you are reading this and wondering about which side to take on this.

Bear in mind the registrants of many of the 13,686 "coronavirus" domains have privacy on their domains for good reason given the replies on this thread. so there is a possibility many who are AGAINST the registration of coronavirus domains may probably own some coronavirus domains. We all know there are shady people among us.

Just like how anyone on the street right now could have the coronavirus. Any domainer right now could have coronavirus domains and WE DON'T KNOW.

In an industry where people shill bid domains? I can see people trash talking registrants of coronavirus domains when in fact they own some themselves but have privacy.

Anyways, I like facts. Fact is there are 64 opinions AGAINST ME and every other domainer registering coronavirus domains are theoretically 13,686 opinions FOR the registering of coronavirus domains many I'm guessing has to be for the purpose of profiteering.

or are we going to be irrational now and say that each one of those or half of those or a quarter of those registered coronavirus domains BUT are against domainers registering coronavirus domains?

That doesn't make sense now does it?

so if you take sides based on a score board.

13,686 kinda blows out 64 or am I doing the math wrong here?

When we create an environment where people can't register certain domains and talk about it, no matter how noble you feel what you are doing may be. it's still as bad as being the registrant of a coronavirus domain. Shaming them to the point that they regret posting it just makes them inclined never to do it again.

How would discussions like this happen again if people's automatic inclination is to shame people wouldn't people fear sharing their unsavory domains?

why am I saying all of this? because to be honest the replies on this thread hurt my feelings. People I have come to admire on here seem to now want to gang up on me on this topic.

Again I repeat. I did not have to post this on NP. perhaps I have diarrhea of the fingers and just type what's in my head at the time. No filter. but at least you all know me like an open book. so like me or hate me warts and all. up to you.

So in summation. I am not going to retract that the Spanish Gov did not buy the domain. Am I ok with the fact that the domain is now going to be used to help the Spanish people? yes of course, I'm not a total d*ck.

So what the hell was the point of this thread? why am I so pissed?

I am pissed for the same reasons any domainer should be pissed.

To have options taken from you.

to have something taken from you without permission. without even a civilized kind request that 100% would have gotten a YES.

not even at "Please allow us the Spain Gov to take or borrow coronavirus.es domain for the time being because of the current crisis."

All the other stuff I said about money is irrelevant because the domain was TAKEN.

You see. I was never asked by the Spanish Government if they could borrow coronavirus.es which means I was never even given the opportunity to ask for say $500,000 for it or more IMPORTANTLY NOT ASK for $500,000 for it. It was I guess just assumed I was going to ask for a lot of money.

So basically THIS is how Spain sees ALL DOMAINERS by default.

again I cannot confirm that that $10,000 offer was from Spain so I have to assume it was not.

This is not about some domainer profiteering from a coronavirus domain.

This is a country (granted in a crisis) deciding on it's own to take a domain removing all doubts if the owner might say no if asked.

I believe EVERYONE needs the opportunity to shine and yes I know there are more pressing matters right now in the world besides me "shining".

but is it really such a huge ASK to give me the opportunity to donate coronavirus.es to the spain gov?

My initial reaction was all over the place and I'm sure I said a lot of things people did not like but let's not get side tracked here.

This whole thing was just not done right. As if I really would have said NO if the Spain Government simply asked me plainly. "may we have or use or borrow coronavirus.es until this crisis is over?"

Another thing. We all register domains in the "hopes" of selling it and making a bucket of money. But at the same time we are realistic. At least I hope most of us are in thinking that many of our domains will never ever sell. So why should I care if Spain Gov doesn't buy Coronavirus.es. I am already in the mind set that none of my domains will sell. That way no expectations no regrets.

Am I pissed they did not buy it? sure but I think I am really more pissed of how they did it. maybe that anger carried over to them not buying it just a smidge and got all jumbled in there. I mean seriously many of you know my collection of domains and are confident I am losing money. So why should I really care if Spain doesn't buy coronavirus.es? I lose money all the time on stupid domain registrations. What's one more "no sale"?

It's about 4 am right now so probably much of what I said on here you should take with a grain of salt because I'm tired and wrote all of this half asleep. so I probably wrote even more stuff to inflame even more people. Plus tons of typos.

Apologies in advance.

And remember. Registering a domain is an Opinion by default.

You registered that domain because you thought it was a good idea and it's an unsavory domain than you are of the opinion that registering such domains is "okay".

And you don't need to publicly go on a forum and publicly announce it or take sides. Your domain registration speaks loud enough. So either there's a few hundred thousand immoral *ssh*les out there or there are simply domain investors out there?


Good night or Good morning.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

governments pay something if they confiscate something you own. Here the domain is not confiscated, is borrowed, hence payment is not needed.

Quantity argument used in the reply below is not correct or is not rational.

If something is bad, it is bad. It does not matter how many people are doing that wrong action or how many similar bad things are already happening. When number of similar bad things or number of people who are doing wrong increases, does the wrong-doing or bad thing become less wrong or more correct? No. This is a fallacy. Quantity of similar examples does not justify a bad thing or does not prove that it's a good thing.

I've said they borrowed it but the "wording" is the domain coronavirus.es has been confiscated due to the Alarm and it will decided later on whether it is returned or not.

So I doubt and many here doubt it will be returned. At this point I just want to wash my hands of it. just a waste of time sitting here replying to every upset person right now. I can't explain it over and over and over again. if no one bothers to read. then it's my duty to waste me time repeating.

Spain took it to use for a good cause and you can see it in real time right now at Coronavirus.es .

Good for them to have had a website up and running and ready to go literally about 2-3 days after they took the domain.

Spain has now surpassed China's death toll.

I wish Spain to survive thru this and the same to the rest of the world. Stay safe and healthy and keep your families and loved ones close but not too close. at least 6 feet away and WASH YOUR HANDS.

 

[Jv1999]

$10K was a good offer for a hand reg that would help educate people, you should not have been so closed off.

10k was a dream when you realize you were trying to profit off of a legit global pandemic...LOL.

I mean, people who hoarded hand sanitizer and face masks and tried to sell them... were arrested.

u really should've taken the money and ran so far...

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

that's fine because I have not being providing Misinformation or profiteering or public relations.

That's just an excuse really. They needed it and they rather take it than pay what it's worth.

Maybe they didn't want you selling it on to David Ike or a site like that.

 

[WINNA]

CoronaNames.com has over 500 Corona Names for sale including CoronaBeers.com

Let's see if any of those get hijacked!

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

10k was a dream when you realize you were trying to profit off of a legit global pandemic...LOL.

I mean, people who hoarded hand sanitizer and face masks and tried to sell them... were arrested.

u really should've taken the money and ran so far...

yea. well keep in mind the timing. They contacted. They offered. then offered again. did not like it. decided to give it to them for free. They they were psyched. They were happy. but then for some strange reason they decided to offer one last time $10K but with one little remark that to me sounded like a scare tactic to make me sell.

everyone says "take the money and run" but I am and we all are still not sure if Spain and these $10K offer guy was one and the same. If they weren't then doesn't matter if I take the offer because Spain was right around the corner about to drop the bomb on me and take the domain.

Then I'd be in a hassle of having accepted the offer and doing this whole process of transferring it out. meanwhile Spain takes it?

would have been a hassle.

So the whole "shoulda taken the offer and run" is kinda moot really.

of course there is a chance the $10K offer was Spain. in which case YES I shoulda taken the offer.

But why bother making an offer if you can just take it? Doesn't make sense.


but thanks though.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

CoronaNames.com has over 500 Corona Names for sale including CoronaBeers.com

Let's see if any of those get hijacked!

doubt it. Their .com's and I don't think .com is a country owned extension is it? or are .com's owned by the US?

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

just to follow up. Strange thing.

I assumed this domain was just taken out of my Marcaria account. Last night I was doing a bulk DNS change to my efty dns servers.

Something I've been forgetting to do for awhile finally got around to it.

I did it in bulk. was tired so just did it quickly.

Today got an email from Marcaria stating that the DNS change I started for Coronavirus.es could not be started due to it's current situation.

Then I checked my account and lo and behold. coronavirus.es was still in my marcaria account. I was able to go thru the motions of actually changing the DNS on the domain. Luckly Marcaria caught it? or maybe they couldn't change the DNS?

Glad they caught it or whatever.

I would have been ripped a new one by 46 million Spaniards. Imagine Instead of the current Coronavirus.es content? Spaniards instead saw my Efty sales landing page? lol

I would have gotten an Espada up my culo by 46.66 million Spaniards! lol

Thing is though. The current whois for the domain is not me it's the head of RED.es.

So I really don't know what is going on. I just figured it was gone and that's it. very weird. Just thought I'd update you guys. Every bit of info is always useful to the next person who experiences this.

 

[dande]

But why bother making an offer if you can just take it? Doesn't make sense.

Here's what likely took place:

They made the offer in good faith, with the intention to buy it off you. But when you resisted the $10k, they got incensed and lost every respects for you. With the obvious confirmation that you're just a greedy hodler, they decided to take it by force.