'Free' Email account selling?

[Bannen]

Has anyone heard of selling 'free' email accounts?
For example, you have the name [email protected] or [email protected] and you figure there might be some Steve's or Tom's who would pay to have their own first name on a gmail, hotmail, yahoo, or email.com account... you probably won't get a ton of cash unless you 'own' a great great one and can find a rich rich buyer who really really wants it...
But I wonder if it happens.

I also wonder if the freemail providers have a rule/law against it, and 'sales' have to happen 'underground'...

Anyone heard of this, or even can post a name/price they have seen documented?

 

[exsedo]

Look in the appraisals thread :bingo:

 

[the_poet]

Interesting thread, I'm curious about that

 

[Vito]

Look in the appraisals thread :bingo:

Here ya go...
http://www.namepros.com/domain-appraisals/618423-featured-emails-for-sale.html

 

[Bannen]

Look in the appraisals thread :bingo:

Yeah, that's where I saw the guy trying to pawn off some Uber-crapola free email addresses, and it got me to wondering if people actually trade in good freemail addies

 

[nomak]

Yes, I've seen some guys trying to sell premium free emails on forums. Of course, nobody wanted to buy them. These guys should really get a job

 

[the_poet]

We can also see this happening with other free services, like Facebook or Twitter custom urls.

 

[exsedo]

Yes, I've seen some guys trying to sell premium free emails on forums. Of course, nobody wanted to buy them. These guys should really get a job

I agree. But not in domaining :lol: