£20 web domain name to go for £1million

[IDNer]

£20 web domain name to go for £1million
26/06/2008

A businessman who bought the domain name http://www.£.com for £20 nine years ago is hoping to auction it for more than £1million today.
Richard Haigh's internet address is one of only two domain names in the world with a single symbol - the other is the euro - and it is expected to be snapped up by a bank at the Amsterdam sale.
Richard, 32, from Nottingham, said: "I bought it before the internet really took off and while prices for domain names were low.
"Whatever happens at the auction, its sale will change my life for ever."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstor...89520-20621262

[IDNer]

Richard Haigh's internet address is one of only two domain names in the world with a single symbol - the other is the euro ...

I've check Whois records -

£.com (xn--9a.com)
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Registrant:
Moneyedge Limited
Richard Haigh
30 Wimbledon Road
Sherwood
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG5 1GU
GB
+44.01159605441
110917@whois.gkg.net

€.com (xn--lzg.com)
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Administrative, Technical Contact:
Martens, R. info@waldijk.com
Postbus 160
Heemskerk, NH 1960 AD
NL
+31.251320257

The Euro symbol - €.com was not the same owner ?!

[touchring]

Nice marketing pitch but he wasn't the original registrant. I saw him pay about $1800 for the domain 3 years ago.

[domainguru]

where do they get the idea this is only one of two symbol domains in the world? ah well, this is the daily mirror I suppose, can't expect tabloids to get anything right...

[IDNer]

Originally Posted by touchring

Nice marketing pitch but he wasn't the original registrant. I saw him pay about $1800 for the domain 3 years ago.

So, it is mean that Richard Haigh didn't give the correct info. to mirror.co.uk ?!

Can you find any info. about that deal ?

[Rubber Duck]

He used to kick around at IDNFs. Regular pain in the arse, but it seems as though he has finally accepted that it is not going to be worth anything when Nameprep is updated. Hence presumably the unseemly rush to sell.