Client 9 Domains Snatched Minutes After Spitzer Scandal Breaks

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Wired.com.

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Just minutes after the New York Times published a story online yesterday
about a high-class prostitution ring and the involvement of so-called
"Client 9," Nick Galbreath, a 37 year-old software engineer in Manhattan,
registered the client9.com domain for $10.13.

"The original story didn't name [Governor Eliot] Spitzer directly, but I
thought [Client9.com] sounded catchy, so I bought it."

He wasn't alone. Speculators bought up all client 9-related domain
inventory yesterday, including client-9.net, client-9.com, and
client69.com.

And while rm871.com (the room where Spitzer reportedly met a prostitute) is
taken, room871.com, which was registered in October 2007, is for sale for
$750. Although there's no shortage of interest in the domains, the profits
may not be there yet.

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More:
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/03/client-9-client.html

- - ferg

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