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Hi there folks.
What’s all this about?

For some time now the domain MyBB.com has been owned by another party and not used (also known as domain parking). Numerous attempts have been made to purchase the domain for the MyBB project, but the price has always been too far out of our reach.

It is not uncommon for 4 letter domains to be sold for upwards of $10,000 – in fact, when first approached, we were told they wanted $20,000 for MyBB.com. Thanks to labrocca, we now have a price that is much more feasible for us to obtain. A special deal is open just to the MyBB Group to get this domain, but the offer is not open indefinitely.

We need to raise $3,000 to secure the domain.


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Its a nice idea for MyBB to get another domain, I haven't donated yet however I plan to. Remember All and any counts

May i say the people that are trying to sell you this can go to hell since the domain isn't used in any way.....
This is just typical capitalistic bullshit, they know you want it and are trying to squeeze everything out of you they can.
Sad actually.
But still, it's a good domain.

(04-28-2010 03:17 PM)laeresh Wrote:  May i say the people that are trying to sell you this can go to hell since the domain isn't used in any way.....
This is just typical capitalistic bullshit, they know you want it and are trying to squeeze everything out of you they can.
Sad actually.
But still, it's a good domain.

It's an industry in itself, called "domaining"

However, there should be a difference between "squatting" (which is sitting on a domain you never use, that would benefit another company/OS community/software) and "domaining" which is the market of buying/selling domains.

(04-28-2010 03:17 PM)laeresh Wrote:  May i say the people that are trying to sell you this can go to hell since the domain isn't used in any way.....
This is just typical capitalistic bullshit, they know you want it and are trying to squeeze everything out of you they can.
Sad actually.
But still, it's a good domain.

Really? In my opinion it's actually a pretty cheap price. Four letter domains are starting to become three letter domains in terms of value. It makes certain that four letters are very valuable. Like stapler said, it's an industry in itself. And $3,000 is actually relatively cheap for what they're offering. It's VERY rare to when I can find a three or four letter domain where the owner wants less than $8,000.

nice it feels good to help them out i sent a few bucks, but i hate how they cost so much

yeah, even me too ... The price is too high :(

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good idea.

They might give money to the development of the script, not a new domain

(05-03-2010 06:10 AM)qwertyx Wrote:  They might give money to the development of the script, not a new domain

One of the MyBB staff said that costs nothing to develop MyBB, so I doubt they will use it for development. Besides, if you don't trust them, don't donate