What's in a name? In Longoria's case, $25,000
Rays rookie third baseman Evan Longoria has made quite a name for himself. And an online ticket broker is trying to take advantage of it.
In a listing on eBay, Dave Pierce of eSellout.com is offering to sell the Web site EvanLongoria.com for $25,000.
Longoria laughed when he heard about it Friday. “That’s weird,” he said. “And kind of funny. What are they going to come up with next? I guess it’s a good idea if you’re the guy selling it. He beat me to the punch.”
There had been four undisclosed (and declined) bids by Friday night. The sale ends at 1 a.m. Tuesday.
And what would Evan Longoria pay for EvanLongoria.com? “Nothing. I don’t want it.”
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+1. Who more? :)
Posted by: funnygirl | August 07, 2008 at 08:55 AM
Except all Evan has to do is file a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization which clearly states you can't profit on domain names of individuals used in trade or commerce. Actors, writers, athletes all fall under this statute. Good luck keeping it if he wants it.
Posted by: Aaron | August 04, 2008 at 10:31 AM
If someone is willing to update and create content on an Evan Longoria fan page I would be willing to listen. To this date I never found anyone so I thought about selling. -Dave
Posted by: Dave Pierce | August 04, 2008 at 09:21 AM
I am one of those undisclosed and denied bids. I bid $10. I did so because if Even ever decides to sue me for the URL, that's all I would be able to get for it. Not kidding.
Posted by: KeRiCr | August 03, 2008 at 12:22 PM
ONLY IN AMERICA!!!!BUY LOW SELL HIGH!!!
THE THING IS PEOPLE OUT THEIR WILL PAY !!!!!!
GOOD LUCK!!
Posted by: MIKE | August 02, 2008 at 02:55 PM
Sorry about the typo's above...
Posted by: James | August 02, 2008 at 02:16 PM
I remember Warren Sapp's domain name was bought out from underneath him and the guy wanted somewhere around $500k for it. Warren went with QBKilla.com instead.
If there "investors" were smart they'd just buy a bunch of no-name rookies domain name's and sell them abck for a cheap price. If it cost you $100 for the anema dn you can sell it back for $1k-$2k then you can make a very decent living for yourself. Asking for $25k is scavaging which athlete's hate. Make it reasonable and they'll understand what you're doing a little better.
Posted by: James | August 02, 2008 at 02:12 PM
I just want him to hit the ball.
Posted by: mm | August 02, 2008 at 08:25 AM
Neiter do I
Posted by: | August 02, 2008 at 02:30 AM