CNBC reports that Jon Schultz, who purchased Ebola.com in 2008 for an undisclosed price, is putting the domain back on the market. And with the awareness of the disease at an all-time high, he’s looking for a six-figure payout.
“We’re already doing 5,000 page views per day just by people typing in Ebola.com to see what’s there,” Schultz told the Washington Post. “We’re getting inquiries every day about the sale of it. I have a lot of experience in this sort of domain business, and my sense is that $150,000 is reasonable.”
Indeed, Schultz has quite a bit of experience selling health-related dot-coms. He and his partner Chris Hood own Blue String Ventures, a Nevada-based company that buys generic domain names and resells them for profit. Both men seem particularly attracted to disaster-related topics. In addition to GreenCoffeeExtract.com and AfricanMango.com, Blue String is also selling Fukushima.com, BirdFlu.com, and PotassiumIodide.com.
“If you’re looking for a great name for your company, there’s an excellent chance we can help,” reads a note on the company’s website, set against a background of peaceful clouds.
As CNBC points out, it’s not unheard of for a drug company to buy a disease domain name to help market their products. Cancer.com and Obesity.com are owned by Johnson & Johnson, and Arthritis.com was bought by Pfizer. But unlike those conditions, Ebola has no treatment available to the general public, and it is unclear what business would want to be associated with a virus that has already killed thousands.
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