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01-22-2007, 04:50 AM
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$3,000

Introduction

I am selling the prestigious domain Halflife.org. I've just recently acquired this domain with the intention of possibly flipping it for a profit, which is why I'm selling it. I do not plan on selling it under $3,000 so if no interested parties are interested in that range, I will probably be developing the site myself.

What is Halflife?

Halflife is the 6th most popular computer game of all time. Ask any gamer what Halflife is, and they'll be able to tell you. Ever hear of Counterstrike or the many other similar mods? They're all mods of Halflife.

Halflife 2 came out with a major bang, revolutionizing the FPS (first-player-shooter) world. Valve, the company behind Halflife, has since decided to release all future Halflife games at a much quicker pace, in distributions called Edisodes. Halflife 2: Episode 1 has already been released, and Halflife 2: Episode 2 is due to be released in about a month, where a new mod called Portal, and the much anticipated sequal to Team Fortress Classic, Team Fortress, will be shipped with it. The faster development of these makes Halflife even more prevelent and known in the gaming industry.

Domain Statistics

-> #6 on Google for "halflife"
-> #11 on Google for "half life"
-> #7 on Google for "half-life"
-> Google PR of 4
-> 3,400 Google results for "halflife.org"
-> Has been a developed site since 1998-2005 (Archive.org)
-> Over 297 million results on Google for "half life"
-> Halflife.com is currently for sale for $1,000,000

Backlinks:

Google: 14
MSN: 527
Yahoo: 542

Versatility

Love the domain but not exactly sure what to do with it? Here are just a handful of ideas:

-> Forum; can't get a better domain for a Halflife forum..
-> Turn into a quick-n-dirty site and use PPC Arbitrage on it
-> Become an affiliate and sell HL games, merchandise, etc.
-> Develop into a large HL site

Legalities?

Most serious potential buyers will be concerned about possible copyright/trademark issues with the domain. I'm not a lawyer, so I cannot advise you legally here, but I will provide you with some background info.

Valve is a company who welcomes free publicity, not one who repels it (such as our beloved Microsoft). Halflife.com is currently on sale for $1,000,000 and Halflife.us is for sale too. There are TONS of MAJOR sites with 'halflife' in domain such as Halflife2.net and HalflifeSource.com. You'd think these sites wouldn't exist if Valve wanted to sue them.

I honestly don't think there would be any problem whatsoever in terms of legalities.

Payment Details

I can accept payment via PayPal, Neteller, or Bank Wire.

If you're interested, please contact me at tylercruz@gmail.com - do not PM me here as I rarely check PM's.

Thanks!

01-22-2007, 04:57 AM
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Tyler, not sure if you also considered this, but it could be developed into a science related site. All elements have halflifes (I think all of them do), which would be a great name and possible extension for a science site.

Good name and good luck.

01-22-2007, 05:05 AM
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I think the game has more value, personally.

01-22-2007, 06:22 AM
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Yes, but the game would also have TR issues so the domain would be useless in that sense I believe wether valve has sued or not.

01-23-2007, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Calibreeze
Yes, but the game would also have TR issues so the domain would be useless in that sense I believe wether valve has sued or not.
Read the "Legalities" part again.

01-23-2007, 01:05 AM
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You might want to post this on godaddy or sitepoint you would most likely get better bids from there most things on this site seem to go for more of a lower end price.

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