Shiny New Domain
March 5, 2006
I am now the proud owner of kimbrel.com! I’ve been watching the domain and found that the guy who had registered it (Dave Kimbrel - but, ironically, not my dad) had let it laps. So, I tried out GoDaddy’s “back order” option. For $18, they’d watch it and register it for me if it freed up. I got the email today - it was mine! From what I hear, this is not a great option for those spiffy domains that everyone wants, but for a family name, it worked like a charm!
Paying $18 sure beats the $399+ that was being asked for it a few years ago. When I first looked at the domain, some other company had snatched up all sorts of family surnames and were charging exhorbitant prices for them. Thanks to Dave Kimbrel in California for ponying that up to get the domain, and then for letting it lapse! That saved me a ton of money!
Dave, if you find this, I’m not sure what you were going to do with it (it was parked in lala land the whole time you had it), but let me know if you want to put something up. I’m not hurting for hard drive space if you want put anything up there! I can share. 
March 5th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
I had a similar experience, but mine hasn’t had the happy ending. If I want atterberry.com, I can get it for the low low (non-negotiable) price of $750. Considering I got atterberry.net less than a year ago, I don’t think there’s an incredible demand for that surname. Perhaps they’ll entertain an offer of $20 anyway…
March 5th, 2006 at 9:02 pm
Just hang tight - maybe you will get lucky as I did and some one else will buy it and then let it lapse.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:09 am
Hey there Paul… I’m the infamous Dave Kimbrel from Lake Tahoe, California that let the kimbrel.com domain expire. I did purchase it from the registrant who was asking $400 for the domain, however, purchased it for much less at $100. I let the domain expire as it was for a family project that I never got around to starting. I’m glad to domain was gobbled up by someone with an intent to use it, and not some company looking to sell it. Thanks for the offer for posting content for me, however, I don’t think it’s necessary. I wish you well in your ventures!
April 2nd, 2006 at 8:07 am
Hello, Dave!
I can’t say how happy I am that you didn’t pay that ridiculous $400 for the domain. I’m curious, though - how’d you get them under $100?
By the way - my dad’s name is Dave! How ironic!
–Paul