Subj : Pioneering cybersquatter "GOAT" hits the jackpot with HarrisWalz.
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Aug 08 2024 21:30:05

Pioneering cybersquatter "GOAT" hits the jackpot with HarrisWalz.com selling 
for $15,000

Date:
Thu, 08 Aug 2024 20:24:54 +0000

Description:
After a turbulent start to the Democratic presidential ticket, one domain 
squatter has hit the jackpot.

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A cybersquatter who snatches up web domains for potential presidential 
tickets has secured a major payday by selling the HarrisWalz.com domain for 
$15,000. 

The domain was purchased four years ago by Jeremy Green Eche, alongside 14 
other Harris-related domains, in anticipation of the current Democratic 
presidential nominee Kamala Harris running for president in the future. 

Harris has recently selected Tim Walz as her vice-presidential nominee, with 
an anonymous buyer snatching up the domain shortly after. Cybersquatting 
buying spree 

Eches day job is as a trademark attorney, but he also has a domain name 
marketplace where people can buy and sell domain names and trademarks, where 
he is known as a domain investor. 

I also freely call myself a domain squatter or a cybersquatter. It's a 
pejorative term, but I don't mind using it because it's still accurate, he 
said, speaking to NPR . 

This isnt the first time Eche has bought a winning domain with his 
ClintonKaine.com domain selling in 2016 for $15,000 as well. He initially 
wanted to sell the domain directly to the Clinton campaign for around the 
$10,000 mark, but was only offered $2,000. The $15,000 offer came from an 
anonymous buyer, which eventually turned out to be the Trump campaign, who 
used the site to post anti-Clinton messaging. 

Eche spends about $10 per domain, and pays to renew them yearly in the hopes 
that his predictions for presidential tickets are correct, and so far it is 
paying off. 

Apparently, the buyer of the HarrisWalz.com domain is a Harris supporter who 
didnt want a repeat of the 2016 domain fiasco. 

I feel a little bit like someone who went to the Olympics eight years ago and 
did well and then missed out on it in Tokyo and then came back and got a gold 
medal again. I feel like the GOAT of this very, very small niche of 
cybersquatting, Eche said. More from TechRadar Pro Take a look at our guide 
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https://www.techradar.com/pro/pioneering-cybersquatter-goat-hits-the-jackpot-w
ith-harriswalzcom-selling-for-dollar15000


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