coyier.com

Somebody emailed me out of the blue offering to sell me coyier.com.

Usually I’m not interested in domains. I have this one, it’s fine. Subdomains are cool. You can put dashes in domains and get them cheap (see: css-tricks.com). There are a billion TLDs now and you don’t really need the dot-com.

But I thought about it, and my brain told me I’d spend a grand on it and absolutely no more. So I wrote them back and said exactly that. Then they emailed back a lower offer, and I said “no”. Then they wrote back with another lower offer, and I said “no”. Then they emailed back and said fine a grand, and I said “ok”.

Part of the reason I did it is that they sent a URL on godaddy.com where the transaction actually happens. I use GoDaddy anyway — I like them for reasons.

All it does is redirect to this site for now. But it opens the idea of using it for family members who might want a site off it. ruby.coyier.com is kinda neat.