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FakeNews.com owner says he paid $250 and has had six figure offers

February 13, 2017 by Raymond Hackney

Fake news has certainly become a big buzzword over the last few months. There isn’t a day that goes by where someone on CNN or Fox is not discussing fake news.

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo had to apologize for saying a fake news accusation is like the N-word for journalists.

There is a story on DallasNews.com today about a California man, George Bacon who purchased FakeNews.com 11 years ago for $250.

From the article:

Fakenews.com isn’t the only domain Bacon owns — he buys and sells them regularly as a hobby — but soon, it will be the most profitable. The address is currently up for sale. And he’s gotten more than one six-figure offer.

“My plan is to have it sold by the end of the month,” Bacon said. “I’ll probably do some remodeling of my house. And I’d love to get a condo up in Mammoth for snowboarding.”

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Filed Under: Domain trends, domaining news

About Raymond Hackney

Raymond Hackney has been involved with domain names since 1997. One of the most prolific writers in the domain industry and founder of TLDinvestors.com and 3Character.com

Comments

  1. Kate says

    February 14, 2017 at 12:53 pm

    Is this real news ? I can’t believe it… 🙂

    • steve brady says

      February 14, 2017 at 6:05 pm

      Mr. Bacon is real and this story is sizzling.

    • YamadaMedia says

      February 14, 2017 at 8:46 pm

      Nice one! 🙂

      This is lucky. Would you really think “Fake News” would be worth a lot?

  2. Jebidiah says

    February 15, 2017 at 1:17 pm

    Good luck to George on the sale, on a side note, the shorter domain Fake.News is also available.

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