Help me get doubleknitting.com!
OK, this has grated on me for some time now. Some internet domain troll (read: someone who buys up domains they think will be worth money someday and sells them for exorbitant prices) has their hands on the domain doubleknitting.com. The domain is parked, meaning that it’s not being used for any productive purpose, and is currently selling for $1349.00 You know, I’d be OK with it if someone had legitimately beaten me to that domain, and was using it for their own knitting-related business — but to have the domain just sit there unused is an insult.
I can’t justify the cost on my own — but maybe with some help I can put it to better use. For example, if everyone in the Ravelry double-knitting group threw in a dollar, I’d be just about there after Paypal takes its cut.
I understand that, as a donor, you get nothing out of this deal except the satisfaction of taking a domain out of the hands of an internet squatter and back into the community that rightfully owns it. I promise that, should I ever decide to abandon the domain, I will sell it only within the knitting community and at a reasonable price. Most domains go for about $10 or $15, depending on where you purchase them.
So if you want to help, donate any amount you see fit here. When the money gets to the amount needed, I will purchase that domain. If someone grabs the domain before me, or they raise the price much higher (it was at about $2000 last year, so I’m optimistic), or something else happens that stops me from being able to attain my goal, I will remove the donation link and I will redirect whatever money has come in to a knitting-related charity of my choice.
Have you considered double-knitting.com or double_knitting.com or some spelling of double-knit?
Sure — I have double-knitting.com already. It’s just that if it were a single word, it’d be easier to tell people in person (instead of “double hyphen knitting”). I get enough of that spelling my own name for people :>
Why not pre-sell downloads of a couple of your patterns to help raise the money? Other designers (Kristin Omdahl, Debbie Stoller) do “freebies” of their patterns in magazines (and even in store flyers) to promote their books. I’d pay $5.00 for the pattern of the Vasily hat! Maybe someone else would feel the same about the Falling Blocks hat or the Feather & Fan hat. E-mail me if you decide to do that!
Anyway, think your designs are cool and can’t wait to buy the book. Good luck!
A good idea — I’ll check with my publisher and see if it’d be OK to do that with Vasily. Falling Blocks is already for sale on Ravelry.
Did you know that doubleknitting.net is available. I have used .net with no problem.
It’s true … I probably should buy up the .net, .org, etc. Thanks for the heads-up! I’m probably going to try offering the domain troll half his asking price to see what happens.
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