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I got distracted by how incredible owning milk.com is

by breadchris 7mo ago

jsheard 7mo ago
https://milk.com/value/ https://milk.com/value/ Also the server header is "lactoserv"
- tverbeure 7mo ago
  The FAQ is super informative! https://milk.com/faq/ https://milk.com/faq/
  - Dansvidania 7mo ago
    Is it allowed to lol on HN?
    - WalterGR 7mo ago
      You are welcome to lol silently.
      - Dansvidania 7mo ago
        Nah
    - DonHopkins 7mo ago
      No, you can only go low: "MOO!"
    - vntok 7mo ago
      Increasingly more every year.
  - hypercube33 7mo ago
    I miss the Grate book of MOO lore from Usenet
- simantel 7mo ago
  purple.com had a similar page for years, and eventually the mattress company rolled up with a dumptruck load of cash
- connorgurney 7mo ago
  Which is a real server, no less! https://github.com/danfuzz/lactoserv https://github.com/danfuzz/lactoserv
- tokenless 7mo ago
  Err. Id consider a 1m+ offer if I were him. With explosion of tlds and AI making the domain name less relevant (you ask AI and click its link) it will probably depreciate and better to grab $$$ and invest elsewhere.
qup 7mo ago
He used to (maybe still does) have a page where he talked about turning down millions of dollars for it.
- pousada 7mo ago
  See the link above. He’s willing to part with it for 10 million
alansaber 7mo ago
Almost as cool as owning ai.com!!
- jsheard 7mo ago
  Buying AI.com for an AI company just shows they have more money than imagination. Many such cases during the dot-com era (pets.com, mp3.com). The real flex would be for AI.com to have nothing to do with AI whatsoever.
  - gundmc 7mo ago
    Not on the same scale as AI, but my first ever AirBnB host still owns harley.com. He made his money writing "The Yellow Pages of the Internet" physical books and had turned down numerous lucrative offers from Harley Davidson. Really fascinating and quirky guy as you can probably infer from the site.
    - jsheard 7mo ago
      Similarly, the guy who owned nissan.com never sold out and continues to spite Nissan Motors even in death. https://nissan.com/ https://nissan.com/ You've got to actually use a trademark-adjacent domain in good faith though, otherwise you might get the rug pulled from under you. https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a69634055/75-million-dollar-lambo-website-domain-asking-price-lamborghini-court/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a69634055/75-million-dolla...
  - zarzavat 7mo ago
    > The real flex would be for AI.com to have nothing to do with AI whatsoever Apple Intelligence?
    - amarant 7mo ago
      Apple Inc. was right there man. Talk about missing the low hanging fruit! ;)
  - DonHopkins 7mo ago
Hamuko 7mo ago
In an incredible coincidence, I just yesterday listened to a podcast episode that discussed milk.com. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5526903/domain-name-value-milk-dot-com https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5526903/domain-name-val...

I got distracted by how incredible owning milk.com is

jsheard 7mo ago

https://milk.com/value/ https://milk.com/value/ Also the server header is "lactoserv"

tverbeure 7mo ago
The FAQ is super informative! https://milk.com/faq/ https://milk.com/faq/
- Dansvidania 7mo ago
  Is it allowed to lol on HN?
  - WalterGR 7mo ago
    You are welcome to lol silently.
    - Dansvidania 7mo ago
      Nah
  - DonHopkins 7mo ago
    No, you can only go low: "MOO!"
  - vntok 7mo ago
    Increasingly more every year.
- hypercube33 7mo ago
  I miss the Grate book of MOO lore from Usenet
simantel 7mo ago
purple.com had a similar page for years, and eventually the mattress company rolled up with a dumptruck load of cash
connorgurney 7mo ago
Which is a real server, no less! https://github.com/danfuzz/lactoserv https://github.com/danfuzz/lactoserv
tokenless 7mo ago
Err. Id consider a 1m+ offer if I were him. With explosion of tlds and AI making the domain name less relevant (you ask AI and click its link) it will probably depreciate and better to grab $$$ and invest elsewhere.

qup 7mo ago

He used to (maybe still does) have a page where he talked about turning down millions of dollars for it.

pousada 7mo ago
See the link above. He’s willing to part with it for 10 million

alansaber 7mo ago

Almost as cool as owning ai.com!!

jsheard 7mo ago
Buying AI.com for an AI company just shows they have more money than imagination. Many such cases during the dot-com era (pets.com, mp3.com). The real flex would be for AI.com to have nothing to do with AI whatsoever.
- gundmc 7mo ago
  Not on the same scale as AI, but my first ever AirBnB host still owns harley.com. He made his money writing "The Yellow Pages of the Internet" physical books and had turned down numerous lucrative offers from Harley Davidson. Really fascinating and quirky guy as you can probably infer from the site.
  - jsheard 7mo ago
    Similarly, the guy who owned nissan.com never sold out and continues to spite Nissan Motors even in death. https://nissan.com/ https://nissan.com/ You've got to actually use a trademark-adjacent domain in good faith though, otherwise you might get the rug pulled from under you. https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a69634055/75-million-dollar-lambo-website-domain-asking-price-lamborghini-court/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a69634055/75-million-dolla...
- zarzavat 7mo ago
  > The real flex would be for AI.com to have nothing to do with AI whatsoever Apple Intelligence?
  - amarant 7mo ago
    Apple Inc. was right there man. Talk about missing the low hanging fruit! ;)
- DonHopkins 7mo ago

Hamuko 7mo ago

In an incredible coincidence, I just yesterday listened to a podcast episode that discussed milk.com. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5526903/domain-name-value-milk-dot-com https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5526903/domain-name-val...