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Domain Name Flipping - How I Lost $1,695

veejay23

Published on April 6, 2014

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I bought a dot com domain from Namecheap with the intention to build an affiliate website. I posted content only twice and forgot about it. Namecheap reminded me about the renewal several times but ignored them. See image below:

The other day while clearing my computer of the unused bookmarks, I was surprised to see my "secretatm.com" was up for sale for $1,695 having only invested $10 previously. See image below

If only I knew of the Domain Flipping Business...

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