[pkfrank]

I purchased Texts.com while in high school (~10 years ago) for ~$15k. I had made a fair amount of money flipping domain names on sites like Namepros / DNForum / a few private forums. A mix of "tulip" LLL.com's, and then a few instances of snagging a name in the aftermarket and immediately flipping it to an "end user."

My biggest domain-fail was letting Naked-Celebs.com expire. I bought it for something like $300 in 2009 and forgot to transfer it to my main portfolio, and somehow let it drop... I still shudder thinking about that sometimes.

[bluetidepro]

Wait a second.... You had $15,000 to drop on a domain in HIGH SCHOOL!? That's crazy, and incredible. Ha

[pkfrank]

Back then there was a lot of easy money in domain names if you knew what you were doing. Also benefited from some questionable tactics I would never use now that I know better / have a real reputation to protect. IE typos, bulk-sifting Whois for deals, etc. Nothing crazy blackhat / shady, but stuff I wouldn't go near anymore.

[fractalsea]

How much did you sell Texts.com for, and when did you sell it? Assuming you've sold it.

[pkfrank]

We make use of it now for my startup. One of the rare circumstances, probably, where the name happened to come before the idea.