It was after a billiards tournament that DiGirolamo met a fellow player who needed a $15,000 loan.
DiGirolamo chuckles now as he remembers the conversation about the loan. He never asked, for example, what the man needed the money for. In fact, what is amazing is how trusting DiGirolamo seemed to be, taking a pool cue stick and the domain name rights as collateral.
After the loan wasn’t paid, DiGirolamo established his own 45.com website for his business. That’s where he attracted attention.
Soon after he established the website, he began to receive hard-to-believe offers to buy the name.”Someone contacted me and offered $180,000,” he said. “Then I got an offer of $210,000.”
DiGirolamo realized he must have something valuable. Two-digit Web names are a limited commodity. For those with a mystical sense, two-digit names also carry a reputation for luck.
DiGirolamo made a promise to himself — he would not sell the 45.com domain for anything less than $250,000.
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