FaceMash.com For Sale on Flippa
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10/6/2010 11:46 AM
FaceMash.com For Sale on Flippa
If you have seen the Facebook movie ‘The Social Network’ then you know that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s first version of a social site was FaceMash.com. The site built overnight when his girlfriend left him, featured two side by side photos of Harvard undergrads that you could vote on. You were voting which one was better looking. It took off and crashed the Harvard network within one night of release.
The domain expired sometime in 2007 while Zuckerberg was working on Facebook and purchased by an independent group. Most recently a Facebook app called ULiken, the site is now for sale on the popular website and domain selling service Flippa.com. Bids started at $8,000 and have recently reached $15,000. The But It Now price has also jumped with the recent media attention from $35,000 to $125,000.
The auction listing provides pretty decent details about the history of the site and the domain, taken from Wikipedia. This group of entrepreneurs is trying very hard to profit at the height of the popularity of the movie. The value of the site after the movie goes to DVD and on to television is probably greatly diminished from its value today.
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4 comment(s) so far...
Re: FaceMash.com For Sale on Flippa
good information mate thanks
By anuj on
10/7/2010 11:09 AM
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Re: FaceMash.com For Sale on Flippa
sounds like a good place where someone can combine facebook + mashable to bring you social media news about yourself.This is perfect timing for the person who caught FaceMash.com on the drop as there is a new movie out called ‘The Social Network’ which details the Facebook saga
By Venice Italy Hotels on
10/11/2010 5:14 AM
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Re: FaceMash.com For Sale on Flippa
FaceMash was, in many ways, the precursor to Facebook.In some ways FaceMash was the genesis for Facebook.He's done a great job in the comments of what people could do with the domain. The ideas the seller provides can sometimes swing the price quite significantly.
By native web apps on
10/12/2010 7:12 AM
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Re: FaceMash.com For Sale on Flippa
I saw this listing for Facemash.com the other day, and figured it was another domainer with some unrealistic wishing price for his dropped domain, but the auction is attracting a lot of interest around the Internet. Techcrunch, SFGate, and dozens of other sites have articles about this sale, which should generate a lot of interest for the seller, along with the repeated references to it in The Social Network.
By VPS Hosting on
10/21/2010 12:50 AM
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