Domain name cookie sells for $280.
Domain name investor Justin Godfrey of DIS Inc./MiniSite.com was the winning bidder in the eBay auction for the Tucows/Open SRS commemorative cookie.
Last April I bought the cookie — which was made to commemorate Tucows hitting the 10 million domains milestone — in another charity auction.
But it was time to turn the cookie into more money for charity, so I put it back up on eBay last week.
Bidding quickly escalated and the price soared, selling for a final price of $280. Over 1,100 people viewed the auction on eBay.
The money will go to support Cheti School in Tanzania. The money might be used toward buying a bus, feeding a class of 50-60 kids for almost three weeks, or acquiring books for several classrooms.
Godfrey says he frequently gives back. “Any charity that benefits children will benefit all of our futures,” he said. Godfrey said he frequently donates to ProjectNightNight.org, another charity that helps children.
I’d like to extend thanks to everyone who bid in the auction or helped promote it.
If you missed out but would still like to support Cheti, drop me a note and I’ll put you in touch with Mary Klingensmith with SponsorCheti.org.
Now, when will that 11 millionth domain cookie be baked?
Kevin Murphy says
I heard through the grapevine that the CDC are investigating Tucows’ cookies as the source of the DomainFest flu.
Any idea if that’s true?
Andrew Allemann says
@ Kevin Murphy – well I’m glad news about that didn’t come out until after the auction!
Ben Lucier says
Andrew, this is awesome news… congratulations!
@Kevin: Those are absolutely untrue rumours, with no basis in fact and likely started (and spread) by our competitors. 🙂 The Tucows / OpenSRS celebration cookie has been tightly sealed for some time and as Andrew said earlier, has never been removed from its packaging.
Has Justin given you any indication about his plans for the cookie? Would love to see it fetch $500 in another 9 months time. We might be at the beginning of an interesting tradition!
Warm regards,
– Ben Lucier
– Tucows / OpenSRS
Andrew Allemann says
@ Ben –
Justin hasn’t given me any indication what he’ll do with the cookie. But I agree — let’s make this the cookie that keeps on giving back…
Josh says
It would be a shame if someone knew where in Toronto those were made and happened to get more… flooding the market with reproduction cookies lol
Ben Lucier says
@Josh: They were made by The Designer Cookie http://www.thedesignercookie.com
Sure more could be reproduced, but we could always carbon date them to be sure they were originals. 🙂
Josh says
I was joking but hey, that seems like a cool place. I loves cookies, could starting buying customs for every event… divorce (bite me), first dates (bite me, please) etc.
🙂