There was another Pizzagate in the UK in the early 2000s, when a famous football manager had a slice of pizza thrown at him and it hit him right in the face. So it could be from that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29712118
I, too, believe the domain being registered in 2013 is surprisingly explainable by how domain services park things. This pizzaDOTcom guy's douchebaggery, however, about using other people's work for personal gain is a bit absurd.
I can tell you I almost purchased that domain myself for $50 and went with http://pizzagate.wiki instead at the last minute to save a little bit of money, so this guy is either a scam artist himself or was a victim. Nonetheless. Sketch.
Domain sharks habitually buy domains that make the slightest sense for cheap, for a potential big profit in the future as .com domains are incredibly limited at this point and you never know what simple domain, consisting of short English words, will sell for hundreds of dollars in a few years down the line. Maybe one of them saw a potential in the word "pizzagate" back in 2013, when it didn't mean anything. It wouldn't have been such a farfetched name for, say, a pizza restaurant. Just my two cents.
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reasonedandinformed ago
Why was it registered in 2013, over 3 years prior to the term being coined?? Seems a bit fishy/planned.
SpikyAube ago
There was another Pizzagate in the UK in the early 2000s, when a famous football manager had a slice of pizza thrown at him and it hit him right in the face. So it could be from that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29712118
justwanttohelp ago
its obvious then that this guy made the site hoping it would sell one day and now he wants to make a shitload of money
reasonedandinformed ago
OK.
RebelSkum ago
I, too, believe the domain being registered in 2013 is surprisingly explainable by how domain services park things. This pizzaDOTcom guy's douchebaggery, however, about using other people's work for personal gain is a bit absurd.
I can tell you I almost purchased that domain myself for $50 and went with http://pizzagate.wiki instead at the last minute to save a little bit of money, so this guy is either a scam artist himself or was a victim. Nonetheless. Sketch.
wecanhelp ago
Domain sharks habitually buy domains that make the slightest sense for cheap, for a potential big profit in the future as .com domains are incredibly limited at this point and you never know what simple domain, consisting of short English words, will sell for hundreds of dollars in a few years down the line. Maybe one of them saw a potential in the word "pizzagate" back in 2013, when it didn't mean anything. It wouldn't have been such a farfetched name for, say, a pizza restaurant. Just my two cents.
joeysaperv ago
yeah, this is disturbing on a lot of levels