Daily Poll: Would You Donate a Domain Name?

A few years ago, I saw a domain name in auction and won it with the intention of donating it to a non-profit organization. The non-profit was happy to take the domain name and still uses it as a forwarder. The auction cost was in the ballpark of what I would have been happy to donate to the organization, so it all worked out.

I have heard of non-profit organizations reaching out to domain owners to ask for the donation of a domain name for a project of theirs. Sometimes this makes sense but oftentimes it does not. Sorry, but I probably can’t justify donating a five figure domain name and I doubt others would either. I suppose it depends on the domain name and the non-profit that is interested in it.

Would you donate a domain name to a non-profit organization?


Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver
About The Author: Elliot Silver is an Internet entrepreneur and publisher of DomainInvesting.com. Elliot is also the founder and President of Top Notch Domains, LLC, a company that has closed eight figures in deals. Please read the DomainInvesting.com Terms of Use page for additional information about the publisher, website comment policy, disclosures, and conflicts of interest. Reach out to Elliot: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

4 COMMENTS

  1. I acquire names and donate them to non-profits regularly. It’s a good thing to do and it’s a great write-off opportunity as well.

    • Definitely a good deed but from what I understand you can only write off what you paid. For instance, if you bought CancerSucks.com for $500 and donate it a month later, your write off is $500, so it is a wash. Of course I am neither an accountant nor a lawyer.

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