[RKDinOKC]

Have a domain that I use for hosting and personal stuff, ZIPBANG.COM. Had it since 1991. Was offered a whole $200 for it once. Told them it would cost me more than that to change everything.

When international domains like .mx, .cn, .ca, .ru were first available our company registered their name as a domain in a lot of them to keep spoofers from trying to look like our presence in those countries. After about 5 or 6 years of owning the domains we figured we had done due diligence and let them expire. We had to keep .ru because companies would not deal with our representatives without a local presence. Our China distributors kept the .cn domain so they could maintain a web site in Mandarin.

It really went crazy right after they stopped requiring domain requests on company letterhead and tax id's to register a .com domain and similar proof to get a .net or .org.

Some international domains required a physical company address to be able to register as well.

Doing all the international stuff did get me a wholesale domain registry account that lets me register and maintain my Domains cheaper than Godaddy and Namecheap's regular pricing. But can't beat Godaddy introductory deals, sometimes less than $2 a year for a two year commitment.