fontspot.com auction gives an Arial view of the Times

The bottom line is, if you want traffic to your website, you've got to have a domain name that pulls. Easy to remember, easy to spell, short and to the point. Think about it next time you go surfing... will you type in fontspot.com to find the latest fonts, or will you type in somefreewebsite/~username/somefolder/fonts.index.html?

Domain names are the real estate boon of the new millenium, with the recent sale of business.com for a cool $7.5 mil (yes that's MILLION) and autos.com for $2 mil. And it's getting harder and harder to get your piece of the pie. Think of a name you'd like to own for your business, and try to register it. The odds are it's already taken, especially if it's a .com name.

The owner of fontspot.com knows how difficult it is to get a good domain name. Shari Coxford developed the www.allfreespot.com website, a 50-page freebie site, and spent days searching for an available name for the freebie site.

She considered developing a font site, but states she doesn't have the time for a new venture. So fontspot.com is up at the auction block looking for a new cyberhome.

The name is being auctioned at AfterNIC.com. One of the best auction sites on the 'net, AfterNIC.com offers live bidding and appraisals of domain names. The auction lasts 30 days and you can place your bid at http://www.afternic.com/~fontspot.com