DigiPawn.com Opens First Pawn Shop For Domains

[mandy]

Many domain name owners dream  of the day when banks will recognize the value of their assets in the same way they do real estate, automobiles or other objects of value in the real world. It would open up a whole new world of financing options if you could use your domains as collateral for a college or home loan, or any other purpose that might suit your needs. That day may still be a long way off, but veteran Internet entrepreneur Rick Latona may be bringing it a bit closer with his latest enterprise, DigiPawn.com.

full article: http://dnjournal.com/columns/digipawn.htm

[jezebel]

Interesting.  $$

[mandy]

DigiPawn is now doing consignment sales in addition to its domain pawn brokerage business.  In addition to websites, content, trademarks, and patents can also be consigned.

How to Consign?

...Tick the Consign Radio button and fill out the form....we will then show your listing to potential buyers when they search for it, or browse to it, on DigiPawn, and it will also be shown when potential buyers look for the asset type(Eg: Domain names) on our growing network of partner websites. Click the Clear button to cancel the application. We will notify you of all offers immediately by email. You will be able to accept offers or counteroffer from your listing page. The same procedure is followed when consigning other digital assets such as Active Websites, Content, Patents, Trademarks, etc.

more information: http://www.digipawn.com/?indexMod=store&avtz=a3

[jezebel]

Consignment ha! I'm not paying an extra fee when I can do it myself.