This guy accidentally bought the Google domain from Argentina for less than $ 3 | Gadget theory

Have you ever thought about how great it would be if you could have been one of the early buyers of domain names? These days, just about everything is taken well, so people need to be creative. However, a web designer in Argentina named Nicolas Kurona was able to purchase Google.com.ar in a completely legal and legit process. Not only that, it costs him less than $ 3!

Kurona was for a short time the owner of the Google Argentina domain

Kurona told BBC: “I never imagined it would allow me to buy it.” Google Argentina replied: “For a short period of time, the domain was acquired by someone else.” A representative also said the company gained access to the domain name shortly thereafter.

One day, Kurona worked at his office in Buenos Aires, designing a website for one of his clients. He noticed an influx of WhatsApp messages saying that Google was down, and when he typed www.google.com.ar into his browser, it did not. He said, “I thought something strange happened.”

He then decided to check the Network Information Center Argentina (NIC), which is responsible for operating the .ar country code domains. He searched for Google and he saw that it was for sale.

Although he was skeptical that it would work itself, Kurona said he “followed the steps and then I received an email with the purchase invoice.” He shared the invoice BBC and it showed that he bought it for 270 pesos, which comes out to a total of $ 2.90.

Nicolas Kurona

Kurona was absolutely shocked. When he typed www.google.com.ar after buying the domain, he was absolutely shocked. He said: “My personal data appeared. I was frozen to look at the screen. I could not believe what exactly had happened.”

Now, when he was the new owner of the Google Argentina domain, technically, everyone who typed the website name was addressed to him.

He explained: “I want to make it clear that I never had any bad intentions, I just tried to buy it and the NIC let me know. When the purchase process was complete and my details appeared, I knew something was going to happen. … I was really scared.

He quickly decided to tweet about the whole thing and be transparent about what happened.

So what actually happened here? Some people theorized that Google had forgotten to renew their domain name, but the company says the license has not expired yet and would not expire until July 2021.

Google Argentina reclaimed the domain

It is not yet clear exactly how and why this happened, and Kurona says he also has no idea how he could have done this. He also said he feels “somewhat strange” about all this newly found media attention. While some on Twitter praised him as a hero, he said he was just glad he didn’t get in trouble.

He said the NIC had taken the domain from him, and he was not reimbursed for the amount he paid for it. He said Google had not been in contact with him either, and he did not know how they even got the domain name back from him.