AmmoBrassTrader.com

[GRUMPA]

Fortunately for me I had my e-mail addy on one of my post and the other guy just happened to copy it down and we got a trade done. I didn't go there that often but I kinda miss going there and trading.

Sam,
Love the Avatar, loved the movie too.

[BT Sniper]

So how long do we wait before a new ABT launches or the old one comes back?

BT

[DukeInFlorida]

If they haven't recovered their domain name by now, they probably aren't

[GRUMPA]

Well just out of curiosity I tried the link and got a new front page to show up. It almost looks like he's trying to get the site working.

[BT Sniper]

Interesting????? I wonder????? I know "GoDaddy" had the domain name for sale a while back. Someone bid on it. Either they are bringing it back or teh new owner of the name is simply posting links????? hopefully it will come back from the dead but I don't know anything. I tell you all what though, if a new ABT or similar version of it dosen't appear soon someone should creat a new web site that is nearly the same or exactly the same as the last.

BT

[BT Sniper]

Seems a little strange to me! Like the person that set up the links on that page knew nothing about shooting? I mean really, links to brass handels, brass grab bars, ???? Seems kind of fishy to me?

BT

[kd185]

I'll send leonard an email and ask him whats going on

[kd185]

well 1 of the 2 email addresses i have for him got kicked back

[yruiz]

If Leonard doesn't get it back up, I might have to do something about it. I really miss that site.

[happy7]

I thought seriously of bidding for the domain when it went to auction, but was afraid I would be bidding Leonard up. Now I don't believe it is his. But it is not really a problem. A .net domain name would work. I could set up a site with some forum software, but I just don't have the time to moderate it. But I do miss the old site.

[DukeInFlorida]

At the request of a member here, I sent the guy an email, offering my web development support. Never heard back.

The domain name is being held by a third party, and is available for sale for $4800.

Leonard let it lapse, and it's no longer his. If it was in his name (versus his wife's) in the beginning, he could write a letter demanding the domain back, and he would win. I have done that for one other client. The Registrars are very accommodating.

But, if no one can get in touch with him, all is lost.

[kd185]

exchanged a few emails back and forth with Lenard
he said it was ok to post them
so heres some of what was said

I'm trying but the problem is that the hosting and the domain name itself were registered in my Ex-wife's name since she already had stuff set up for her business so it was less expensive to do it that way. Apparently the hosting has expired and I cannot get any kind of response from her on anything so I can't get the account renewed or transferred so at this point until she answers me or I can figure out a way to get everything I need to bring it back online it is kind of dead in the water, which sucks because even though I haven't used it myself in almost 4 years I know that others were using it quite a bit and it enabled a lot of cool people to meet each other and make lots of good trades so it was worth keeping up to me for that. When something changes I will get the word out though.

Sent from: Straight from the horses mouth.

[BT Sniper]

When godady had the domain for sale I saw two bids for it. First one was for $10 and the last one I saw was $15. Now if one wanted to buy it some third party is trying to get $4k+ !!!!!!

I say screw the third party, the new ABT doesn't look like it will be anything but a loosy redirect link sight. Think it is time we start a new abt sight. I think I will look into it.

To bad Lenard doesn't look like is going to be able to continue the sight.

BT

[GRUMPA]

I think in order for something like that to happen successfully a person would need multiple partners to make it work. I know when I was running a gaming server it was a PITA for one person, and the codes,OH the codes were a pain.

[DukeInFlorida]

if the primary purpose of the site was as a forum, there's plenty of forum packages already available, fully configurable. My current hosting service provider actually offers me a couple of forum packages, similar in nature to the castboolits package. And, it's basically free, comes with the hosting service. No need for custom scripts.

Setting up the areas, admins, etc is a breeze. Customizing the images, etc, is also easy.

If someone has Leonard's ear, please pass along my contact info. I' be happy to assist in any way I can.

[happy7]

It sounds from the email posted from Leonard, that he has lost interest. All we need is someone to do it. It sounds like the original data is no longer available since it is now in the possesion of his unresponsive ex.

If you want to set it up, Duke, I say go for it, because I am busy. If no one else wants to, I probably would.

But we need some volunteers of responsible people to act as moderators to keep the trashy posts and posters out.

[BT Sniper]

I would be willing to bet we could get better then %50 of the orginal members to rejoin, probably even the same mods.

I'm considering it!

BT

[GRUMPA]

It's been a long time for me so if sounds stupid don't laugh to loud.

When I was paying for a gaming server it was $60mo, and it only had the basic gaming codes installed and I had to upload tons of files and make it work.

Now for something like this how much a month would something like this cost a person?

[happy7]

Way less than that. It depends on if you already have hosting. If you do, then it is only $10-15 per year for the domain. Hosting if you don't already have it might be another $70/year. There is freeware forum software out there that is pretty good.

[DukeInFlorida]

Grumpa, gaming servers require a lot of cost due to the enormous bandwidth that they consume. A discussion forum like castboolits, even with all the images flowing through it is NOTHING like a game server for bandwidth.

How active was ammobrasstrader? Like... how many members? How many daily posts?

I never went there, so will also ask some dumb questions:
1) What was the purpose of the site?
2) What were the discussion area headers?