Selling onions on the internet

Pieter Levels tweeted about a guy who buys random domain names and then tries to turn them into businesses.

For example:

• BirthdayParties.com – directory of birthday party venues and entertainment
• RanchWork.com – ranching job board
• VidaliaOnions.com – D2C onions

The guy’s name is Peter Askew and he wrote about the onion business here 🧅

Highlights:

• He paid $2,200 for the domain in 2014.
• “I had no idea what to do with it. Ready, fire, aim.”
• He eventually found an onion farmer to partner with.
• The farmer provided the onions, and Peter did everything else.
• Estimated 50 orders for the first season, ended up with 600+

Apparently the business is still going strong =💪