Sunak domain name for sale for £88,000

OPPORTUNISTS are attempting to cash in on Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak domain names as Conservative leadership challenge rumours swirl.

With Boris Johnson facing a potential confidence vote, website addresses featuring wordplay on favourites to take over as prime minister are being marketed for almost £90,000 each.

“Inlizwetruss.com” and its “.co.uk” variation, were registered by a mystery buyer on Dec 29.

The Foreign Secretary, whose team confirmed they were not involved in the purchase of the domain names, has called for Mr Johnson to remain in Downing Street but won’t rule out a leadership bid if he is ousted.

The two addresses are being sold through GoDaddy, Britain’s mostprominent web hosting company, for £88,000 each.

A company insider confirmed the names had been deliberately purchased to put on the resale market and that the prices being asked are “crazy”. They added: “When a person is high profile, that domain name could go for a lot of money.”

Also snapped up are “rishiforleader. com” as well as the “.co.uk” version, in the last week.

Mr Sunak, the Chancellor and a frontrunner to replace Mr Johnson, is renowned for his political branding, but allies denied being involved in the purchase. A price has not been officially set for the two domain names, however, web hosting firms, including GoDaddy, are already offering brokerage services.

The two variations were registered on Jan 18, when Tory MPs were said to be submitting letters of no confidence in Mr Johnson’s leadership to Sir Graham Brady, the 1922 Committee chairman. If the domain names are sold, buyers are set to make huge profits, with “.com” addresses costing just £17 and “.co.uk” available for as little as £5.

Some addresses have fetched millions of pounds. In 2019 “voice.com” sold for around £22million.