We’re holding FUTURE
PRESIDENTS’ urls for ransom. You can buy shares and get paid.
Someone is going to run for president
They’re going to need a website
AND YOU CAN GET PAID
slotkin.com
you can buy shares of their urls and Get paid when we flip them
Here's how it works
We bought likely 2028 presidential campaign urls
Prediction markets are forward prices of who runs. We read them as an oracle and bought
BUY SHARES OF A URL AND WHEN WE RESELL IT, YOU'LL GET A CUT OF THE PROFITS
FAQ
Why Would Someone Pay For A URL?
For a public figure or a political campaign, owning the most obvious website is important; it’s what people find when they go looking for you. Alternatively, an opponent's URL can be useful for a smear campaign.
We know, for example, that Michael Bloomberg had to purchase mikebloomberg2020.com from its previous owner when he launched his 2020 presidential campaign. He paid an undisclosed amount - and the secrecy alone should tell you something about how much money changed hands.
What is domain squatting?
Domain squatting refers generally to the practice of purchasing desirable or convenient URLs that you will not yourself use, and attempting to resell them.
What is this?
A satire project and a real bet. Campaigns need a website, and the obvious name for a ticket is usually already taken. We registered the names for tickets that could run in 2028.
What do I get for my money?
A share of that website’s pot. If you put in $10 and the pot holds $1,000, you own 1% of it.
When do I get paid?
Only if that exact website sells. Owners split 80% of the price by how much each put in. We keep 20%.
What’s the lowest price you’ll sell for?
$15,000, or more if the pot is big enough that owners would otherwise lose money.
What if that ticket never happens?
Then the website probably never sells and you get nothing back. There are no refunds or withdrawals. Only put in money you’re fine losing.
Where do the odds come from?
Kalshi, a prediction market. The big number is the chance of the nomination. Each ticket uses Kalshi’s own price for that pairing where one exists, otherwise the nominee odds times the running mate’s chance of the pick. The chart under the board shows how our tickets add up.
Manifesto
Politicians come and go, the vast majority running purely in their own self interest or - as the case may be - the self-interest of the massive corporate donors who own them heart and soul. Yang, Kanye, even Trump, have shown that running for office is now a standard piece of brand-building.
Universally, however, candidates wear the idea that they are acting “for the people” loudly upon their sleeves. In some small way we can force that to be true: let us collectively hold hostage those assets a campaign needs, and force a prospective candidate to pay ransom back to the crowd before commencing their voyage of public aggrandizement.
As they say in the real estate business: location, location, location! And when it comes to urls, mostly available for paltry sums and entirely unique, well: it’s free real estate.
Pre-buying political domains is like laying a predictive minefield: a sale can potentially detect actions in advance of announcements.
Domain squatting is a plague: conniving scamsters seize premium land and prevent growth. If you don’t have a good idea for cookies.me, don’t stop someone else from taking it! Of course our defense is that we DID have a good idea, and this is it.
The savvy consider betting markets to be more reliable predictors than the polls. Because the political consultant class watches the betting markets, betting affects the race just as polls influence the electorate - a political observer effect. Let’s kick that up a notch: by betting on an asset a candidate will be forced to buy back, these bets will interface with campaigns directly.
If the lion’s share of politics is performance and gamesmanship, let’s get in the game.