Kerry Edwards Web Site Name Is for Sale

INDIANAPOLIS – A Web site with the same name as the Democratic presidential ticket failed to attract the $150,000 minimum bid its owner wanted at an online auction.

Kerry Edwards, 34, of Indianapolis, registered his kerryedwards.com Web address in March 2002 to post family photographs online.

Interest in the name climbed when John Kerry named John Edwards as his running mate, and Kerry Edwards said he had received offers of up to $30,000 for the name.

He then decided to try to sell the Web address through Sedo.com, which specializes in selling Internet domain names.

The auction ended without a sale at midnight Saturday, said Keith Watson, a spokesman for Sedo.com. He said he knew no other details.

Kerry Edwards previously said the Kerry campaign had asked him to donate the Web address. But Mike Harmless, the campaign’s Indiana chairman, said he was not aware of any continuing interest in the Kerry camp.

“Obviously kerryedwards.com would be a great Web site,” Harmless said. “But with the amount of effort, enthusiasm and excitement that has built around JohnKerry.com, I don’t think anyone would want to switch with just a few months to go until the election.”