Chat History

Why The Domain "Poo.Com" ?

Fine, let's deal with this one first as it is one of the most commonly asked questions within the chat.

The real answer is that is wasn't just Poo.Com and still isn't the only domain to point to the chat application. That said, it is one of the original domains and the most well known of those that still do.

The fact is our chat site has been known by many people, under many names and was reachable through many domains. To mention a handful of the most memorable and iconic domains of the chat's history:

  • Smile.com
  • 99.com
  • Sexy.com
  • Truth.org
  • Man.com
  • Fist.com

With the full list being more than 250 domains as mentioned here: Poo.com Chat Domains (originally posted in 2003). However it should be noted (a mere 15+ years later) that several wrong assumptions were made in the first section of that page.

For example the domains were always intended as long term investments, with few even being sold on either side of the Dot Com Bubble and for those that were, it was usually a reluctant sale. However, back in the late 90's domain parking was still in its infancy and needed time to mature. In the meantime there were many domains waiting to be pointed to "something" and that something over time became a chat application that was like no other.