Bidding opens for KerryEdwards.com

The online auction for the KerryEdwards.com website opened at 150,000 dollars, according to the German firm handling the sale.

The online auction for the KerryEdwards.com website opened at 150,000 dollars Monday, according to the German firm handling the sale.

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Unsolicited offers for the website, which just happens to tie in with the names on the Democratic White House ticket this US election year, have gone as high as 150,000 dollars, according to Matt Bentley, chief executive of Sedo, an Internet broker of domain names.

And Bentley said he expects the bidding to go higher as the two-week auction progresses, and as interest intensifies in Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry and his running mate, Senator John Edwards, ahead of the November 2 polls.

"He's sitting on a lottery ticket," Bentley said in a reference to Kerry Edwards, a part-time bail bondsman in Indianapolis, Indiana who just happened to register the site two years ago as a personal site for family and friends.

Bentley said the site would deliver "instant traffic" to buyers such as "parody sites, comedy sites, or any political-related sites that want instant recognition."

Edwards, 34, expects to use proceeds from a sale to "pay some bills and make sure that my son, after he goes to college someday, isn't saddled by student loans for the rest of his life."

Sedo makes a 10 percent commission on domain sales.