Va. Within minutes of the massacre at Virginia Tech, some people turned to cyberspace looking to profit on the tragedy.

Domain names related to the tragedy were snapped up by people hoping to sell them off for a profit or use them to link to advertisers.

The cost of registering such domains is generally less than 10 dollars. But some are now being auctioned off for thousands.

Especially troubling to some is the registration of domain names related to those killed in the April 16th tragedy.

On the same day the victims' names were released, people began registering domains named after the dead. Victims' friends and family members seeking to create a memorial site under the same Internet address would then have to purchase it from the domain name owner -- for whatever price the owner wants.

While many consider the practice repellant, experts say it has become commonplace in the wake of tragedies.