Tag Archives: auction.com

Wed 5th March 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Google Capital invests $50 million in Auction.com - Company that invested $1.7 million in great domain name in 2009 gets $50 million infusion from Google Capital. Google Capital has invested $50 million in real estate auction company Auction.com. I don’t usually write about fundraising by companies with great domain names. It takes a lot more than a great domain name to build a good business. In fact, what is now Auction.com was already a fast growing business before it had the domain name. Still, Real Estate Disposition ... read more ...
Mon 4th May 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Companies Promote Their New Domains: Auction.com and Advertise.com - Instant brand recognition and credibility come with two generic domain names. This Sunday I took the local newspaper out of its wrapper and saw this sticky note on the front page: It caught my attention. Real Estate Disposition Corporation bought the domain name Auction.com in March for $1.7M. Had the sticky note in the paper read “USHomeAuction.com”, the company’s old domain name, it certainly would have garnered less attention and trust. Another company ... read more ...