Tag Archives: buydomains

Tue 30th June 2009
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NameMedia Sells Another $600k in Domains - Company shows consistency in domain name sales. Domain seller NameMedia, which sells domain names through BuyDomains and Afternic, sure is consistent. It seems that every week they total $600,000 or so in announced domain sales. That sort of consistency can only come with a large inventory of domain names. This past week the company sold about 400 domain names, or an annualized 20,800 names. Assuming an inventory of a million domain names, that’s a 2% turnover ... read more ...
Sun 14th June 2009
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First Two (Unofficial) Days during Domain Roundtable - A weekend of domain festivities in Washington D.C. Domain Roundtable officially kicked off this evening in Washington, D.C. at the Grand Hyatt. But this weekend was filled with unofficial activities for a few of the early arrivers. Saturday evening David and Michael Castello graciously treated a dozen early arrivals to dinner at Central Michel Richard. In attendance were a number of familiar domain industry faces such as Phil Corwin of Internet Commerce Association ... read more ...
Tue 19th May 2009
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MyHomePage.com Sells for $50,000 - BuyDomains sells domain name for $50,000. BuyDomains has sold the domain name MyHomepage.com for $50,000. The buyer appears to be in Germany and the page currently resolves to WhyPark’s name servers. This will be one to watch, as the buyer clearly has plans for it. Other notable .com sales at BuyDomains this week include: a6.com $34,000 loterij.com $11,645 honestkitchen.com $5,000 i-me.com $4,988 justscooters.com $4,788 renascimento.com $4,770 ecosociety.com ... read more ...
Tue 24th March 2009
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LAinsurance.com Sells for $100,000 - Detroit-based insurance agency shells out 6 figures for domain name. L.A. Insurance has purchased the domain name LAInsurance.com from NameMedia for $100,000. Although the number may seem high for a geo insurance domain name, this deal makes perfect sense for the buyer. (As it turns out, “L.A.” is not a geography to this company). L.A. insurance has 150 locations and currently uses the domain name LAInsuranceAgency.com. It’s no doubt that a number of its ... read more ...
Tue 17th March 2009
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BachelorsDegree.com Sells for $62,500 - NameMedia cashes in on degrees. NameMedia (Afternic, BuyDomains) sold two big “degree” domain names over the past week: BachelorsDegree.com for $62,500 and PsychologyDegree.com for $25,000. Both domains are protected by Moniker whois privacy and forward to eLearners.com. Add these other recent education domains the company has sold lately and it has found a nice niche: MastersDegree.com $48,000 CounselingDegree.com $9,000 LiberalArtsDegree.com $8,000 ManagementDegree.com ... read more ...
Tue 3rd March 2009
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AfternicDLS to Expand Promotion, Improve Integrity - NameMedia platform getting two major improvements. NameMedia will notify customers of Afternic later today about two major enhancements to its platform. First, the company will be greatly expanding the reach of domains listed on Afternic with “Expanded Promotion”. Currently, domains listed with expanded promotion are cross listed on BuyDomains, GoDaddy Auctions, and several other sites. Although the company isn’t yet disclosing additional partnerships, it’s ... read more ...
 
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Claim.com Domain Name Sells for $80,000 - NameMedia sells Claim.com for $80,000. NameMedia, parent company of BuyDomains and Afternic, has completed the sale of Claim.com for $80,000. The buyer is unknown but appears to have used domain financing service Domain Capital to complete the transaction. Claim.com was just one of over 400 reported domain names NameMedia sold last week. Many of the domain names the company sells are subject to non-disclosure agreements, so the total sales numbers are much higher. ... read more ...
Thu 19th February 2009
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Median End User Domain Name Sales Price $1200 - NameMedia provides data on the SMB end user market for domain names. Earlier this month I reported that the median sales price for domain names at Sedo last year was $500. I pointed out that this number represents a mix between end user sales and investor sales. If you’re looking for a better number for the small and medium business end user market, look no further. NameMedia, which focuses on the SMB end user market through BuyDomains and other market channels, ... read more ...
Thu 12th February 2009
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3 Companies That Still Want to Buy Your Domain Names - These three companies are still buying domain names in the down market. Domain buyers are fewer and further between in this down economy. But that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Here are three companies that still want to buy your domain names. Oversee.net – parent company of Moniker, SnapNames, and DomainSponsor. Oversee.net is still buying domains and portfolios of domains. You shouldn’t expect to sell for what you would have two years ago, but the ... read more ...
Fri 19th December 2008
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BuyDomains Turning on End of Year Sales Pressure - Now might be a good time to strike a deal with BuyDomains. If you’ve had your eye on a domain at BuyDomains, now might be a good time to negotiate a deal. Over the past two days I’ve received four messages from BuyDomains with subjects ranging from “Let’s negotiate a great deal during the final days of 2008!” to “Andrew, call to negotiate great deals in 2008!” It seems like BuyDomains is pushing to get its sales numbers up to close 2008, which means ... read more ...
Sat 22nd November 2008
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Reports: NameMedia Lays Off 30 - Unconfirmed reports suggest domain giant has laid off 30 people. [Updated]Xconomy is citing unconfirmed reports that NameMedia, parent company of Afternic and BuyDomains, has laid off 30 employees. Please note that Xconomy has been unable to confirm the layoffs as of yet. I have reached out to multiple employees at NameMedia and will update this post as more information becomes available. As of September 2007 the company had 136 employees according to SEC filings. NameMedia ... read more ...
Mon 7th July 2008
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“We Get It” Award: Tiff’s Treats and CookieDelivery.com - Cookie company uses generic domain name to rev up sales. When I was in college at The University of Texas a decade ago, a little cookie shop opened up called Tiff’s Treats. They baked fresh cookies and would deliver them to your dorm room. I thought it was a great idea with little revenue potential. I was wrong about the revenue potential. The company has exploded by focusing on the corporate niche, delivering cookies for meetings and as gifts. A couple weekends ... read more ...
Tue 1st July 2008
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BuyDomains Does Dirty Work of Targeting End Users - NameMedia division uses marketing muscle promoting domain names to small and medium businesses. It seems like everywhere I look these days I see an ad for BuyDomains. I’m not talking about ads targeted to domain owners, but ads targeted to end users. There were the skyscraper banner ad on GigaOm and CitySearch. And the e-mail blast to the WebProNews list (see below). And the countless other web sites showing BuyDomains banners. BuyDomains has mastered the ... read more ...
Tue 13th May 2008
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Website Magazine Ranks “Domain Registrars” - Website Magazine knows web sites. Not domains. Website Magazine is a great free resource for domainers looking to develop their domains. But don’t turn to the publication for good advice on domain names. In the May edition, the magazine profiles “Website Magazine’s Ranking of Domain Registrars” based on traffic to the registrars’ web sites. The problem is how the magazine defines “domain registrar”. For example, Sedo is ranked #3. Sedo is a great ... read more ...
Mon 31st March 2008
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Dark Blue Sea: Domain Portfolio Worth $600 Million Retail - Company values retail value of portfolio at approximately $1,000 USD per domain. A Dark Blue Sea investor presentation (pdf) suggests that the retail value of its 570,000 domain portfolio is about $600 million. The presentation also provides a wealth of other statistics and details on its deal with domain registrar GoDaddy. Dark Blue Sea, an Australian company, is well known to domain name investors for its Fabulous domain registrar and domain parking services. As ... read more ...