Tag Archives: end user

Fri 13th June 2014
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What domain names Harvard Business School and others bought final week - Harvard among end user domain name buyers last week. Sedo sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some that were purchased by end users; see previous end user sales lists here. Want to sell domains like these on Sedo? Download this report to learn how. PuzzleRings.com $18,000- jewelry company Uctuk, which operates the website PuzzleRing.com (singular). IdentityToys.com $1,395 – Fremont, California company IdentiToy Inc. They design “Object-to-display ... read more ...
Thu 12th June 2014
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GoDaddy End User domain name sales - A slow week in the aftermarket. GoDaddy and Afternic sold just $1.3 million worth of aftermarket/expired domain names last week, a far cry from the usual $1.8M-$2.0M it turns in. It may be a hanghover from the holiday weekend in the U.S. a couple weeks ago. An additional reason might be the temporary loss of Afternic on its Premium level distribution. Both Afternic and Sedo had to temporarily remove Moniker due to its ongoing problems. GoDaddy’s registration path ... read more ...
Mon 9th June 2014
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What domain names Microsoft and others bought - Microsoft headlines last week’s Sedo end user sales list. Microsoft is the biggest name on last week’s Sedo end user sales list, but a flower delivery company bought the most expensive (disclosed) domain name. There’s also a .berlin domain name on the list. Below are end user sales I found on the list Sedo sent last week; see previous end user sales here. Bouq.com $40,000 – Flower site The Bouqs. Bouq is short for Bouquet. They have a video that explains ... read more ...
Wed 4th June 2014
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What domain names Fujitsu and 18 others bought final week - 19 end user domain name sales from GoDaddy/Afternic. Fujitsu finally got around to buying a domain to match a brand it launched last year. Here are details on that sale and 18 other end user sales that took place at GoDaddy/Afternic last week. (See previous end user lists here.) Compounding.com $25,000 – Pharmacy compounding company Medisca. Quina.org $3,688 – Lottoland in Gibraltar Quina is the name of a lottery in Brazil. RenovatingForProfit.com $4,000 – The ... read more ...
Tue 27th May 2014
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20 finish user domain name sales adult to $25,000 - Mobile app company and environmental consulting company among end user domain name buyers last week. Afternic and GoDaddy sold a combined $1.6 million worth of domain names last week. This is lower than usual, possibly due to the holiday weekend in the U.S. Here are twenty domain sales that involved end users; view previous end user lists here. AppDay.com $20,000 – GetJar, a mobile app discovery service. StandardInsurance.com $25,000 – I’m a bit confused about ... read more ...
Thu 22nd May 2014
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What domain names TNT and 16 others bought final week - TV network among end user domain name buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo had a lot of five figure sales last week that are still in escrow, meaning I can’t see who bought the domains yet. Most of them are likely end users given the price tags and domains. Still, I uncovered 17 end user domain names sales. This includes TV network TNT, which bought the domain name TNTBoom.com related to its new slogan. Here’s the list, and you can view previous end user sales lists ... read more ...
Wed 21st May 2014
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18 finish user domain name sales adult to $38,000 - SteamEngine.com among company’s top reported sales for last week. GoDaddy/Afternic teamed up for a better-than-usual $2.3 million worth of aftermarket domain name sales last week. Here are some of the sales made to end user. (As always, you may view previous end user sales lists.) SteamEngine.com $38,000 – Data center company SWITCH. I imagine this is a brand. MMSConnect.com $17,016 – Market technology company Demeure bought the domain name for its MMS Connect ... read more ...
Thu 15th May 2014
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Chicago Cubs among those shopping domain names final week - MLB buys domain name for Cubs and other end user domain name purchases. The Chicago Cubs (technically MLB Advanced Media, L.P.) were among those companies buying domain names last week. The team and Major League Baseball paid $1,700 for MyCubs.com. This is the name of their season ticket holder portal. It looks like MLB uses this same name for more clubs (e.g. MyBrewers) , which means MLB might try to acquire the other domain names. Here are other domain names sold ... read more ...
Wed 14th May 2014
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What domain names Procter & Gamble and others bought final week - PG among end users that bought domain names via Sedo last week. Sedo sold 473 domain names for a total of $1.4 million last week. Here are some that were purchased by end users. (View previous end user lists.) Flipkart.co.za and Flipkart.com.au 5,000 EUR each – FlipKart, similar to Amazon.com for India. Last week they bought a couple other ccTLDs. StuffSacks.com $1,995 – Motorcycle clothing company Schampa, which sells “stuff sacks”. OpenArcade.com $1,995 ... read more ...
Mon 12th May 2014
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Sega buys a video diversion domain name and 24 other finish user sales - Sega among notable domain name buyers over past week. There are several notable end user domain name sales on GoDaddy/Afternic’s sales list from last week. First, Sega bought DawnofWar.com for the video game title. Video game companies often buy names of existing games when they’re ready to ramp up the franchise. Second, two departments of U.S. states paid fairly notable prices for four character domain names. You can see previous end user domain name sales lists ... read more ...
Thu 8th May 2014
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What domains Microsoft, HBO and others bought final week - HBO buys a potential show-related domain other end user domain name sales. Sedo sold $1.2 million worth of domain names last week. That seems to include about $200k from the Chinese IDN auction it held in China a while back. Here are some of Sedo’s sales to end users. You can see previous lists here. RDH.com $29,000 – RDH Building Engineering Ltd. in Vancouver. They’ve been using the longer acronym domain name RDHBE.com. RiverSoftware.com $25,000 – this domain ... read more ...
Mon 5th May 2014
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13 finish user domain name sales from Sedo - A motorcycle parts company, real estate firm and lawyer make domain name purchases. Sedo’s most recent sales week had $1.1 million worth of domain name sales. Here are some that I identified as “end user” domain name sales. You may view more end user sales here. Verosa.com $1,099 – Verosa, which appears to be a new company in Vacouver. Movineo.com $4,000 – Movineo Network S.A., which uses the domain name Movineo.com.br WorthyBooks.com $1,000 – Worthy ... read more ...
Wed 30th April 2014
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22 finish user domain sales and some reward .co.com sales - GoDaddy and Afternic combined to sell about $1.8 million worth of domain names last week. Before jumping into the regular end user sales list, I want to point out a couple premium .co.com sales. SurfMyAds.com, a company that creates shopping sites, paid $3,750 each for Istanbul.co.com and CouponCodes.co.com. .Co.com, led by Ken Hansen, Paul Goldstone and Gregg McNair, offers third level domain names. OK, on to the regular list. (You can see previous domain sales ... read more ...
Thu 24th April 2014
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Sedo’s finish user domain name sales - Sedo sold a number of domain names to end users last week. Sedo sold 513 domain names last week for a total of $1 million. Here are some domain names purchased by end users. (You can view previous end user sales lists here.) BBCStore.co.uk 810 GBP – Broadcaster BBC Golf.academy $2,000 – New Media Golf Corporation Soundtrack.fm $1,000 – the publisher of Soundtrack.net NativeOil.com $2,995 – Medicine Stone Petroleum Svcs, LLC ENSGroup.com $2,000 – IT company ... read more ...
Wed 23rd April 2014
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15 finish user domain name sales adult to $42,500 - Trade360.com leads list of end user domain name sales. GoDaddy and Afternic sold nearly $2 million worth of domain names last week. Here’s a list of 15 that were sold to end users. You can view previous end user sales lists here. Trade360.com $42,500 – A New York firm called Trade360. JSA.com $25,000 – Jackson Square Aviation in San Francisco. I think it got a good deal. BuyDomains was the seller. TouchLamps.com $4,999 – The online lamp seller that was using ... read more ...
Fri 18th April 2014
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Bitcoin association among finish user buyers during Sedo final week - A bitcoin company bought a domain at Sedo last week. Sedo had a solid sales week last week with $1.3 million worth of sales. Here are ten that were purchased by end users. You can view previous end user sales lists here. Coinify.com $10,000 – BitCoin Nordi, a bitcoin seller. ForzaFootball.com $1,900 – FootballAddicts AB, creator of Forza Football app with soccer scores and highlights. SketchDeck.com $800 – the owner of Sketch-Deck.com, a presentation design ... read more ...
Thu 10th April 2014
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21 finish user domain name sales adult to $39,200 - Afternic’s strong week included a number of large end user domain name sales. Afternic and GoDaddy combined to sell over $2 million worth of domain names last week. Here’s a look at some of the domain names that were purchased by end users. You can view previous end user sales lists here. TailLights.com $39,200 – Software company Ristken.com. I bet it’s for a new product or service. BETM.com $32,000 – NRG Energy. I’m not sure what the domain stands for. SocialWifi.com ... read more ...
Tue 8th April 2014
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17 finish user domain sales adult to $24,000 - Kim DotCom’s Mega among end user domain name buyers. I’m still playing catch-up, so these are end user sales from the list Sedo sent last week. You can view previous end user sales lists here. HomeLane.com $24,000 – HomeVista Decor and Furnishings in Bangalore. Mega.io $10,000 – Kim DotCom’s Mega CruxEngineering.com $1,495 – Crux Subsurface, Inc. MoneyHub.co.uk 7,500 GBP – Blue Speck Financial Ltd in the UK. GraphAcademy.com $1,500 – Neo Technology, ... read more ...
Mon 7th April 2014
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Tesla buys a typo and Lord of a Flies association buys author’s domain name - Tesla pays a lot of money for a domain it could have won in a UDRP. I’m a bit behind on end user sales reports thanks to DomainFest last week. This list is the one Afternic/GoDaddy sent last week. Some notable buyers include Tesla and BMI. You can see previous end user lists here. MusicMark.com $12,750 – Music Giant BMI PartnerCloud.com $13,000 – RelayWare, which offers partner channel management services. PhysicianResource.com $1,000 – Medical Education ... read more ...
Thu 27th March 2014
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24 some-more finish user domain name sales - End user domain name sales of up to $35,000. Sedo sold $1.7 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some of the sales made to end users. View previous end user sales reports here. SnowBusiness.at 1,500 EUR – Snow Business GmbH, which creates special effects of snow for movies and other video productions. They use SnowBusiness.de. OfficeCoffeeMachines.com.au $1,250 – Coffee Machines and Beans Pty Ltd UniteStudents.co.uk 800 GBP – UNITE Integrated ... read more ...
Wed 26th March 2014
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End user sales report: People still wish a relating .com - Many examples of companies buying the matching .com when they use a .net, .org, or ccTLD. Frank Schilling said something during his keynote at NamesCon that really rings true. When companies get a domain name other than .com, they say to themselves “we really ought to get the .com domain too”. In the year 2014, that’s certainly true. You can argue this will change in the future, but when people tell me today the domain extension doesn’t matter, it’s usually ... read more ...
Tue 25th March 2014
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16 finish user domain purchases including EA’s new video game - EA buys a domain name that’s likely for a new video game. Yesterday I published an end user sales list of sales from Sedo. They sent two weekly lists at once and I’m getting caught up, so this morning I’ve got another one for you. You may view previous end user sales lists here. HFF.org $10,000 – a Mark Monitor client InvestorAdvantage.com $877 – Lincoln Financial Group HorizonCityRealEstate.com $999 – Realty Executives Vantage in El Paso, Texas. OpenFuture.org ... read more ...
Mon 24th March 2014
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17 finish user domain name sales including Hallmark - A Hallmark company is among the companies buying domain names at Sedo. Here are some end user sales from Sedo’s sales list for the week of March 10th-16th. You may view other end user sales list here. Payability.com $15,000 – Payability, Inc in New York. zzPhone.com 10,000 EUR – Las Vegas company ZZ Inc, which operates sites such as ZZPrint.com, zzShare.com and zzRides.com. Smart-Movie.com $925 – J-Stream, a video distribution company. Innovate.at 790 EUR ... read more ...
Sat 22nd March 2014
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End user sales are partial of Afternic’s large $2.1 million sales week - Pharmaceuticals company, non-profit, and garage door repairman are among end user domain buyers. GoDaddy and Afternic teamed up to sell $2.1 million worth of domain names last week, led by QY.com at $100,000. Following are some of the sales that were made to end users. You can end user sales from previous weeks here. AutismSociety.com $9.750 – Hussman Foundation, which just launched the Hussman Institute for Autism. Renta.Limo $1,776 and Chicago.Limo $1,625 – ... read more ...
Fri 7th March 2014
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23 some-more finish user domain name sales - I’d Laugh out Loud at being paid twenty grand for LaughOutLoud.com. Afternic and GoDaddy teamed up to sell just over $2 million worth of domain names last week. Here’s a list of some of the sales to end users. You can see previous end user sales lists here. LaughOutLoud.com $20,800 – a company called Codeblack Enterprises, LLC. Is it connected to this entertainment company? BoatTransport.com $16,000 – auto transport company Showroom Transport. HealthShield.com ... read more ...