Tag Archives: end user

Wed 28th August 2013
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A dozen finish user domain name sales during Sedo final week - End users ranging from a pest control company to a lender bought domain names at Sedo last week. Sedo sold $1.7 million worth of domain names last week. It’s a higher-than-usual total, thanks in part to at least one undisclosed sale. Here are a dozen end user domain names sales that were among the 646 domain names sold. French financial firm MeilleurTaux bought meilleureassurance.com for 14,995 EUR. Brand protection and intellectual property company Kallard Group ... read more ...
 
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25 finish user domain name sales during Afternic - Here are 25 domain name sales to end users at Afternic last week. Let’s start this week’s Afternic end user sales report with a look at FAB.net. I tweeted about this $39,000 sale by Frank Schilling on Monday. (You do follow Domain Name Wire on Twitter, right?) The domain’s whois is protected by privacy. But just a couple weeks ago someone in Santa Monica bought Fab.us for $8,995. Is it the same person? What are their plans? It’s hard to say, although I’m ... read more ...
Thu 22nd August 2013
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Clicky: Do yourself a preference and buy a right domain name - Analytics company learned its lesson but ended up with the “right” domain name. A Domain Name Wire reader alerted me to a blog post from web analytics service Clicky that it penned when it changed its domain name back in December. (Yes, it was back in December, but it doesn’t seem that anyone in the domain world picked up on it.) For six year Clicky went by the name Clicky but its domain name was GetClicky.com. In December it bought the Clicky.com domain name ... read more ...
Wed 21st August 2013
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What domains Johnson & Johnson and Cerner bought final week - Two health related companies, Johnson Johnson and Cerner, were among end user domain buyers last week at Sedo. Many of Sedo’s big sales from last week are still in escrow, so this week’s list might seem a little light. Overall Sedo sold 693 domain names for a total of about $1 million last week. Powerleague Fives Ltd, a soccer league organizer, bought PowerPlay.co.uk for 3,500 GBP. Connect Hygiene Products, part of Northwood Paper, bought Northwood.co.uk for ... read more ...
 
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Billionaire pays $2,395 for his domain name - Billionaire hedge fund chairman buys his name as a domain name. Afternic had a solid sales week last week thanks to a $500,000 domain name sale (the name was not disclosed). A billionaire – technically his hedge fund – spent a lot less than that on his personal name. Billionaire Bruce Kovner, chair of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, Caxton Associates, paid $2,395 for BruceKovner.com. Here are other end user domain purchases at Afternic last week. (A ... read more ...
Fri 16th August 2013
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Two weeks of finish user domain sales during Sedo - GE, MLB, and La Quinta make domain name purchases. I’m still playing catch up with end user domain sales reports. I combined the last two weeks of Sedo sale into one report. Big name buyers include GE and Major League Baseball. The Almond Board of California picked up Almonds.co.uk for $15,000. GE paid $1,177 for OxygenNow.com. It’s possible GE is also behind Sedo’s top purchase from a couple weeks ago, $30,000 for WaterTreatment.com. The domain was registered ... read more ...
 
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What domains a Vancouver Canucks and 19 others bought final week - The Canucks make an offseason transaction and other end user domain name sales. Afternic sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some of the end user sales. A Marksmen client – perhaps the ITT spinoff called xylem – bought xylem.com for $47,100. Talmer Bank and Trust in Michigan bought the shorthand domain TLMR.com for $3,988. Atlantic Health System paid $1,195 for WarrenPrimaryCare.com. Lake Systems Corporation in Mikwaukee bought LakeSystems.com ... read more ...
Thu 15th August 2013
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22 finish user domain name sales - It’s a little late, but here are 22 end user domain name sales from Afternic. End user sales reports are back! I was out of town last week. That, combined with a change by GoDaddy’s whois format to comply with the new RAA set me back a bit. It’s resolve nowd, so here we go. This report is Afternic’s report from last week, so sales are two weeks prior to now. There were a lot of companies “upgrading” from .org or .net to .com, and quite a few ccTLD owners ... read more ...
Tue 13th August 2013
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Sedo’s Q2 marketplace investigate and where a tip 10 sole domains are now - Sedo releases market data from second quarter plus a few new end user sales revealed. Sedo released its second quarter market study today in a new infographic format. The data show that sales volume and dollar volume were down slightly from the first quarter. The company sold 9,589 domains in the quarter. Total sales for Q2 were $17.5 million, down from $17.9 million in Q1. April was the strongest month with $6.8 million in sales. The infographic reports the median ... read more ...
Wed 31st July 2013
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Drone builder spends $300k on domain and Phoenix Suns make waggish .la domain purchase - Company producing popular drones for hobbyists spends a lot of money on a domain while the Suns get creative with a .la domain name. This week’s Sedo domain sales list includes a number of good domain sales to “end users”. One is a hot technology company making drones for the hobbyist market. The other was a purchased by the Phoenix Suns that creatively uses the .la domain name. Chinese company DJI Technology Co bought DJI.com for $300,000. This is a very high ... read more ...
 
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34 finish user domain sales - Afternic has another big week for end user domain name sales. Afternic sold over $1 million worth of domains last week. Here are 34 domains that were sold to end users. Memorial and headstone company Tecstone Granite USA paid $1,477 for CivicMemorials.com. Ciudad Del Saber in Panama bought CiduadDelSaber.com for $1,495. It currently uses CDSPanama.org. Boston event production company Gateway Productions bought BostonVideo.com for $1,350. UK Pet Food company Pet Organic ... read more ...
Wed 24th July 2013
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What domains L’Oreal and others bought during Sedo final week - L’Oreal is one of end user domain buyers at Sedo. Sedo had some solid end user domain name sales last week. Here’s the list. L’Oreal bought Beaute.fr and beauté.fr for 17,650 EUR each. Yotta Ltd, which sells technology and services to the infrastructure and highways market, bought Yotta.co.uk for 3,600 GBP. Hmmm…did Biz Stone’s new company Jelly buy Jelly.co for 4,900 EUR. Genetipetz, which sells stuffed animals that combine more than one animal, bought ... read more ...
Tue 23rd July 2013
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What domain names a U.S. Treasury and 27 others bought final week - A division of the U.S. Department of Treasury was among last week’s domain name buyers. Afternic sold another $1 million+ worth of domain names last week. Here’s a run down of some of the end user domain sales. Forester Media Inc., which published a number of journals related to highly technical fields, bought BusinessEnergy.net for $1,488. eCommerce platform Upclick bought ClickSolve.com for $1,095. UK printing company Solopress bought Soloweb.com for $3,000. Smart ... read more ...
Wed 17th July 2013
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What domains Jerry Bruckheimer, Papa John’s, and 27 others bought final week - Movie and TV producer among end users buying domain names last week. Afternic sold over $1 million worth of domains last week, and many of the sales were to notable buyers. Let’s start of with Highmark, which bought AHN.org for $50,000. I wrote about this sale yesterday. The next four sales are what I’d call “global upgrades”. These are sales where a company already owns the matching ccTLD and bought .com: Ascent Labs Ltd., which uses AscentLabs.ie, bought ... read more ...
Tue 16th July 2013
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Healthcare association spends $50,000 on .org domain name for sanatorium chain - Tucows sells AHN.org for $50,000 to hospital system. Healthcare provider and insurance company Highmark spent $50,000 for the AHN.org domain name, topping Afternic’s list of reportable sales for last week. The domain name is the acronym for Allegheny Health Network, which Highmark announced in April as the new name for a Pittsburgh hospital system anchored by West Penn Allegheny. The health insurer bid $1.1 billion to buy the West Penn Allegheny Health System. Tucows ... read more ...
Fri 12th July 2013
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Domain upgrades and other finish user domain sales during Afternic - A company upgraded for .net to .com for just $1,000 and other end user sales at Afternic. Last week was a slow week at Afternic thanks to the U.S. Independence Day holiday, but the company still managed to sell almost $700,000 worth of domains. Here are some of the end user sales. Easysmart Technology Limited in Shenzhen, China bought EasySmart.com for $3,088. Online advertising company CPX Interactive bought CompleteInteractive.com for $1,488. Publisher Swift Communications ... read more ...
Wed 10th July 2013
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18 finish user sales from $750 to $17,500 - Four letter domain sells to end user for $17,500. Sedo sold $1.04 million worth of domains last week despite the U.S. holiday. Here are some of the end user domain sales. A company called Information Resources Online, which owns IRO.com, bought ORIO.com for $17,500. NIBC Bank N.V. paid 10,000 GBP for Dubank.com. Veda Advantage Limited, a credit risk company, bought FreeCreditScore.com.au for $2,500 USD. Career Cafe Ltd paid 1,500 GBP for 360degrees.co.uk. Spraying ... read more ...
Wed 3rd July 2013
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A BIG finish user domain name sale during Sedo - A company who’s initials are BIG paid $22,500 for a domain last week at Sedo. Sedo’s public sales list from last week was led by a domain purchased by a new personal care products company. Here are details on that sale and other end user sales at Sedo. A new personal care company called Beauty Innovations Group LLC (BIG for short) bought BIGBeauty.com for $22,500. Sprinkler Warehouse, Inc. in Houston bought DripStore.com for $9,900. Imagings Solutions AG in Switzerland ... read more ...
 
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38 some-more finish user domain sales including some tangible brands - 20th Century Fox among domain name buyers. Some recognizable brands made domain name purchases at Afternic last week. Here’s the end user sales list. IMF.com sold for $27,000. Although the whois is protected by a privacy service, the domain now forwards to imf-formacion.com, the web site of Instituto Madrileo de Formacin. PayHere Payment Services Ltd bought PayHere.net for $3,900. The domain was sold by Tucows’ YummyNames. Marchex owns the .com version. A guy ... read more ...
Wed 26th June 2013
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Major League Baseball buys an “outstanding” domain name - MLB among companies buying domain names last week. Major League Baseball turned to Sedo last week to buy the domain Outstandings.com. I’m not sure what it plans to do with it, although it does award a lot of “outstanding” player awards. Details on that purchase (and other end user domain name purchases on Sedo) are below. Osa Family Clothing Co. Ltd. went global with OSA.com at $20,000. It had been using OSA.hk. Agni Travel Ltd in the UK bought BeachVillas.com ... read more ...
Fri 21st June 2013
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31 finish user domain domain sales during Afternic - Afternic sells $1.2 million in domains including a number to end users. What do a natural gas fracking company, an asphalt layer, and a company that cleans portable tanks all have in common? They bought domain names on Afternic last week. Here’s the list. The site Auctionet.com bought AuctionNet.com (two n’s) for $6,000. Building materials company CRH paid $3,000 for CRH.net to go along with its CRH.com domain name. Asphalt company Lakeside Industries Inc bought ... read more ...
Thu 20th June 2013
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What domains Hallmark, Swarovski, and Sapient bought final week - Sedo has big sales week for large end user buyers. This week’s end user report for Sedo sales it full of big name companies. In addition to those in the headline, you’ll see purchased by Philips, Genentech, Intel, and Fujifilm Australia. Chocolate seller 5th Avenue Chocolatiere bought ChocolateWorks.com for $19,000. Analytics company Blue Yonder bought Blue-Yonder.co.uk for 3,000 GBP. The non-hyphenated version belongs to Virgin Media. Geotraccking company GeoTrack ... read more ...
Wed 19th June 2013
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33 good finish user domain name sales - From Hubspot to Target to Newsmax, here are more end user domain sales. I’m behind on end user sales reports due to HostingCon and some travel. This is the Afternic list I would have published last week, so the sale occurred a couple weeks ago. There are big names on this list, including Hubspot and Target. Melvynlux Co. Ltd bought the abbreviated name Melvyn.com for $26,000. Hershewe Law Firm bought KnowYourLegalRights.com for $17,500. Ironwood Capital Management ... read more ...
Wed 5th June 2013
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Microsoft buys ToDoApp.com and 16 other domain name sales - Microsoft and Magazines.com among end user buyers at Sedo last week. Is Microsoft about to release an organization app a la Evernote and Google’s Keep? It bought ToDoApp.com last week on Sedo. Here are details on that sale and many other end user sales. Financing First Limited in the United Kingdom bought DentalFinance.co.uk for 1,500 GBP. Vertical Media, which owns VMPublishing.com, bought VerticalMedia.com for $10,000. Upperdog Interactive AB, owner of upperdog.se, ... read more ...
Mon 3rd June 2013
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14 finish user domain sales from Sedo - End users including Taser snap up domain names. Last week’s Sedo end user sales report is late because I was at the TRAFFIC conference last week. Afternic skipped last week and is doubling up on its report this week, so expect a long Afternic report on Wednesday. IFN.com, the same company that previously bought LiveAgent.co.uk for 1,100 GBP, bought Communicate.co.uk for 10,000 GBP. UK insurance seller Neilson Financial Services bought InsuranceLine.co.uk for 1,250 ... read more ...