Tag Archives: Marchex

Wed 9th December 2015
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Why Marchex and WWM domain name acquisitions make clarity for GoDaddy - Unique characteristics make these portfolios valuable to GoDaddy. Worldwide Media’s portfolio is a good match for GoDaddy’s business model. GoDaddy made the surprising announcement on Monday that it had purchased Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio. It was surprising because I had no idea Michael Berkens’ Worldwide Media (WWM) portfolio was for sale. But it’s unsurprising that GoDaddy was interested in this particular portfolio. Like the portfolio GoDaddy acquired from Marchex earlier ... read more ...
Fri 13th November 2015
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DomainPros Buys 260 Five Digit Domains For $1M; $3,850 Per - DomainPros.com announced today that it just acquired 260 five number domain names (NNNNN.com) for $1,000,000 That works out to just over $3,800 per domain name. “Most of those 260 domains originally belonged to Marchex’s portfolio of 5 digit domains” which Godaddy bought from Marchex. Back in April we announced that Godaddy paid $26.2 Million dollars for Marchex’s portfolio of over 200,000 domain names, however its not clear if Godaddy still owned the domain names that DomainPros.com acquired. 62.com ... read more ...
Thu 5th November 2015
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GoDaddy sole $1.4 million of domain names from Marchex portfolio final quarter - Company getting early results from domain name portfolio. GoDaddy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, and its 10-Q filing with the SEC gives some insight into how it is doing with the Marchex domain name portfolio. The company paid $28.1 million to acquire the portfolio of about 200,000 domain names in April. It’s also paying an earn-out. GoDaddy acquired three companies this year and discloses in its 10-Q that it recognized a liability of $0.9 million for earn-outs from these acquisitions. It’s ... read more ...
Wed 29th July 2015
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GoDaddy loses initial UDRP from Marchex portfolio acquisition - No one responded to the dispute. GoDaddy has lost its first UDRP from the portfolio it acquired from Marchex in April. The company didn’t respond to a UDRP filed by Dairyland Midwest, Inc. d/b/a AgVision for the domain name AgVision.com. When the UDRP was filed last month, World Intellectual Property Organization sent a notice of the dispute to all contacts on the domain name. That included an @archeo.com email address as well as sales@nnamefind.com. Although the latter email address appears to ... read more ...
Mon 27th July 2015
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Another 7 total sale? Futbol.com is Sold - GoDaddy.com has sold the premium domain name Futbol.com which is the word that most of the world outside of the US refers to as Soccer. The domain name Futbol.com was one of the 200,000+ domain names that Godaddy bought from Marchex or $28.1 Million in April of this year. I broke the news on TheDomains that GoDaddy sold Beijing.com in May, shortly after they acquired the Marchex portfolio in what was very likely a 7 figure transaction. The Beijing.com sale even had some chatter (in the comment section) ... read more ...
Fri 15th May 2015
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Had your eyes on a domain during Marchex? Might wish to give GoDaddy a call - GoDaddy pricing the domain names at a more reasonable level. One of the reasons GoDaddy acquired Marchex’s domain name portfolio (which was recently being sold under the Archeo brand) was that Marchex had steep prices on the domain names. A friend tried to buy a domain name last year. He was initially told it would cost something like $30,000. Marchex later offered to sell it for something like $10,000, but my friend had moved on to a different domain. GoDaddy said it would attach prices to many ... read more ...
Wed 22nd April 2015
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Marchex Sells Its Domain Portfolio Of 200K+ Domains To Godaddy For $28.1 Million - Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to sell its remaining domain portfolio of more than 200,000 domains to GoDaddy Inc.(NYSE: GDDY). Under the agreement, Marchex received cash consideration of $28.1 million from Godaddy, plus additional earn-out payments the terms of which were undisclosed including the maximum additional earn out. Marchex also announced it sold $6.7 million in direct domain sales since January 2015 so the aggregate proceeds ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy acquires Marchex's domain name portfolio for $28 million - An in-depth look at GoDaddy’s purchase of over 200,000 domain names and what it means for domain name investors. GoDaddy has acquired Marchex’s Archeo domain name portfolio for $28.1 million.GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has acquired about 200,000 domain names from Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) for $28.1 million, plus a potential earnout. Marchex has owned the portfolio for a long time, and it includes most of the 100,000 domains it acquired from domain name investor Yun Ye for $164 million in 2005. The company ... read more ...
Wed 25th February 2015
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Marchex CEO stairs down - A new boss at Marchex and Q4 earnings released. Marchex reported earnings today, and also announced that long time CEO Russell Horowitz has stepped down. Company co-founder Pete Christothoulou has taken over the top post. The company, which derives the bulk of its revenue from performance advertising in which customers pay for phone calls, had a rocky 2014 after losing the bulk of its business from its biggest client. The stock trades for about $4.00 now, well below its 52-week high of $12.84. Marchex ... read more ...
Thu 13th November 2014
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Archeo Publishes 3Q Sales Stats - According to the Small Business Association, there are roughly 28 million small businesses in the U.S. Many of which are working extra hard to compete with bigger businesses and stand out among the competition. Of those 28 million small businesses, an astounding 22 million (79%) are self-employed with no additional employees on the payroll. Whether you’re running a business solo or you have a team of employees, it can be a challenge to gain brand awareness. This is especially the case if like most ... read more ...
Wed 5th November 2014
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Marchex Reports & Sells $1.6 Million In Domain Names - Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Archeo its domain name division sold $1.6 Million dollars during the quarter. Q3 2014 Financial Highlights1 GAAP revenue was $49.2 million for the third quarter of 2014, compared to $40.6 million for the third quarter of 2013. Non-GAAP revenue, which excludes domain sales recorded in revenue, was $47.6 million for the third quarter of 2014. GAAP net loss from continuing operations was $21.8 million ... read more ...
Mon 6th October 2014
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Marchex Files Federal Suit Over UDRP On Banco24horas.com and Banco24horas.net - Marchex Sales Inc, filed a Federal Lawsuit in the Eastern District of Virginia today over the domain names, banco24horas.com and banco24horas.net which were awarded in a UDRP to Tecnologia Bancaria S.A. of Brazil. The lawsuit is for Reverse Domain Hijacking and for Declaratory Relief Under the Lanham Act 15 USC 1114(2)(d)(iv)-(v) For Tortious Interference with a Contract. In addition Marchex is asking the court to block the transfer of the domains, for its attorney’s fees and costs and for statutory ... read more ...
Mon 22nd September 2014
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SeekingAlpha: Even After Its Stock Dropped 45% Last Week Marchex Is Still Overvalued - SeekingAlpha.com just covered Marchex and noted even though shares were down 45% last week and is down over 66% since July since July its still overvalued. The post was written by Ariana Research: “On September 18th, 2014, Marchex Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX) (“Marchex”, “MCHX”, or the “Company”) released an 8K, which subsequently resulted in a decline in the equity value of ~45% for the day, or ~66% since the short was originally recommended this past July. Although the business is most likely ... read more ...
Wed 6th August 2014
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Marchex Reports: Archeo Sells $2.2 Million In Domains, But Other Revenue From Domains Dives - Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. The good news on the domain front is that Marchex’s Archeo division sold some $2.2 Million in domain names in the quarter (although the financials indicate this number to be $2.3 some verbiage below says its $2.2 in sales) compared to $1.3 Million for the same quarter last year.  The bad news is that revenue from Archeo from domain name monetization or ay revenue other than sales from domains dropped ... read more ...
Sat 29th March 2014
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Marchex Sold $60M In Additional Stock This Week -   Marchex (MCHX) sold and additional  5,714,000 shares of Class B stock at $10.50 a share. About half of the shares were sold by the company and the other half were sold by shareholders. As for the $30 Million that Marchex is keeping it “intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions or licenses of, or investments in, products, services, technologies or other businesses.” “Marchex will not receive any of the proceeds from the ... read more ...
Thu 27th February 2014
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Marchex’s Archeo Clarifies 4th Q Sales -   Last week we reported on Marchex earnings which included its Archeo division sold a total of 262 domain names in the 4th Quarter that yielded $1.6 million. At the time we noted that the average sales price of  domain names in 4Q was just over $6,100 per domain name which was well below the average price the company sold its domains in the third quarter of 2013. Today we received some additional and clairfy information from Rod Diefendorf COO, of Archeo on the sales “”Each quarter our team ... read more ...
Wed 19th February 2014
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Marchex Reports & Archeo Sells 262 Domains For 1.6 Million In 4th Quarter of 2013 - Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. Archeo Q4 Business Highlights: Revenue. Archeo non-GAAP revenue was $3.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, which excludes domain sales recognized in GAAP revenue. Domains sales. During the fourth quarter of 2013, Archeo sold a total of 262 domain names that yielded $1.6 million. To save you the math, that is just over $6,100 per domain name which is well below the ... read more ...
 
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Marchex sells $1.6 million in domain names in Q4 - Marchex’s Archeo division continues to sell domains at fairly high prices. Marchex reported its fourth quarter earnings after the bell today. It included sales results from Archeo, its domain name division. Archeo sold 262 domain names for a total of $1.6 million last quarter. That’s about double how much it sold last year in the same quarter. It’s also a high average selling price of $6,100 per domain name. Averages can be misleading, but I suspect Archeo’s ... read more ...
Wed 4th December 2013
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Marchex Announces ArcheoDomains.com Adds “Buy It Now” Feature To 30K Domains - ArcheoDomains.com announced that they added “Buy Now” functionality to the ArcheoDomains.com marketplace. More than 30,000 domains are now competitively priced under $10,000 and available for immediate purchase. Focused on our Geo-specific names, some examples include NewYorkDoctor.com, ManhattanPubs.com, CarolinaOnline.com, ArizonaColleges.com, AustinLawyers.com, GeorgiaHouses.com, OrlandoEyeDoctor.com, and more. ArcheoDomains.com part of Marchex, owns over 200,000 domain names. With this update,  ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Proposes To Offer $50 Million More In Shares & Allow Insiders To Sell Up To 15% of Holdings - According to a 8-K form filed by Marchex, Inc. (“Marchex”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)  the company may sell up to $50 million of its Class B common stock, at prices and on terms that Marchex will decide at the time of any offering. In addition, under the shelf registration, certain of Marchex’s stockholders may offer for resale to the public from time to time in one or more offerings up to 3.5 million shares of Marchex’s Class B common stock owned by them ... read more ...
Wed 6th November 2013
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Marchex and Web.com recover earnings - Domain portfolio owner and large registrar group report earnings. Two domain name companies released third quarter earnings results after the bell yesterday. Marchex reported GAAP revenue of $40.6 million, compared to $33.7 million in the same quarter of 2012. Its adjusted EBITDA fell to $3.4 million from $4.8 million in Q3 2012. The company is primarily a pay-per-call business, but it also owns the Archeo domain name business. Archeo sold 81 domain names last quarter ... read more ...
Tue 5th November 2013
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Marchex’s Archeo Division Sells 81 Domains For $1.9 Million; Ave Price $23,500 -   Marchex report earnings today after the market closed and its Archeo unit which operates the domain name portfolio of Marchex sold a total of 81 domain names for $1.9 Million in the third quarter of 2013. The total sales in the 3rd quarter averaged $23,457 per domain based on the total sales figures Archeo had total revenue of $4 Million dollars for the quarter meaning their domain monetized over $2 million dollars in revenue in the quarter. Here are the details: Archeo Q3 Business Highlights: Revenue. ... read more ...
Thu 19th September 2013
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Marchex shelves skeleton to spin off domains multiplication Archeo - Archeo will remain a division of Marchex instead of becoming its own publicly traded company. Marchex has canceled its plan to spin off its domain name business into a separate public company, at least for now. The company announced plans last November to spin off its domain business into a new company called Archeo. Marchex had long neglected its portfolio of over 200,000 domain names, and making it part of a separate company would allow it to better monetize the ... read more ...
Wed 28th August 2013
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Marchex’s Archeo auctioning off 71 domains in SnapNames auction - Archeo runs month long auction on SnapNames platform. Marchex’s soon-to-be spin-off Archeo just started an auction on SnapNames that will run for a month. The auction includes 71 domain names and shows both the breadth and quality of Archeo’s portfolio. That said, I think most of these domains names will sell better through negotiation than through an auction. Three domains have seven figure reserves: Decals.com, Locksmiths.com, and Peliculas (movies in Spanish, ... read more ...
Mon 19th August 2013
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Marchex releases prejudiced list of Q2 domain sales - BMW among companies that bought domain names from Marchex last quarter. Marchex, which is spinning off its domain name business Archeo sometime later this year or early next year, today released a partial list of the domain names it sold last quarter. Along with its second quarter earnings release earlier this month, the company reported that it sold 70 domains for approximately $1.3 million. Last quarter it listed the top sales for the quarter, but this time it is ... read more ...