Tag Archives: sales

Mon 16th February 2015
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Just how most did .Blog and .Store sell for? - Here’s a rough idea. On Friday I wrote about Minds + Machines and its payoff for losing the .blog and .store domain name auctions. Primer Nivel won the auction for .blog and Radix walked home with .Store. How much did they pay for these domain names? We don’t know for sure based on the data Minds + Machines disclosed, but we can get a general idea of the combined total. Minds + Machines pocketed $3.4 million. This includes its proceeds from these two auctions plus its refund from ICANN for withdrawing ... read more ...
Fri 13th February 2015
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Sedo Publishes Its Biggest Public Sales Of 2014 - Sedo just sent out an press release announcing its Top 10 Highest Domain Name Sales in 2014 that were not under privacy Leading the list is mm.com, which closed at $1.2 million True.com was the second highest sale at $350,000. On the ccTLDs front kaffee.de (“coffee” in German) led the way selling for €100,000 which was just €1 short of the 2nd 3rd highest selling ccTLD’s chat.fr and musik.de (“music” in German). which both sold for €99.999 These were the highest public domain ... read more ...
Thu 12th February 2015
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Texas Rangers get Rangers.com for $375k, MLB now blank only 3 group names - Major League Baseball adds one domain name to its collection, but three still elude it. The Texas Rangers are now found at Rangers.comDNJournal’s weekly domain name sales list includes Major League Baseball’s $375,000 purchase of Rangers.com, making it the 28th team name the league has acquired in .com. I’ve been watching MLB’s team names for a while as they’ve slowly tried to complete their collection. As of 2013 they were missing just four domain names. At the time, I said Rangers.com ... read more ...
 
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Why Sonic.net rebranded as Sonic, and how it got Sonic.com - Nearly decades after it was founded, Sonic.net acquired the matching .com domain name and rebranded. After 20 years of being known as Sonic.net, the California ISP and telecom rebranded as merely “Sonic” after acquiring Sonic.com.When Dane Jasper co-founded California ISP and telecom company Sonic.net in 1994, he settled on .net because the .com was already taken. Another California company, Sonic Solutions, had registered Sonic.com the year before. Using a .net didn’t seem like a big problem ... read more ...
 
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36 End User Domain Name Purchases - Here are 36 domain names sold at Sedo recently that were acquired by end users. Sedo had another strong batch of sales last week: 12 spanning $10k – $18k and another 4 ranging from $35k all the way up to $150k. Most of the big-ticket items couldn’t be pinned down conclusively – either because the domains are unused and under privacy or because the transfers remain incomplete. One $60k purchase – Employer.com – can be ascribed to a domain investor, but I haven’t yet asked him whether ... read more ...
Tue 10th February 2015
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Sedo's Transactions Total $1.2 Million Led By Response.com At $150K - Sedo just reported that over the past week, 588 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2 Million dollars 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .com: response.com at 150,00 USD · Top ccTLD: galileo.tv at 18,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: kino.info at 10,000 EUR BookMyFlight.com for $2K was the buy of the week in my opinion and Ninja.tv for $5,800 was an interesting sale. Here are the public sales: ... read more ...
Mon 9th February 2015
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HA.com domain name auction is currently & 8.co will sell for $100k+ - 8.co tops six figures and has met its reserve. Heritage Auctions is holding a domain name auction today at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, simulcast on HA.com. The auction begins at 11 am EST. As of the time of writing this morning, the most expensive domain name to meet its reserve is 8.co. One of the few non-.com domain names on the list, the domain has already hit $115,000 (with buyer’s premium). Other domain names have attracted higher bids — including NL.com, Quick.com, Mouse.com, ... read more ...
Sat 7th February 2015
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Flippa Domain Sales for The Past Week Led by Pharmaceuticals.com during $50,000 - Flippa had a nice week and they released their sales numbers on their blog and Pharmaceuticals.com was the top sale. Pharmaceuticals gets 6600 exact searches a month according to the Google Keyplanner Tool. CasinoDeals.com at $10,000 is a nice name that I think could do really good with all the affiliate programs for online casinos, combined with selling direct advertising to land based casinos all around the world. Notable Flippa Domain Sales from This Past Week Pharmaceuticals.com  @ $50,000  ... read more ...
Thu 5th February 2015
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40 End User Domain Name Sales - A fashion blog rebrands, a Chinese real estate company pays 6 figures and another company spends €5000 to drop a hyphen from its domain name. Last week Sedo scored a brace of 6-figure sales, one mid-5, and an additional 7 transactions ranging from $10k to $15k. That surpasses their $49k high reported last time – namely, SuperSeats.com, which now resolves to a developed site for concert, theater, and sports tickets. Below is a list I’ve compiled of 40 sales where an end user can be ... read more ...
Wed 4th February 2015
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Flippa.com Sells $2.15 Million In Domains in 2014 - According to a  post on its company blog, Flippa.com sold $2.15 million dollars in domain names in 2014. “It’s been 13 months since Flippa’s Domains division officially put itself on the map. ” Beginning with less than 850 open auctions, our domains platform found itself accommodating over a quarter million by year’s end. We reached $2.15 million in gross sales, a 50% increase from 2013′s slate. ” In its blog post, Flippa.com is point to a DomainSherpa post calling itself one of ... read more ...
Tue 3rd February 2015
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Another Blockbuster Sale: Vodafone Sells 360.com to 360.cn; The 49th Most Visited Site On The Internet -                       In what appears to be another blockbuster domain sale in two days, publicly traded Vodafone Group (Nasdaq:VOD) has sold the domain name 360.com to the company that operates 360.cn. The domain transfer took place today. 360.cn is ranked by Alexa as the 49th most visited site on the internet worldwide and the 9th most visited site in China. 360.com gives 360.cn the ability to go global and like JD.com which went public last year give the site a reach well beyond China. The ... read more ...
 
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My thoughts on $9 million Porno.com domain name sale - A mammoth domain name sale sends shock waves through the domain name business. Rick Schwartz, aka the “Domain King”, has done it again. As first reported by TheDomains yesterday, Schwartz sold the domain name Porno.com for $8,888,888.88. Here are my thoughts on the sale. 1. First, a hat tip to Schwartz. He’s a polarizing figure, and you might not agree with everything he does or says. But this latest sale solidifies him in the halls of domaining. And, regardless of what you think of his antics, ... read more ...
Mon 2nd February 2015
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Record Setter: Porno.com Sale Is The Largest Single Domain Escrow.com Has Ever Handled - According to Brandon Abbey who has been the president of Escrow.com since 2004 the sale of Porno.com for $8,888,88 which we reported earlier today,  was the largest single domain sale they have ever handled. Although Escrow.com has handled over $2 Billion dollars in transactions, and bigger domain name transactions than the $8.9 Million sale of Porno.com those where for multiple domains inside one transaction. So Porno.com is now the official escrow.com record holder for a single domain name. Again ... read more ...
 
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Rick Schwartz Sells Porno.Com For $8,888,888: The 4th Highest Reported Domain Sale Of All Time - Rick Schwartz the Domain King, has just sold the domain name Porno.com for $8,888,888 in an all cash transaction handled by Escrow.com. The sale will rank as the 4th highest publicly reported, all cash, domain sale of all time, according to DNjournal.com. Porno.com becomes the highest reported domain name sale in five year, since of Sex.com resold in 2010 for $13 million dollars. Rick bought this domain in August of 1997 for $42,000 “from a college student that bought it the week before for $5,000” Since ... read more ...
Thu 29th January 2015
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27 End User Domain Name Sales - A weekly run-down of end user domain name sales at Sedo. Sedo’s top reported sale last week was SuperSeats.com, which Michael Berkens sold for a staggering $48,888. With Sedo still in possession of the domain, I can’t confirm my hunch that SuperSeats.net was the buyer. Some other large sales are in the same boat, including RBU.com ($27,500) and 2009.com ($22,500). Below are 27 Sedo sales from last week where the end user is identifiable. Previous weeks’ lists can be found here. If you’d ... read more ...
Sun 25th January 2015
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NameJet Sells 941 domains for $5,984,520 -

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NameJet sole tighten to 1000 domains during $2,000 or some-more (941) in 2014, these sales totaled $5,984,520 USD.

41 LLL.coms sole on a list, with a tip sale being a altogether tip sale Liu.com during $155,688.

6 Numeric domains done a list led by 472.com during $43,700.

Here are a 5 and 6 figure sales:

Via: thedomains.com

Wed 21st January 2015
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22 End User Domain Name Sales - Recent domain buyers include TrueCar, HomeAway and a company that sells herbs for kids. Sedo handled 603 transactions last week for a total of $1 million in domain name sales. The top reported sale was BabyCity.com, which was sold to an herbal supplements company that sells a lot of products geared to kids. Another interesting sale is DrivenByCode.com, purchased by auto data company TrueCar. Without further ado, here’s a list of 22 end user domain name sales that took place on Sedo last week… (You ... read more ...
Tue 20th January 2015
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Sedo Transactions Total $1million led by BabyCity.com during $35,000 -

Over a past week, 603 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and around SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million Dollars

54% of sum sales were a outcome of Buy Now listings. 

Highlights of open sales are:

  • Top .coms: babycity.com at 35,000 USD
  • Top ccTLD: heg.es at 13,000 EUR
  • Top “other” TLD: sugar.net at 15,000 USD

Via: thedomains.com

 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
17 End User Domain Name Sales - Recent end user domain name sales at Sedo. I’m a week behind on end user domain name sales reports since I was busy at the NamesCon conference last week in Las Vegas. This report contains sales made at Sedo two weeks ago, when Sedo handled 593 transactions worth $1.6 million. Here’s the list. (You can view previous lists like this here. If you’d like to learn how to sell your domain names like these on Sedo, download this report.) CapitalConfirmations.com $799 – Capital Confirmation, Inc. ... read more ...
Mon 19th January 2015
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Thu 15th January 2015
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View The Space Gets $3.3 M Investment From Blackstone & Buys/Rebrands As VTS.com - VTS (formerly View The Space) announced today that they received a $3.3M strategic investment from real estate private equity funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE:BX). The company also announced they have re-branded View The Space as VTS.  The company acquired the domain name VTS.com around January 8th. The previous owner of the domain was the Del Mar Electronics Show of La Jolla, California. I did not see the domain sale for VTS.com reported anywhere. ViewTheSpace.com still resolves but to the same ... read more ...
Wed 14th January 2015
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Sedo’s Transactions Total $1.6 million led by PutzFrau.de during 32,000 Euros - Over the past week, 593 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 Million 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .coms: jupl.com at 12,500 USD Top ccTLD: putzfrau.de at 32,000 EUR which translates to cleaning lady in German. Top “other” TLD: italian.club at 5,000 USD   Here are the reportable sales:   ... read more ...
 
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Thoughts on yesterday’s $1 million domain name auction - A strong auction with a headline-grabbing .club sale but dominated by .com. By now you’ve probably read a bit about yesterday’s Right of the Dot domain name auction at NamesCon. Here are my takeaways: 1. The auction sold just shy of $1 million worth of domain names. It’s not the glory years of 7 or 8 years ago, but that’s a total I don’t think we’ve seen in a while at a domainer conference auction. 2. The sell-through rate of about 65% is excellent. ROTD ... read more ...
Tue 13th January 2015
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Vegas.club changes hands in $100k deal - Vegas.club site plans unveiled during NamesCon. .Club has a second $100,000 deal under its belt as part of its Startup.club initiative. One Degree World Systems, Inc. acquired the domain name Vegas.Club and plans to launch a members-only site for deals, concierge services and more. One Degree CEO Howard Lefkowitz unveiled plans for the site today at NamesCon in Las Vegas. You can see video of the presentation here. Although the $100,000 price is nice for .Club, ... read more ...
Mon 12th January 2015
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Heritage Auctions finalizes list for disdainful Feb Auction - Auction will have just 30 lots. Heritage Auctions has finalized the list of 30 lots it will auction off in next month’s domain name auction. This is probably the smallest number of domain names to be auctioned in a live auction event, and it will be interesting to see how this approach works. Some of the more interesting domain names include: NL.com AT.com Future.com SmartWatches.com Quick.com Import.com Equity.com Arcade.com Classic.com Corn.com An LLL .net Portfolio ... read more ...