Tag Archives: sales

Thu 27th February 2014
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Whisky.com domain name sells for $3.1 million - Michael Castello gives details behind blockbuster $3.1 million domain name sale. Michael Castello (with his brother David known as “The Castello Brothers”) has sold the domain name Whisky.com for $3.1 million, DNJournal reported today. This is a phenomenal sale. Michael Castello did a great job explaining how the sale came to be. Here are some of the highlights from my perspective: * The buyer owns Whisky.de. ccTLD owners still want the .com version of their domain ... read more ...
 
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4 some-more Donuts domain names entered GA yesterday. Here are a numbers. - Donuts’ domain names continue to spill onto the domain name market. Yesterday four new Donuts domain names came off of “Early Access Pricing” and became available for standard registration prices. .Tips I could tell this one was getting traction because Network Solutions was promoting it much like it did .guru. It’s a fairly solid generic. Pricing is in Donuts’ lowest pricing tier, so .tips domains will typically run you about $20-$25. NameCheap, which ... read more ...
Wed 26th February 2014
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Sedo Transaction For The Week Total On $1M With Only 5 Domain Selling For 5 Figures - Over the past week, 667 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: ·         Top .coms: copella.com at 20,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: apuestas.cl at 7,500 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: evolution.org at 2,999 USD As you can see below of the reported transactions only 5 domains sold for $10K or more. <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Heritage Auctions domain name auction list released - List includes a dozen three letter .com domain names. A Domain Name Wire reader spotted that the lineup for April’s Heritage Auctions domain name auction has been posted. Although this list may be preliminary, it shows 103 domain names in the auction. It’s loaded with valuable domain names such as Tablets.com, Future.com, March.com, Digital.com, CorpusChristi.com, etc. There are also a dozen three letter .com domain names. The list includes HP’s DEC.com, which ... read more ...
 
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15 domain names sell in .Club auction - Auction at Sedo closes with 15 domain names meeting their reserve. The .Club Winter Olympics-themed auction on Sedo has closed with 15 domain names selling. Most of the domain names had reserves near the low end of their reserve ranges, putting them within reach of bidders. The top sale was IceHockey.club for $2,000. The two domains with reserves $5,000 and up didn’t get close to their reserves. Snowboarding.club closed at $1,000, below its $5k-$10k range. Skiing.club ... read more ...
Tue 25th February 2014
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.Club domain name auction ends tomorrow. 0 domains have strike their reserve. - Auction has bidders but no domains have hit their reserve yet. The Olympic-themed .Club domain name auction going on at Sedo ends on Wednesday. So far no domain names have hit their reserve price. I think there are three reasons that no domains have hit their reserves so far. 1. If you’re going to bid to win, you wait until the last minute. You wouldn’t bid up the price a day in advance. 2. The auction has special requirements. Because the .Club sunrise period ... read more ...
Thu 20th February 2014
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Go Daddy/Afternic Reports Sales of $2.16 Million for a Week -

Go Daddy/Afternic reports $2,168,125 in sales for a week.

GoodNeighbors.com was a tip .com during $25,000

Diamonds.info was a tip non .com during $20,000

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22 finish user domain name sales adult to $25,000 - Ask.com, a pharmacy, and an Auctioneer buy domain names. Afternic and GoDaddy sold over $2 million worth of aftermarket domain names last week including new top level domain name auctions. Here are some of the domain names that were purchased by end users. You can see previous end user reports here. GoodNeighbors.com $25,000 – A MarkMonitor client purchased GoodNeighbors.com. State Farm is a client and uses the slogan “Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is there”, ... read more ...
Wed 19th February 2014
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What domain names Southpark, Kraft, American Eagle, and 21 others bought final week - Some big companies bought domain names on Sedo last week. Sedo sold $1.8 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some purchases by end users. (You can see previous end user sales reports here.) AEO.pl €744 – clothing company American Eagle Towelie.com €2,999 – Viacom. This is the name of an episode of Southpark, and a character in the episode. AccidentSolicitors.com £1,625 GBP – The same company behind LegalBrokers.co.uk UnitedPrint.pl €1,199 ... 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 ...
 
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The story of how Microryza rebranded as Experiment.com for $54,000 - Story is typical of startups and explains the benefits of using a great domain name. Startups go through the name game all the time. Picking a name and acquiring the matching domain name is often no easy feat. But rarely is the story chronicled so well as this post on Priceonomics.com about Experiment.com. The story does a great job of outlining what I think is a typical adventure for startups: 1. Pick a bad name because it’s available for registration (or cheap). 2. ... read more ...
Tue 18th February 2014
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Sedo Transaction Total $1.8 Million Led By One Of Ours Malls.com; Also 1st Reported new gTLD Sale - Sedo just reported 743 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.8  million dollars, led by one of Our domains (MostWantedDomains.com) Malls.com which sold for $320,000 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. For the first time, the sales list includes an nTLD sale that was transferred successfully on Sedo’s marketplace: finde.singles (“finde” is German and means “find”) which sold for 2,000 Euro’s Here are all the reportable sales:   Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Sedo 2013 Annual Market Study - Sedo released their 2013 Annual Market Study, they also included an infographic of the year in review. 4 of the top 10 sales were handled by Sedo brokers $577 was the median price across all sales $1,893 was the mean price across all sales (click to enlarge) ... read more ...
 
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Sedo sole $70.5 million value of domain domains final year, 53% were .com - Sedo releases 2013 sales data. Sedo published an infographic today highlighting its sales results from 2013. Here are some notable facts: * The company sold 37,241 domain names for a total of $70.5 million * 53% of sales were .com, followed by .de with 15%. 167 different TLDs were traded on Sedo last year. * The median sales price was $577, with 87% of sales for $2,500 or less. Just 3% of sales were for over $10,000. * 36% of buyers were in the U.S. and 21% in Germany. ... read more ...
Mon 17th February 2014
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JD.com Might Have Sold For As Much As $5 Million - Back last March, we reported that the domain name JD.com was purchased by China’s” leading direct B2C e-commerce company”, Jingdong , who bought it to to re-brand from  360buy.com According to the company, Jingdong had 35 million active users and 80 million registered users as of  December 2012. Today our buddy George Kirikos reported that browsing through some SEC filing the domain may have sold for as much as $5 Million dollars http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549802/000104746914000443/a2218025zf-1.htm ... read more ...
Fri 14th February 2014
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27 finish user domain buyers including 23 And Me and Indiegogo - Popular startups among domain name buyers last week. Afternic and GoDaddy sold close to $2.0 million worth of domain names last week. Below are end user sales from last week. You can see previous end user sales lists here. AspireTechnology.com $30,000 – Aspire Technology, Ltd in Dublin MedPayment.com $2,088 – Direct Medical Claims Connection in New York. TrailerLoan.com $1,788 – Trailer Wheel and Frame, which sells what its name says. NetLeaseInvestments.com ... read more ...
Wed 12th February 2014
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Go Daddy/Afternic Weekly Sales sum $1.9 Million -

Go Daddy/Afternic Sales totalled  $1,965,970

Radiant.org was a tip sale for a week during $23,000, .org also took series dual with trees.org during $18,500.

3 names were tied for initial place in .com, Teacha.com,PropertyCapital.com and AspireTechnology.com all sole for $15,000.

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30 finish user domain name sales adult to $150,000 - $150,000 purchase among end user domain name transactions at Sedo last week. Sedo sold $1.7 million worth of domain names last week. Here’s a look at some of the domain names that were purchased by end users. (See more end user reports here.) DreamExchange.com $28,500 – advertising company D Major Nxt.org 10,000 EUR – a German group called “The NXT community” Buzzfeed.fr 1,500 EUR – Viral news site Buzzfeed Obrien.co.uk 1,195 GBP – a guy with the last ... read more ...
Tue 11th February 2014
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.Club binds winter domain name auction on Sedo - New TLD to hold auction during its sunrise period. New top level domain name .club is holding its first domain name auction on Sedo. The auction features “winter sports” domain names (really it’s Olympic themed, but there are trademark issues with that) including sochi.club, snowboard.club, skate.club, icehockey.club and bobsled.club. The trademark sunrise for .club just began and runs through March 29. If you win a domain name in the auction that is later claimed ... read more ...
Mon 10th February 2014
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What domain names Microsoft, Allstate, and others bought - Big companies made domain name purchases last week. Microsoft and Allstate were among the end users that bought domain names that were reported on Sedo’s sales list last week. Here are some of the end user sales. (You can see previous end user sales reports here.) Sandwich.co $18,000 – Sandwich Video, which produces videos for tech products. RentalStars.com $1,995 – a Mark Monitor clients HappyDeal.ch 850 EUR – Happy Deal Sàrl. I can’t find much about the ... read more ...
 
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Yes, one minute domain names competence be value reduction than $1,000 - Supply and demand and new TLDs…what once was scarce is no longer. Over the weekend there was quite a hubbub over at DomainInvesting.com about the availability of single letter domain names in new top level domain names. In short: they are available, albeit at a premium annual registration fee. Although prices seemed to fluctuate over the weekend, it seems that the standard price is $400. Since you have to pay this fee each year, the domains aren’t actually $400 ... read more ...
Thu 6th February 2014
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CornerstoneHomes.com Sells For $150K on Sedo - Just crossing the Sedo.com sales wire today is the domain name CornerstoneHomes.com which sold for $150,000 The domain name was owned by Cornerstone Home Builders, Inc. has an original creation date of 2006 The domain is now showing at being at escrow over at Sedo.com Doing a Google search for the term Cornerstone Homes I found quite a few matches for companies using variations of the term in their domain name including: mycornerstonehomes.com cornerstone-homes.com mycornerstoneloan.org cornerstonehomes.net and ... read more ...
Wed 5th February 2014
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Liu.com Leads NameJet Reported Sales in Jan 2014 - NameJet reports $836,000 in reported sales for January. It was another strong month for short names as 34 out of the 83 reported names were 6 characters or less, including the top 7 sales. January sales above $2,000: <![CDATA[]]>  Looking at the names sold MyCupid.com was one I liked for the dating niche. With the new rules you have to be quick to verify your auction wins so that they propagate how you want. This name actually has been suspended and needs to be verified, ... read more ...
 
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Teamwork.com customer explains because $675,000 was a intelligent investment - Company’s CEO says valuable .com domain gives it more credibility and help it grow sales. TeamworkPM recently bought the Teamwork.com domain name for $675,000 and is rebranding its business around the domain name. I previously caught up with Alex Lerman, who sold the domain name. This week I also had the chance to speak with Peter Coppinger, co-founder and CEO of TeamworkPM, to understand why his company spent $675,000 on the domain name. Coppinger said it took ... read more ...
 
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30 finish user domain name sales - A water company, soundproofer, and African conglomerate all bought domain names last week. Here are 30 end user domain names sales that occurred on Afternic or GoDaddy last week. You can see previous end user sales reports here. SavannahGroup.com $1,000 – Savannah Group, a conglomerate doing business in Africa, which also owns SavannahGroup.co. WrightChoice.com $1,660 – Wright Choice Painting in Modesto, CA. They use WrightChoicePaintingCA.com for their web ... read more ...