Tag Archives: sales

Tue 1st October 2013
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Heritage Auctions’ initial domain auction is only a month away - Big name auction house hopes to introduce domain name auctions to a wider audience. Will Heritage Auctions be able to bring the concept of domain name auctions beyond just the domain industry? We’re about to find out. The company’s first domain name auction will kick off November 1 online. Bidding will run through the live event taking place in New York City November 21. The auction house’s initiative is being spearheaded by long time domain name investor Aron ... read more ...
Mon 30th September 2013
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Moneta.com Sells On Sedo.com For $150,000 - The domain name Moneta.com just sold on Sedo.com for $150,000. The domain was owned by  Hanse Orga AG of Hamburg Germany. The domain has an original registration date of June 1996 The domain is now under privacy at Register.com. In Roman mythology, Moneta was a title given to two separate goddesses: the goddess of memory  and an epithet of Juno, called Juno Moneta More currently it seems to be the name of a popular band out of Seattle, and There are also a lot of suggested terms for Moneta on Google ... read more ...
 
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Finances.com Purchased For $500,000 -     Finances International, Ltd. just announced they purchased the domain name Finances.com for $500,000. “Finances.com is to become home to one of the most interactive online portals dedicated to financial markets and financial management. ” “The portal will be officially launched on November 1st, 2013. ” The new financial resource will act as a free independent information hub for people requesting timely updates on international business, political and technological developments as ... read more ...
Fri 27th September 2013
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Non-Brokered MLS & BIN Sales Aren’t All Low Priced Sales; Here Are The Top 10 Highest Sedo MLS Sales - I was under the mistaken perception that those MLS sales and BIN sales we see every week reported in the marketplaces are all low dollar sales. However I just got some information from Sedo that shows some domain sold through the  MLS channel, even domain sold with BIN priced domains are fetching some excellent prices. MLS is the registrar distribution product of Sedo and one in which in which automated offers and counter offers are handled all online without the need  or participation of a live ... read more ...
Wed 25th September 2013
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Superyacht association rebrands as Y.CO - YCO Yacht rebrands its business to Y.CO. A superyacht brokerage and management company has changed its brand to Y.CO, and announced the change in conjunction with the Monaco Yacht Show going on now. The company’s previous brand was YCO Yacht, so the Y.CO domain name fit perfectly for it. This is a case where the full domain name, including the extension, matched the existing brand. The company previously used the domain YCOYacht.com. YCO probably paid dearly for ... read more ...
 
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What domain names Coke, Dreamworks, Shell and 40 others bought final week - Big names and small businesses bought domain names through Afternic last week. Afternic’s weekly sales lists usually only include sales of $1,000 or more. This week the company included lower priced domains on its list, and it’s rather eye-opening. Many of the domains that sold for only a few hundred dollars look similar to ones that sold for over $1,000. Some big name buyers, such as Coca-Cola, bought domains for the low prices, too. Here’s the list: Working ... read more ...
Tue 24th September 2013
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What GoDaddy’s merger of Afternic means for domainers - Domainers will see some immediate benefits and should keep a close eye on changes at the combined GoDaddy/Afternic. Last week GoDaddy announced that it acquired domain name aftermarket Afternic. My in-depth article about the acquisition covered some of what this means for domainers, but I think it makes sense to go into a bit more detail. Benefits for people who currently list on Afternic More sales. If you list your domains for sale on Afternic and opt-in to the ... read more ...
Sun 22nd September 2013
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PetSitters.com Closes At Record Auction Price For Pheenix.com At $23,383 - Back catcher Pheenix.com which recently went to an auction system for multiple back orders on August 1,  just closed its highest auction ever with the sale of PetSitters.com which closed at $23,383. (plus the $18.95 backorder fee so total of $23,401.95) The domain PetSitters.com has an Estibot.com value of $60,000. It obviously a great name and and one in which you could open up a business on. The domain PetSitters.com was a free drop domain name meaning it was gotten on a first come first serve ... read more ...
Sat 21st September 2013
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Sedo completes the second many costly domain name transaction ever - Sedo completes domain transaction in “mid seven figures”. Sedo sent out a press release about its sales yesterday, as sort of a “don’t forget we sell more dollars worth of domains than Afternic” reminder in the wake of GoDaddy’s acquisition. About midway through the press release, which pointed out that it grabbed 9 of the top 10 spots on DNJournal’s list this week, the company mentioned: In addition to the sales publicly announced in DN Journal, Sedo ... read more ...
Thu 19th September 2013
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Breaking: GoDaddy acquires Afternic from NameMedia - Acquisition will make it easier for customers to buy domain names that are already registered. GoDaddy has acquired domain name sales platform Afternic from NameMedia in a move that will make it easier for people to buy domain names that are already registered. The acquisition also includes NameMedia’s domain name parking platform SmartName. The BuyDomains.com site and NameMedia’s domain name portfolio are not part of the acquisition. A simpler domain name purchase ... read more ...
Wed 18th September 2013
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Bright.com raises $14 million in Series B - Bright.com, sold for six figures in 2010, is being put to good use. Job search site Bright.com has raised $14 million in a Series B round. The Bright.com domain name sold through Sedo for $112,500 back in 2010. Looking at historical whois records, I’m not 100% sure that it was the company that’s currently operating at Bright.com that bought the domain name. The job search site launched the next year, in 2011. The domain name itself has a bit of history, with ... read more ...
 
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MO.com domain name sells - Two letter domain name has sold. The MO.com domain name has sold, the website’s owners disclosed in a recent blog post. The site, which interviews business founders and asked “What’s your M.O.”, has relocated to BusinessInterviews.com. The website was founded by long time domain investor and entrepreneur Brian Null. Null lives in Missouri, which is abbreviated MO, but he decided to use the domain to mean “modus operandi”. Prior to starting MO.com, he founded ... read more ...
Mon 16th September 2013
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Intranet.com domain name sells for $160,000 - Dave Evanson brokers sale of Intranet.com to unknown buyer. Sedo has brokered the sale of domain name Intranet.com for $160,000. Sedo broker Dave Evanson announced the news on Twitter this morning: The domain was registered way back in 1992. For a long time it was owned by IntraNet Worldwide, Inc, which has been part of payments company ACI Worldwide since 1998. More recently, the whois record has been protected by a whois privacy service and the domain has resolved ... read more ...
 
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How most will good keyword domain names sell for in new TLDs? - Supply and demand will push prices for good keyword second level domains down in alternate TLDs. Sales of premium domain names have been a revenue driver for top level domain registries as they’ve launched new domains in recent years. Will this be the case with new top level domain names that come out in the next year or two? I doubt it. It’s a simple supply and demand equation, and it’s the same reason that existing second level domain names in “second tier” ... read more ...
Fri 13th September 2013
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H2O.com/H20.com Gets A $200K Bid On Flippa - The domain names H20.com and H2O.com (one with the zero  and the other with the letter O) are at auction at Flippa.com and  has gotten a high bid as of publication of $200,000. The domain name has not hit reserve. In all there are 10 bidders on the domain name and 3 bidders who have bid $125K or more The auction closes on September 18th. Estibot.com values the domain names are $19,000 and $14,000 repectively Here is what the auction listing says:   Description   Worth more than oil or gas and ... read more ...
Thu 12th September 2013
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Hilco Streambank offered DL.com, Row.com, and over 2,000 Foreclosure domain names - Bankruptcies behind a number of domain names hitting the market. Intellectual Property sales company Hilco Streambank is holding two more domain name sales that might interest domain investors. The company will hold an auction October 14-17 that includes a handful of high value domain names including the two letter DL.com and three letter Row.com domain names. DL.com was used by law firm Dewey LeBoeuf, which is now in bankruptcy. Row.com is registered to Talei LLC ... read more ...
Wed 11th September 2013
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17 finish user domain name sales - A law firm, casino owner, and bank bought domain names through Afternic last week. Afternic sold $968,810 worth of domain names last week. Here are 17 domain names that sold to end users. Online car rental company Booking Group bought CarRentalNews.com for $3,000. Designer accessories store Electric, which uses the domain ElectricVisual.com, bought ElectricCalifornia.com for $5,000. The law firm Driggs, Bills Day PC bought PersonalInjuryAdvocates.com for $4,288. Athens ... read more ...
 
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ccTLD owners supplement .com in this week’s Sedo finish user sales list - Country code domain name owners buy the matching .com on this week’s Sedo end user sales list. A good number of end user domain purchases at Sedo and Afternic each week are made by companies that own the same second level domain under a different top level domain. That’s particularly the case with ccTLD owners. This week’s list has a few examples. On the flip side, it also includes examples of companies that own a .com buying a matching ccTLD. MobileHelp.com, ... read more ...
Tue 10th September 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total $930K Led By URFA.com For $30K - Over the past week, 639 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $930,000. This amounts to $47,3m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 46% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Sedo wants to congratulate the buyer of urfa.com: Urfa is a city in the south-east of Turkey with a long ancient history. It is close to the Euphrates River and the Syrian border. Currently the website is announcing that a newscast project about the city and region is on its way. Highlights ... read more ...
 
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Afternic.com Sells $970K in Domains Led By HomesInc.com For $15K - Afternic.com just reported its  weekly domain sales for the week of 9/2/13 – 9/8/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $968,810.   Here are the reportable sales:   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Companies censor their identities in genuine estate transactions, too - Companies don’t want property sellers to know who they are – both online and offline. When a domain investor receives an offer, they usually try to figure out who is making it. A big company might be able to pay more. That’s why companies often try to shield themselves using a third party broker or shell company. This game of shielding your identity didn’t start with domain names. It has long been common in physical real estate transactions. I was reminded ... read more ...
 
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Archeo rigourously launches domain name marketplace - Marchex spin-off is open for business. Archeo, which is being spun off from Marchex, formally launched its domain name marketplace to the public today. The site went live last month. The marketplace at ArcheoDomains.com features over 200,000 domain names, many of which were part of the $164 million acquisition of Yun Ye’s portfolio in 2005. Last week I had a chance to visit Archeo’s office in Seattle and meet some of the people that will drive the spin-off. The ... read more ...
Mon 9th September 2013
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NameJet.com Reports $281K in Reportable Sales In Aug 2013 Led By EPH.com At $18K - Namejet.com just issued its reportable sales for August which totaled over $281K. To be clear not all sales are reportable only sales of $2K or more are included and only sales that were paid for by August 31, 2013 are included in the total. Leading the way was EPH.com which sold for $18,000 and CloudApp.com which sold for $12,600 I wonder how much cloud.app is worth?     <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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IG.com domain name partial of £4.0 million spending spree - Company bought IG.com and multiple ccTLDs. In May Domain Name Wire reported that financial firm and new top level domain name applicant IG Group had purchased the domain name IG.com. The purchase price was recently revealed (pdf) in the company’s annual report: £4.0 million. The report says that figure includes a number of domain names, including IG.co.uk and IG.de. DNJournal is reporting that the IG.com deal was co-brokered by Marcus Kocak and Tessa Holcomb of ... read more ...
Thu 5th September 2013
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Guest Post: No Summer Slowdown in .TV! Legacy Fund closes NF.tv for $20,000! - This is a guest post by Ammar Rangwala who has been invested in .TV since December 2005.  Ammar owns 250+ top .TV generic properties between both of his companies.  He believes the .TV space provides the best rate of return from an investment standpoint. Started on the Internet in the late 90′s using PC Board (PCB), Wildcat and other forms of bulletin board systems. Worked in banking, real estate, distressed debt and finance for 10+ years. ” (note: Ammar is a client of MostWantedDomains.com ... read more ...