Tag Archives: sales

Fri 16th August 2013
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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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AYI.com sole for (what was) $100,000 in stock - Snap Interactive bought the domain name in January in an all-stock transaction. Snap Interactive Inc., which owns dating social network Are You Interested, acquired the domain name AYI.com in January for 100,000 shares of common stock. At the time, the 100,000 shares of Snap Interactive (OBB:STVI) had a fair value of $100,000. The stock is down 15% today after the company announced earnings yesterday, so shares are only worth 76 cents. If the seller of the domain ... read more ...
 
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Beat.la gets about 100k pageviews in dual weeks - Just a couple weeks after buying the domain, the Phoenix Suns’ Beat.la website has received a lot of traffic. Is Beat.la the most trafficked .la domain name that takes advantage of the “Los Angeles” meaning? On July 31 I noticed that the Phoenix Suns basketball team bought the beat.la domain name for $5,300 at Sedo. The team is using it promote a rivalry with the L.A. Lakers. The next week the L.A. Times picked up on the story citing Domain Name Wire. That resulted ... read more ...
 
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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 ...
 
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8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million - Second round of private new TLD auctions closes. Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new top level domain name contention sets. 8 contention sets were resolved in this round for a total of $9,651,000. Here are the winners: .guide: Donuts, Inc (beat TLDH) .construction: Donuts, Inc (beat Dot Construction, LLC) .storage: Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) (beat Donuts) .desi: Desi Networks LLC (beat Afilias) .expert: Donuts, ... read more ...
Wed 14th August 2013
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Chicago.com investment, finish user sales reports, and more - What’s going on with a major geo website and AWOL end user reports. [Update: the sale has been confirmed.] I spent last week vacationing in Seattle and central Washington. There was a lot of news last week and I did my best to stay on top of it (despite complaints from my wife). One potentially big piece of news last week that I didn’t cover was a development at Chicago.com. Dan Pulcrano of Boulevards New Media, Inc. had a well researched story about the Sun-Times ... read more ...
Tue 13th August 2013
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Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led By Xylem.com For $47K and BXE.com For $40K - Afternic.com just published its domain sales for the week of 8/5/13 – 8/11/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,106,700. All sales were led by Xylem.com which sold for $47,100 and BXE.com which sold for $40,000 Xylem.com has a wikipedia.org entry, which says Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants (phloem is the other). The word xylem is derived from the Greek word ξύλον (xylon), meaning “wood”; ... read more ...
 
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Sedo’s 2Q Domain Report: 9,589 Transactions; 53% of Sales $500 Or Under; 95% $5k Or Under - Sedo, issued its domain market study for the second quarter of 2013 today. Sedo reported that domain name sales  below $500, accounted for 53% of sales. Domains priced between $501 and $2,500 accounted for 35% of sales and only 7% were in the $2,501-$5,000 price range. So basically 95% of all sales where $5,000 or under. During the quarter, Sedo powered 9,589 transactions with a mean average price of $1,830 across all sales and a median price of $551 and a total sales volume of $17.5 Million dollars. 5% ... read more ...
 
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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 ...
Mon 12th August 2013
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BulletproofVest.com Acquired By End user For $7,500 - PriveCo Inc. a company that makes Bullet Proof Vest a product called Bullsafe announced today that they have acquired the domain name  BulletproofVest.com “for $7,500 from a domain name investor”. What a bargain. According to the press release “PriveCo has purchased premium domain names for up to $1,000,000″ in the past. “PriveCo has run internet web stores since 1998, and understands the importance of simple, recognizable, and easily-searchable domain names. The acquisition of BulletProofVest.com ... read more ...
 
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TLDH to attend in 4 private domain auctions - Company will challenge three competitors in private auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings announced today that it will participate in 4 private auctions to settle top level domain contention sets. The four auctions will resolve these contention sets: .GUIDE (versus Donuts) .CASA (versus Donuts) .网址 (“web address” in Chinese) (versus HU YI GLOBAL INFORMATION RESOURCES) .FISHING (versus United TLD/Demand Media) Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) was initially opposed ... read more ...
Tue 6th August 2013
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GoDaddy’s sales and Nokta’s sales and leases from July - Domain name companies release sales information. GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,601 in July, according to the company’s Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report. The top sale, which I’ve written about previously, was body.com for $380,000. Here are the company’s other top sales from last month: flight.ca $110,700 bought by Farematrix, which provides services to travel agents hjx.com $29,000 – domain was with Afternic yec.com $20,005 realgaming.com $20,000 diamondlife.com $14,971 kh.org $14,500 ... read more ...
Mon 5th August 2013
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Veterinarians.com Sold as Felix Upgrades Its Domain LocalVets.com - It appears the domain name Veterinarians.com has been sold to Felix, a leading local advertising company, which announced today that is has launched Veterinarians.com as “the directory of choice for connecting consumers with veterinary hospitals to schedule an appointment”. Felix previously used the domain LocalVets.com, as the domain for the directory which  “drives over 6,000 phone calls a day from consumers looking to schedule an appointment for their pet.” “The new Veterinarians.com ... read more ...
Thu 1st August 2013
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Godaddy.com Auctions Sells 38,601 Domain In July: Led By Body.com $380K Flight.Ca For $110,700 - Godaddy.com July auction Sales data is out and in all 38,601 sales took place on Godaddy auction platform almost the identical number of transaction in June 38,861 Here the the top sales of the month for July and June:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 31st July 2013
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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 ...
 
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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 ...
Tue 30th July 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.23 Million Led By DJI.com For $300,000 - Sedo  just issued its weekly report and in all 681 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.23 Million Over 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. This amounts to $40.2m in year-to-date sales revenue. All sales were led by dji.com which sold for $300,000 and was brokered by Dave Evanson The buyer appears to be  DJI TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD out of China The 2nd highest sale of the week went to  RealGaming.com which sold for $20,000 The highest ccTLD ... read more ...
 
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Afternic.com Sells $1.06 Million Led By 3 Domains Of Frank Schilling’s NameAdministration - Afternic just reported its weekly sales in all selling $1,058.26 in domains. All sales were led a three domain name owned by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration; DrugPrices.com which was sold for $39,500;  Keka.com which sold for $32,000 and Digity.com which sold for $20,000. Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... 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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Sedo Transactions Total $1.12M Led By VideoShop.com For $35K - Sedo just reported that 765 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, last week totaling $1.12m. This amounts to $39m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .coms: videoshop.com at 35,000 EUR ·         Top ccTLD: beaute.fr at 17,650 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: kh.org at 14,500 USD Here are the reportable sales:   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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SedoMLS gets some-more domain extensions with .eu and CentralNic deals - Sedo adds three ccTLDs to distribution network. SedoMLS, the domain listing distribution system for Sedo, has signed up new registries that will enable it to sell more types of domain names. Last week Sedo announced a partnership with EURid, the .eu registry, added the .eu domain extension to the SedoMLS Premium network. [Sedo was able to do this because EURid, the .eu registry, made its transfer system automatic.] Today the company announced a deal with CentralNic ... read more ...
 
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Domain sales watch: CompUSA and CircuitCity domains, and Moniker auction - These domain name sales and auctions are worth watching. With all of the news surrounding last week’s ICANN meeting in Durban, I’m a bit behind on a couple domain auctions and sales that are noteworthy. First, Hilco Streambank is offering the domain names CompUSA.com and CircuitCity.com. Both of the domain names are from defunct technology retailers. Systemax bought the assets of both of these companies last decade. It kept CircuitCity.com as a separate online ... read more ...
 
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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 ...
Mon 22nd July 2013
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The value of a initial name domain name - How can you calculate the value of a first name .com? DNMedia published a quick look at the value of first name domain names over the weekend. I own one such domain (Cathleen.com), so I found the data interesting. DNMedia took 5,000 common first names and found sales records for 103 of them, ranging from $500 up. It calculated that the typical first name domain name sells for about $.80 to $1.25 times the number of people who have that name in the United States. As ... read more ...
Fri 19th July 2013
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RSS.COM Sold For $135,000 - Ron Sheridan just informed TheDomains.com that he has sold the domain name RSS.com for $135,000. Ron acquired the domain from Sedo.com in 2009 for $125,000. The lead for the sale came through DomainNameSales.com although Ron negotiated the deal privately. Mr Sheridan believes the buyer is an end user who plans on launching a site on RSS.com The domain has an Estibot Appraised value of $169,000. If somehow you don’t know what RSS stands for you can get the info here. We will keep our eye on this ... read more ...