Tag Archives: sales

Fri 24th May 2013
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Afternic’s large proclamation and 22 finish user sales - Afternic signs a big distribution agreement. Before jumping into this week’s list of Afternic end user sales, Afternic made a big announcement today. It inked a deal with Directi to sell its premium domains through Directi’s registrars. This means Afternic has deals with 9 of the top 10 domain registrars. OK, on to the sales. Education advocacy group Achieve, Inc. bought BusinessandEducation.com for $2,488. Online education company ePals bought ToolsforSchool.com ... read more ...
 
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17 finish user domain name sales from Sedo final week - Some expensive spring chickens and a cruise company were among last week’s end user domain name buyers at Sedo. Here’s a selection of end user domain sales from Sedo last week: A UK company called Spring Chicken Direct Limited bought SpringChicken.co.uk for a whopping 12,000 GBP. Online game company Greentube Internet Entertainment bought Greentube.it for 1,500 GBP. Its website is greentube.com IFN.com, which offers a toll free forwarding business, bought LiveAgent.co.uk ... read more ...
Thu 23rd May 2013
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Bargain.com domain name sells for $150,000 - After many times on the auction block, Bargain.com finally sells. Bargain.com sold for $150,000 during the Hilco Streambank auction yesterday. There was only one bidder for the domain. Bargain.com had been offered for sale previously through both Sedo and Moniker, but with a much higher asking price. The last time it was offered at a Moniker auction it had a reserve price of over $750,000. The lot also included the common typo Bargin.com. Also selling in the auction ... read more ...
Wed 22nd May 2013
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Sedo.com Weekly Domain Name Transactions Total $1.26 Million - Sedo just reported that over the past week, 799 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.26m. All sales were led by 3dCity.com which sold for $29,500. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: •         Top .com: 3dcity.com at 29,500 USD •         Top ccTLD: creditos.com.mx at 19,000 USD •         Top “other” TLD: mika.net at 3,888 EUR   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael ... read more ...
Tue 21st May 2013
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Afternic.com Sells Almost $1.1 Million In Domains Led By GlobalOffice.com For $32,500 - Afternic’s just posted it reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 5/13/13 – 5/19/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,085,990. All sales were lead by Globaloffice.com which sold for $32,500 Frank Schillings NameAdministration sold the domain name margaritamachine.com (everyone should have one of these) for $19K In non-com sales Home.info sold for $7,500 and three 2 numbered repeater .Pw domain names sold for $1K each <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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An essay that will assistance we tighten some-more domain sales - Article on Forbes.com about domain names and startups is worth bookmarking to refer potential domain buyers to as a reference. David Teten, a partner with ff Venture Capital, has published the second part of a story on Forbes.com about startups and domain names. It’s a good primer on how companies can get creative when acquiring domain names. It explains how one of ff Venture Capital’s portfolio companies, Plated, worked out a lease with an option to buy Plated.com: Buying ... read more ...
 
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ETM.com bid to over $15,000 during Hilco auction - ETM.com sees early bidding action, but Bargain.com is the headline domain. ETM.com has attracted three bidders and 12 bids at the Hilco Streambank auction that ends tomorrow. As of now the domain has been bid up to $15,058. So far the more expensive domain names haven’t received any bids, but I’d expect interested parties to wait until closer to the end of the auction on Wednesday. The best name in the auction is Bargain.com, which is being sold along with the ... read more ...
Mon 20th May 2013
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K.im domain name gets $20,000 bid during Sedo - One letter Isle of Man domain may sell for $20,000 at Sedo. The domain name K.im has a $20,000 offer at Sedo, and an “auction” for the domain name ends tomorrow. .IM is the country code top level domain for Isle of Man. According to DNSalePrice, a handful of .im domain names have sold over the years, with the top reported sale being Mobile.im for $7,000 back in 2008. If that’s the case, then this would be the largest public .im sale of all time. That assumes ... read more ...
Thu 16th May 2013
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Are we dialing behind domain investments as we wait for new TLDs? - Are new TLDs changing the way you approach domain investing? Tucows filed its 10-Q yesterday. In the report, Tucows suggested that domain name investors may be proceeding cautiously with aftermarket domain purchases this year as they wait for new top level domain names: We have two primary buyers for our domain names – domain investors and businesses. While businesses domain sales continue to grow, we have begun to see evidence of domain investors interest slowing ... read more ...
 
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How most is a .cm domain value in 2013? - We’ll find out in an auction that ends today. .Cm, the country code for Cameroon, has been on an interesting ride. It previously struck a deal with Kevin Ham to wildcard the DNS and monetize the traffic. Then it sold .cm domains to all comers, brazenly marketing the domain as a typo of .com. That “relaunch”, if you will, was an unmitigated disaster. Bidders on domains that appeared to sell for a lot backed out, and the registry lost a bunch of billing files. I ... read more ...
Wed 15th May 2013
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15 finish user sales adult to $23,000 - iPark.com leads list of Sedo’s end user domain name sales last week. Sedo sold $1.15 million worth of domain names last week, including some good end user sales. There’s a lot of money in NYC parking. Imperial Parking Systems, which bills itself as one of New York City’s largest and oldest parking garage operators, bought iPark.com for $23,000. Perhaps it has something to do with this? PCloud LTD in Bulgaria paid 12,000 EUR for pcloud.com. Norway company Advantec ... read more ...
 
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What domains P&G, Univision, and 22 other finish users bought final week - PG in France, Univision, and a Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate among big name buyers at Afternic last week. Afternic sold just over $1 million in domains last week. The highest sale was FreeBackup.com, which was purchased by a direct response company. Direct response company Fiorentino Media bought FreeBackup.com for $45,000. California grocery store Los Olivos Grocery bought LosOlivosGrocery.com for $1,477. Bio Herbal Tech, seller of pills that it says help you ... read more ...
 
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BuyDomains relaunches site - NameMedia refreshes end user sales web site. BuyDomains, the end user domain name sales site owned by NameMedia, relaunched with a completely new look and feel today. The site places a greater focus than the previous one on explaining why a business should spend money on a domain name. It also emphasizes the ease and safety of buying a domain through BuyDomains and includes a number of testimonials. Domain searching and filtering has also been improved. You may recall ... read more ...
Tue 14th May 2013
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Afternic Sells $1M In Domain Names Led By FreeBackup.com For $45K - Afternic’s just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 5/06/13 – 5/12/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,009,097 Sales were led by FreeBackup.com which sold for $45,000 which was sold by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration  (they still own FreeBackups.com) on the other hand the domain name Mybackups.com sold for $2,995. In the non-com world a nice sale of a .org, Coatings.org sold for $16K and someone ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Totoal $1.15M Led By iPark.com For $23K - Sedo just reported that 677 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.15m for last week. Sales were led by iPark.com at $23K. A .travel domain made a rare appearance with the domain name NewYork.Travel selling for $5K Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .coms: ipark.com at 23,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: nav.co at 6,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: newyork.travel ... read more ...
Mon 13th May 2013
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HP (sort of) protects domains for new TwoSmiles.com site - Company buys 2Smiles.com domain, but leaves some other obvious ones unregistered. Earlier this month HP launched Two Smiles, a service that combines custom greeting cards with gift cards. In advance of the launch HP bought two key domain names for the venture: TwoSmiles.com, the actual web address for the service, and 2Smiles.com, a domain that likely receives visits from visitors who remember the site name as the digit 2 instead of ‘two’ written out. Based on ... read more ...
Wed 8th May 2013
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DomainAgents.com Helps Startup Acquire Dream Domain Radius.com For $100K - DomainAgents.com just helped serial  Entrepreneur Darian Shirazi  company Radius to acquire the domain name Radius.com. “”Radius aggregates small business data on over 23 million companies to help businesses prospect and find targeted leads and was started in 2009 and has more than 2 billion pieces of information about the smallest businesses in the US.” “Radius has become one of the most comprehensive data sets about SMBs available today.” Through the help of  DomainAgents.com negotiation ... read more ...
 
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All.com Hits a Sales Block during $350K - According to a press release out today the domain name ALL.com which has been registered since 1995 “and never offered for sale” has just hit the market. The domain name is priced at $350,000. “ALL.com is memorable, 3 letters, brandable and great for a variety of businesses and categories. Even more unique ALL.com comes with a United States federal trademark on the principal register for the world “All” covering several top categories and a similar trademark from Mexico”.   The domain ... read more ...
 
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Electronic Arts buys BF4.com for Battlefield 4 (and other finish user sales) - Electronic Arts among the big name buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo had some big sales last week, including Moms.com for $252,000. The whois record for Moms.com still shows Sedo, so we don’t yet know how bought the domain. Here are some of Sedo’s other end user sales last week. Electronic Arts bought BF4.com for $9,000, which is short for its Battlefield 4 game. Australian wedding site EasyWeddings.com.au bought EasyWeddings.co.uk for $1,250. Spy equipment site ... read more ...
 
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Very active Moniker Spring Auction ends tomorrow - Domain name auction that ends tomorrow has lots of activity. The Moniker Spring Auction on SnapNames doesn’t end until tomorrow, but bidding is already very active. The auction features 199 domain names and 33 of them already have bids. 22 have met their reserve price. The leader so far is StumpRemoval.com, which has an $11,770 bid and has met its reserve. I’ve paid for tree stump removal so I know it’s not a cheap service. That said, an individual tree company ... read more ...
 
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22 finish user sales final week - A pharmacy chain, cybersecurity company, and a baseball glove company made domain purchases last week. Afternic sold just over $1 million worth of domains last week. Here are 22 of the purchases that were clearly to end users. Glimmerglass, which offers big data product Cybersweep to extract actionable information for cybercrime, bought CyberSweep.com for $19,000. Examp prep and tutoring company Huntington bought iPrep.com for $7,995. Amplify, a News Corp company, ... read more ...
Tue 7th May 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.46 Million Led By Moms.com for $252,000 - Over the past week, 703 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.46m. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .coms: moms.com at 252,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: fotograf.de at 89,250 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: espresso.net at 9,999 USD   <![CDATA[]]>Domain name  Price  Currency .COMs moms.com  252,000   USD evora.com  94,000   USD juxin.com  66,666   ... read more ...
 
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My initial domain sale by DomainNameSales.com - I sold my first domain through DNS. What have your experiences been? Last week I completed my first domain sale using the Internet Traffic/DomainNameSales.com platform. One thing that is a bit confusing at first is how the communications work inside the DomainNameSales.com platform. The platform is “open”, meaning you can handle domain inquiries yourself or use a number of third party brokers (including DNS itself, like what I chose). By using an outside broker ... read more ...
Fri 3rd May 2013
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1,700 .ng domains purebred given cost cut, .ng domain hacks on Sedo - 97% price drop leads to more .ng domain registrations and a growing number of Sedo listings. Yesterday I wrote about how Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the registry for .ng domain names, had slashed the price of second level .ng domain registrations by 97%. The new price is equivalent to about $95 USD; previously it was $3,165 per year. That has sparked a jump in registrations, even at a price that’s relatively high for a second level domain registration. The ... read more ...
Thu 2nd May 2013
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Afternic finish user report: 28 finish user domain sales - A startup in stealth mode, an ad agency, and two churches bought domain names last week. Before jumping into the Afternic end user sales list, here’s a bonus end user sale that didn’t happen through Afternic but I learned about: ViSalus, which owns VI.com, bought VI.co.uk for $18,500. OK, now on to Afternic sales: A startup in stealth mode bought Seeq.com for $33,000. The sale was through GoDaddy.com. Ad agency GSDM bought StoryofAmerica.com for $1,500. Investment ... read more ...