Tag Archives: sales

Thu 11th April 2013
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How to learn some-more about your customer on Sedo - Video explains how to learn more about who placed an offer on your domain at Sedo. So you received an offer on Sedo, and you’d like to know who’s making the offer? One of the benefits to buyers of using an exchange like Sedo is anonymity. But Sedo does provide some information about the buyer. In most cases you can figure out if the buyer is an end user or another domainer. In this video, I’ll explain the four pieces of information Sedo providers to sellers ... read more ...
Tue 9th April 2013
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Afternic.com Sales Total $975K: Led By TribalWars.com For $34,910 - Afternic’s just posted its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 4/1/13 – 4/7/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 973,532.   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.47 Million For The Week Led by ConnectNow $120K - 738 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.47m. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: connectnow.com at 120,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: build.de at 33,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: fussball.info at 4,800 EUR   Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Spend only 60 seconds and never get a $60 offer on Sedo again - Video explains how to bulk edit your domain listings on Sedo to set a minimum bid amount for your entire account. Ah, the dreaded $60 offer on Sedo. You know the feeling. You get an email saying you’ve received an offer on your domain. Excitement UP. Then you see it’s for $60. Excitement DOWN. It sounds like Sedo has received the message, as it has made setting a minimum offer price part of the domain listing process. But what about for the thousands of domains ... read more ...
Mon 8th April 2013
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Internet In China By The Numbers -       Some pretty interesting numbers coming out of the ICANN meeting’s Opening Session in Beijing today. China has 564 Million Internet users, which represents over 42% of their population and almost double the population of the US. China added 40 million new Internet Users in just the last year. China has 7 of the Top 30″Internet Companies” China E-Commerce has reached $7 Billion. In terms of domain names, China’s ccTLD,  .Cn has 7.5 Million registered domains, making it number seven ... read more ...
Wed 3rd April 2013
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34 intelligent finish user domain buys - 34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of Young People was back to buy YoungPeople.org for $2,488. AV India in Delhi bought AVIndia.com for $1,800. Financial Marketing Solutions, which use the dismal domain name FMS4Banks.com, bought “its name” FinancialMarketingSolutions.com ... read more ...
 
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What domains DropBox and 15 other companies bought final week - Dropbox buys an India ccTLD and other end user domain sales. Sedo sold 704 domains for over $1.25 million last week. I’ve identified 16 of the publicly reported sales as end user sale. There are certainly more, but these are the ones that stood out to me. Webbs Garden Centres bought webbs.co.uk for 995 GBP. It now forwards to WebbsDirect.co.uk. pair Networks, Inc., a frequent aftermarket domain buyer, bought PairMail.com for $800. Jackpot Gaming Limited in London ... read more ...
Mon 1st April 2013
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YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley Buys MixBit.com For $2,088 On Afternic To Start New Video Site - The Co-founder of YouTube Chad Hurley just announced announced on Twitter that he was  launching his new Video site, MixBit.com which he purchased on Afternic.com less than a month ago for just $2,088. “The future of video is launching soon!” Says Mixbit.com Interestingly the same week MixBit.com sold for $2,088 on Afternic.com another version of the domain, mixedbits.com also sold for $2,488. MixedBits.com not being forward to MixBit.com but has a Network Solutions placeholder which is the ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy.com Sells Over 42K Domain Names In March - Godaddy.com posted its sales totals for March 2013, reporting 42,600 domain sold on its platform in March. This is a substantial increase over February where Godaddy.com reported 34,985 Of the 42K+ sales: 762 Offer/Counter-Offer 22,566 Auction 19,332 Buy Now Here are the top 10 sales of the month: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Fri 29th March 2013
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Company buys dual domains from Frank Schilling for $80,000 - SearchCore discloses purchases in SEC filing. Companies buy domains from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration all the time, but here’s an example that’s in an SEC filing. It also shows that Schilling is willing to sell domains on a payment plan. The buyer is SearchCore, which I wrote about earlier this year. The company has some high profile sales, including Makeup.com for $2 million, and some high profile purchases, such as Rodeo.com and Karate.com. It has ... read more ...
 
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Online video association paid over $100,000 for uLive domains - Real Gravity is mystery buyer of uLive.com and uLive.tv. Last week Afternic reported that it sold uLive.tv for $27,000. I was correct that the uLive.tv buyer is the same company that paid $75,000 for uLive.com last month. But my guess as to who that buyer is missed the mark. It wasn’t CBS, which runs a college network by the uLive name. The whois records for the domains changed yesterday, and the buyer was revealed as Los Angeles online video company Real Gravity. ... read more ...
Wed 27th March 2013
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Frank Schilling Rolls Out BIN Prices On 35K Domains, As Low As $4,990 - Frank Schilling company, Name Administration, has apparently jumped on the Buy It Now pricing wagon, by listing around 35,000 of this domain names with Buy It Now (BIN) prices on for what appears to be as low as $4,990. Here are some examples of domains priced to sell at a BIN price of $4,990: winadreamdate.com dogperfume.com odhm.com lettersofintent.com dailyjackpot.com growthhormonereplacement.com floggings.com conflictdispute.com munichrestaurants.com ohhf.com basketballwager.com olhh.com toydrives.com californiadoctor.com tartercontrol.com bulkblast.com That ... read more ...
 
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15 finish user sales during Sedo - Sedo’s biggest reported sale last week was to an end user. A candy company made the biggest reported purchase on Sedo this past week. Here’s a look at 15 end users who bought domains from the marketplace last week. Candy company Windel in Germany bought MyChoco.com for 23,000 EUR. 2KDirect, Inc., which runs the online advertising company iPromote.com, bought iPromote.co.uk for $1,250. Strategy consulting company Qantrex bought StrategicTransformation.com for $1,095. The ... read more ...
 
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21 some-more finish user domain sales led by a $27,000 .tv purchase - .TV leads the way in latest Afternic sales report. An Australian company just sold uLive.tv with the help of Afternic. It’s one of 21 end user sales I was able to identify in Afternic’s weekly sales report. Country Home Elevators and Stairlifts, LLC in Missouri bought ElevatorParts.com for $1,500. The Cartoon Museum in London bought CartoonMuseum.com for $2,000. Made in Granite, a company that creates tombstones and other memorials, bought TheMemorialShop.com ... read more ...
Tue 26th March 2013
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Afternic.com Sells $1,050,000 In Domains Led By ULive.Tv For $27K - Afternic’s just issued it’s weekly domain sales for the week of 3/18/13 – 3/24/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,056,772. All sales were led by .tv domain name,  ULive.tv which sold for $27,000 Here are the reportable sales:   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.3 Million - Sedo just published its weekly report. In all 782 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.3m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: mychoco.com at 23,000 EUR ·         Top ccTLD: ribose.com.br at 10,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: imagenes.net at 12,000 EUR Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Mon 25th March 2013
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Bloggers.com Goes Up For Sale - The domain name and site Bloggers.com went up for sale according to a press release out today “”Established in 2003, Bloggers.com is the leading social network site for Bloggers and largest directory of blogs. ” “The site has pumped through some great numbers, It it added half million new Bloggers and 5 Million new pages indexed by Google in one and half year, and also achieved Google page rank 6/10. “Despite huge database Bloggers.com loads in only 1.1 second which is faster than 64% of ... read more ...
 
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With 3 days to go, TS.org leads 1-2 impression .org auction during $2,475 - Go Daddy’s auction of one and two character .org domain names ends on Thursday, and plenty of the lower priced domains are seeing action. Go Daddy’s .org auction is part of Public Interest Registry’s Project 94. Up to 94 one and two character .org domains will be allocated.[Update: the auction has been extended until April 4.] As of the time of posting, TS.org has the highest bid at $2,475 with 5 bidders and 16 bids. Other two character domains, including b3.org, ... read more ...
Thu 21st March 2013
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51 some-more finish user domain sales this week - End users were busy buying domains through Afternic last week. Afternic had a banner week for end user domain sales last week. It even sold a three hyphen domain for 2,500! My fingers are so tired that I’m just going to jump right into it… Trendy Golf Limited is expanding its horizons with TrendySports.com at $2,500. Cantor Fitzgerald Securities paid $4,088 for CFWP.com. Wiggins Golf Consulting, LLC bought CarolinaGolfTrips.com for $1,000. Check iO, a game for ... read more ...
Wed 20th March 2013
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19 finish user domain sales adult to $36,000 - 19 end users paid between $700 and $36,000 for domains at Sedo last week. The top reported sale on Sedo’s sales list this past week was to an end user, although we don’t yet know what that end user plans to launch at the domain. Here are details on that sale and others: The Exchange, which owns the undeveloped site TheExchangeMail.com, bought TheExchange.com for $36,000. Given the price tag, it’s clear this was an end user. i-Paint S.r.l., which owns the domain ... read more ...
Tue 19th March 2013
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Afternic.com Sells $1.2 Million in Domains - Afternic just issued its weekly reportable domain sales for the week of 3/11/13 – 3/17/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,200,994. Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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GFA.com leads Afternic auction on SnapNames - Lots of good domains in auction ending Friday. Afternic is running another auction on the SnapNames platform and it’s attracting lots of bidders. The auction includes 136 domains with reserve ranges starting as low as $200 to as high as $250,000. It ends on Friday. As of right now the three letter domain GFA.com has the highest bid at $11,249. The reserve has been met. Also keep an eye on sweat.com. It has been bid up to $7,750, but the reserve is between $10,000-$25,000. The ... read more ...
Mon 18th March 2013
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8888.com gets 400,000 EUR bid on Sedo - It’s a lucky number, but is it this lucky? [Update: my skepticism was warranted. The bid has been cancelled.] The domain name 8888.com has received a 400,000 EUR bid at Sedo. That’s over $500,000 USD. 8 is consider a lucky number in Chinese culture. Lucky enough for a four digit domain to be worth over $500,000? I’m perhaps a little skeptical. But I’ll point out the bidding requirements to bid over 100,000 EUR at Sedo: 1. Complete the application form included ... read more ...
Thu 14th March 2013
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First Premium .Pw Sales Announced: P.pw and W.pw Sold For $8K Each - The new .PW ‘Professional Web’ TLD launched by Directi just announced their first premium domain name sales. The single letter domain name P.pw and W.pw were sold to the same end user for $8,000 each. The buyer is identified as a “A European Hosting Company” To my knowledge these are the first reported .Pw premium domain name sales. The Landrush period for .Pw continues until March 18th and is available at over 100 ICANN accredited registrars. During this time, unreserved premium domain names ... read more ...
 
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What domains a NBA and 15 others bought this week - The NBA is among the end user buyers on Sedo last week. Sedo had a pretty good week last week for selling domains to end users. A key highlight is the NBA, which bought a .in domain for just shy of $5,000. Here’s the list: Swiss company PUBLICS bought Publics.ch for EUR 850. Its main web site is PublicsPartner.ch, so this is a big improvement. I wonder if it’s also the company that paid EUR 15,000 for Partners.eu, which is still in escrow. UK ISP Onwave bought ... read more ...