Tag Archives: sales

Thu 27th December 2012
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My initial (much) faster payments with Go Daddy Premium Listings - Go Daddy is paying for domain sales even faster than promised. It had been a couple months since I sold a Go Daddy Premium Listing, but over the past couple weeks I’ve sold two domains. These were the first domains I’ve sold with Go Daddy since it sped up the payment process. I’m happy to report that it paid even faster than promised. The first sale was on December 17. That particular domain sold through Go Daddy auctions rather than the registration path. That ... read more ...
Wed 19th December 2012
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What domains BASF and 13 other finish users bought this week - BASF among the big companies buying domain names last week. This week’s end user sales report is shorter than usual. That doesn’t mean fewer domains were purchased by end users. It’s likely a combination of two factors. First, more domains are still in the escrow process this week than usual. If they’re in escrow I have no way of figuring out who owns the domains. Second, there were companies with names in which I couldn’t easily figure out if they were ... read more ...
Tue 18th December 2012
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Afternic Sells $1.1 Million In Domains - Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 12/10/12 – 12/16/12. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,092,157 The second highest .com sale of the week belong to us at MostWantedDomains, which sold BestTime.com for $15k Here are the reportable sales Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Lowlife losers try to distinction from Sandy Hook domain names - How do you describe someone who tries to profit off the massacre of twenty children? It’s a fact. People register domains related to big news stories. They sometimes park them and sometimes try to sell them. For example, Clint Eastwood’s famous empty chair. Surely, however, people wouldn’t be so vile as to try to profit off of domain names related to last week’s mass shooting in Sandy Hook. Right? Wrong. Consider this Houston man who registered SandyHookMovie.com ... read more ...
Thu 13th December 2012
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Why domain marketplaces merit 20% (and if we disagree, no one army we to use them) - If you don’t think domain marketplaces deserve their commission, you’re welcome to move your business elsewhere. Whenever I write about the two big domain marketplaces, Afternic and Sedo, someone inevitably gripes about the 15% to 20% commissions they charge. Let me paraphrase the common complaint: “All they do is list all of these domains, and transactions just happen. They don’t deserve 20%.” It’s true that the incremental cost and effort to a marketplace ... read more ...
 
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Marchex finish user sales report, partial 3 - A belated look at more of Marchex’ end user domain sales. Last month I created a three part series about Marchex’ end user domain sales. I was on the road in NYC and scheduled the third part to publish on November 7. But, as WordPress often does, it “missed schedule” and I didn’t notice it until now. Call it delayed gratification. Here’s my final list of end user domain buys from Marchex’ top 500 list. You can see see other sales here. I did the best ... read more ...
Wed 12th December 2012
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32 finish user domain sales from $1,000 to $80,000 - End users from Telebrands to LegalZoom buy domain names. Let’s kick of this week’s end user sales report by referring to my post yesterday about Endgame.com. A security company paid $80,000 for the domain at Sedo. Now, on to the other sales… Afternic It looks like a company has yet to be launched at EliteElectricAustin.com, but the owner made a smart move by picking up EliteElectric.com for $1,600. A religious organization called International Teams bought InternationalTeams.com ... read more ...
 
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If a lead comes by a broker, we should compensate a broker - Give credit where credit is due. Yesterday I got an email from someone interested in one of my domains. “I found your domain on BuyDomains,” he stated. But he thought the price I listed on BuyDomains (via Afternic) was too high and wanted to negotiate. Rather than call BuyDomains to negotiate he emailed me directly. We worked out a price, and then I changed the price at BuyDomains to what we negotiated and told him to buy it through them. It could be tempting ... read more ...
Tue 11th December 2012
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Afternic Sells $900K in Domains Led by FunLife.com For $50K - Afternic reported its weekly sales at $906K led by FunLife.com for $50K The domain was owned by a Todd Kingsley of Staten Island, New York. The domain FunLife.com is currently not resolving and is under privacy Here are all the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.5 Million Led By EndGame.com For $80K - Sedo just released it weekly list,  recording  900 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.52 million. The top sale of the week belongs to the The Ham Brothers,  Vertical Axis Inc. who sold EndGame.com for a nice price of $80K Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: endgame.com at 80,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: k1.de at 12,000 EUR ·         Top “other” ... read more ...
 
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ForexPros.com Buys Investing.com For $2.45 Million Dollars - TechCrunch is reporting that ForexPros.com bought the domain name Investing.com for $2.45 million dollars. The domain is now registered to a Fusion Media Ltd out of Tortola. The transaction appears to have closed on November. The company plans to use the domain “into a one-stop shop for financial traders and investors around the globe by providing streaming, realtime data and financial analytics”. The domain will become the highest selling domain of 2012 on the DnJournal.com list of top selling ... read more ...
 
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Cancer.info hits $11,000, heading .info domain auction - .Info auction attracting serious bids with three days to go. Cancer.info is leading the way at the Afilias .info auction at Go Daddy. Bidding on the domain name has reached $11,005 with 17 different bidders placing 87 bids. The auction features over 100 domain names that were claimed during the .info trademark sunrise period in 2001. The sunrise claims were later invalidated and .info registry Afilias has held the domain names ever since. Bidding on all domains starts ... read more ...
 
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Security association buys Endgame.com for $80,000 - Security company upgrades its domain name. An Atlanta company has purchased the domain name Endgame.com for $80,000, topping Sedo’s weekly sales list. The company owns the domain names Endgames.us and EndgameSystems.com. This is a nice upgrade. Here’s how the company describes itself: Endgame delivers the only integrated Cyber Operations Platform that meets the needs of the military and your SOC. Realtime, scalable solutions that turn billions of data points ... read more ...
Mon 10th December 2012
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CNN too “distracted” to strengthen the brands’ domain names - Company doesn’t register domains for popular segment. Remember how CNN started iReport, and then only when it became very popular paid dearly for the domain name? To the tune of $750,000? It may have done it again, as one DNW reader pointed out to me today. CNN has a segment called CNN Distraction that’s getting a lot of attention. It features videos it describes this way: “CNN may have built its reputation by covering the news, but this stuff is definitely ... read more ...
Fri 7th December 2012
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What kind of domains are offered for underneath $1,000? - Some are obvious — but the delineation between under $1,000 and $3,000 is quite small. When Afternic sends its weekly sales reports it omits domains that sold for under $1,000. Yet understanding which types of domains are selling for three figures can be valuable for domain investors. Thankfully, Afternic’s updated web site shares a selection of domain sales from all price ranges. Here are some observations after sorting through some of the sub-$1,000 domains. 1. ... read more ...
Thu 6th December 2012
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SSL.com Hits The Market Including Operating Business, Trademarks & Patents Pending - The category killer domain name SSL.com has just hit the market. But the SSL.com is not just a domain sale. It includes a profitable business, federal trademarks and patents pending” The domain name is being brokered by MediaOptions.com Here are some interesting facts from the Press Release: “The domain is being sold by SSL Corp, the profitable business running SSL.com for the past 12 years” “SSL’s across the industry are sold with hefty margins, averaging a whopping 70% profit, with most ... read more ...
 
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Domain upgraders: 2 forms of ridiculously competent buyers for your domain names - “Upgraders” are prime targets to buy your domain names — and relatively easy to find. Since I create a list of end user domain names sales each week, I notice some pretty strong patterns amongst end user buyers. One of the biggest categories of buyers are the “upgrade” buyers. The domain name they buy is almost exactly like the one they already own, only better in one of two ways. The first is a better top level domain. Buyers will often buy a .com domain ... read more ...
Wed 5th December 2012
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A untrustworthy domain attorney practice - Telling a domain owner you have a buyer for their domain when you don’t is unethical. I want to highlight a domain broker practice that gives the industry a bad name. I’ll call it the “phantom buyer”. Here’s how it works. A domain broker contacts a domain owner and says they have a buyer interested in their specific domain name. The broker doesn’t really have a buyer for the specific domain, but wants to get the domain owner to agree to have the broker ... read more ...
 
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28 finish user domain sales - 28 end user sales from Afternic and Sedo this past week. Below is a selection of end user domain name sales from Afternic and Sedo last week. Afternic I’m curious who paid $50,000 for Snipes.com. The domain is still in escrow, but I imagine it’s an end user. Outdoor products company Firmly Planted dropped the hyphen in its domain, picking up FirmlyPlanted.com for $2,319. (Check out their web site, they sell some really cool outdoor stuff.) Law firm Loeb Loeb ... read more ...
Tue 4th December 2012
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.7 Million For The Week Led By HotelsGuide.com For $60K - Sedo.com just issued its weekly report and in all 928 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.7 million. Over 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: hotelsguide.com at 60,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: verzuimmanagement.nl at 12,100 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: roulette.biz at 6,750 EUR   Here are the reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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When it creates clarity to sell a domain name we indeed use - You might want more money, but there’s usually a price at which it makes sense. Domainers typically sell domain names they aren’t using. They’re parked or have a minisite, but no real business. But sometimes domain name owners are approached about selling a domain name they’re already using. I’m not talking about someone wanting to buy a web site you’ve created; instead someone wants to buy a domain name you’re using but the buyer wants to use it for ... read more ...
Mon 3rd December 2012
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Sony sells Connect.com to businessman Ryan Allis for new venture - Domain name was used for Sony’s now shuttered online music store. Sony has sold the domain name Connect.com to entrepreneur Ryan Allis for his new venture Connect. Sony used the domain name for its Connect Music Store. The entertainment company closed down the online music store in 2008. Allis was co-founder of email marketing company iContact.com, which was acquired by Vocus earlier this year. On his LinkedIn profile, Allis describes Connect as “Mobile technology ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 32,151 domains in November - MyModa.com and Funlife.com lead the way. Go Daddy has updated its Auctions Domain Market Report with results from last month. Last month Go Daddy auctions sold sold 32,151 domain names, which is down just slightly from the month before. Monthly domain sales in the low 30,000 range seems to be the new norm on the site. The top 10 sales last month were: MyModa.com $50,000 Funlife.com $50,000 – currently in escrow with Afternic Brilliant.org $25,000 LowRates.com ... read more ...
Wed 28th November 2012
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27 finish user domain sales, including a buy from a Data.com seller - A report on 27 end user domain name sales made last week. This week’s end user domain sales report includes a small purchase by the company that sold Data.com from Salesforce.com for $4.5 million. Afternic New York City bakery City Cakes shortened its domain from CityCakesNY.com to CityCakes.com for $2,500. Solid Industries Machine Shop Ltd. in Alberta, Canada bought SolidIndustries.com for $1,788. It already owns the net version. Harry Caray’s Restaurant in ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy to auction .info “sunrise tentative reallocation” domains - Auction features domains originally reserved during 2001 sunrise. Domain name registry Afilias is working with Go daddy to auction off over 100 domain names claimed in the .info sunrise that were later deemed ineligible. The 106 domain auction runs December 4 through December 14. The domains were originally requested during the .info sunrise in 2001. This was one of the first ever “sunrise” periods for a top level domain launch that gave trademark holders first ... read more ...