Tag Archives: sales

Thu 4th October 2012
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Mike Mann Sells UpperPeninsula.com For $55,000 Purchased For $2,500 - Mike Mann announced on his Facebook Page a short time ago that he has sold the domain name UpperPeninsula.com For a whooping $55,000, a domain he bought back in 2007 for just $2,500 This isn’t the only sale Mike has announced in the last couple of day. Today alone Mike says he sold 14 domain names for a total of over $70K, including UpperPeninsula.com. Also sold according to his Facebook page in the last couple of days Mike DomainMarket.com also sold; HybridFiber.com for $10,500.00, Acquired: 2010-09-11 ... read more ...
 
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$4M+ GiftCard.com seller is no foreigner to large sheet domain sales - Seller also sold CashBack.com to Microsoft. Yesterday Gift Card Lab announced that it had acquired GiftCard.com for over $4 million in cash and equity. The purchase was not just a domain name; it came with a long running business that also included the 1-800-gift-card vanity number. I confirmed with Gift Card Lab that it paid $4 million in cash and the equity was on top of that. But I also wanted to check in with the seller, Maynard Small. He confirmed that the sale ... read more ...
Wed 3rd October 2012
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UPDATE: GiftCard.com Purchased For $4 Million Dollars Cash Plus Stock - We wrote earlier today about GiftCard.com selling according to a press release for $4 million dollars. The PR chatted about stock plus cash but the buyer of the domain has confirmed that $4 Million in cash was paid for the domain, with the stock being a kicker (extra) compensation. This therefore becomes the highest domain sale of 2012. Here is the release: “”Gift CardLab, a leading online provider of gift cards, today announced the purchase of the GiftCard.com domain. Gift CardLab will now use ... read more ...
 
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Huge week for finish user domain sales: UFC, USPS, Nuance, etc. - Big names buy domain names this week. All I can say is “wow!”. This was a huge week for end user domain name purchases. I honestly don’t recall a week with this many big names on the list. Many of the buyers are huge companies, ranging from Nuance to Enterprise. There are some other notable names such as United States Postal Service, Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Keith Ferrazzi’s company Ferrazzi Greenlight. It doesn’t stop there, but I can’t mention ... read more ...
Tue 2nd October 2012
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 30,000+ domains in September - Another month of over 30,000 domain name sales in Go Daddy’s aftermarket. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting over 30,000 domains sold last month. The ticker shows 30,839; the number is typically adjusted upward as final tallies come in. The top reported sale for last month is CashLady.com at $36,000. The domain name was purchased by PDB UK, a payday loans broker in the United Kingdom. Other top sales include: safetygloves.com $22,000 chinaindustry.com $20,540 democraticcapitalism.com $20,000 82.net $17,905 startime.com $15,000 ... read more ...
Mon 1st October 2012
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A new Afternic on a approach this week - A completely refreshed Afternic.com will be released this week. On Friday Afternic sent a notice to its registered users that the site is getting a major overhaul sometime this week. When I was at Afternic’s office back in July they gave me a sneak peek of the new system. From what I saw, the new site will be a huge improvement. Both major domain name marketplaces — Afternic and Sedo — were originally built for the old way of selling domain names. Back then ... read more ...
 
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Amazon’s Quidsi lauches Vine.com for healthy products - Quidsi’s latest generic domain store: Vine.com. I’ve scooped a number of Quidsi store openings based on generic domains they’ve bought — from Afterschool.com to Casa.com. But I missed this one: Quidsi just launched Vine.com, a store with “natural products for green living”. George Kirikos points out that the company appears to have acquired the domain name through Mark Monitor over the past few weeks. It was previously owned by a company called Vine Technology. It’s ... read more ...
Thu 27th September 2012
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One of The Best Domains In The World Goes Up For Sale: Music.com - According to a press release out this morning, the domain name Music.com is up for sale exclusively with DomainAdvisors.com Beyond being in what is in my opinion one of the top 10 generic .com domain names, there are 8 applicants for the new gTLD .Music, including Google and Amazon. According to the press release , Music.com gets “approximately One Million visits per month”. Here is what Google had to say about Music in its application for the new gTLD .Music: There is a significant audience ... read more ...
 
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Sedo boosts domain auctions with “Last Call” - New auction option will increase activity in Sedo’s auctions. Sedo announced a new auction option this morning called “Last Chance Auctions”. The more I learn about it, the more I like the idea. Last Chance Auctions allow Sedo users to start a domain auction at a reserve of 99 USD/GBP/EUR. This is a good way for customers to get added exposure for domains they perhaps want to cull out of their portfolio. Currently, you must be a SedoPro customer to list domains ... read more ...
Wed 26th September 2012
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Afternic.com Posts $1,085,000 In Domain Name Sales, Led By CESC.com during $36,720 - Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 9/17/12 – 9/23/12. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,085,972 Please note that the sale of PentHouseSuites.com ($3000) was brokered by Moniker/Snapnames during our joint auction. .TV investors should note the sale of seniorcare.tv which sold for a very nice $6,590 The top sale of the week was a domain owned by BuyDomains.com and was sold to China Exchanges Services Company ... read more ...
 
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21 finish user domain sales (including some large buyers) - 21 end user domain name sales from the past week. This week’s end user domain sales report includes a shop that’s probably at your local mall, a big online university, and cosmetics giant Loreal. Afternic Thomson Reuters bought SJNK.com for $4,200. I’m not sure what it stands for. Used Gym Equipment, LLC paid $1,988 for UsedGymEquipment.org to accompany its dot.com. Harris Research, Inc., owner of the ChemDry franchise, bought ChemDry.net for $1,277. Personal ... read more ...
Tue 25th September 2012
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Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $1.3 Million - Sedo just posted it weekly report. In all, 858 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 million. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: relation.com at 26,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: gratis.pl at 16,850 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: preisvergleich.net at 16,000 EUR Here are the reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo GreatDomains auction ends Thursday. Here’s a look. - 17 domains have already met their reserves with a couple days to go. Sedo’s monthly GreatDomains auction ends Thursday. So far 17 of the 217 domain names have met their reserves. The highest domain name to have met its reserve is PTZ.com at $5,000. Another three letter .com attracting attention is OAL.com at $14,000, although its reserve of up to $25,000 hasn’t been met. Leah.com leads the list with a $26,000 bid but that’s below the reserve as well. The auction ... read more ...
 
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Rockies.com domain name goes adult for sale - Whether it’s for the baseball team for tourism, Rockies.com is now available for purchsae. Major League Baseball may yet be able to get its hands on the Rockies.com domain name. Domain Name Wire has confirmed that the owner of the site is trying to sell it. The sales process is being managed by an outfit called Venture Capital Group Ltd, which tells Domain Name Wire that the domain name will officially be put up for sale later this week. Venture Capital Group’s ... read more ...
Mon 24th September 2012
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The Atlantic buys QZ.com for new publication - Company forks out cash for two letter domain — which is a truncation of a six letter word. The Atlantic today launched Quartz, a publication targeted to upscale readers. What does this have to do with domain names, other than the decidedly upscale audience that reads Domain Name Wire? The company bought QZ.com for the site. Atlantic Media Incorporated bought the domain name around April this year according to historical whois records. It sold for $76,000 at a Moniker/TRAFFIC ... read more ...
Fri 21st September 2012
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CA Technologies sells Platinum.com domain name for $250,000 - Domain name appears to have been sold to pet food company. It looks like CA (aka Computer Associates) has sold one of its prime domain names, Platinum.com. Moniker has confirmed that it brokered the transaction and the sales price was $250,000. The domain name was featured in Moniker’s DOMAINfest and Spring Auctions with a reserve range of $500,000 to $1,000,000. The whois record for the domain name just changed to show that the domain now belongs to the German ... read more ...
Thu 20th September 2012
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Salesforce finally puts Work.com to work - Salesforce is now using work.com, a domain name it bought earlier this year. Earlier this year I discovered that Salesforce had purchased Work.com. It has now put the domain name to work. The company is using the domain name for Rypple, a “social performance” platform it acquired last year. Salesforce has a habit of buying companies and then relaunching them on great domain names. For example Jigsaw.com, which was already a good domain name, is now Data.com. It ... read more ...
Wed 19th September 2012
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ICM Sells $650,000 In .XXX Domain Names - According to a Press Release we just received, ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, today announced that is has sold 40 .XXX domain names for $650,000. All of the domain names sold today were reserved and owned by the Registry. The Buyer is IRIS SARL, “based in Luxembourg and backed by a number of investors and entrepreneurs, has secured over 40 .XXX Premium names and has plans to make a major impact in the adult entertainment space.” “The ... read more ...
 
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Moniker usurpation auction submissions for DOMAINfest 2013 - Moniker and SnapNames will run an auction in conjunction with DOMAINfest next year. It looks like Moniker and SnapNames will hold an auction in conjunction with Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest Global 2013 conference next year. SnapNames.com has a submission form for the auction. It’s currently listed as an online auction. Both Moniker and SnapNames were owned by Oversee.net until their sale earlier this year to KeyDrive. They provided the auction platform at DOMAINfest ... read more ...
 
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What domains a Kickstarter success, Christie’s and University of Oklahoma bought this week - Company that raised $70k on Kickstart buys its company domain name. This week’s end user domain name sales report includes some big names. Auction house Christie’s bought an Andy Warhol domain name, University of Oklahoma bought a four letter acronym, and a Kickstart success story bought its company domain name. Afternic Auction house Christie’s bought WarholArt.com for $6,457. It is selling some of Warhol’s works. MasterGuides.com was purchased by someone ... read more ...
 
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Afternic auction on SnapNames ends tomorrow - Auction features 176 domain names. Afternic’s first auction on SnapNames earlier this year was a big success. It focused light on some good domain names such as Hipsters.com. That domain sold for $28,500 (which I suspect is a lot more than the original fixed asking price!). The two companies have teamed up again for an 176 domain auction ending Thursday. At the time of writing nine domains have bids and five have hit their reserves. The current top domain is PoolandPatio.com, ... read more ...
Tue 18th September 2012
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Afternic.com Sells $975,000 In Domains Led By CashLady.com $36K & OptionTrade.com during $30K - Afternic just posted it sale for the week ending on September 16, 2012 and sold $$973,508 in domain names There are some pretty nice sales in this list including CashLady.com which sold for $36K and Optiontrade.com which sold for $30K and ChinaIndustry.com sold for $20,540 PayitForward.org led the non-.com sales at $7,500   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Mon 17th September 2012
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Details of $528,000 sale of Accommodation.com and Accommodation.co.uk - Pixel Capital buys domain names to enter online travel market. Australian company Pixel Capital Pty Ltd announced last week that it had acquired Accommodation.com and Accommodation.co.uk for a combined $528,000 USD. Both domain names were owned by a British company and were developed at one point. Although the transaction is finalized, Pixel founder Roland Bleyer told Domain Name Wire that the deal is owner financed over multiple years. In other words, Pixel is still ... read more ...
Wed 12th September 2012
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Some large names make domain purchases - Fortune 500 Yum! Brands among this week’s domain buyers. This week’s end user sales list is a little shorter than usual, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there were fewer end user buys last week. I generate this list by looking through bulk whois records, and some weeks more sales pop out as end user buys than others. Here’s an interesting one. CeeJay Software Limited says it offers data backup service called CrashPlan PROe. So it bought CrashPlan.co.uk for ... read more ...
 
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Why Sale.com has all to do with “Right of a Dot” - It’s left of the dot, but it’s going to benefit from the right of the dot. When I first saw the press release today about Right of the Dot brokering Sale.com, I had a chuckle. What is a company named “right of the dot” doing selling a domain name that has everything to do with what’s left of the dot? But really the press release buries the lead: five companies have applied for the .sale top level domain, and you can bet a lot of traffic will go to sale.com ... read more ...