Tag Archives: sales

Fri 29th June 2012
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WAN.com closes on GoDaddy for $670,005 - Sale would be highest ever on Go Daddy’s auction platform. [Update: sale didn’t go through.] An auction on GoDaddy.com for the domain name WAN.com closed overnight for a whopping $670,005. Of course, one of the first questions asked after an auction like this is “will the sale go through”? The seller is definitely legitimate. Shane Cultra has a story on the seller who lives near him. If the deal closes then the seller will be able to buy Cultra a very nice ... read more ...
Thu 28th June 2012
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Marchex Sells MyDeals.com To MindWork Labs A Company That Just Raised $750k - According to a Press Release, Mindwork Labs bought the the domain name MyDeals.com, for an undisclosed amount from Marchex (Nasdaq: MCHX) The release goes on to say that Mindwork, also just got an investment of £500,000($750,000)  “from leading UK entrepreneur Mark Pearson to develop a global deals website and marketing platform.” “The partnership will reunite Pearson with Tom Packer – Founder and CEO of Mindwork Labs; the two worked together for several years previously on MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, ... read more ...
 
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Patents.com Back On The Market Starting At $2.5 Million - ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP PLC, who claims to be the the “world’s largest intellectual property brokerage firm” is offering for auction the domain name patents.com. The lot being sold by Patents.com LLC will be included in the 16th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on July 26, 2012, at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco, California. The starting bid will be $2,500,000 “We are excited to be offering this portfolio to our global base of buyers,” says Dean Becker, CEO ICAP ... read more ...
 
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SnapNames strikes deals with dual Chinese domain marketplaces - Deals with Dnbiz and NameRich give company access to Chinese domain buyers and sellers. It seems that the big domain aftermarket players are setting their sights on China. SnapNames announced two partnerships this morning with Chinese domain name marketplaces. A deal with Dnbiz will give the company access to the Yumi.com distribution network. The Yumi.com network has over five million domain names. The other deal is with NameRich, another Chinese domain marketplace. Other ... read more ...
Wed 27th June 2012
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What domains FC Barcelona and 22 other finish users bought final week - Weekly report of end user domain sales: 23 on tap this week. Gooooal! Football (that’s soccer for us Americans) team FC Barcelona bought a domain on the aftermarket this week. Read on to find out which domain they bought. Afternic FC Barcelona (Futbol Club Barcelona) bought OABonline.com for $2,000. OAB is the name for the FC Barcelona Supporter Services Office. FilmFunds, which helps budding filmmakers get financing for their projects, bought FilmFans.com for $4,188. GivingCredit, ... read more ...
Tue 26th June 2012
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Afternic.com Sells $1 Million In Domain Names - Afternic.com just  reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 6/18/12 – 6/24/12. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,003,830.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Mon 25th June 2012
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What domains Major League Baseball and NBC bought final week - MLB, NBC, and 14 other end users recently purchased. I just got back from vacation in San Francisco. Since I only have one whitelisted IP address to hit Go Daddy’s servers for whois request (and that would be at my office), I’m a bit late on last week’s end user list. Notable on this week’s list: MLB picked up a domain for $1,500 and NBC Universal got one for only $1,000. Afternic First Rate, which provides investment results reporting solutions, bought InvestmentPerformance.com ... read more ...
Sat 23rd June 2012
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Dotzup.com Sells ArtDeco.com On Sedo For $75,000 To ArtDeco.de - The domain name ArtDeco.com just sold on Sedo for $75,000 The seller was Dotzup.com Inc. The buyer of the domain appears to be the owner of the domain name artdeco.de as the domain ArtDeco.com is now forwarding to the ArtDeco.de site. IMHO the domain sold on the cheap, unless there were TM issues on the table. The art deco district otherwise known as south beach, is a vibrant high tourism area. Art Deco is also a generic style of things like furniture and  jewelry. Of course its is a well known ... read more ...
Thu 21st June 2012
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Hi, China! Afternic inks understanding with China’s largest domain registrar - Afternic offers domain names through HiChina. Afternic announced a deal today with HiChina, China’s largest domain name registrar. HiChina is the company’s fourth partner in China for AfternicDLS. This means that customers searching for domain names at HiChina will also be able to purchase domain names from the Afternic platform. Sales occur in real time with instant transfer of the domain name to the buyer. Afternic has seen quite a bit of expansion in European ... read more ...
Wed 20th June 2012
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SnapNames throws shawl into domain morning and landrush auction ring - KeyDrive companies want to play a role in new TLD rollout. SnapNames and Moniker have announced they will support sunrise and landrush auctions for new top level domain registries. The company will, of course, also offer premium generic sales and auctions for registry withheld domain names. I’ve been told by a newish TLD registry (I think I just coined a term) in the past that Pool.com is really the only service that meets the unique needs of a sunrise auction. ... read more ...
Tue 19th June 2012
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Afternic.com Sells $1.02MM In Domains Led By Sunless.com For $25K - Afternic.com just published its weekly report of domain name sales totalling $1,023,904 for the week ending June 17th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Sunless.com at $24,500, followed by yif.com at $22,000. Below is the complete list released of publicly reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Amazon.com’s Quidsi acquires Afterschool.com - A new Quidsi store in the works? Amazon.com’s Quidsi, the company behind stores with great domains such as Diapers.com, Soap.com (cleaning and personal care), YoYo.com (toy), and Wag.com (pet stuff), has purchased the domain name Afterschool.com. The domain name was acquired from WebQuest Inc. with the help of brand protection company Mark Monitor. The domain transferred to Mark Monitor on June 10, and the whois was updated to show Quidsi yesterday. Quidsi’s domain ... read more ...
Sat 16th June 2012
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Purchased For Less Than $2,500, Mike Mann Sells SkyBoard.com For $60,000 - According to his Facebook Page Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com has just had another really nice sale under his belt selling the domain name SkyBoard.com for $60,000. I reached out to Mike who told me he acquired the domain name SkyBoard on April 5, 2007 for $2,446.79, a remarkable return by any measure. The new owner of the domain name is SKYBOARD, Huu Huan Nguyen of Paris France who is yet to change the servers of the domain. Mike wanted to let everyone know that he still have the plural version ... read more ...
Thu 14th June 2012
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What domains Go Daddy and 18 others bought final week - 19 end user domain sales. There’s been a lot of news about new top level domains this week. But what’s going on right now in the domain market? Here are 19 domain sales to end users from the past week, including one to domain registrar Go Daddy. Afternic Dispatching technology company Unified Dispatch, LLC, bought zTrip.com for $20,000 from Frank Schilling. App creator Apps For Life, which published Box Shot, bought BoxShot.com for $3,500. TV Guide bought TVGM.com ... read more ...
Sun 10th June 2012
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Quinstreet acquires OnlineEducation.com - Quinstreet picks up online education lead gen site. Lead generation company Quinstreet (NASDAQ: QNST) has acquired the web site and domain name OnlineEducation.com. I can’t find any mention — nor a price — for the acquisition in Quinstreet’s SEC filings. But the seller was BigLeads.com, which bought the domain name on eBay for $100,000 back in 2009. The whois record for OnlineEducation.com changed between May 19 and June 2, according to historical whois records ... read more ...
Fri 8th June 2012
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Mike Mann’s Domain Market Sells The Domain Name MobileWorkforce.com For $30,000 - According to a post on his Facebook page Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com,  has just sold another nice domain, for a nice price The domain name is MobileWorkForce.com and he just sold it for $30,000. The whois record has not updated yet but we will continue to monitor it and let you know when it updates as to whom the buyer is. In the meantime congrats to Mike and his team and the buyer.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling’s Name Adminstration Sells voiceworks.com For $40K On Sedo - Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has just sold the domain name VoiceWorks.com for $40,000 on Sedo.com The buyer  is a company by the same name that uses voiceworks.nl as its main site and the recently purchased .com forward to the .Nl site. .NL  is the country code for the Netherlands. In another sale just crossing the Sedo sales wire, the domain name software.com.mx sold for 30,000 Euro’s or about $37K. The domain is currently being forwarded to targetware.com.mx     Congrats to Frank ... read more ...
 
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Gamble.net Sells For $46,125 On Sedo - The domain name Gamble.net just sold for $46,125 On Sedo The new owner is a Chris Brown of  Yorkshire UK The Seller appears to be The Gamblers’ Network of the US. I would be shocked not to see at lease a couple of gambling related new gTLD’s applied for when ICANN releases it list of applicants on June 13th Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 6th June 2012
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16 finish user domain sales from a past week - Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name sales. From medical companies to a utility and o2, here’s a list of end user domain sales from the past week. Afternic RedRock Wealth Management of Las Vegas paid $1,188 for InvestmentPlan.net. Here’s an individual end user: Darren Sandford of California bought Sandford.net for $2,588. He already owns Sandford.tv. Secure Ticket Purchase, the owner of BoxOfficeTicketSales.com bought up TicketsNow.org ... read more ...
Tue 5th June 2012
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Afternic.com Sells $940K In Domain Names - Afternic.com just released its sales report for the week ending on June 3rd selling $ 940,686 in domain names. The highest sale of the week was a tie at $10K between WordLink.com and Competencies.com Here are the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Sells $1.2 Million In Domains Led By Sell.it during 20,000 Euro’s - This past week, 669 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.19 million. All sales were led by a very brandable domain hack Sell.it for 20,000 Euro’s approximately $25K. Studio.org came in 2nd with a $20K sale 41.1% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: benxi.com at 16,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: sell.it at 20,000 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: studio.org ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy sole 35,094 aftermarket domains final month - Go Daddy releases monthly stats about aftermarket domain sales. The Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report for May is out. Last month the company sold 35,094 domain names through its aftermarket platform. That’s down slightly from 36,103 in April. 54% of domains sold via auction while 45% were fixed price sales. 1% sold through negotiation. The top 10 reported sales were: businessreviews.com $58,000 looker.com $50,000 temi.com $30,000 smartcamera.com $29,200 mara.com $28,000 hugg.me $25,001 imena.com $19,000 wbl.com $18,000 instantly.net $16,995 allaboutdecks.com ... read more ...
Fri 1st June 2012
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Amercia.com domain, featured on Mashable, adult for auction during Flippa - Amercia, land of the free. There’s an amusing story over at Mashable about the Chinese owner of the domain name Amercia.com, a typo of America.com. His story of why he bought the domain is heartwarming, but it’s worth noting that he owns at least 39 domain names. So think what you want. The owner bought the domain in 2009 for $100. He received an occasional offer on the domain. But then recently he claims he received four inquiries about the domain within 24 hours, ... read more ...
 
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Flippa adds accurate Google Adsense revenue - Web site buyers can gain more confidence in revenue numbers. Flippa, a marketplace for web sites and domain names, has added a tool to verify Google Adsense revenue numbers for web sites. We all see sites for sale that claim huge Adsense revenue numbers. But how do you know if the person is telling the truth? It’s easy to fake stats. (That was the point behind DNWStats, by the way.) The new tool allows Flippa sellers to authorize Flippa to snag the numbers through ... read more ...
Wed 30th May 2012
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What domains Taco Bell, Overstock.com, Enterprise, and others bought this week - Big companies make domain name purchases. This past week has been a great one for end user sales. I’ve identified 23 end user sales (there are of course more, but these are the ones that stuck out). There are big name brands in this report, so read on… Sedo McGraw-Hill Companies bought WorkforceAccess.com for $2,500. The name of a new publication? Raw TV Ltd, which owns RawTelevision.co.uk, bought Raw.co.uk for GBP 15,000 Enterprise Holdings, Inc., which owns ... read more ...