Tag Archives: sales

Mon 12th September 2011
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Ari Goldberger Buys DomainLawyers.com & Pylon.com Sell For Over $10K On NameJet.com - Two domain names sold yesterday on NameJet.com for over $10K. DomainLawyers.com sold for $10,006 The domain appears to have been bought by the domain lawyer Ari Goldberger Its a nice brandable domain which can include UDRP’s, WIPO’s and IP issues. Ari already owns UDRP.com The domain Pylon.com sold for $10,302 Pylon among other things, seems to be a band, but you can see other possible users for this domain here and here   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Sells DasWetter.com For $30K On Sedo & We Sell GoPost.com For $25K - A couple of sales  hitting the Sedo wire tonight. The domain name Daswetter.com sold for $30K Das Wetter is German for “The Weather”. The domain name was Owned by Marchex. The domain is still in escrow at Sedo so we can’t be positive about the buyer,  but DasWetter.de is owned by Zdf.com/Zdf.de so they are the likely buyer. One of our domains, GoPost.com was sold by Sedo.com for $25K. That domain is also in escrow and we will have to see who the buyer is.     Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 7th September 2011
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Afternic.com Sells $700K In Domains Led By DanceFashion.com $27,780, Garnish.com $22K and PowerBox.com during $21K - Afternic just posted its sales for the week ending Sunday September 4th. Afternic sold around $700,000 in reportable domain names led by DanceFashion.com at $27,780, Garnish.com at $22K and PowerBox.com at $21K Here are all the sales reported for the week. .com Sales $2K dancefashion.com $27,780.00 garnish.com $22,000.00 powerbox.com $21,200.00 adguard.com $14,800.00 publishingsoftware.com $8,888.00 futurevisions.com $8,580.00 professionali.com $6,500.00 hotelplaza.com $6,500.00 mailz.com $5,250.00 ospgroup.com ... read more ...
 
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13 End User Domain Name Sales from a Past Week - Rediff among domain buyers over U.S. holiday week. Here’s a look at 13 end user domain sales facilitated by Afternic over the past week. Indian news site Rediff.com bought GoodKnowledge.com for $1,488. Future Visions, Inc., an authorized partner for Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, and Epicor, upgraded its domain name from eFutureVisions.com to FutureVisions.com for $8,580. The owner of nurse community site AllNurses.com bought AllTeachers.com for $1,344. I think we’ll ... read more ...
 
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UBM Confirms Data.com Domain Name Sale during $4.5 Million - Financial report mentions sale of “portfolio” of domains for $4.5 million. We basically already knew that Salesforce.com paid $4.5 million for the domain name Data.com. But if you’re looking for a little bit more proof of the transaction price, you’ll find it in the seller’s 2011 first half financial report. On page 35 of UBM Plc’s report it states: On 2 June 2011, the Group sold a portfolio of domain names for total consideration of $4.5m (£2.8m). ... read more ...
Tue 6th September 2011
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Sedo Sells $700K In Domains Led By FindInsurance.com, Hopper.com & Food.de - Sedo.com just reported its weekly sales and they total over $700k. Leading the way for the week was the domain name FindInsurance.com which we wrote about earlier today which sold for $50,500 The domain Hopper.com was a close second $50,000. Food.de lead all of the non-com’s selling for around $40K     Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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FindInsurance.com Sells For $50K on Sedo - Another really nice insurance domain has sold, this time by Sedo.com for $50,500. The domain name FindInsurance.com is owned by iEstates.com, LLC of Scottsdale. Guess we will find out who the buyer is when the whois updates. Its a nice domain in the sector that has produced some high sales. We should have the weekly Sedo report of all their sales later today Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Amazon Buys Typo of WeatherBug Web Site. Is AWS.com Next? - Company may be acquiring three letter domain name for its web services offering. Amazon.com has registered wwwaws.com, a common typo of aws.com. AWS is the acronym for the company’s popular Amazon Web Services platform. It’s unusual for a company to register a typo of a domain name it doesn’t own, and it makes me wonder if the company is working on acquiring the AWS.com domain name to redirect to aws.amazon.com. AWS.com is registered to AWS Convergence Technologies, ... read more ...
Sun 4th September 2011
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StumbleUpon Buys Stumblers.com for $6,000 - Hot social site buys domain name for the moniker of its users. Social sharing site StumbleUpon has purchased the domain name Stumblers.com for $6,000. StubleUpon users are called “stumblers”. The sale was on Afternic’s sales list from the past week, although at the time it wasn’t clear who bought the domain name since it was registered to brand protection company MarkMonitor. The seller was Baton Rouge, Louisiana based NameSeek.com. As of right now the domain ... read more ...
Thu 1st September 2011
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Garry Chernoff Sells MoneyLender.com for $75,000 - Chernoff strikes again with MoneyLender.com. There are a number of people who are looking for money lenders these days. But not domainer Garry Chernoff. He just sold MoneyLender.com for a nice $75,000. The domain name has been transferred to a new owner who is using whois privacy to protect its identity. Chernoff, who’s wonderful story with domain names is chronicled in David Kesmodel’s The Domain Game book, frequently sells domain names in this price range. Some ... read more ...
Wed 31st August 2011
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10 End User Domain Name Sales Over a Past Week - Another week, another set of end user domain name sales. As I do weekly, here’s a look at a sample of end user sales through the Afternic platform… A client of brand management company MarkMonitor bought Stumblers.com for $6,000. Could the buyer be StumbleUpon? Accessories company Sprigs, which uses the domain name sprigsville.com, bought sprigs.com for $8,000. The owner of Offsitesolutions.biz upgraded to Offsitesolutions.com for $6,000. Austin, TX-based uShip.com ... read more ...
Tue 30th August 2011
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Sedo.com Posts $650K In Domain Name Sales - Sedo just reported it’s sales for the week and sold just about $650K in domain names led by NBB.com which sold for $95,000 and on which we reported earlier today On the non-.com from the domain Pact.de sold for around $25,000 (19,000 Euro’s) and Melody.net sold for $14K a nice sale for that domain IMHO. That’s $1.2 million between Sedo and Afternic for the last week of August, not too shabby.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Afternic Posts $650K In Domain Namw Sales Led By WorldTennis.com At $30K - Afternic.com just reported $650,000 in domain name sales for the week ending Sunday August 28th, 2011 and its a pretty impressive week right in the “dog days of summer” a traditionally slow time. The sales were led by WorldTennis.com which was sold for  $30K, followed right behind by a nice three letter domains IGX.com WorldTennis was bought by a company in Rio, Vahrcav Participacoes Ltd. Onlinemeeting.net was the high sale of non-.com’s selling for just under $5K Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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NBB.com Sells For $95K On Sedo - The domain name NBB.com just sold over at Sedo.com for $95,000. The domain name is current in escrow at Sedo awaiting transfer. The domain was owned by Malcolm Stone of Irvine Ca. To see some of the things that NBB stands for click here Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 24th August 2011
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The World Bank Buys 2 Domain Names Through Afternic, Plus Telemundo - Big names buy domain names in the aftermarket. The World Bank is one of the most notable groups to buy domain names on the aftermarket this week. The group bought two domain names through Afternic: GlobalPartnership.com for $4,588 and EducationPartners.org for $1,088. It already owns GlobalPartnership.org but hasn’t developed it yet. It doesn’t own EducationPartners.com. Television network Telemundo bought yPunto.com for $2,510. Another notable buyer is FriendFinder ... read more ...
Tue 23rd August 2011
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Hover’s Implementation of Afternic Domains is Well Done - Simple and effective integration of domains for sale. A lot of large domain name registrars offer Afternic’s “Premium” inventory to customers. Each registrar integrates it differently and some do it better than others. I just checked out Hover.com’s integration and I really like it. Hover is owned by Tucows, which is Afternic’s latest top 10 domain registrar partner. Hover is known for its simplicity and this carries through to premium domains. It manages ... read more ...
Mon 22nd August 2011
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Sedo Hires Researcher Behind IDNX - Pricing researcher to work for domain name marketplace. After working with researcher Thies Lindenthal to create domain pricing index IDNX, Sedo has decided to bring him on as its Product Manager for Domain Pricing. In a press release, Lindenthal said: I am thrilled to combine my passions for the domain market and real estate research at Sedo,” said Lindenthal. “I look forward to continuing work on IDNX, and to bringing my research to Sedo in order to develop ... read more ...
 
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Afternic Touts Unnamed $540,000 Domain Sale, Gets More Exclusives - Domain marketplace known for small ticket sales scores a big one. Afternic is known for selling lots of domain names for a couple thousand dollars each. Not only is its expertise in high volume sales, but it also rarely gets to disclose its six figure sales. That’s (sort of) the case with its latest big sale for $540,000 — the company can’t disclose the actual name. But the company says it sold within 3 weeks of being listed with Afternic and the seller’s ... read more ...
Thu 18th August 2011
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Jason Davis Continues to Hit Paydirt with Jobs Domains - Davis sells two great jobs related domain names. When it comes to job and career related domain names, Jason Davis has one of the finest track records. I first talked to Davis in 2009 when he sold the domain name CEO Jobs to recruiter Harry Joiner. Since then he has continued to sell premium job domains, including another transaction with Joiner for StartupJobs.com. Over the past two weeks Davis has sold Hr.net and RecruitingTools.com at strong prices. Despite high ... read more ...
Wed 17th August 2011
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TheKnot.com and Ask.com Make Domain Purchases - End users line up to find the perfect domain name. There were a lot of great end user domain purchases at Afternic this week. Here’s a look at some of the ones that caught my eye. Franklin Debt Relief, LLC of Chicago picked up Chapter7Bankruptcy.com for $18,000 and Chapter13Bankruptcy.com for $13,000. Smart move. Las Vegas based iPrepaid, which had been using the domain name iPrepaids.com, bought iPrepaid.com for $8,000. Cooper Safety Ltd, maker of Cooper Fire ... read more ...
Tue 16th August 2011
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Afternic.com Sells $550K In Domain Names Led By Chapter7Bankruptcy.com during $18K - Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday August 14th and sold $550K in reportable domain sales this week $1k and over. The highest selling domain name of the week as Chapter7Bankruptcy.com which sold for $18K followed by fotonet.com for $10K and ePayDayLoans.com for $9,500 There was nothing on the non-.com report of note. Personally I like MusicMajor.com which sold for $4,800.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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A Quick Way to Slash Your Go Daddy Premium Commissions By 33% - Reduce your commission rate by changing your price. Last week I sold a domain through GoDaddy Premium Listings for $1,750. I’m happy with the sale, although is stings to pay a $525 commission. A couple weeks ago Adam Strong noted that GoDaddy reduced its fee on Premium Listings sales from 30% to 20%, but only on listings created in August. He suggested deleting and re-adding domains to take advantage of the lower commission rate. For the domain I just sold it would ... read more ...
Wed 10th August 2011
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What Domains Starwood Hotels and Other End Users Bought This Week - Hotel chain among end user domain name buyers this week. As I do every week, here’s a look at end user domain purchases from Afternic for the past week. First let’s start with the big name: Starwood Hotels and Resorts. The company paid $1,188 for OnlyInHawaii.com. Specifically, it looks like the buyer was the Sheraton Waikiki. Electronic Cigarettes, Inc. bought eLiquids.com for $2,588. Electronic cigarettes are filled with liquid nicotine. The rest of the purchases ... read more ...
 
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Aftermarket.com Offers Private Domain Name Brokerage - Company officially moves into domain brokerage services. Aftermarket.com is now officially offering private domain name brokerage services. The company has recently sent solicitations about domains including WorldTradeCenter.com. But today the group sent out an email announcing its private brokerage services. It includes a list of some of the domains it has recently gotten under exclusive contract to sell. Some of the domains include UrgentCare.com, Proposition.com, ... read more ...
 
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DONE! Ventures Reaches Settlement with NBC and Sedo Over Women.com - Settlement reached over failed seven figure domain name sale. DONE! Ventures has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit it brought against NBC Universal and Sedo. The lawsuit was over a failed purchase for Women.com and Women.net. DONE! says that NBC accepted its offer of $1 million for the two domain names. But then-NBC Universal Chairman and CEO Jeff Zucker allegedly quashed the deal. DONE! originally sued just NBC Universal to get it to go through with the ... read more ...