Tag Archives: sales

Tue 9th August 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Sedo’s Jeremiah Johnston Steps Down, Will Open Private Practice - Long time domain industry exec steps down. Sedo has just confirmed a rumor that started percolating recently: COO Jeremiah Johnston is leaving the company. Johnston will remain General Counsel to the company as he opens his own private practice. Honestly, with Johnston’s involvement with all of the company’s legal business I had kind of forgotten that he was also COO. He was instrumental in bringing resources and money to Internet Commerce Association, and he ... read more ...
Thu 4th August 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Tucows Integrating Afternic DLS, Hover Offers Domain Name “Trade In” Program - Hover and Tucows/OpenSRS to start offering premium domain names. Tucows is integrating Fabulous’ Domain Distribution Network as well as Afternic DLS into its Hover and OpenSRS platforms. As one of the top three domain name registrars by volume, this will significantly expand these programs’ reach. Additionally, Hover customers can “trade in” their old domain names for a better one through a unique marketing program. Basically, Hover customers who find and ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
GoDaddy Sold 109,000 Domains By Auction Last Quarter (and Other Good Stats) - Domain registrar offers more insight into its domain name auctions. We know GoDaddy is a powerhouse for new domain registrations, but until now we haven’t had great visibility into how many domain names it auctions off each month. That data and a lot more is now available on Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report. Here’s a solid stat: The company sold 109,000 domains by auction last quarter. The report includes a list of top sales by month, including June’s ... read more ...
Wed 3rd August 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
The Owner Of WorldTradeCenter.com Turned Down Over $14 Million For The Domain - I reached out to Carron Brown of Aftermarket.com who is brokering the sale of the domain name WorldTradeCenter.com and asked her for some history on the domain. Some pretty interesting facts are in here ·         The site was originally registered in 1996 (5 years before the tragedy) ·         The owner received hundreds of purchase offers on September 11th 2001, but denied them all ·         The site was used to disseminate information and provide links to help and rescue ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
What Domains Bruce Clay and Others Bought This Past Week - End user sales for the past week. Afternic turned in another strong performance for end user domain name sales last week. Here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones. Popular SEO firm Bruce Clay, Inc. bought Localware.com for $2,088 for a new product it’s unveiling later this month. Health care data services company Core HDS bought HealthGate.com for $8,500 and MedSaving.com for $1,288. Wealth management company Bedouin Group bought Lighthouseloans.com ... read more ...
Tue 2nd August 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Speek Buys Speak.com Domain Name - Company upgrades its domain name to something users know how to spell. Web-based teleconferencing system Speek has purchased the domain name Speak.com from a familiar face in the domain name industry. According to whois records, the domain name was sold by Nat Cohen of Telepathy. The sales price was not disclosed. This is another example of a company launching a business on a “cute” domain name and then having to pay a price later. Speek.com is a bad domain ... read more ...
Mon 1st August 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
A Smart Whois Verification Feature on Sedo - Many “sales” of domains people don’t own are by accident. When domainers let domain names expire or sell them, their first trip usually isn’t to update online sales listings for the domain names. As a result, most of us have had the experience where we receive an offer on a domain we no longer own or try to buy a domain name through a marketplace only to find that the seller doesn’t own it any more. Which is why I think this feature from Sedo is smart: I’m ... read more ...
Wed 27th July 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Sedo Releases the Domain Market Study for Q2 2011: $25M In Sales adult 13%; 10,600 Domain Sales - Sedo just released its Q2 2011 Domain Market Study, which reveals domain name industry trends based on its marketplace transactions. In Q2, Sedo’s Domain Marketplace saw close to $25,000,000 in global sales, revealing 13 percent growth compared to Q1 2011 and 4 percent year-over-year growth. Domain sales priced at $5,000 and below accounted for 48% market share The average sale prices of .com domains in Q2 2011 reached $3,114, a 20% increase over Q1 2011 10,600 domains changed hands on Sedo’s ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Sedo Q2 Market Study in Review - by Heather DelCarpini [Sedo just released its Q2 market study today. In this guest post, Sedo marketing manager Heather DelCarpini explains where the domain name aftermarket is heading.] Sedo’s Market Study for Q2 2011 reveals the strongest quarter in over a year, after excluding the record-breaking sale of sex.com for $13m in Q4 2010. Median prices for all gTLDs increased across the board, with some notable .com sales in the form of datacenter.com ($352,000), consolidation.com ... read more ...
Tue 26th July 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Aftermarket.com Lands Exclusive To Broker The Domain Name: WorldTradeCenter.com - According to a press release out today by Aftermarket.com, they are the exclusive broker for the  domain name, WorldTradeCenter.com which is now for sale. No reserve or purchase price was mentioned in the Press Release which reads as follows: Aftermarket.com, a leading Internet domain marketplace, has been exclusively commissioned to broker the high-profile web address. While the domain is highly sought after due to its natural type-in traffic and deeply-emotional connection, Aftermarket.com plans ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ReadItLater Bought Its Domain Name Later - Company started with longer domain name before buying the “right” one. I was reading an article about ReadItLater earlier today when I noticed the article linked to ReadItLaterList.com instead of ReadItLater.com. The popular service offers apps that allow you to save web pages to read later. So “Read It Later” is a great name. Obviously ReadItLaterList.com isn’t a great domain name. But when I typed in ReadItLater.com I found that it forwarded to ReadItLaterList.com. ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
End User Domain Purchases Over a Past Week - Here are some end user domain purchases through Afternic over the past week. Acumen Brands, a niche etailer, bought FatChance.com for $26,000. Renewable energy development Community Energy Inc. bought CommunitySolar.com for $10,000 EducationDynamics, which helps colleges and universities recruit students, bought ChristianEducation.com for $8,500. CPI Corp, which provides professional photography services principally in Sears and Wal-Mart stores, bought PhotoOpps.com ... read more ...
Sun 24th July 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Min.us Is $115,000 Minus.com Buyer - Company upgrades from domain hack to minus.com. Who paid $115,000 for the minus.com domain name? New York City startup min.us officially disclosed that it is the buyer of the domain name. It previously went by the domain name min.us, a “domain hack” using the United States country code domain name. Why move from a domain hack to a good .com domain name? As the company explains on its blog: But as we have grown, it’s become apparent that some of our users find ... read more ...
Fri 22nd July 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
GraphicDesign.com Sold For $150,000 - Another blog post by Michael Jackness,  the second this week sheds light on another recent six figure domain name purchase. Today Michael Announced on this blog, that his company Terran Marketing has just purchased another killer domain GraphicDesign.com for $150,000. Michael write his thoughts behind the purchase: “”When I saw 201,000 exact match searches I thought for sure I forgot to check the “exact” box and that it was still on broad – uh no. This term actually gets 2,740,000 broad ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Next Seven Figure Sale? Dragon.com Hits a Market - I just received an email from the owner of  Dragon.com who has put it up for sale. The domain name is currently home to a  USA and UK based web hosting company, Dragon Networks and has been owned by the current holders since 1991. Dragon.com has a page rank of 4 and a Alexa ranking of 1.1M. According to Compete.com the site gets around 7,500 visitors a month. The owner has not set a price for the domain but stated to me: “Due to the interest we have had so far, we are expecting the domain to ... read more ...
Wed 20th July 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Houses.com & Condo.com Are a Buyer Of Schwartz’ Property.com & Properties.com - According to a Press Release just issued, the company that owns Condo.com and Houses.com is the buyer of the domain names owned by Rick Schwartz, Property.com and Properties.com which Rick tweeted  as being sold for $4M + equity in the new venture Here is the press release: Condo.com and Houses.com, two leading online residential real estate portals, today announced the acquisition of the category domain names: Property.com and Properties.com. Property.com is well-positioned to succeed as the Company’s ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Buyer of Rick Schwartz’ Property.com and Properties.com Domain Names Revealed - Condo.com, Houses.com and now Property.com and Properties.com. The new owner of Property.com and Properties.com is very familiar with online real estate sites: it already owns Condo.com, Condos.com, and Houses.com. The buyer — which owns US Condo Exchange, LLC — was revealed today in a press release. While the release says the sales price is confidential, Rick Schwartz tweeted several weeks ago that the combined price was $4 million plus equity. Schwartz bought ... read more ...
Tue 19th July 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Afternic.com Sells $670K In Domain Names Led By NursePractitioner.com during $36,300 - Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday July 17th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totaled $669,466. NursePractitioner.com led the way selling at $36,300 with Full Contact.com closely behind at $30,800 Iea.net led the way on non-com sales selling for $16,488 ChatOn.com sold for $17K Chaton is french for kitten, look at your own risk of falling in love Here is the complete list of sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Latest Moniker Auction Tops $7.2 Million in Sales, Data.com Sales Price Around $4.5 Million - Although auction was boring, sales results are positive. Many people called Moniker’s Barcelona domain name auction a failure. It’s easy to see why. After all, the auction didn’t end up taking place in Barcelona thanks to technical problems. Then when the auction took place online, only 5 domains sold. But for Oversee.net, this was anything but a failure. As I pointed out a month ago, the total sales from this auction could be Moniker’s best auction since ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Microsoft Adds More Domains to Sedo - Company adds typo, .co, and other domains up for sale. Microsoft has added more domain names for sale on domain name brokerage site Sedo. Abdu Tarabichi, who spotted the initial batch of Microsoft domains listed for sale, noticed that Microsoft added 18 domain names to its list of domains. These are only the domains it lists on its sales landing pages; it’s possible the company has more listed in its account. Newly added domains include the generic typo HighDefintitionVideo.com, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Samsung Buys Chaton.com and Other End User Sales This Week - Samsung among biggest names buying domain names on the secondary market this week. Afternic tallied over $650,000 in “announceable” domain sales over the past week. Here are some of the more interesting end user purchases: Samsung bought Chaton.com for $17,000. I’m a bit confused as to what this is for, but Google unveils some possibilities. EuroBuilding Hotels Group bought HotelEuro.com for $9,388. Online survey panelist company uSamp bought TheWhiteBoard.com ... read more ...
Mon 18th July 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
GoCarts.com Sells For $60K On NameJet.com, $30K Less Than 2 Years Ago - Looks like someone just lost $30,000 on its purchase of GoCarts.com The domain name GoCarts.com sold just over two years ago on NameJet.com for $91,600 In a domain auction just concluded on NameJet.com today GoCarts.com just sold for $60,100 That’s $30,500 lower than July 2009 the last time it sold on NameJet.com Ouch. Oh yeah there is that 15% commission NameJet.com charges, meaning the seller will only net out about $51K or $40K less Double Ouch The only good news is for the 6 people that correctly ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
OnlineDegree.com Sold For $120,000 - According to a blog post by Michael Jackness, his company Terran Marketingjust closed on the purchase of the domain name OnlineDegree.com for $120,000. The domain was brokered by Sedo.com and should according to Mr. Jackness be hitting Sedo’s wire sales wire this week and will become a top 25 domain sale for 2011 on DN Journal’s Year to date chart once reported. According to Mr. Jackness: “”The numbers in this sector are quite impressive especially when you consider the CPCs are in the $30.00 ... read more ...
Sat 16th July 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Mike Mann Sells FatChance.com For $40K & Microsoft Says Sony Domains Are Just Defensive Registrations “Lets Move On” - According to his posting on Facebook Mike Mann has just sold a nice call to action domain name FatChance.com for $40K. I think its a good price for the domain which I could see selling in that 25K-$50K price range. These call to action domains or famous  sayings or phrases are always in demand. We own a ton of them as well and they provide a source of constant sales interest. Congrats to Mike on another nice sale There were quite a few stories in and out of the domain world yesterday about some ... read more ...
Wed 13th July 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Is Your Domain Broker Working for You or a Other Party? - Marketplace brokers need to clearly state their interests. A couple months ago the founder of a startup reached out to me for advice about getting the domain name that matched their company name. The founder wasn’t having any luck contacting the owner of the domain name but it was listed on a marketplace. He tried to negotiate through the marketplace but ultimately the domain owner was unresponsive. I suggested he engage the marketplace’s brokers directly given ... read more ...