Tag Archives: sales

Wed 17th November 2010
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Sex.com Sale For $13M Completes; Previous Purchase Price Was $11.5 Million - Sedo.com just put out a press release announcing the completion of the sale the domain name  Sex.com for $13 Million Dollars cash. We pretty much knew that, but the press release did contain some real news. The previous purchase of Sex.com in 2006, which was always rumored to be in the price range of $10 Million to $14 Million, but never had a definitive price, was confirmed by the press release to have actually been  $11.5 million dollars. So on paper it looks like the previous purchase was profitable. Clearly ... read more ...
 
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Sex.com Officially in a Record Books during $13 Million - Sex.com officially becomes the largest all cash publicly announced domain sale of all time. The check has cleared. A few weeks after signing documents for a $13 million all cash deal, Escom LLC has officially sold Sex.com with the help of Sedo. Congratulations to Sedo broker Jeff Gabriel who handled the deal. Also congrats to Sedo for its persistence trying to get the name to broker. It filed an affidavit with the court arguing it should be allowed to broker the ... read more ...
Tue 16th November 2010
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Afternic.com Racks Up Another $430K In Sales Highlighted by Dnb.net for $18K and MDS.Net For 11k - Afternic reported sales for the week ending November 14th. The list includes all .com reportable sales over $2K and all reportable non.com sales over $1K. Off hand I like totaleducation.com for $2K, and its interesting to note that there were 3 .net sales that were higher priced than the highest priced .com that sold for the week. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Huge .co.uk Sale For $7.5M-$14M: Mortgages.co.uk, Investments.co.uk, CreditCards.co.uk, LifeInsurance.co.uk, HealthInsurance.co.uk, Savings.co.uk - We usually don’t hear about too many huge deals involving .co.uk domains but this one is certainly a blockbuster. A public company in the United Kingdom purchased some of the best possible insurance and financial .co.uk domain names for a total of £4.6m, rising to up to £9m depending on performance. Based on exchange rates, this equated to a sale of around $7, 355,500 with possibly as much as over $14 Million again depending on Performance The domain names are simply some of the best possible ... read more ...
Mon 15th November 2010
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.Pro to Auction of Handful of Premium Three Letter Domain Names - A dozen good three letter .pro domain names will be auctioned. Deadline to backorder is today. The dotPro registry is auctioning off a dozen premium three letter .pro domain names. The list is solid: eco.pro, dog.pro, dui.pro, ale.pro, eye.pro, tea.pro, ask.pro, run.pro, sax.pro, ear.pro, hip.pro, ssl.pro In order to participate you need to backorder the domain names by 8 pm PST today. I’ll be interested to see how much these domain names go for. .Pro is one ... read more ...
 
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I.co Headed to a Auction Block - Another one letter .co domain name to be auctioned. Moments ago John Battelle, on the main stage of the opening of Web 2.0 Summit, announced that .co will be auctioning off the i.co domain name. The auction will be handled by Oversee.net through its Moniker/SnapNames division. Indeed, it appears details are now up at i.co, although some of the links on the site aren’t yet operating (including registering for the auction) at the time I’m writing this. It will ... read more ...
 
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SnapNames Health and Pharma Auction Has Solid Bids - Auction has a couple high bids well in advance of closing. The SnapNames November Showcase Auction has some very strong bids prior to the closing on Tuesday at 12:15 PST. Ufit.com is leading the pack at $23,530 with two bidders and ColdRemedies.com is $12,810 with 2 bidders as well. Both domain names have hit their reserves. Other domains that have met their reserves are ieq.net, 47.org, coldflu.com, 5kr.com, 0vr.com, drsites.com, and Quack.org. Some other domain ... read more ...
Fri 12th November 2010
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Confirmed: Facebook Acquires FB.com Domain Name - Facebook acquires FB.com domain name. Ending months of speculation, it’s now confirmed that Facebook has acquired the FB.com domain name. The whois record for the domain name just updated to show Facebook’s name and nameservers for the domain name. George Kirikos first noted back in September that the domain name had sold and speculated Facebook was the buyer. After doing a little digging he also found that Facebook was in a trademark dispute with American ... read more ...
Thu 11th November 2010
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Afternic Adds Name.com to List of Premium Registrars - Afternic gets another win, and it’s more good news for domainers. Afternic has inked a deal with Name.com that will integrate the domain name registrar into Afternic for domains listed at “premium” distribution. Much like last month’s news of deals with eNom and Moniker, this will be a win for both Name.com customers as well as Afternic sellers listing at the premium level. Existing Name.com customers will now be able to sell their domains in the registration ... read more ...
Tue 9th November 2010
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Afternic.com Sells Over $350K in Domains This Week - Afternic.com just released the results of their reportable domain sales for the week ending November 7th, with over $350,000 in sales. As last week,  included in the tally are only the reportable .com’s which sold for $2,000 or more and non .com’s which sold for $1K or more. Topping this weeks list this week is the domain name Vivent.com which sold for $15K. Vivent translated from Dutch into English as “listen” and Vivent.nl seems to belong to a fairly big company A few nice LLLL.com are ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Holds Another Portfolio Auction - Personal block of 32 domains up for auction. Last month I reported about how Sedo was holding a portfolio auction on behalf of an individual seller. The seller sold around 90% of his domains. Right now Sedo is having another portfolio auction. This one has 32 domains all at no reserve and ending Wednesday. The list this month doesn’t have as many keyword domains as last month, but there are still some good domains (especially at no reserve). I especially like ... read more ...
Mon 8th November 2010
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A Typical Premium Domain Name Inquiry - Funny video about the typical domain purchase inquiry. Ah, the domain purchase inquiry. You have to listen to them, but there’s the all-to-familiar pain of uneducated buyers that try to tell you how you should value your domain name. Bill Sweetman created this fun video that will seem very familiar to you. It includes just about everything you’ve ever heard, from “there must be a law against you owning this domain name” to “I got it appraised for less ... read more ...
 
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Quinstreet Buys CarInsurance.com for $49.7 Million, Says It’s Done For Now - Quinstreet buys another insurance web site but says that’s it for now. Fresh off purchases of Insure.com and Insurance.com, Quinstreet has paid $49.7 million cash for CarInsurance.com and related entities. In a press release, the company said this purchase: …expands our proprietary media and traffic sources in Insurance, consistent with our strategy. It builds on our recent acquisitions of Insurance.com and Insure.com, both of which are performing well, and provides ... read more ...
 
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Aftermarket.com Is Alive - It’s alive! Thought Convergence’s Aftermarket.com has been reborn today. I wrote a preview about some of the new site’s features back in August. The site works like a number of other domain name marketplaces, but has a few twists thrown in. I think the domain name verification system through sister company DomainTools will help maintain marketplace integrity. As Michael Berkens opined yesterday, Aftermarket.com could set itself apart from many other marketplaces ... read more ...
Fri 5th November 2010
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Zoom.com Domain Name and IP Rights Sell for $350,000 in Stock - Mobile phone manufacturer gets domain name and trademark rights. Zoom Technologies, a Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones, has announced it acquired the domain name Zoom.com as well as trademark rights to the Zoom name from Zoom Telephonics. Zoom Technologies (NASDAQ: ZOOM) paid for the domain name and IP rights with 80,000 shares of common stock, which currently have a market value of about $350,000. Zoom Telephonics is an over-the-counter traded company that ... read more ...
Thu 4th November 2010
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396.com Sells On Sedo For $15K; Liberia.net Sells For $13K & More - A nice three digit domain name, 396.com sold on Sedo.com today for $14,601. Also selling on Sedo today was Liberia.net which sold for $13,096. Liberia is a country in Africa and well as a city in Costa Rica with an airport. GeneralManager.com sold on NameJet.com for $2,800 Localidad.com which means “location” in spanish sold for $2,100. BestRegards.com sold on NameJet for $4,600 Other sales on NameJet included, FauxDiamonds.com which sold for a very real $2,650,  Fairfax.org a city in Virgina ... read more ...
Wed 3rd November 2010
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V9.Com Sells For $70,000 On Afternic: PlaygroundEquipment.net For $60K: Total Of $600K This Week - Afternic.com just announced that it sold the domain name V9.com for a whopping $70,000. The domain highlights over $430,000 in reportable .com domain sales for the week ending October 31, 2010 on Afternic, only including domains that sold for $2,000 and over. Now we have all heard of V8 but I have never heard of V9, but at $70K it must be one better. The domain was owned by BuyDomains.com. We do not know who the buyer was at this point, but its a great sale and a great price so congrats to Afternic/BuyDomains.com Afternic ... read more ...
Tue 2nd November 2010
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Adam Strong’s Logo.com Purchase Covered By TechCrunch.com - TechCrunch.com just published a story on Adam Strong and Alan Townsend’s purchase of Logo.com through their company Logo.com, LLC. Nice to see for the second day in a row a domain industry story picked up by TechCrunch.com We wish Adam and Alan best of luck with their acquisition and new venture. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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DiscountVouchers.com Sells For $160K - According to a press release today, the domain name DiscountVouchers.com sold today for 100,000 British pounds which equates to just over $160,000 dollars. The buyer of the domain is DiscountVouchers.co.uk a site that claims to have 3 million members since starting in just May 2009. “We decided to buy DiscountVouchers.com to help grow and strengthen our brand. With the new acquisition, we can drive forward in the market and bring in new money saving offers”, said Simon Terry from DiscountVouchers.co.uk. “Using ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Sells Another $20 Million in Domains in Q3 - Domain broker has solid Q3, but will have a huge Q4. Domain name broker Sedo has released its third quarter Domain Market Study, reporting over $20 million USD in sales for the latest quarter. This is down slightly from the company’s results in the same quarter 2009, and is also lower than each of the first two quarters this year. (I’m sure the company is looking forward to its Q4 report, which will get a nice boost from the $13 million sale of Sex.com.) However, ... read more ...
 
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$500,000 Logo.com Deal Helps Sedo Clear $1M for a Week - A big sales week for Sedo. Earlier today I wrote about how Sedo sold over $20 million worth of domains last quarter. This quarter will be even stronger thanks to its $13 million sale of Sex.com. And this week’s report keeps the momentum going. Headlined by the $500,000 sale of Logo.com, the company turned in well over $1 million worth of domain sales. Here are the top .com sales for the week: logo.com 500,000 USD freeoffice.com 55,000 USD namecheck.com 50,000 USD resumeservice.com 28,000 USD securite.com 20,500 EUR rockmerch.com 20,000 USD alphaflash.com 19,999 USD saveco.com 12,888 USD hireexpert.com 12,000 USD bermudacruise.com 10,500 USD elegs.com 9,000 USD ecigar.com 8,600 USD ablip.com 8,500 USD mmedia.com 8,500 USD anobe.com 8,000 EUR hddiner.com 7,000 USD northboro.com 6,700 USD domburg.com 5,225 EUR beerhats.com 5,000 USD artmap.com 5,000 EUR Top ... read more ...
Fri 29th October 2010
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Interview with Jarred Cohen of Bido - New ownership, but a similar formula for Bido. Social domain auction site Bido is back and under new ownership. There’s a familiar face at the helm, with Jarred Cohen returning as Chief Operating Officer. He’s a busy guy right now, but I was able to steal a few minutes of his time via email for an update: DNW: Who bought Bido? Cohen: The Bido software, website, and some other related assets were purchased by Bido.com LLC, a Switzerland company. DNW: What is ... read more ...
Thu 28th October 2010
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Court Approves Sex.com Sale - The Court overseeing the Sex.com bankruptcy case approved the sale of the domain name yesterday for $13 Million dollars. It looks like the Court also ordered the $2 Million dollars that was the subject of a motion to object to the sale filed by Nothin’ But Net to be held pending additional hearing on that matter. Once again it’s a great sale and almost double what I expected the domain to fetch. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Creditors Ready to Receive First $10 Million from Sex.com Sale - Court approves deal, holds back some of proceeds. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Central California has handed down an order (pdf) approving the sale of Sex.com to Clover Holdings Limited for $13 million. Upon completion of the sale, Sex.com owner Escom will pay creditor Washington Technology Associates $6,312,593 and creditor DOM Partners $3,772,545. That comes out to $10,085,138. Domain broker Sedo also gets its cut of the pie, which presumably is somewhere shy ... read more ...
Wed 27th October 2010
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TRAFFIC Extended Auction Ends Thursday - Extended domain name auction ends tomorrow. The extended TRAFFIC conference domain name auction run by Latonas.com ends Thursday at 11:15 EDT. So far four domain names have received bids: Pisos.co (apartments/flats in Spanish) at $15,000, Coche.co (cars in Spanish) at $9,950, Piso.co at $9,950, and AutoReply.com at $1,500. The extended auction also includes two domain names that appeared sold in the live domain name auction, Shock.com and BVI.com/.co. Latonas believes ... read more ...