At one point or another, you will inevitably want to sell a domain you have registered. You may be doing so to collect on an investment, simply not need the name, or have been approached by a third party. Either way, here are some tips to follow when selling a …
February, 2010
January, 2010
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27 January
Website.de sells for $143,000
Domain website.de has sold at auction for $143,000 USD– the first six-figure sale of the week. Though originally an English word, the term “website” is now widely used in many languages, including German. The identity of the buyer has not been made public, but whoever bought the name made a …
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26 January
Ch.org sells for $21,925
Two-character domain ch.org sold at auction this weekend for $21,925 USD. While names this short are valuable, good luck finding much of a use for a name like this one. Perhaps a non-profit that has a “CH” acronym could find a use for it, but besides that, who else would …
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21 January
Domain auction recap
Yesterday, we covered the sale of free-sms.de for €115,000. However, there were many more smaller domain transactions this week that have gone unmentioned. While they may not have been six-figure sales, these domain auctions make up the bulk of sales. First and foremost, a number of rare three-letter domains have …
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20 January
Free-sms.de sells for €115,000
Topping all other domain sales so far this week is free-sms.de, which sold at auction for €115,000. Considering the name contains a hyphen, this is a very good price for the seller. With text messaging continuing to rise in popularity, however, it was also a good deal for the buyer. …
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14 January
Credit.fr sells for $851,875
Topping all other domain sales this week is credit.fr, which has sold for €587,500 ($851,875 USD). It is the highest sale ever recorded on the .fr ccTLD. The previous domain to hold this spot, mutelle.com, sold for $116,221 in October of 2009. Other recent ccTLD sales include Südtirol.eu for $14,355 …
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13 January
Vivant.com sells for $30,000 USD
Domain vivant.com has sold at auction for £18,472 ($30,000 USD). “Vivant” is French for “living” and also the name of a pharmaceutical specializing in acne treatment. Other sales of note include: spinalinjury.com- $13,000 Kynos.com- $6,988 puredance.com- $5,900 badz.com- $5,400 thephonestore.com- $5,000 There is a lot of potential for spinalinjury.com over …
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7 January
CookingGames.com sells for $350,000
In what is likely the biggest sale so far this year, CookingGames.com has sold for £219,628 ($350,000 USD). At first I thought there was no market for the name, then I was surprised to find there actually is a large niche for online cooking games. In addition, Pagani.com (Italian for …
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4 January
Kiev.com sells for $88,000 at auction
Kiev.com recently sold in an online auction for $88,000 USD. Kiev is the capital of Ukraine and its largest city with a population of 2.6 million. Some other recent sales include: taxspecialists.com- $7,000 websitebids.com- $1,600 trustbuddy.com- $1,350 withinyou.com- $1,125 In addition, Live Current Media sold Indonesia.com and Leisure.com in separate …
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1 January
Imingle.com sells for $30,000
If there were one thing I was hoping we could have left behind in The Noughties, it’s the stupid “i” branding scheme. Unfortunately, my hopes were dashed with the sale of imingle.com for $30,000 USD. Just because Apple puts ‘i” in front of everything doesn’t mean everyone else has to …