According to an article in TheRealDeal.com, the domain name MNS.com was recently purchased by a large real estate developer in New York, formerly known as TDG/TREGNY (the company that resulted from the merger of the Developers Group (TDG) and the Real Estate Group New York (TREGNY) and which is rebranding itself as MNS which stands for “Marketing and Sales”.
The article goes on to quote the CEO of the newly named MNS, Andrew Barrocas, as saying about the acquisition of MNS.com:
“But the past few months were also spent negotiating for the company’s new Web domain name, MNS.com, which cost “well in excess of six figures” to purchase from another party, said who will continue to function as CEO. ”
So if the domain cost “well in excess of six figures” doesn’t that mean seven figures?
Maybe the CEO meant the purchase price was well into the six figures.
Either way its another example of what a good domain could be worth if a company really needs the domain.
could MS want it as typo of MSN?
NO
I just told you who bought the domain and why so I don’t understand your comment about microsoft
Do you understand what his comment spam means either? “NO-OK.com USpows.com USpo.ws TheOn.it MsnOn.it TheOnit.com NeonEasy.com”
MS could want the domain from the buyer
@Elliot
you do not seem understand, that, MHB is very liberal and allows to everybody to link their sites in the signature (but not in the comments)
No
As long as you don’t abuse the privilege and make nonsensical and/or mulitple comments on the same thread in a obvious attempt to get a link up on the blog.
I do understand.
I also understand it’s annoying to read, especially when you seem to comment on every article just for the sake trying to sell domain names that I don’t think are worth anything.
MNS should mean Me no Shit
I guess domain sales are up.
No Shit Sherlock!!!
“mulitple comments”
often multiple comments are due to the blog system that blocks some words of a comment, but without say which word blocks it (and I’ve seen, that, sometimes, also you post a comment with the word “test” to verify if the blog works well)
sorry for the long signature, now I’ve seen that you have cut it
NO-OK.com USpows.com USpo.ws TheOn.it MsnOn.it TheOnit.com NeonEasy.com permalink
are those your domains? are you kidding me?
Where are you from?
Please read this blog why you don’t register dot ws but if you can handle the truth,your domains are BullShitDomains
I just sold that domain for 1500% profit.
Hi,
I think what “No-OK” is not getting, is that if you have a ‘domain’ like:
windows .com
apple .com
And in the case of “windows”, you are selling real windows for home’s or/and business’s…”MS” would have no case in any TM dispute at all.
Now, If you were selling a computer operating system or any “MS” products etc…you would have a big problem….as ‘MS’ is ruthless in going after people…even kids (mike Rowe).
In the case of: apple .com, I beleive the original owner of the domain actual had an “apple farm” in Ca.
Apple Inc had to buy it from him, as he had as much or more of a right to the domain then Apple Inc.
So in summary, “MS” has had years to go after this domain…and they might have, I do not know for sure…if they did, they sure did not get it.
And now, this company appears to have a business, totally unrelated to anything that is “MS”…. So any TM conflict for this domain is a total ‘non issue’.
I hope that helps you… No-Ok
Its the best way I can explain it.
***Disclaimer: this is post is not any kind of legal advise and should not be taken as such.***
Best.
Dan
The domain gets pretty good typo traffic. According Alexa, 48.34% of the traffic is a typo. Compete shows more than 30,000 unique visitors per day.
NO-OK is the same user that was trying to pitch his domainer website directory on DNF and banned for spamming.
Way off topic…I went to nook’s page and he has a link to his afternic listings. The usual pile of worthless garbage you’d expect from him. But hey, one man’s treasure, etc.
But why would afternic allow such a bunch of crappy domains be priced at $10,000,000?
It makes their entire service look like a garbage heap to end users. They need to cull obviously stupid listings like those. Or maybe they don’t care, who knows.
Anyway, like I said, way off topic.
“and banned for spamming”
wrong, my account on DNF is active again from months, but *I* have banned them, not posting again there 🙂
@SL
ALL domains end to be “crappy” once sold at high prices … 🙂
“I hope that helps you… No-Ok … Its the best way I can explain it.”
I’m not the buyer nor the seller of MNS.com but this domain sounds very much as an (excellent) typo of MSN.com 🙂
Mercy, 17 comments and I’m still searching for one that adds value.
I will be interested to see if this gets published as an official sale or if it remains as a private sale. Could be free publicity for the new owner if he discloses the purchase price.
@ SL…
Not so far ‘off topic’ ~ A lot better than my embarrassing ‘spelling’ 🙂
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No doubt mns .com is a great domain name, and without a doubt this company was in GREAT need of a change.
But,
“But that alphabet soup has been simplified. As of today, the firm is MNS for Marketing and Sales,”
I am not quite sure I ‘get’ the total reasoning behind selecting this domain asset…for their particular business.
The “N” seems to mean nothing…and nothing in the domain, suggest it has anything to do with real estate marketing or sales.
The great ‘type-in’ traffic is nice…but its going to be pretty hard converting people looking for some sort of computer product, into buying a condo instead 🙂
With that said, I am sure it will work out for them in the long run, as long as they “brand” it correctly.
Best,
Dan
Microsoft is close to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion
it’s time to register sykpe.com kyspe.com skyep.com etc. 🙂
Nice name. The threat of MS still cannot be elliminated, not 100%.
What am I missing here.
NO-OK.com 100% accurately details MNS as a typo of MSN.
And considering MNS.com was used in a PPC format – it likely could have been lost to UDRP.
And the fact that an apparant legit company now is using MNS.com demontrates how overbroad some UDRP panels can be. when it comes to typos.
I don’t know anything more about NO-OK.com, but I am putting this one on the shelf for future reference – thanks NO-OK.com
“So if the domain cost “well in excess of six figures” doesn’t that mean seven figures?”
technically speaking it should do 😉
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“Nice name. The threat of MS still cannot be elliminated, not 100%.”
Most LLL.coms “could” be perceived as a typo of someone else’s TM, its how long you have had it and how you use it that can increase the risks.
How many “typos” of msn, emi or bmw is there…loads 😉
There are examples of what NOT to do with a LLL.com but some people are willing to take that risk.
“some people are willing to take that risk”
if the typo domain price isn’t high (clearly not million$) the risk may worth the price
I’m not an expert about making money from parked domains, but, if the typo is good, I’m sure that, an expert domainer, can earn many times the money paid to buy the typo, before lose it
@ Brain
If that is true…”MS” should had years to go after the previous owner…they may have and lost…like I said before, I do not know for sure.
Like I said before, MS is ruthless when it goes after domain names and they love doing it.
The “whois’ does not show when the domain was first registered…but it had to be 8-10+ years ago, “MS” had plenty of time to file a case against the old owners… and maybe could still do so, but as far as its new owners…that ship has ‘sailed’.
They may be able to go back after the ‘old owner’ if he was violating any of “MS” Trade Marks etc…while the domain was parked. (if it was)
But, IMHO…it is now a “non-issue” with this new company, as no one is going to be able to say that somehow a Real Estate Marketing & Sales company…is somehow related to in anyway to “MS’s products or services.
MNS can only be considered a “type-o” for MSN if they have it parked, and the ads etc..have something to do with “MS” products or services.
“MNS” is now officially… “Just MNS”, a Real Estate Marketing & Sales company and is NOT a “cybersquatting type-o” for anything.
With this being maybe up to a seven figure deal, I am quite sure this company had many Trade Mark & Intellectual property attorneys all over it, before they signed the agreement to purchase it. IMHO
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@ No-Ok
Maybe MSN is a “type-o” for MNS…. 🙂
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BTW: I use to own: msblog .com and “MS” came after me…and the domain was not even ‘parked’… this domain could mean a lot of things very unrelated to ‘MS’ and its products and services.
So, I am sure ‘MS’ had their attention more than once in the past on MNS.
Best,
Dan
MS also is quite famous for and stands for multiple sclerosis
@ MHB
Your a ‘mind reader’ as that was the exact example I was going to use in the post
🙂
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@No-Ok
With all due respect, your right you are no expert in cybersquatting, typos or parking.
There is no making money until you “lose the domain” and just walking away.
Take MSN.
At 30k+ unique visitors a day, being parked and “MS” sued you in Federal Court…which they have and still do all the time…here’s what could happen to you.
Say you had the domain parked for 5 years…
“MS” wins a judgment against you… you can be fined up to 100k per domain name, and 3x the amount of money you earned with the domain being parked….all 5 years!
So, in this case…the judgment against you would be in the millions of dollars…so you just do not “lose the domain”…you lose everything you own and then some.
Also,
Say you bought the domain from another person, and that person was doing the exact same thing you were before he sold you the domain.
“MS” could go right after them and get the same type of judgment for the time he was doing what you were doing…before he sold you the doamin.
“Risk to Reward Ratio” ~ Only =’s ‘Risk’…in this equation.
Best,
Dan