Earlier today we wrote a post about generic drug domain name up for auction at NameJet.com and asked if any would sell.
Well three of the four did in fact sell.
And one bidder bought them all.
The bidder with the id of “goldmine” walked off with a virtual goldmine of generic drug domains.
Codeine.com Sold For $19K
Amphetamine.com sold for $14K
and penicillin.com which sold just over reserve at $30,300.
Tucows.com was the seller of all the domains.
Shame morphine was missing from this drug cocktail.
Congrats to the new buyer – I wonder what he plans on doing with them.
I registered codeine.co last year, I wonder if it would even bring 1% of what the .com sold for.
I don’t see any Google ads related to these keywords. Google and other PPC networks may not allow.
Not sure how much you can monetize them.
I pulled out at 30K, but the reserve was arround 14K for penicillin.com….
as I’ve said few hours ago … “yes, they can be sold, their price isn’t high”
Tucows owned these domains? How did they end up with them?
@ Mark
Tucows acquired these domains as part of our purchase of the NetIdentity business in 2006, which included a large portfolio of premium domains. You can check out our portfolio of domains at http://www.yummynames.com
Oops. Didn’t see this post as I have been away.
Personally, I really like one word medical dotcoms and think these were great buys. The amount those pharmas spend on wining and dining MD’s and PharmD’s alone each year, they could easily pay $100+K apiece for these.
Tony – no large pharmaceutical company wants domains related to substances. They have a bunch of artificial/brand names to care for, which are trademarks of course.
@ Acro – You say that no pharma company would be interested in those domains because they have brands to care for? Would you think a company like Colgate would not be interested in the domain toothpaste.com because they have their “artificial brand names to care for”? Or that Chevrolet would not be interested in the domain cars.com because of the same reason?