Nokia Corporation has put one of its domain names up for sale on SnapNames.com.
The domain name Plum.com is the Moniker Premium Spring Auction that just started a few days ago with a reserve range of $100,000-$250,000.
Its been along discussed topic in the domain community to what extent end users are involved in insider domain auctions and at least in this case, they are a seller.
It looks like Nokia purchased the domain in mid-2010 from a Hans Peter Brondmo of San Fransisco.
The domain name Plum.com is currently going to a MarkMonitor.com placeholder saying that the domain is for sale and has a contact form for those that maybe interested.
Of course the site should be directing visitors to the auction rather than taking inquiries.
The domain has a Google Page Rank of 4 and an Alexa rank of 2.3 Million
The auction doesn’t close until May 9th, 2013 and we will let you know if it sells.
“A very… plum… plum.” (The English Patient) 🙂
The great domain dump continues …
MSFT recently sold gastronomia.com for 6k
go figure!
What on earth is Nokia doing with Plum.com??
Obviously not a product name or they wouldn’t be selling it?
Maybe the reverse of Trademark default ownership of a name, is that TM’s shouldn’t be allowed to stockpile names they have no intention of using?
Dom, maybe they abandoned a product idea. If you’re a domainer why would you oppose a company going out in the market and acquiring a name.
And what kind of product would gastronomia.com have represented 🙂
Brian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF7MroTLDfU
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Plum was a social networking site Nokia bought in 2009
Obviously, not one of their best purchases 😉