CrowdFunding.com Sells For “About” $170,000

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According to AllThingsD.com the domain name CrowdFunding.com has been sold for “about”  $170,000.

The buyer of the domain name is GoFundMe.com which bought the domain but doesn’t plan on changing the name of its site.

According to the article on AllThingsD.com, GoFundMe.com has raised $75 million dollars for personal fundraising campaigns.

If your wondering GoFundMe.com also owns the domain GoFund.Me

Also GoFundMe.com already appears on the first page of Google organically for a search for the term CrowdFunding

As of the time of publication the whois has not updated for the domain which is still showing a Mathew Walker of Cleveland as the owner of the domain, but the site on  CrowdFunding has a big banner on top now saying GoFundMe presents, Crowdfunding.

The domain name which has a creation date of 2006 appears to have been purchased by Mr. Walker sometime in 2009.

CrowdFunding is a category killer and we think a great buy at $170K although Estibot.com appraises the domain for a ridiculously low $5,300.

At $170,000 the domain name would rank as the 8th highest sale in 2013 based on the year to date sales chart maintained by DNJournal.com

Congrats to the buyer and seller.

 

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

Comments

  1. BrianWick says

    Yes – and it makes sense that Crowd Funding would be the vehicle to sell big blocks of worthless non.com’s – and sure they would need GoFund.me to perpetuate that lie as well 🙂

    Its all about selling stuff that will never get used – except – in this case – to sell more worthless stuff.

  2. BullS says

    @Brian– that what websites are all about, they want your money and selling you junks that one does not need.

    go read ‘BullS’ site- websites that provide BS info,stop wasting time online and

    stop buying junks online and save money!!

  3. BreakingNews.VC says

    the crowdfunding sites have raised $2.7 billion in 2012, then, the value of this domain name is 10+ times higher, so, GoFundMe has been very lucky to buy it at a so cheap price, however, GoFundMe is well known with its current original name and it’s unlikely it could change it with a generic “CrowdFunding”

  5. kd says

    That is a steal of a buy. That domain is easily worth $1m to $2m in just a few years!!!

  6. Owen Frager says

    Crowdfunding a concept we never even heard of a couple of years ago- is one beautiful fit for the web and among its greatest success stories. I am doing story on a domainer who has raised a lot of money through Kickstarter for a project. It proves the final objection “well I don’t have the money and VCs aren’t going to pay for this without selling my soul is a mute point” is now gone and anything is possible.

  7. Linda Bendiksen says

    A friend of mine owns funderr (.) com. He weekly receives multiple offers for this domain name, especially from european crowd funders. Had I known this a couple of years back, I would have registered Crowd Funding domains 🙁

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