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Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led By Xylem.com For $47K and BXE.com For $40K

August 13, 2013 by Michael Berkens

Afternic.com just published its domain sales for the week of 8/5/13 – 8/11/13.

Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,106,700.

All sales were led by Xylem.com which sold for $47,100 and BXE.com which sold for $40,000

Xylem.com has a wikipedia.org entry, which says Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants (phloem is the other). The word xylem is derived from the Greek word ξύλον (xylon), meaning “wood”; the best-known xylem tissue is wood, though it is found throughout the plant” but most likely the buyer is  Xylem Inc whose site is Xyleminc.com.

The domain Xylem is now registered to brand protection company Marksman.

BXE.com was a domain owned by BuyDomains.com

Here are all reported sales:

 

 

Sales-8-5-13-to-8-11-131

Filed Under: Afternic, Domain Sales

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.

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Comments

  1. todd says

    August 13, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    About Xylem

    Xylem XYL +0.56% is a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater problems. Xylem is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., with 2012 annual revenues of $3.8 billion and approximately 12,900 employees worldwide. In 2012, Xylem was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions worldwide.

    You are right they are definitely the most logical choice to buy the name. I wonder if the seller knew who the buyer was? By the way the list is short Michael.

  2. Michael Berkens says

    August 13, 2013 at 10:33 pm

    Afternic is now sending it over as a pfd rather than an excel file.

    The above is what we got


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