Funny story on UFC.com. Dana White calls the negotiations one of his first business mistakes. He was outraged at paying $15,000 to User Friendly Computers and ended up paying $50,000 to $75,000. It's funny to listen to him speak about how crazy he thought $15K was for a domain name. You have to watch the video on YouTube as the Las Vegas Raiders won't let it be embedded. Tune in at … [Read more...]
LTU.com reauctioned closes at $32,001
LTU.com closed for a second time at DropCatch. Last month it closed at $35,550 but it was a no pay. Of course this happened with Kau.com which went for less the second time around. Epara.com has been auctioned three times with two no pays. On Thursday LTU.com closed at $32,001. So a little over a 10% drop on the reauction. … [Read more...]
Someone screwed up and let PAA.com drop – Owned by General Electric
CSC Global describes themselves as: As the world's leading corporate domain name registrar, CSC is the only company in the unique position to offer the most innovative, next generation domain management and security solutions, coupled with online brand and fraud protection. The domain name Paa.com was registered with them: Domain Name: PAA.COM Registry Domain ID: … [Read more...]
Two $50,000 + closes at DropCatch – Kau.com closed at $100,350
A couple big domain name closes at DropCatch on Wednesday. Kau.com closed at $100,350 and epara.com closed at $58,056. Kau.com was registered in 1996 and owned by a Japanese company. There are no trademarks for KAU as a standalone registration. Kau is the southernmost district on the island of Hawaii. The name of a river in India and an airport code for an airport in Finland. Epara.com was … [Read more...]
$50,000 purchase to $720,000 sale
The biggest reported domain name sale of 2020 comes in at $720,000. Namepros member Keith posted in 2017 that he purchased Nas.com for $50,000 in BTC. He added the BTC actually cost him next to nothing. He posted tonight he sold Nas.com for $720,000. Well done and one hell of a flip. … [Read more...]
By the numbers – 3L.com sales down over $5m in 2019
Three letter .coms had a down year in 2019 vs 2018. Dollar volumes were down over $5 million in reported sales. 2018 had ICE.com at $3.5 million and DXL.com at $1,150,000. 2019 only brought about 1 seven figure sale with EKO.com at $1.5 million. Three letter .com reported total sales have been fewer over the last couple years. 836 total reported sales over the last 5 years (167 a year on … [Read more...]