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information Detected: Travelzoo Sells Fly.com; Blogging.com Changes Hands; Someone Buys LLLLLLLLL.com...

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Detected Domains is a series in which we look at the activities of premium domain names and prominent portfolio owners to discover their recent purchases and sales. We hope that this series is inspirational, informative or just interesting for you. In this edition, we find several domain names that have been sold by Anything.com, and several high value domain names have changed ownership in China.

The domain name 92.com may have sold in China as the registrant and email address have both changed within the past week. Elsewhere in China, 822.com has been acquired by a client of brokerage company 62.com.

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Media Options looks to have sold the domain name Lapland.com at some point this year as the domain moved under privacy protection at @Uniregistry. The company also acquired MJ.news this year.

4.CN acquired several three-letter .COM’s. Beijing.com also changed WHOIS details recently, moving to an @midai.com email address. Midai.com offers a P2P lending service where domain names can essentially be mortgaged, so it’s not clear whether Beijing.com has been sold, or whether it has been used by the owner to raise funds.

@Reflex Publishing Inc bought refrigerators.com.

Anything.com sold four three-letter .COM’s to the same Chinese domain investor.

Anything.com also sold Blogging.com. The domain moved under privacy at Uniregistry and now shows a basic WordPress website.

@Frank.Schilling sold xtrax.com and unroll.com last week among many other sales.

588.com may have been sold by 62.com in China as it has moved into 62.com’s Escrow account. The domain previously sold for $1 million in September 2015.

The domain name lllllllll.com (that’s 9 L’s) entered @Sedo’s Escrow account after selling for $2,500 recently.

In a recent SEC filing, Travelzoo confirmed they sold the domain name Fly.com to a third party. Travelzoo paid $1.8 million for the domain name in 2009.

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Data courtesy of DomainIQ
 
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I see the lllllllll (9 characters, the highest possible single digit number of characters a domain name can consist of) domain purchase / sale in this 'list' as the most impressive one.

I think those kind of domain(s purchases / sales) will continue - and parallel the number of their characters will increase.

I knowww that it will need it's time until big companies, high end domain investors / high end digital premium assets collectors, super rich contemporary art collectors and simply billionaires and UHNWI's which are seeking new possibilities to invest their money will focus on domains like lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll (63 characters, the highest possible number of characters a domain name can consist of) but I am sure it will happen becasue those domains will turn into total gemstones, they will generate highest demand - because they are, in a symbolic way, the 'highest domains' (beacause a higher number of characters is not possible) and so those domains will be the 'final result of domainig' and they will turn into absolute digital artworks with prices which no one can imagine.

Believe it or not, the future is nowww
 
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Thank you for sharing.
Can't figure out the value of xtrax.com. Assuming it sold for at least xxx (Don't think Frank Shilling deals with barrel bottom domains). Unroll.com is a great domain. Wonder if the folks over at unroll.me purchased it?

What's the significance of lapland.com? Closest that I can come to is Lap Land - like a site for runners/swimmers etc. i.e. any sport where you do laps.

Re. Travelzoo - Don't they have to also disclose the gains or losses realized from the sale? Not too sure of SEC rules...
 
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OMG YES. Everyone keeps it a secret. This industry benefits greatly when prices are disclosed.

It really boggles the mind. What do they have to gain by making it a secret. All I could think of is buyer remorse, or the buyer doesn't have enough confidence to announce to the world he spent five, six figures on a domain name for the fulfillment of greater aspirations.

Maybe they're too embarrassed to admit they sold it at a Loss?

In any case, I appreciate the update. These are all great names! I'm surprised that many great names changed hands in such a short amount of time.

Unsurprisingly, Travelzoo disclosed the price they purchased fly.com for in 2009 but not a peep how much they sold it for. The buyer who purchased it is anonymous, so I suspect it's his (or her?) doing.
 
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I wonder why travelzoo didn't develop and use fly.com more, it's such a great name.
 
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xtrax.com is nice brandable.
 
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xtrax.com is nice brandable.

I dont see it. Do you mind explaining the value you see in it.

It's not pronounceable. It doesn't have a repeating pattern, and as far as I know the x's don't stand for anything.

"bare minimum" nonsense I see fly by these days are the 4L.com's and that's only because every 456,976 combination of 4L.com is already registered because there is value in their 4L shortness. (Just having four letters makes it valuable, and If it's three letters we've hit thousands.

I don't know how Frank does it. I admit the man knows more about domains then I will in my entire life, but I dont know how he managed to get something for "xtrax". Forgive me Frank! you're a really nice guy and a pioneer of this industry but I don't see it. Unroll.com however is a solid :) Amazing Name!

What could xtrax possible be used for? I own XTPE.com and I feel like it's light years ahead.
 
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Can't figure out the value of xtrax.com. Assuming it sold for at least xxx (Don't think Frank Shilling deals with barrel bottom domains). Unroll.com is a great domain. Wonder if the folks over at unroll.me purchased it?

What's the significance of lapland.com? Closest that I can come to is Lap Land - like a site for runners/swimmers etc. i.e. any sport where you do laps.

Did you watch the Oscars. "Lapland" sounds awfully close to "LaLaland" That movie swept the Oscars winning more awards then I've seen in my life.

Just a speculation, maybe when the inevitable sequel comes out with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, they'll call it "Lapland" and the owner of that domain will make a lot of money because he had a little bit of luck :)
 
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Did you watch the Oscars. "Lapland" sounds awfully close to "LaLaland" That movie swept the Oscars winning more awards then I've seen in my life.

Just a speculation, maybe when the inevitable sequel comes out with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, they'll call it "Lapland" and the owner of that domain will make a lot of money because he had a little bit of luck :)
Did not watch the Oscars or the movie. But maybe your prediction does come true :-D
 
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Fly.com really sounded cool. They should have worked on it when they bought it. I guess they made some money out of the sale. Good for them.
 
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Did not watch the Oscars or the movie. But maybe your prediction does come true :-D

I haven't seen the movie either but in case it does happen...

You heard it first here folks!!! :xf.grin::ROFL::xf.laugh:
 
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Fly.com really sounded cool. They should have worked on it when they bought it. I guess they made some money out of the sale. Good for them.

I'm not sure they did make money on it. Another SEC filing by Travelzoo a few weeks ago said that they were in talks to sell the name but couldn't guarantee that the company would make a profit from the sale.
 
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I'm not sure they did make money on it. Another SEC filing by Travelzoo a few weeks ago said that they were in talks to sell the name but couldn't guarantee that the company would make a profit from the sale.
Too bad. That was a TOP TLD. Don't know why they opted to let it slip by.
 
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Too bad. That was a TOP TLD. Don't know why they opted to let it slip by.
Because of bad management. I would have dropped the name travelzoo (which didn't have much brand recognition anyway, after being around for nearly 20 years) and re-branded the entire company as fly.com
 
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