Mike Mann has been busy on social media overnight, publishing details of five recent domain name sales that he has completed, totalling $40,888. The domains, which we’ll list below, had a combined original acquisition cost of less than $200 in total. This gives Mike a return on investment (ROI) of 20,868% before renewal fees and possible commissions are taken into account.
The first sale that Mike announced was that of FlexTransport.com for $9,888. This name was hand registered by Mike in April 2009 for $8. FlexTransport.com has already been handed over to its new owners, but there are currently little clues as to who owns the name, since there is no active website and it is registered under privacy at GoDaddy.
I have two guesses as to who the new owner could be. The first is a Dutch company called Flex Bedrijfsdiensten, who use the domain flexbedrijfsdiensten.nl and registered the Twitter username @flextransport in June last year.
The second is FlexTransport.com.au, an Australian company using the Facebook username @FlexTransport. Interestingly, in the graphic used on their Facebook page, they display the email address [email protected], rather than [email protected].
Next up is ConceptStudios.com, purchased at a comparatively excessive $90 by Mike in April 2011. The name was sold for $10,000 to Stripes39, a company that offers investment and partnerships on various web projects. Their website boasts properties that use domains such as Cut.com, Expertise.com and ReputationManagement.com. It’s currently not know what the name will be used for.
The third of Mike’s sales he announced was that of TheStartupWay.com. This domain fetched a $5,000 price tag after a $20 investment in May 2016. According to WHOIS, this deal was closed through Sedo, since at the time of writing, the domain is in Sedo’s escrow process. TheStartupWay.com could be a great brandable domain for any blog or service related to startups, or teaching startup owners how to function well as a startup, with all the unique difficulties startups can encounter.
Fourth on Mike’s list was the $6,000 sale of PHPartners.com. This was sold for $6,000 after a $70 investment in February 2009. According to Google, there are many companies that could be interested in this name, with several companies using a similar domain to PHPartners.com. The name is currently under WHOIS protection at GoDaddy, and no website is currently displayed.
The final sale that Mike shared was that of SurplusFloor.com. After purchasing the name in September 2011 for $7, the domain has been sold for $10,000. Again, this domain is under privacy protection with no website displayed on the domain, so there is little that can be gleaned from this about the new owners.
Congratulations to Mike on a strong start to 2017. As with any article about Mike’s domain sales, it should be remembered that his company, DomainMarket.com, owns around 250,000 domain names. This means that if Mike pays normal renewal fees on each domain, his renewal bill can be expected to reach $2 million per year. Individually, these are impressive sales, but collectively, they will pay for the renewal fees for 5,000 of Mike’s names.
The first sale that Mike announced was that of FlexTransport.com for $9,888. This name was hand registered by Mike in April 2009 for $8. FlexTransport.com has already been handed over to its new owners, but there are currently little clues as to who owns the name, since there is no active website and it is registered under privacy at GoDaddy.
The second is FlexTransport.com.au, an Australian company using the Facebook username @FlexTransport. Interestingly, in the graphic used on their Facebook page, they display the email address [email protected], rather than [email protected].
Next up is ConceptStudios.com, purchased at a comparatively excessive $90 by Mike in April 2011. The name was sold for $10,000 to Stripes39, a company that offers investment and partnerships on various web projects. Their website boasts properties that use domains such as Cut.com, Expertise.com and ReputationManagement.com. It’s currently not know what the name will be used for.
The third of Mike’s sales he announced was that of TheStartupWay.com. This domain fetched a $5,000 price tag after a $20 investment in May 2016. According to WHOIS, this deal was closed through Sedo, since at the time of writing, the domain is in Sedo’s escrow process. TheStartupWay.com could be a great brandable domain for any blog or service related to startups, or teaching startup owners how to function well as a startup, with all the unique difficulties startups can encounter.
Fourth on Mike’s list was the $6,000 sale of PHPartners.com. This was sold for $6,000 after a $70 investment in February 2009. According to Google, there are many companies that could be interested in this name, with several companies using a similar domain to PHPartners.com. The name is currently under WHOIS protection at GoDaddy, and no website is currently displayed.
The final sale that Mike shared was that of SurplusFloor.com. After purchasing the name in September 2011 for $7, the domain has been sold for $10,000. Again, this domain is under privacy protection with no website displayed on the domain, so there is little that can be gleaned from this about the new owners.
Congratulations to Mike on a strong start to 2017. As with any article about Mike’s domain sales, it should be remembered that his company, DomainMarket.com, owns around 250,000 domain names. This means that if Mike pays normal renewal fees on each domain, his renewal bill can be expected to reach $2 million per year. Individually, these are impressive sales, but collectively, they will pay for the renewal fees for 5,000 of Mike’s names.
