Larry Fischer tweeted just after midnight that Coffee.club sold for $100,000 at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
http://www.domaincrunch.com/coffee-club-sold-for-100000/
http://www.domaincrunch.com/coffee-club-sold-for-100000/
Never know, they do say history repeats itself...It looks like a BS sale. :traffic lost credibility IMO
Never know, they do say history repeats itself...
http://domaingang.com/domain-news/anunt-confirms-sale-of-flowers-mobi-to-1800flowers/
...not specifically singling one person out as history is repeated by others...
I know that coffeeclub.com.au is a franchise and you seem adamant that they acquired this domain. However, there are some important things missing from this $100,000 transaction that make it suspicious (in the sense that it's not them, or anyone):Yeah since when did .mobi become .club for a company like this.
However no one knows if this is a fake sale or not since there is no WHOIS profile for this domain yet.
I know that coffeeclub.com.au is a franchise and you seem adamant that they acquired this domain. However, there are some important things missing from this $100,000 transaction that make it suspicious (in the sense that it's not them, or anyone):
Let's just pick a random ICANN delegated string that is a brand already. There is dotWilliamHill. That string is 11 characters long. CoffeeClub is 10 characters long.
- Whois data
- Proper DNS that resolves or signifies that it is them
- Confirmation that Coffee Club bought this domain
An application for a nTLD is $185,000.
Why would Coffee Club buy this domain for $100,000, when they could have dished out another $85,000 and had as many domains as they wanted? www.coffeeclub, coupons.coffeeclub, specials.cofffeeclub, menu.coffeeclub, franchise.coffeeclub, about.coffeeclub, etc.
And reverting back to your question of when a .mobi became a .club for a company like Coffee Club: when 1-800-Flowers actually bought flowers.mobi for $5,000, it was recorded and it resolves to 1800flowers.com... so I would say, about 2 1/2 years ago.
Because www.coffee.club is better and cheaper than www.coffeeclub IMOWhy would Coffee Club buy this domain for $100,000, when they could have dished out another $85,000 and had as many domains as they wanted? www.coffeeclub, coupons.coffeeclub, specials.cofffeeclub, menu.coffeeclub, franchise.coffeeclub, about.coffeeclub, etc.
Now now Brad, you know all the registries are open and above board! Cough,cough!Let me guess, yet another "sale" tied to the registry?
There are over 100K .CLUB regs and how many reported sales have not been registry owned or reserved?
It is so amazing that these registries seem to have no problem unloading these domains for high prices, yet domainers can't seem to duplicate it.
Brad
Larry Fischer who was the one who tweeted the sale, left a comment on my blog.
Thanks Frank. Coffee.Club was purchased by the owner of Coffee.org, Bill McClure.
Larry Fischer who was the one who tweeted the sale, left a comment on my blog.
Thanks Frank. Coffee.Club was purchased by the owner of Coffee.org, Bill McClure.
I posted a comment with some details around this sale earlier. The $100,000 dollar name was part of our StartUp.club which includes marketing, PR, and Lease-to-buy option - 10 easy payments over 10 years. We would rather the entrepreneur have cash to support their business to ensure success pay the full amount upfront.
The reality is that .CLUB had to raise 8.1 million to win the name in an auction pay for legal and marketing costs on the launch. It has been one of the most successful new domain extensions to launch. And we remain absolutely focused on getting great usage and supporting our partners.
Colin
I posted a comment with some details around this sale earlier. The $100,000 dollar name was part of our StartUp.club which includes marketing, PR, and Lease-to-buy option - 10 easy payments over 10 years. We would rather the entrepreneur have cash to support their business to ensure success pay the full amount upfront.
The reality is that .CLUB had to raise 8.1 million to win the name in an auction pay for legal and marketing costs on the launch. It has been one of the most successful new domain extensions to launch. And we remain absolutely focused on getting great usage and supporting our partners.
Colin
I posted a comment with some details around this sale earlier. The $100,000 dollar name was part of our StartUp.club which includes marketing, PR, and Lease-to-buy option - 10 easy payments over 10 years. We would rather the entrepreneur have cash to support their business to ensure success pay the full amount upfront.
The reality is that .CLUB had to raise 8.1 million to win the name in an auction pay for legal and marketing costs on the launch. It has been one of the most successful new domain extensions to launch. And we remain absolutely focused on getting great usage and supporting our partners.
Colin
An application for a nTLD is $185,000.
Why would Coffee Club buy this domain for $100,000, when they could have dished out another $85,000 and had as many domains as they wanted? www.coffeeclub, coupons.coffeeclub, specials.cofffeeclub, menu.coffeeclub, franchise.coffeeclub, about.coffeeclub, etc.
Much more goes into the application than just the fee.I'm a noob but my thoughts regarding this are;
Why would anyone buy a .com for six figures if they could just buy a gTLD extension for 185,000$. it's simple there is much more involved to owning a gTLD than spending 185,000$.... I'm surprised you even asked this question. From what i am seeing these extensions are costing alot more than 185,000$.