information Detected: Media Options Sells Impala.com; Aron Meystedt buys a 1987 Domain Name…

In the first edition of Detected Domains for 2018, we use DomainIQ's portfolio monitoring tools to bring you the latest sales and acquisitions from some of the most well-known names in the domain industry. These include Media Options' sale of the one-word domain Impala.com, a possible two-letter .COM sale and several three-letter .COM trades.


@Frank.Schilling's company bought MyFollowers.com for $2,800 at NameJet. Frank’s company may have also sold Diarama.com after the name moved under privacy protection.

Sam Dennis (@impulseleads) may have sold OD.com after the domain moved to @Uniregistry under privacy protection.

Internet Real Estate Ltd acquired CarbonStorage.com via DropCatch.com for $265.

@Telepathy Inc. acquired Ride.org to go along with Ride.com, which the company purchased last year.

Telepathy Inc also completed the sale of WMN.com for $200,000. The name was purchased by Bulk Powders, a British supplements company.

James Booth (@BoothDomains) purchased ZIZ.com before quickly selling it on to Internet Real Estate Ltd.

Andy Booth (@andyboothsi) also sold CBM.com to Internet Real Estate Ltd.

Garry Chernoff bought Potentium.com and Wintress.com.

@Braden Pollock bought EndUser.com via NameJet for $4,600. Braden also purchased Monogamous.com.

Aron Meystedt (@Napkin.com) purchased NMA.com. This three-letter .COM was originally registered in 1987 and is listed as the sixty-fifth oldest .COM domain name ever.

Mike Berkens (@TheDomains) sold Talk.show for $50,000.

Media Options look to have sold Impala.com to Tempting Brands AG, a European company “turning trademarks into brands”. The company currently holds a trademark for the term “Impala”.

@Mike Mann started 2018 well. The veteran domainer sold PortobelloAmerica.com for $9,888, TruckCrashLaw.com for $6,500, AListRealEstate.com for $19,888, FirstChoiceExteriors.com for $9,000 and CustomFigure.com for $4,888.

Mike also sold the domain CryptoWorld.com for $194,888 in a transaction taking place through @Sedo.


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Data courtesy of DomainIQ.

 

[Michael M]

You need to add one more for Mike Mann (and it's a big one):

https://www.namepros.com/threads/mike-mann-just-sold-cryptoworld-com-for.1060204/

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Media Options (@MediaOptions) sold Impala.com to Tempting Brands AG, a European company “turning trademarks into brands”. The company currently holds a trademark for the term “Impala”.

Can you confirm a sale, or are you simply reporting on the domain being transferred again?... I'm asking because sometimes when a trademark holder acquires a matching .com, it is not always the result of a purchase. Not saying it wasn't a purchase. More so curious of how much a trademark holder is willing to pay for a matching .com.

DNJournal.com HERE reports that @BoothDomains had sold it for $30k.

The purchase is mentioned in this DomainSherpa videa HERE

So they sold it for $23,000 to somebody who sold it for $28,000 to somebody who sold it to me for $30,000.

Michael: What are you gonna price it at? What’s your retail asking price on impala?

Drew: It’ll probably be, like, 250.

 

[James Iles]

You need to add one more for Mike Mann (and it's a big one):

https://www.namepros.com/threads/mike-mann-just-sold-cryptoworld-com-for.1060204/

Thanks! That news was posted just after I completed the article (before publishing). I’ll add it in now.

 

[James Iles]

Can you confirm a sale, or are you simply reporting on the domain being transferred again?... I'm asking because sometimes when a trademark holder acquires a matching .com, it is not always the result of a purchase. Not saying it wasn't a purchase. More so curious of how much a trademark holder is willing to pay for a matching .com.

DNJournal.com HERE reports that @BoothDomains had sold it for $30k.

The purchase is mentioned in this DomainSherpa videa HERE

I cannot fully confirm the sale but based on the whois movement and the domain’s redirection I am 99% sure the domain sold. Whilst it’s plausible that the name was acquired by another means I would be inclined to say this is a sale.

 

[wwwweb]

Is Internet Real Estate, and Media Options the same entity? One is in Panama the other in Gibraltar

 

[James Iles]

Is Internet Real Estate, and Media Options the same entity? One is in Panama the other in Gibraltar

This was explained in a comment from MediaOptions in 2016: https://domaingang.com/domain-news/...ng-as-internet-real-estate-ltd/#comment-81041

 

[offthehandle]

Is Internet Real Estate, and Media Options the same entity? One is in Panama the other in Gibraltar

https://www.namepros.com/threads/bidding-on-your-own-names-at-namejet.1030874/page-27#post-6267298

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

TruckCrashLaw.com for $6500 ?! What the hell ... Is that a joke

 

[LarryDomain]

Do these really count as sales?? Aren't they just moving names around between each other??

James Booth (@BoothDomains) purchased ZIZ.com before quickly selling it on to Internet Real Estate Ltd.

Andy Booth (@andyboothsi) also sold CBM.com to Internet Real Estate Ltd.

 

[Mokum]

Do these really count as sales?? Aren't they just moving names around between each other??

James Booth (@BoothDomains) purchased ZIZ.com before quickly selling it on to Internet Real Estate Ltd.

Andy Booth (@andyboothsi) also sold CBM.com to Internet Real Estate Ltd.

ssst... please, dont spoil the party.

 

[JudgeMind]

thanks!