domain Emerge.com - Appraisal

Awesome name, tough to appraise since it has a pretty vast end user base. I wouldn't take under mid $xx,xxx and that might be undervaluing it still.

Thanks. I got lucky on it. Thinking about keeping it for a while and letting it increase and maybe use it for something.

great name... 5-6 figures if you wait long enough for enduser who wants it.. those are unfortunatley impossible to predict.. timewise... moneywise.

can you expand on just how lucky yuou got on it and share price paid or ranges? ty.

gl

Absolutely. I caught it in a domain drop and cost was less than $500.

So you own "Emerge.com"?

You said you just caught it in a drop, but it has been registered since 1998 and expires in 07/2017.

Care to explain further?

animumrege said:

Absolutely. I caught it in a domain drop and cost was less than $500.

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That's unbelievable, congrats!

Absolutely. I own the domain emerge.com. It expired a while back an I caught it and moved it to tucows where I host other domains. I havent done anything with it since I caught it on a drop and am now trying to decide what to do with it.

Incredible name with the versatility to become a number of unique brands. I listed other brand type names below just to get an idea of pricing. I would say this name should sell to an enduser for at least $250,000 and probably more. Emerge is one of those words that can be so many things. I wouldn't be surprised if it sold for close to $500,000 to the right buyer.

bright.com $112,000
ignite.com $112,500
select.com $120,000
radius.com $100,000
shout.com $450,000
quick.com $300,000
clash.com $250,000
amber.com $180,000
symphony.com $375,000
response.com $150,000
plethora.com $105,000
luxe.com $173,000

animumrege said:

Absolutely. I caught it in a domain drop and cost was less than $500.

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Yeah right! Sorry today isn't April Fools Day!

Ok trying to figure this out...follow me guys....

The admin email for Emerge.com before changing was as follows....

Domain Name: EMERGE.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2182276_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Registrar URL: http://networksolutions.com
Updated Date: 2016-09-10T10:07:30Z
Creation Date: 1998-07-24T04:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Registrar IANA ID: 2
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8003337680
Reseller:
Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
Admin Name: Mendes, David
Admin Organization: Emerge Corporation
Admin Street: 1560 Galen Dr, #a
Admin City: Laguna Beach
Admin State/Province: CA
Admin Postal Code: 92651
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.4252863077
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +1.7144455950
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: [email protected]

Now not long ago the ownership of Emergetest.com (Emerge.com admin email) CHANGED! To the following and guess where, Namebright/Dropcatch.com!

Domain Name: EmergeTest.com
Registry Domain ID: 2105159408_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS server: whois.NameBright.com
Registrar URL: http://www.NameBright.com
Updated Date: 2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
Creation Date: 2017-03-15T18:02:48.000Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
Registrar: DropCatch.com 616 LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 2096
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.720.496.0020
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Brandon Reeves
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 16065 PRINCE DR
Registrant City: FRENCH SETTLEMENT
Registrant State/Province: LA
Registrant Postal Code: 70733
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.2259782132
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Brandon Reeves
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 16065 PRINCE DR
Admin City: FRENCH SETTLEMENT
Admin State/Province: LA

That whois then turned private as of this month, wonder why?

So if you are following me the admin email for emerge is under new ownership thus giving its owner access to Emerge.com!

I will be researching further because it could be an inside job or a flat out use of an old email to access the domain (classic stuff).

Alternatively we are all blind and the name Emerge.com dropped for $500 LOL

@animumrege - Account restricted pending further investigation.

There is strong evidence that this is a stolen/hijacked domain name

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Update on Apr 26, 2017:

• http://domaingang.com/domain-crime/formerly-stolen-domain-emerge-com-returned-to-rightful-owner/