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Just read this news today at DnJournal.com.

Those headliners (all of which will be added to our YTD Top 100 Sales Chart when our next weekly sales report comes out Wednesday evening, April 25) were CrosswordPuzzles.com at $249,980, Presto.com at $150,000, EMX.com at $120,000 and Hosts.com at $100,000.

Source: http://dnjournal.com/lowdown.htm

Interestingly, CrosswordPuzzles.com was previously sold for 210,000 USD at Moniker in 2007.

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Its not a very good sale after 17 years of holding the domain, after uniregistry's commission its a loss
 
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Its not a very good sale after 17 years of holding the domain, after uniregistry's commission its a loss

Not a good sale, may be. but a loss?
 
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Not a good sale, may be. but a loss?

20% commission, therefore $49,996

So $199,984, loss of $10,016 Not including any taxes they may have to pay on the sale

I guess it depends if it was brokered or not, as commission varies from 10% to 20%
 
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20% commission, therefore $49,996

So $199,984, loss of $10,016 Not including any taxes they may have to pay on the sale

Oh ok, obviously you've got more info about it.

I can't see what the bought it for.

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Oh ok, obviously you've got more info about it.

I can't see what the bought it for.

Thanks

If its the same person then they bought it for $210k in 2007
 
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Hi,

Overall this is very good sale for the seller. He did not made anything but he did not lose a lot at same time. He is very fortunate to get this price for such name in today’s time. I have seen so many names sold for Low Five Figure to Mid Five Figure in past sold for High $XXX to Mid $XXXX which can be huge loss to the owner after paying premium price in past. I know certain names which are listed for $5K bin which were sold for $25K in past. Some of them are technology related names which dies down due to changing technology. Some are good names but for some reason seller is willing to take a loss.

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Yeah I would have thought a low xx,xxx price would have been fair so the price they got was great.
 
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I agree with @TERADOMAIN , this is a very very good sale for today's market imo.
 
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Hi,

Overall this is very good sale for the seller. He did not made anything but he did not lose a lot at same time. He is very fortunate to get this price for such name in today’s time.

Thanks

Well, yeah, if you put it like that.

After all though, they did lose cash money, they didn't break even.

So i'd say it was a bad acquisition back then, & an ok sale now..

but still, unless the domain generated the difference, it is still a financial loss. in terms of numbers.
 
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Also, I would like to add that this name was sold by Frank Schillings Name Administration Inc. Back in the day (2007), parking was still lucrative. I am sure Crosswordpuzzles.com, as a domain name, would have received a lot of traffic.
 
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Didn't Frank buy this in 2007? I doubt he paid any fees selling at his own marketplace.
 
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crosswordpuzzles.com
If someone just held on to this for 17 years and didn't develop and monetize is not very smart.
With the huge amount of people searching for crossword answers this site would have made a killing on ads. Or as a puzzle site and app download for phones. It is worth every penny. IMO
 
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Also, I would like to add that this name was sold by Frank Schillings Name Administration Inc. Back in the day (2007), parking was still lucrative. I am sure Crosswordpuzzles.com, as a domain name, would have received a lot of traffic.
Yeah, take the selling price plus what was made in the past 10 years on parking and there is definitely a decent profit.
 
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He is very fortunate to get this price for such name in today’s time.

Agreed! When I saw this sale I was like, "Whahhhhaaatttt???"

Then I looked at the history of the domain and the price made more sense.

Still. The price then and the price now are still wacky. I would rather buy a nice 1 word domain and brand my site as a destination for crossword puzzles.
 
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CrosswordPuzzles.com sold for $249,800 @ Uniregistry
[Whereas Presto.com sold for $150,000 and Hosts.com for $100,000]

Some domain sales still continue to surprise me (http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2018/20180502.htm).
If I had owned that longish puzzles name, I would not have expected more than $10,000. I may have priced Puzzles.com @ $250,000 but would have been happy with even $150,000.

What are your thoughts on this sale? How much would you sell it for? :)
Previously sold for $210K. Looks like previous owner has broken even/loss on his original investment.

I agree, would have accepted any offer above $10K. Must be a heavy seller of Crossword Puzzles to dish out a quarter mil.
 
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Great Sale. Catergory killer.
 
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Excellent EMD - 16 letters
Good sale 🙌
 
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CrosswordPuzzles is a great name, better than Presto and Hosts in my opinion. If I owned it I might not sell it but if I did I'd want at least low 6-figures and maybe a million plus. It's the name of a product that can be delivered over the internet not to mention software and hard copy publications.
 
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Which is the best alternative to CrosswordPuzzles.com? .net or .de?
 
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