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CoinMena.com Coin "Middle East North Africa"

Ok I can finally announce the sale of CoinMena.com. No NDA but I agreed not to mention who bought the domain even though a quick check is easy enough. The buyer would like to remain anonymous but does not mind the publicity from the sale of CoinMena.com.

Sorry guys. Don't take this photo seriously. It's for shock value not show off value and perhaps for exposure. Just goofin off. Check out that huge melon! (unfortunately empty!) lol

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So this makes CoinMena.com at $25,000 the 5th largest domain sale for a domain beginning with keyword "Coin" and highest domain sale for a domain ending with "Mena". MENA stands for Middle East North Africa.

I wish the buyer the best. Met him in person in NYC. Had lunch with buyer at Veselka's, my treat.

Side Note: The buyer told me that the broker they hired to get CoinMena.com for them told them that at most CoinMena.com should cost only $25,000. Buyer told me that Broker offered $8,000+ to me which the broker did and that the broker planned to sell it to them for $25,000. Buyer did not like this arrangement he told me and decided to buy from me directly since we were already in contact prior to the broker being brought in. I really did not understand why they felt the need to bring a broker into the mix.

If it can be avoided, I really would rather not deal with a broker.

Although that's what I did with my last sale PaladinDrones.com.

When brokers contact me, as a rule I ignore, but in this case I said "why not?"

I have no issue with the broker in this case. I'd probably do the same and try to flip a domain for quick profit.

I hope giving this info will help other domainers make the right decision.

I had asked for a ridiculous price of $250,000 so I guess $25,000 was a relief to them.

First we were warned that today. Godaddy users were experiencing issues with transferring domains via Godaddy Push but not external transfers. Supposedly when you do a transfer. The Transfer Button is not made available. But we did not experience that. What we did experience was that the buyer did not receive transfer confirmation email after I had accepted the whois info change update.

The transaction took long because there was an issue pushing the domain from one Godaddy account to another Godaddy account. Had to cancel transfer. Then there was an "error". So ended up transferring to Google Domains.

In which case, Godaddy rep warned me that Google Domains an "experiment" that was being phased out. and the transfer might end up in limbo. I don't know what he was talking about as the transfer went off without a hitch over to Google. Buyer said Godaddy rep was just scaring us into doing the Godaddy push to keep the domain with Godaddy.

Domain Price Date Venue
coin.org 75,000 USD 2014-11-12 DomainGuardians
coinnews.com 27,500 USD 2014-04-16 Uniregistry
coin.store 26,705 USD 2018-08-05 Alibaba
coinbag.com 26,000 USD 2018-02-05 Uniregistry
coinlink.com 22,000 USD 2018-02-26 Sedo
coinbook.com 20,000 USD 2017-08-31 Uniregistry
coinking.com 14,190 USD 2018-04-11 Sedo
coinance.com 12,500 USD 2019-01-31 Sedo
cointax.com 12,200 USD 2017-02-20 Sedo
coinrank.com 12,000 USD 2018-03-20 Uniregistry


Domain Price Date Venue
imena.com 19,000 USD 2012-05-31 GoDaddy
alphamena.com 7,350 USD 2019-01-21 Sedo
camena.ru 3,429 USD 2014-10-15 Sedo
smena.com 3,205 USD 2007-04-17 Sedo
promena.com 2,200 USD 2017-05-15 DropCatch
camena.net 1,350 USD 2014-09-24 Sedo
paranormalphenomena.com 1,000 USD 2011-04-23 Sedo
semena.com 795 USD 2010-04-19 Sedo
wolnadomena.info 685 USD 2008-02-18 GoDaddy
dobra-stara-vremena.com 648 USD 2012-11-25 GoDaddy

It's not the 6 figures I always go for but it's a good start in my liquidation this year.

I have more "Coin" and "MENA" domains if anyone is interested. Next one I'm working on I am going for 6 figures for updates follow me on here.

I hope this sale helps others with their keywords.

I hope this sale gains me some exposure for my other domains.

I also hope people will think twice before sending me $100 offers for my domains.

I also hope this Cashier's check clears tomorrow or else I'll have egg on my face.

Anyone know if I can submit this sale with Namebio without providing info on the buyer?

Good luck to everyone else on their future deals!


Edit: Forgot to mention. Prior to meeting buyer.I was late to the meeting because I stepped in dog poop. ( at least I hope it was dog poop although I looked "human" lol) Had to throw out my sneakers and buy flip flops.
 
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Congrats pal.Amazing job!
Can u share with us how u got contact directly with the buyer? Or the buy contact you?

Buyer contacted me first then I guess they decided to use a broker. Then finally a founder who just happened to be in my area contacted me. First time ever meeting a buyer in person.

Surprisingly I wasn't nervous at all. Very nice guy and now I have a friend in the crypto world to help me sell my Arabic related crypto domains.
 
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Nice mate, happy to hear you were lucky with going high!

for the guys going for mena names now i will say, be careful with the regfee frenzy.

Main story is (no offense @Avtar629 ) a domain investor with thousands of names and renewals to make that is still in the red after a 25k sale
and an End user with a lot of money that really wanted a specific name.


I agree with you on "Mena" frenzy. Don't go overboard guys.

I did see prior to me selling someone regged Menaex.com from Japan? Interesting.

Also forgot. What is the Middle East and North Africa's main export to the world?

Oil.

Here's one of mine.

OilMena.com
 
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Oil.

Here's one of mine.

OilMena.com

Wow, thats nice. I of course searched for that one, haha.

Instead I had to settle with

MetroMena
MenaMetro
MenaBusinessGroup

All in coms.

/Dose

www.dosebuy.com
 
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Update on CoinMena.com

The buyer finally got around to changing the DNS. For a little while coinmena.com was still pointing to my Efty page. Now it is officially showing their website and it looks great.

Best of luck to the buyer!

really nice looking website. (y)

Loved the graphics.
 
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hmmm interesting. just did a random check on the domain cryptouae.com on whois.com and found out it's pending transfer? I think someone just purchased this gem for $3795

I bet that sale won't get published.
 
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Wow, thats nice. I of course searched for that one, haha.

Instead I had to settle with

MetroMena
MenaMetro
MenaBusinessGroup

All in coms.

/Dose

www.dosebuy.com

forgot this one. CoinMiddleEast.com at bit long but on the money.

Also Dubaibit.com
 
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what u think of my domain defi.es ?

sorry I think you are in the wrong thread. asking that question here is a bit off topic. is it a Mena or Arabic related domain? even UAE? This is why I did not reply. with respect. there are other thread on NP you can ask. if there is a .es showcase on here ask there please thanks. sorry
 
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sorry I think you are in the wrong thread. asking that question here is a bit off topic. is it a Mena or Arabic related domain? even UAE? This is why I did not reply. with respect. there are other thread on NP you can ask. if there is a .es showcase on here ask there please thanks. sorry
ok but it is a crypto or coin related thats why asked
 
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ok but it is a crypto or coin related thats why asked

ummm I don't think it is. at least it's not obvious. we can put it to a vote if you like?

anyone who thinks defi.es is a crypto domain click like on the post above or if it's not click dislike. if more dislikes I'll report your post or if more likes I'll leave it. are you game?

or my friend you can quit posting that on here just because this is one of the most popular threads on NP right now. and you want max exposure for your domain? you're choice.
 
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Wow, thats nice. I of course searched for that one, haha.

Instead I had to settle with

MetroMena
MenaMetro
MenaBusinessGroup

All in coms.

/Dose

www.dosebuy.com


the menabusinessgroup.com is a bit long. I have recently been shedding the fat from my inventory and allowing three word domains to go into redemption and let them go and not transfer them out. The reset are decent. good luck
 
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wow, good show. Thank you for sharing, and congratulations! That's how you do it people! whoohoo!
 
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the menabusinessgroup.com is a bit long. I have recently been shedding the fat from my inventory and allowing three word domains to go into redemption and let them go and not transfer them out. The reset are decent. good luck

Thanks.
Appreciate the feedback.
Good luck you too, I will indeed follow your endevours!
 
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I agree with you on "Mena" frenzy. Don't go overboard guys.

I did see prior to me selling someone regged Menaex.com from Japan? Interesting.

Also forgot. What is the Middle East and North Africa's main export to the world?

Oil.

Here's one of mine.

OilMena.com
Congrats on this sale and thanks for the inspiration because I just snagged MenaExports.com
 
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Can anyone who is bored figure out from the point I created this thread up until now how many "MENA" domains have been registered?

I mean the day I posted this thread how many MENA domains were already registered and since then how many MENA domains were registered. just curious.

I think I posted this amount on here before. Just checked now and I see there are 14,884 domain names with MENA keyword in them.

would be curious.

Some interesting things you discover when you do keyword research via Whois.

MENA domains you would think are normally and logically registered by ARABS or people from that area. But oddly I've noticed many are registered by Chinese and Japanese.

I do seem some MENA domains registered by people in this region. Which is good for us.

I believe domainers have been "investing" in MENA domains for some time now and it's one of those hush hush keywords no one is really talking about because it's a niche that's making money for them.

I've read on here that Arabs are cheap when it comes to buying domains. either that or they will simply go with domains with extensions matching their country.

but I suspect pro domainers are selling MENA domains on the "downlow"

just my suspicion because I see many MENA domains registered since early 2000's.
 
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interesting. just checked on TopMena.com and it was registered on july 10th. This thread was started by me on july 18th. 8 days after.

spooky coincidence.

And topmena.com registered by chinese.

was deleted on 2019-06-01

Chinese are grabbing these domains for investment for sure. missed that one.\

cashmena.com reg by Chinese yet again. 2019-06-03

I'll look into this some more. if anyone finds any interesting in the regs let us know on this thread.
 
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interesting. just checked on TopMena.com and it was registered on july 10th. This thread was started by me on july 18th. 8 days after.

spooky coincidence.

And topmena.com registered by chinese.

was deleted on 2019-06-01

Chinese are grabbing these domains for investment for sure. missed that one.\

cashmena.com reg by Chinese yet again. 2019-06-03

I'll look into this some more. if anyone finds any interesting in the regs let us know on this thread.
I have regged Mena.cash
 
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the menabusinessgroup.com is a bit long. I have recently been shedding the fat from my inventory and allowing three word domains to go into redemption and let them go and not transfer them out. The reset are decent. good luck

I also got MenaHousing in com. So there are still some good keywords out there. Short enough you think chief?
 
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What an eye-opener and busting the myth about domain brokers though I feel not every other broker is like that.
 
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Why is CoinMena different from CoinEmea or CoinApac which are available to register ?

MENA = MENA is an English-language acronym referring to the Middle East and North Africa region.
EMEA = EMEA (EMEIA if India is included) is a shorthand designation meaning Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
APAC = Asia-Pacific region

If you register them and sell them for $25k, I want my cut, lol :) You will call me nuts, but I do not see value in them. I think that coinmena was a lucky sale and someone really really wanted it. Congratulations nevertheless :)
 
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Update: coinapac was taken, coinemea still available.
 
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Update: coinapac was taken, coinemea still available.

Thanks for the tip 😁.
Be sure to reach out to me when it sells.
Otherwise I will try to remember you but I get so arrogant when I got money...
 
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Sorry, not gonna hijack the thread. But the thing about APAC is interesting.

https://gomedici.com/top-startups-APAC-cryptocurrency-ecosystem

In this article it says:

Although North America plays a major role in the cryptocurrency ecosystem due to its early adoption of the digital currency, the focus, with respect to the coming years, is on the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. APAC has a significant chunk of the market, with 36% of all participants in the industry, and 27% of the cryptocurrency exchanges. In contrast, North America accounts for 27% of all participants and 18% of transactions. Moreover, owing to factors such as a lower cost of electricity, high penetration of internet access, increased usage of smartphones, and flexibility in the regulatory markets, the emerging APAC markets are considered crucial in the global cryptocurrency ecosystem.
 
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