AC360 bought at sedo in March, now live for CNN show

[timphelan]

I noticed when this sold at sedo in March of this year because I am a news junkie and watch the CNN show Anderson Cooper 360. AC360.com sold for
$12,901. Well, apparently it was CNN who bought it as the new site just went live yesterday I believe. Take a look at it:

AC360

 

[.jd.]

Some great news.. Will be interesting to see some more sales. I be leave football360 was just purchased for a nice amount as well.

 

[timphelan]

Some great news.. Will be interesting to see some more sales. I be leave football360 was just purchased for a nice amount as well.

Yeh, $33,000 apparently. :o

 

[namerav]

Good news for domainers.

 

[dotnom]

Still 360 suffix needs more popularity boosts to work
I remember when i stopped the 360 registrations that Norton360 was not enough
Also many alternative TLDs are also available (.net.org....) this descrease the value of the suffix

 

[Name Trader]

It beats me who else would have been bidding for AC360.com besides CNN.

 

[gazzip]

.. Take a look at it:

Nice looking site :tu: Its listed as sold on shop360.com, anyone know if all those names listed are owned by one person ?

Still 360 suffix needs more popularity boosts to work

True..every little helps and CNN using them is a nice bonus :tu: , at the end of the day its just a brandable niche, I'v have a couple of them.

It beats me who else would have been bidding for AC360.com besides CNN.

The only thing that springs to my mind is maybe an Air conditioning firm ?


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[whitebark]

Now WHY did they buy it? Did they know/think it was capturing traffic that might otherwise be theirs? Did they find ac360.cnn.com or cnn.com/ac360 too unwieldy, or realize it might be easier to flash on the screen and be remembered?

 

[timphelan]

It beats me who else would have been bidding for AC360.com besides CNN.

My first thought was it was a domainer who realized the show is seen by millions. Kind of like a domainer getting 60minutes.com thinking they could make a profit.

Actually, CNN could have tried to just take the domain if they wanted don't you think? Maybe not quite enough of a brand yet?