domains Bartenders.com left to expire after 1996 reg goes for $50,000

[equity78]

Bartenders.com closed at $50,000 on NameJet on Wednesday. Originally registered in 1996 and at Google for many years as the registrar, the domain dropped and went to auction at NameJet. Registered in 51 extensions there certainly is a lot of possibilities for development. Here is a look back at 2004 when coincidentally the owner wanted […]

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[RJ]

> Domain owner wants $50,000 for domain name.
> No buyer for 16 years.
> Domain owner dies.
> Domain name expires.
> NameJet immediately sells it for $50,000.

Oof.

 

[equity78]

> Domain owner wants $50,000 for domain name.
> No buyer for 16 years.
> Domain owner dies.
> Domain name expires.
> NameJet immediately sells it for $50,000.

Oof.

Well it was Ricky Dunnington who had that up in 2004 it looks like Michael Balser of AllianceMarketing owned it and I did not see he not still alive.

 

[RJ]

Is this the same guy?
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/naplesnews/obituary.aspx?n=v-michael-balser&pid=196053346

I don't actually know the history behind the name or its previous owners.

 

[equity78]

Actually Dunnington looks to be alive too

Is this the same guy?
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/naplesnews/obituary.aspx?n=v-michael-balser&pid=196053346

I don't actually know the history behind the name or its previous owners.

No RJ

And the guy back in 2004 looks to still be alive http://www.locala2z.com/raven-virginia-beach-va

He owned a bar with his brother for 51 years closed down last year.

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/n...ears/291-902fbfc8-8087-4ef2-88c0-08f3a1b83cca

Balser is running his company's website on SquareSpace https://ampmktg.com/new-gallery

 

[Arfy]

Actually Dunnington looks to be alive too


No RJ

And the guy back in 2004 looks to still be alive http://www.locala2z.com/raven-virginia-beach-va

He owned a bar with his brother for 51 years closed down last year.

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/n...ears/291-902fbfc8-8087-4ef2-88c0-08f3a1b83cca

Balser is running his company's website on SquareSpace https://ampmktg.com/new-gallery

From his website "Account management of all local marketing initiatives". Yeah... really looks that way.

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

People expire and then their domains expire too.

RIP.

 

[equity78]

No one expired here just the domain name.

 

[lock]

Lesson stick with it if your going to price a name at 50k then it should never be dropped.

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

Maybe from an enormous portfolio that became too hard to keep track of. Rob from Epik says he has seen really valuable domain names drop in the past.

 

[Bname.com]

Did the domain name deal succeed?