Biggest sale in Russia is almost done

[wasistdas]

It is now known that the domain and site auto.ru are being sold for $8,000,000 within next couple of months. All negotiations are done and only some approvement needed. it will be the biggest sale in .RU ever.

 

[DN Tycoon]

Wow pretty sweet deal, set for life after that deal.

 

[monRa]

This will be the biggest domain/website sale ever? Right?

 

[Alex222]

wow! someone is really lucky. never thiught its possible!
what a price!!!
thanks for post! keep going.

 

[G_C]

Madness - $8,000,000 for a .ru domain when Russians are still stuck with dial-up? I don't know who's paying that much or how they intend to use the domain - maybe I'm out of touch with Russian realities, but e-commerce isn't really that developed there, and most of the population probably wouldn't have credit cards (and how does one run an e-commerce business without them?).

I know, auto is a good name and all, but $8,000,000, and that's with a .ru extension? Really doesn't make sense. Perhaps its the Russian mafia taking the domaining scene by storm?

 

[wasistdas]

Russian do not stuck with dial up anymore. I have some marketing researches and over 40% have broadband, adsl or leased lines

 

[user-7256]

Woah, wait, care to cite your source (post a link)? Is that russian dollars or american dollars?

The largest ever domain-only transaction was business.com at $7.5 million. Please post a link...

 

[CrazyTech]

I trust you and all wasistdais but until something is confirmed, I'm going to have a hard time believing a .ru name sold/will sell for $8 million. Are we talking USD here, first off?

 

[snoop]

Madness - $8,000,000 for a .ru domain

It isn't a domain sale, it is the sale of an established website, it doesn't say much for .ru at all.

 

[jmweb]

Madness - $8,000,000 for a .ru domain when Russians are still stuck with dial-up? I don't know who's paying that much or how they intend to use the domain - maybe I'm out of touch with Russian realities, but e-commerce isn't really that developed there, and most of the population probably wouldn't have credit cards (and how does one run an e-commerce business without them?).

I know, auto is a good name and all, but $8,000,000, and that's with a .ru extension? Really doesn't make sense. Perhaps its the Russian mafia taking the domaining scene by storm?

And this makes it worth even more! Its like the .com boom never happened over there, yet.

 

[BrowseHosts]

It is now known that the domain and site auto.ru are being sold for $8,000,000 within next couple of months. All negotiations are done and only some approvement needed. it will be the biggest sale in .RU ever.

Wait, you mean all the cars in russia are valued at over $8 million ?

 

[DewKnight]

Woah, wait, care to cite your source (post a link)? Is that russian dollars or american dollars?

The largest ever domain-only transaction was business.com at $7.5 million. Please post a link...

There are no russian dollars. There are russian rubles. I would assume that figure would mean USD.

 

[noswad]

People are forgetting its not just a domain sale, its for the website also.

Maybe these people need to take a walk around thier local park and get some much needed fresh air.

PS its quite a good site - check out...

http://miss.auto.ru/ (scroll down) :sold:

:hehe:

 

[DNWizardX9]

they could have paid 8 million and gotten a nice christmas package like property.com bills.com blogster.com etc :P

wow looks like a dating site

 

[gazzip]

http://miss.auto.ru/ (scroll down) :sold:

:hehe:

Well worth a test drive !

 

[TT]

8 million rubles equates to about 17.44 USD IMHO

 

[Shorty]

Shouldnt this be appearing in the news? Its quite a big thing really...

 

[user-7256]

There are no russian dollars. There are russian rubles. I would assume that figure would mean USD.

Does it really MATTER?

 

[localpub]

Wasistdas, can you post here any links to newsreports about this deal? It's ok with me if they will be in Russian.

Thanks!

 

[3GN Media]

Wow, that's frickin' awesome.