auctions Castro just died & Fidel.com sold for $16K one week before

[E-Promote]

Fidel.com sold for $16K last Friday on Snapnames (1 week before Castro's death) I'm thinking it may be worth less (then it could have been) now that he is dead, hard to say, but not the usual case.

 

[ZapNano]

Fidel Castro is dead; this doesn't mean all "Fidel" should be dead too!

 

[Soofi]

Castro may not be the only fidel in the world, no?

 

[E-Promote]

A quick search on google does not come up with any others...

 

[Grilled]

Fidel.com sold for $16K last Friday on Snapnames (1 week before Castro's death)

One could assume the stress of a missed catch contributed to his death. Maybe he fell asleep during the auction?

 

[garptrader]

If diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba are more open there could be significant investment in Cuba and possibly an opportunity for Cuba-related domains. However the best combinations have likely already been registered. My

 

[Wesley S]

raulcastro.com is available at this moment, don't know how long.

 

[Wesley S]

raul is his brother he replaced himself with.

 

[dream_d]

Better idea to reg ripfidel.com now

 

[TheWatcher]

raulcastro.com is available at this moment, don't know how long.

Wrong. The domain was registered since 2002. You're a decade late.

 

[TheWatcher]

Fidel.com seems dropped and captured recently.

 

[HotKey]

Better idea to reg ripfidel.com now

or fidel.rip...except .rip might go the way of Fidel..oh dear

 

[E-Promote]

Fidel.com seems dropped and captured recently.

It's in the 1st post Watcher:
Fidel.com sold for $16K last Friday on Snapnames

 

[Wesley S]

oh I meant the diacritical mark domain -
RaúlCastro.com

the proper way.

 

[Jeff Moyer]

Wow talk about bad timing, wonder what it would have went for after he died?

 

[hookbox]

What a waste of 16 grand!

 

[Grilled]

What a waste of 16 grand!

Not saying I disagree, but what should first name .com sell for?

Obviously popularity is key, but uniqueness has to count for something? I don't personally know anybody named Jarvis, but I imagine Jarvis would sell for more than $16k given the AI from Iron Man. >> Apparently it's owned by somebody with the last name Jarvis, and he won't sell "unless you're willing to pay an insane amount of money"

According to NameBio, Katie.com sold for $62k via Sedo in 2008. Then, at the 2016 NamesCon auction powered by NameJet for $30k.

 

[hookbox]

Not saying I disagree, but what should first name .com sell for?

Obviously popularity is key, but uniqueness has to count for something? I don't personally know anybody named Jarvis, but I imagine Jarvis would sell for more than $16k given the AI from Iron Man. >> Apparently it's owned by somebody with the last name Jarvis, and he won't sell "unless you're willing to pay an insane amount of money"

According to NameBio, Katie.com sold for $62k via Sedo in 2008. Then, at the 2016 NamesCon auction powered by NameJet for $30k.

You're definitely right that any first name should be worth at least 16 grand but a name with such a negative connotation I could never imagine it being used as a brand. I'm sure there are many in other parts of the world that never heard of him so maybe I'm just overanalyzing it.

 

[obocar]

How would you monetize Fidel.com ?

 

[wwwweb]

This is a first name of tens of thousands of people across the world.

First names sell for decent $$$.