sales ChicagoPizza.com Sold for $9,400 USD – What's your thoughts?

[Robbie]

The domain name ChicagoPizza.com sold on GoDaddy yesterday for $9,400 USD, What are your thoughts on this domain name?

The domain name was registered back in 1998 and didn’t resolve for many years according to Achrive.org historical records, It was then parked at GoDaddy CashParking for a number of years and now has dropped and been auctioned on GoDaddy for $9,400 USD.

What is Chicago Pizza or Chicago Style Pizza – I do love myself a slice of deep-dish pizza – Do you?

Chicago-style pizza is pizza prepared according to several different styles developed in Chicago. The most famous is the deep-dish pizza. The pan in which it is baked gives the pizza its characteristically high edge which provides ample space for large amounts of cheese and a chunky tomato sauce. Chicago-style pizza may be prepared in deep-dish style and as a stuffed pizza

The domain name ChicagoStylePizza.com is already taken too before anyone heads on over to check it out, registered back in 1997 owned by The Malnati Organization

So what do you think was $9,400 USD a good buy?

I think it was and there are a number of companies who could take advantage of this great name, it will be interesting to see who acquired on GoDaddy Auctions, I suspect a domain name investor not an end-user but we will know in due course – Congrats to the buyer, I think you got a great name with nice opportunity in for future resale.

Ever wanted to know what domain names Domino Pizza Owns you can check out the full list here.

http://robbiesblog.com/chicagopizza-com-sold-for-9400-usd-whats-your-thoughts/8543

 

[Lox]

IDK... Seems like he is tired of the GD double talk, and just wants straight answers and fairness.

That's why I & legal team drink at least gallon of coffee per day. For hours, reading F#uc%d up ToS and Privacy. After BO v PA v GD incident, I moved all my clients dn's out of GD. Good luck.

Regards

 

[Chris Hydrick]

From the comment section of that @EJS article.

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It just doesn't seem fair/ethical as to why GoDaddy would allow CARUTHERS ASSOCIATES to renew his expired domain even though it had a bid on it, and yet, GoDaddy won't (or doesn't easily / has expressed otherwise to this forum) extend that luxury to all customers such as PUNEET AGARWAL, or other domain registrants who fell victim to housing their domain at GoDaddy.

It seems as if these actions by GoDaddy could be a contributing factor (and possibly be held accountable/responsible) to the poor/declining mental health that exists within domain addicts/the GD domain investment community. And since domain investing is essentially an unregulated international investment practice, it seems that GoDaddy is intentionally and callously, hyping the domain aftermarket to their advantage, and setting the rules to favor GoDaddy at the expense of domain registrants time, money, and mental health.

If GoDaddy (applied their ToS equally and operated their company without bias) allowed Puneet to renew his domains as GoDaddy allowed Caruthers to renew ChicgaoPizza.com, or if GoDaddy split expired domain proceeds with the domain registrant, would Puneet have resorted to using Brent Oxleys (@create.com) credit card allegedly without Brents permission? IDK. And frankly, that's too much of a dumpster fire to jump into, just saying, if GoDaddy were to respect registrant rights (even if just a little bit) the mental health of domain registrants would likely be more stable, and the entire internet as a whole would be to benefit/thrive.

#FireAman #HireAWomanCEO #StopValuingProfitsOverMentalHealth #GasLighters

 

[Chris Hydrick]

@Grilled As far as I can tell, this guy (twitter) is a person who should own ChicagoPizza .com ( ... is crazy about Chicago Pizza )

I agree.

My point is, if GD is going to allow Caruthers to renew his domain name, then they should allow Agarwal (or any last name, regardless of social status, lineage, or location) to renew their domain name. And no more accepting this: once a bid has been placed > domain can't be renewed > double talk > that causes a strain on the mental health of domain registrants.

 

[Lox]

LOL

Domain name/s are investment in a coming soon company's financial/success future. Investing your $10/yr and time means that you engage in Cyberspace stocks - Digital Futures. It's very different than investing in ping pong stocks. Domain name have the capacity to become a supernova - Milliton.

So if we've been holding off on selling for big $ because "it's just too hard to wait for ...holy grail", we can't use that excuse - pardon.

$10K for a DN ... entering $20M+ profit/year market; you can do that now or you can just watch and wait for ...holy grail.

Forget Estibot, use Estimator.

Regards

 

[Chris Hydrick]

wait for ...holy grail

Forget Estibot, use Estimator.

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When searching: https://www.godaddy.com/domain-value-appraisal for any terms that say something similar to other investment advertisements, such as please invest responsibly, I found no notice, or disclaimer of any kind. What kind of investment atmosphere is GoDaddy trying to create here? ...Maybe I'm missing something?

 

[Lox]

What kind of investment atmosphere is GoDaddy trying to create here? ...Maybe I'm missing something?

There's little hope! Buy for $792 sell for $10M (bc there's no comparable domains sold) but first, you have to pay for the GD brokerage service (no-refund) to find out "not for sale" LMAO. (long time ago, I comment on Joe S post about the GD Valuator and ML/AI".) Doesn't matter. Next

I'm Pissed, Royally Pissed!

 

[Chris Hydrick]

There's little hope! Buy for $792 sell for $10M (bc there's no comparable domains sold) but first, you have to pay for the GD brokerage service (no-refund) to find out "not for sale" LMAO. (long time ago, I comment on Joe S post about the GD Valuator and ML/AI".) Doesn't matter. Next


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I think the point of the domain valuator is to attempt to value the domain, no related to the business, or backlinks/traffic/WHOIS-inquires, associated with the domain, but who knows what the algorithm is using when hiding behind broad marketing terms such as based on real-market data.

Epik > Dynadot > namePros > domainPros > TitlePros > Lougle > goaddy.CAM

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If GoDaddy's real-market data includes piggy backing off of typo domain sales, such as Goagle.com, perhaps they should include a little information about cyber-squatting risk, best practices, and internal policies such domain renewal time frames, and any other relevant information/disclaimers one would expect a responsible investing platform to equip its userbase with prior to launching an aggressive advertising/marketing/productdevelopment push designed to recruit more investors to use their platform.

It's almost as if GD thinks its helping domain investors by expanding the market, but really, if GoDaddy doesn't start acting with any real concern to registrant rights, domain addiction, or investor education, without providing proper disclaimers/education, GoDaddy may very well be severely hindering the practice or future growth of domain investing as we know it. Perhaps oversight and regulation to the industry will be a good thing. And all of GoDaddy's negligence and subsequent incubation of an irresponsible investment community/disproportionate marketplace profit distribution, is seemingly pushing us to a quicker regulated practice, that will establish real oversight and investor/consumer protection. Ultimately, so domain registrants and companies can finally stop being exploited and or taken advantage of by the likes of GoDaddys attempts to define/establish (through lobbying or product placing) unfair unregulated disproportionate irresponsible industry norms.

 

[jberryhill]

Effectively priming netizens to enter a possible environment prone/likely to incubate an addiction or the hardships that tend to follow absent of necessary/proper/visible warnings/disclaimers.

Are you trying to suggest I shouldn't have been making all of my important life decisions on the basis of what I was told by this guy?

 

[biggie]

Hi

for city residents...no such thing as chicago pizza or chicago style pizza

to us, it's just pizza and we all have our preferred pizza joints

where some like thin crust, and some like deep dish

imo...

 

[noneisnone]

you are targeting every pizza shop in the Chicago area generic geo domains are the best you never run out of end users.

 

[The Durfer]

There is a chain called Chicago Pizza, here in Indiana.

might be who bought it at auction.

 

[The Durfer]

might be who bought it at auction.

i prefer deepdish pizza anyway, so yum and congrats. lol.

 

[cdboard]

I have eaten at an Indiana Chicago's Pizza several times. good stuff.

 

[Lox]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1372940016398209029

Most bidders try to remain calm, this one didn't manage. His feelings of frustration or irritation is like he's entering a 'new normal GD'. There's a huge empty space for a brand new domain auction platform. Let's wait.

 

[Lox]

I agree.

My point is, if GD is going to allow Caruthers to renew his domain name, then they should allow Agarwal (or any last name, regardless of social status, lineage, or location) to renew his domain name. And none of this accepting once a bid has been placed, it can no longer be removed double talk that causes a strain on the mental health of domain investors.

Let me think loud, think only.
What IF
Domain name reg. @ GD is a type of owned stock AND domain name expire AND domain enters GD Auction AND GD misleading positive statements (EXPIRED), in order to sell the cheaply purchased (VRSGN $7.85 or less) stock at a higher price. What Is this Game called? I'm thinking only! I'm from yesterday!

Regards

 

[SirDrago]

there is still room for profit, i was thinking low 5 figs. ty. congrats to buyer and seller.

I agree, xx,xxx
12k-18k range

 

[Lox]

Update:
Buyer tweeted a $100,000 offer for ChicagoPizza.com after GD cancelled his $9.4k order.

Don't get me wrong....
If you're one of brains who started (idea) Chicago Pizza delivery service (s.a. ubereats, door etc) and delivery fee is % less + pizzeria/restaurant pay % less?

20% (+/- 1,750,000) of Chicagoans order pizza for dinner at least 5 per year. (nielsen research)
Population 8,865,000
Pizzas 5/yr x 1,750,000 = 8,750,000 x $%Pizza = Delivery service % = profit $% ($1+%?)

How much ChicagoPizza.com is worth?

Regards

 

[Chris Hydrick]

20% (+/- 1,750,000) of Chicagoans order pizza for dinner at least 5 per year. (nielsen research)
Population 8,865,000
Pizzas 5/yr x 1,750,000 = 8,750,000 x $Pizza = Delivery service profit $% ($1+%?)

How much ChicagoPizza.com is worth?

I think it's more of a Branding play, rather than a GEO play.

Instagram HashTags...

Compared to

Thus, it's similar to a domain like MauiWowie.com (#68,903 Instagram tags).

Sure, MauiWowie.com could be used to sell FIRE roasted chicken in Oahu. OR, it be used as a branding play, for say the medicinal cannabis industry.

Speaking to brandable/geo trends, the leading brandable marketplace, BrandBucket, lists geo domains such as MauiCanna.com and AspenSprings.com. I don't imagine they were accepted with the respected local communities in mind, but rather could be a national brand based off of what the region is known for.

Silly domainers, geos are for brands!

 

[biggie]

Hi

Expired Domain Deletion Policy - ICANN

if, you understand the policy, and if gd is aligned with it, then....
when you bid there, you are subject to any extenuating circumstances, of such.

just saying...

imo....

 

[Chris Hydrick]

I'm not a lawyer or anything, so this is beyond my expertise. It just seems to me that GoDaddy is begging for a class action lawsuit from domain registrants for creating/incubating an irresponsible investing atmosphere/practice lacking proper disclaimers and fueling the unregulated fire through aggressive marketing and a subsequent callous disregard to registrants time, money, and mental health. Effectively priming netizens to enter a possible environment prone/likely to incubate an addiction or the hardships that tend to follow absent of necessary/proper/visible warnings/disclaimers.

Are you trying to suggest I shouldn't have been making all of my important life decisions on the basis of what I was told by this guy?

Even the great Zoltar offers a disclaimer.

 

[jberryhill]

Even the great Zoltar offers a disclaimer.

Well played, @Grilled, well played.

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Update:

1. Domain didn't sell for $9.4k; auction cancelled, domain renewed.
2. Buyer tweeted a $100,000 offer for ChicagoPizza.com after GD cancelled his $9.4k order.
3. Still to be determined.

Not sure what ever came from this, but some of the tweets I cited earlier in this thread had been deleted from twitter.

For archival purposes, anybody who was following along, can see some those deleted tweets on Archive.org HERE

 

[Alop]

Hi

every pizza place in chicago, doesn't want to be chicagopizza.com

as so many of them, have their own identity, and followers, like italian fiesta or fox's pizza
and that's not including the franchises like dominos, pizzahut, etc

maybe a name like that would be good for frozen pizza brand, but for individual mom & pop stores, it would be a hard sell.

imo...

Hey “ChicagoPizza” aligns with even “ItalianPizza” ...I suppose it’s only more Americanized somewhat ...If I had to pick, it would be a tough choice I was always a burger person

 

[DuDD]

sounds great

 

[TauseefKhan]

City+FastFood = I say nice domain. And, price is perfect for the buyer.