Domain Capital

[Mark]

I was just editing my portfolio page and noticed this Ad on adsense - and Thought it sounded cool so I entered the Domain in to my browser.

At first glance it looked to just be another new company (Domain was just registered this past December) But after doing some digging and reading , I was pretty impressed with what I've found on them so far.

From their site :

http://www.domaincapital.com/

Domain Capital is the first and only financial services company to offer financing to businesses based on the inherent and recognized value of premium domain names. Our vision is to innovate exciting new financial products and services designed to enable entrepreneurs to exploit new business models.

They are mentioned on DNJournal.com as well ( http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2006/february-page2.htm ) as being part of the financial portion of the recent sex.com transaction.

Not a bad company idea at all -

 

[gazzip]

Oh No - You can now get Loans to buy domains !

I just came accross this just now, loans for companies to buy domains - take a peek :blink:

Domain Capital is the first and only financial services company to offer financing to businesses based on the inherent and recognized value of premium domain names. Our vision is to innovate exciting new financial products and services designed to enable entrepreneurs to exploit new business models.

Domain Capital enables Internet Real Estate.com to increase its business opportunity and reduce closing time for the financing and purchasing of Premium Domain Names. Domain Capital also monetizes their current assets for the Premium Domain Name portfolio.

www.domaincapital.com

I wonder if they will give me a loan to buy sex.eu ?? :lol: what do you think guys ?

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[heinlein99]

Why not? It makes as much sense as anything else.

 

[Jo]

I saw an ad for that on dnjournal. I think you'd need to have some pretty darn good assets to be approved.

 

[mole]

Do y9u really think that a company will just "give" you money to buy names?

At best, these are loans shark that will decide how much they will loan you for a name and you will have no say on this, at worst these outfits use such fronts to find out leads on who is selling and at what prices, so that they can overcut your negotiations.

 

[CrazyTech]

I think something like this was inevitable.

I'd have to agree with what mole has to say. I tend to lean towards the idea that they're loan sharks. If you're really a big player in the domain industry I think you'll have all the money you need and if you're looking for that much of a loan then perhaps it's not in your best interests to be taking such a gamble.

 

[gazzip]

I wondered where my above post got moved to - I was looking all over for it and assumed it had got deleted.

Anyway - I would guess the interest rates would'nt be very tempting at all - It would have to be classed as a much higher risk unlike borrowing on traditional property.

Interesting that they were involved in the sex.com sale.

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[RareIQ]

interesting...............nice concept

 

[mario06]

interesting...............nice concept

i agree ... does anybody knows any other examples like that ?

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Loans in such a highly volatile industry are d-a-n-g-e-r-o-u-s at best...

IOW: No real collateral, no guarantee of value, etc. Worse than the stock market due to less oversight/regs, and corrupt practices everywhere (EurID, etc.), and only slightly better returns historically...

Use what capital you can spare, and if you absolutely need a loan, due an unsecured loan from a credit union or credit card with favorable terms (12 months at 0%, etc.) with the plan to sell at a slight loss in 11 months if things haven't panned out.

Just :imho but all domains in bulk have recurring costs that add up, and sometimes it takes many years to find the right buyer...

Bottom line: Unless you are sitting on some serious flow, stay away from the above.

All :imho:

-Allan :gl: